Category Archives: Effects
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Red Giant TV Episode 89 – Tempo: Up in Flames – Realistic and Slow Motion Fire Effects
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 18, 2012
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2 commentsIn this episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz walks you through the workflow used to create realistic fire for our film Tempo. He’ll be using a combination of real fire footage, Trapcode Particular, and some 3rd Party plug-ins. Note from Aharon: One thing I did not mention – the particles’ life is set to [...]
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Episode 84: Trapcode Mir – Amplitude Mapping
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Aug 14, 2012
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No commentsIn this episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to take Trapcode Mir in a whole new direction using Amplitude Layers. You’ll learn to create looping animation, cityscapes, audio-triggered displacement and more.
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Episode 79: Soylent Screen – The Secret Ingredients for a Filmed Computer Screen Look
- By Aharon Rabinowitz May 17, 2012
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No commentsIn this Episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create the look of a filmed computer screen (what it looks like when you film it with a handheld camera) using After Effects and elements created with screen capture software. Expression for Creating Wiggle with Ease: freq=.5; //frequency: fill in or tie [...]
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Episode 75: Video to Cartoon – Getting Better Results
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Apr 03, 2012
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No commentsOften people apply ToonIt as a last step in their video process, and wonder why the end result doesn’t look all that cartoonish. In this episode, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to plan and shoot for video-to-cartoon, and get a convincing result.
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Red Giant QuickTip #61: Adding Digital Distortion to Your Footage
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Mar 01, 2012
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No commentsIn this QuickTip, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to add some digital distortion/displacement to your footage.
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Red Giant TV Episode 69 – Cosmodius: Creating a Retro Sci-fi Logo Animation
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Jan 27, 2012
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Views: 3314
3 commentsn this episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz walks you through the process of creating a Retro Sci-Fi logo. In addition to creating the logo, he’ll show you how to age the video to make it look like it came out of the early 80′s. Links: Inside the Nebulae – Space flight video by [...]
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Red Giant QuickTip #53: Layer Sampling – Generate Particles Where and When You Want Them
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Jan 27, 2012
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Views: 728
No commentsIn this Quicktip, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to control the way particles are emitted from a picture or text, when using a layer emitter. He’ll be exploring a feature called Layer Sampling. Layer Sampling is a feature controls whether or not particles are revealed by a layer’s alpha channel, or, depending on the setting, [...]
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Red Giant QuickTip #50: From Torch to Plasma Fireball – Building new FX from a Red Giant People Preset
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Oct 04, 2011
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Views: 3324
No commentsSomething old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. In this QuickTip, Aharon Rabinowitz builds a beautiful blue Plasma Fireball effect with the help of a Torch preset created by Harry Frank for Red Giant People. Presets: Get the FREE Plasma Fireball preset at Red Giant People: people.redgiantsoftware.com/Explore/PresetDetail.aspx?PresetId=1949 Get the FREE Form 2 Torch Preset at [...]
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QuickTip #47: Glassy Look with Magic Bullet Looks 2
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Aug 09, 2011
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Views: 2540
No commentsIn this QuickTip, Aharon Rabinowitz explores some fun new tools in Magic Bullet Looks 2, to create a cool distorted “glassy look.” Watch the tutorial right here: You can get the preset at: people.redgiantsoftware.com/Explore/PresetDetail.aspx?PresetId=1836 you can get Magic Bullet Looks 2 at redgiantsoftware.com/products/all/magic-bullet-looks/
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Red Giant QuickTip #45: Compositing and VFX with Color Correction
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Aug 09, 2011
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Views: 3356
1 commentIn this QuickTip, Aharon Rabinowitz talks about the process of color correction/grading, when you are also compositing or adding visual effects. He’ll show you how to avoid a common mistake that kills the composite. Watch the video right here:
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Red Giant QuickTip #35: Kaleidoscopic Effects with Trapcode Form
- By Aharon Rabinowitz May 17, 2011
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Views: 2517
1 commentIn this QuickTip, Aharon Rabinowitz explores the Kaleidospace features of Trapcode Form to create 3D mirrored kaleidoscopic effects. Watch the tutorial below.
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FREE Template Project: Movie Magic
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Nov 09, 2010
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Views: 12113
13 commentsA template project I’ve been working on with 3D text and cool light-based transitions. Has a bit of a movie theater messaging vibe (like “please turn your cell phones off” and “Buy Popcorn”), or maybe a futuristic holiday feel. Uses Trapcode Form, Knoll Light Factory and Magic Bullet Looks. Get it for FREE at Red [...]
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Red Giant Quicktip #20: Sharing Custom Flares Across Apps
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Sep 28, 2010
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Views: 6563
2 commentsRed Giant Quicktip #20: Sharing Custom Flares Across Apps In this Quicktip, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how you can easily share Lens Flares/Custom Lenses you Create in Knoll Light Factory between After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop (and more) – and how you can share them from user to user. This allows you to quickly [...]
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Red Giant QuickTip #1 – Chromatic Aberration
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Mar 18, 2010
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Views: 2439
5 commentsRed Giant QuickTip #1 – Chromatic Aberration from Red Giant Software on Vimeo. In this quick tip, Aharon Rabinowitz discusses the Chromatic Aberration tool in Magic Bullet Looks, and shows you how to quickly create a dreamy distorted look for your footage.
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RGTV Ep. 39: Creating a 1980′s Retro Video Game Look
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Mar 16, 2010
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Views: 6458
14 commentsIn this episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz walks you through the process of creating the look of a vector style arcade game from the early 1980′s. He’ll use PlaneSpace, Particular, & Text Anarchy, as well as expressions and other techniques.
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RGTV Ep. 37: Creating a Holographic Interface Effect
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Feb 15, 2010
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Views: 27550
19 commentsIn this episode of Red Giant TV Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to quickly create the look of a holographic interface effect using Red Giant Software’s Holomatrix. He’ll also be using Digital Juice’s motion Designer Toolkit 2 for the screen elements, as well as Magic Bullet Looks for the color grading. Note from Aharon: This [...]
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Quick Tip: Adding Motion Blur Into Your Video
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Feb 08, 2010
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Views: 6639
7 commentsHere’s a quick tip for adding motion blur into your live action video after filming. Also works for adding Motion blur into your 3D renders (like C4D stuff) in AE. Special thanks to Stu Maschwitz for taking the time to share some info and make suggestions. And yeah – it’s shutter speed, not shutter rate. [...]
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PS: Hands-On Control of Layer Styles
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Feb 01, 2010
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Views: 815
14 commentsA simple PS tip for hands-on control of your layer styles. Am I the only one that didn’t know this? Special thanks to my buddy Jim Geduldick for IM’ing me last night with info on Screenr.
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Intro to Holomatrix, Pt. 3: Transform Properties
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Nov 16, 2009
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Views: 7396
2 commentsIn this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz walks you through the Transform properties found in Red Giant Software’s Holomatrix – A set of tools he and Dan Ebberts created together, for Adobe After Effects. The software creates the look of Holographic Imagery, Digital Signage, Bad TV and Ghostly Apparitions.
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Intro to Holomatrix, Pt. 2: Corner Pinning and 3D
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Nov 16, 2009
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Views: 6280
3 commentsIn this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz talks about perspective corner pinning and 3D with Red Giant Software’s Holomatrix – A set of tools he and Dan Ebberts created together, for Adobe After Effects. The software creates the look of Holographic Imagery, Digital Signage, Bad TV and Ghostly Apparitions.
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Intro to Holomatrix, Pt. 1: Getting Started
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Nov 16, 2009
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Views: 12595
14 commentsIn this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz gives you a basic introduction to Red Giant Software’s Holomatrix – A set of tools he and Dan Ebberts created together, for Adobe After Effects. The software creates the look of Holographic Imagery, Digital Signage, Bad TV and Ghostly Apparitions.
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Haunted Audio
- By Aharon Rabinowitz & Harry Frank Sep 03, 2009
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Views: 11786
11 commentsIn this video, Harry Frank and Aharon Rabinowitz do a tag team tutorial in sound design. Aharon covers how to create that scary audio heard in Poltergeist using audio software, and Harry shows you how to recreate that effect in Adobe After Effects. You can watch the tutorial in the window below. You can expand [...]
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RGTV Ep 25: Creating a Crowd Scene with Particular 2
- By Harry Frank Jul 21, 2009
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Views: 25939
25 commentsIn this rockin’ episode of Red Giant TV, Motion Designer Harry Frank shows you how to create a realistic crowd scene using Trapcode Particular 2. He’ll also create a similar scene using Trapcode Form. This tutorial is from Harry Frank, a truly truly talented Motion Designer and teacher, but also a great guy we enjoy [...]
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RGTV Ep. 23: Peel-Away Vortex Transition
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Jul 07, 2009
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Views: 53664
40 commentsIn this episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create an insanely cool transition for text and other elements. This tutorial builds on RGTV Episode 21, where Aharon covered a text-to-sand transition, so make sure to check it out.
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Ocean Water Effect
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Jun 30, 2009
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Views: 20441
30 commentsIn this presentation, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create this ocean scene in Adobe After Effects with only the tools found in AE – No 3rd-party plug-ins were used. He’ll also introduce you to a cool plug-in for creating realistic water. This was part of a presentation he gave on June 25, 2009 at [...]