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    RGTV Ep. 26: Score! Working with Numeric Text

    In this episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz gives you some cool tips for working with numeric text, for things like video game scores and other digital readouts. No 3rd Party Plug-ins are used in this tutorial – Just straight After Effects.
    This tutorial uses 2 powerful expressions. Here they are:
    1. Round to the [...]


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    RGTV Ep 25: Creating a Crowd Scene with Particular 2

    In 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 collaberating [...]


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    RGTV Ep. 23: Peel-Away Vortex Transition

    In 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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    RGTV Ep. 21 – Creating a Text to Sand Transition

    In this episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use Trapcode Form to create the effect of text (or a logo) dissolving to sand and blowing away. You’ll also learn how to reverse the transition, so that sand forms into text. You can see an example video of the end result [...]


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    RGTV Ep. 16: Better Compositing with Light Wraps

    In this Episode, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to get better compositing results with Light Wraps – an effect used to blend the background light and foreground elements more convincingly during a composite.


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    RGTV Ep. 15: Better Compositing with Particles

    In this episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a technique for placing layers inside the middle of a particle system – crucial to truly integrating your CGI effects with your live action footage or motion graphics.


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    RGTV Ep 10: Creating Traffic Patterns

    In this episode, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create a realistic traffic pattern backdrop – great for a scene in which the camera overlooks a low lying, but developed area – perhaps looking down from a high hill onto a residential neighborhood.


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    RGTV Ep 09: Creating a Watercolor Painting Look

    In this episode, Aharon shows you how to turn your video into an animated watercolor painting, and shares some techniques in varying the look and color.


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    RGTV Ep 08: Creating and Working with Complex 3D Projects

    In this episode, Aharon shares some tips for simplifying and working with 3D compositions. You’ll also get a look at at some cool tools designed to easily distribute layers in 3D space, and that help create complex 3D shapes.


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    RGTV Ep 07: Getting Better Control of Emitter Position in Trapcode Particular

    In this Episode, we’ll look at some very useful techniques for Trapcode Particular that will give you better control of emitter position in 2D and 3D. You’ll also learn how to capture the motion of your mouse (or stylus) to control emitter position.


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    RGTV Ep 06: Controling Time with Audio – Pt. 2

    In this episode, Aharon continues to explore how audio can be used to control time, but he expands on that by showing you how it can be used to change the look of the footage as well.


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    RGTV Ep 05: Controling Time with Audio – Pt. 1

    In this episode, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use audio to control time. You’ll learn how to make your video automatically move forward in time to the music’s beat – a technique used in tons of music videos and commercials.


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    RGTV Ep 04: Better Compositing Techniques

    In this Episode, learn about compositing techniques that fall outside of keying. Using tools available for After Effects, Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Vegas and Avid, you’ll discover ways to improve the quality of your composite with less work.


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    RGTV Ep 03: Looping a Particle System

    In this Episode, you’ll learn how to set up a seamless looping particle system. We’ll be using Trapcode Particular and Starglow to create a stylized holiday snowstorm, but the concepts can be adapted for anything from backgrounds to lower 3rds.


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    Red Giant TV Ep 02: Binary Transition – Part 2

    In this Episode, Aharon shows you how to improve on and finish the binary transition project by working with Time Remapping and Camera animation. Plus, see how Magic Bullet Looks and Trapcode Shine help add the finishing touches.


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    Red Giant TV Ep. 01: Binary Transition – Part 1

    This episode shows you how to use Trapcode Form to create a dramatic transition where footage breaks into binary code, and re-forms as different footage.


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