Skip to content

Tag Archives: Red Giant Software

  1. Interview with John Knoll – Need Your Help!

    By Aharon Rabinowitz
    Jan 03, 2010

    Hi Folks – Next week, I’ll be flying out to  San Francisco to interview John Knoll, for Red Giant TV. Unless you’ve been living in a cave free of VFX news, you know that John Knoll was ILM’s Visual Effects Supervisor for Avatar, Star Wars,  and many other films. He is one of Hollywood’s most [...]

    26 comments

  2. You’re Not That Talented, and Other Advice

    By Aharon Rabinowitz
    Dec 03, 2009

    Lately, I’ve been asked to share a lot of career advice. I was interviewed at aetutsplus.com and on MotionWorks Unplugged, where I shared a few of my thoughts on getting work and being successful. But a few nights ago I was asked by my friend Jay Ignaszewski to sit down with a group of students [...]

    45 comments

  3. Holomatrix and the B-FLoT Factor

    By Aharon Rabinowitz
    Nov 19, 2009

    I love plug-ins. They do cool stuff. Trapcode Particular – Boo yah! Knoll Light Factory Pro – Awesome. But some of my favorite plug-ins are of the B-FLoT variety – as in the Big Fricken Lot of Time you Save by using them.
    For example, Red Giant Planespace is probably my favorite plug-in. There’s no real [...]

    1 comment
  4. featured post image for post id: 2810

    Intro to Holomatrix, Pt. 3: Transform Properties

    In 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.

    1 comment
  5. featured post image for post id: 2808

    Intro to Holomatrix, Pt. 2: Corner Pinning and 3D

    In 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.

    3 comments
  6. featured post image for post id: 2799

    Intro to Holomatrix, Pt. 1: Getting Started

    In 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.

    8 comments

  7. Holomatrix is Here!

    By Aharon Rabinowitz
    Nov 16, 2009

    Holomatrix is here… but, alas, I’m not. I’m on my last day of vacation enjoying the beach. I’ll be telling you more about Holomatrix in the next few days, but in the mean time, check it out here, ad Red Giant Software.

    9 comments

  8. Working a Film Shoot from 10,355 Miles Away

    By Aharon Rabinowitz
    Oct 20, 2009

    Last Sunday night, this was my schedule:
    7:00 PM – Dinner with wife and daughter at home, in NYC
    8:00 PM – Film Shoot in Melbourne, Australia
    12:00 AM – Back home and brushing my teeth before bed
    I know what you’re thinking: I probably should have brushed and flossed right after I ate. I allowed unsightly plaque to [...]

    12 comments

  9. Holomatrix is Coming…

    By Aharon Rabinowitz
    Oct 13, 2009

    A new set of tools designed by Dan Ebberts and myself, and which will be published by Red Giant Software.
    More info coming soon…

    11 comments

  10. Mojo Rising – Magic Bullet Mojo

    By Aharon Rabinowitz
    Sep 09, 2009

    The latest from Stu Maschwitz and Red Giant Software is finally here – Magic Bullet Mojo .
    Mojo is a plug-in that allows you to easily  create the film look seen in almost every action/sci-fi/blockbuster  movie made in the last few years. The look is characterized by any non-skin toned colors being pushed it into the [...]

    1 comment

  11. Particular 2 Presentation + Tutorial

    By Aharon Rabinowitz
    Jul 06, 2009

    AENY Aharon Rabinowitz introduces the new features of Trapcode Particular 2 from AENY on Vimeo.
    On June 25, 2009, I gave a presentation at After Effects New York on Red Giant’s Software’s Trapcode Particular 2 (not yet released). It included a 20 minute overview of some of the new features, as well as a 20 [...]

    12 comments

  12. After Effects New York Wrap Up

    By Aharon Rabinowitz
    Jun 26, 2009

    Alright – I am heading out the door for the weekend, but I wanted to do a quick wrap up of what I covered in my After Effects New York presentation:
    1. Creating an Ocean Water Effect – using only tools found in After Effects CS3+ and no footage, I showed how you can create [...]

    10 comments

  13. Trapcode Particular 2!!!!

    By Aharon Rabinowitz
    May 28, 2009

    IMPORTANT NOTE: Given that the product is still in Beta, these features are not set in stone. Until this ad appears on the Red Giant website, do not consider this official. The ad may change.

    Oh yeah, it’s Red Giant Software’s Trapcode Particular 2, baby!
    OK, well, it’s a commercial for it. And at the end of [...]

    17 comments

  14. Magic Bullet Looks Commercial

    By Aharon Rabinowitz
    May 12, 2009

    Hi Folks -
    I just finished working on an awesome commercial for Red Giant Software’s Magic Bullet Looks. This was a ton of fun to do.

    Magic Bullet Looks – Helping you Tell your story from Red Giant Software on Vimeo.
    I wrote and directed it, and did some of the compositing, but all of the really [...]

    5 comments