Tutorials
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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: 2116
No 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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QuickTip #59: Fast Musical Scoring for Motion Graphics with SmartSound Sonic Fire Pro
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Jan 27, 2012
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Views: 603
No commentsIn this QuickTip, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how he quickly generates a soundtrack for Motion Graphics, using Smartsound SonicFire Pro. This is a tool Aharon uses to score most of the videos created for Red Giant and many of his non RG projects. Learn more about SonicFire Pro and Smartsound’s library of Royalty-Free music at [...]
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Red Giant Quicktip #57: Animating a Look
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Jan 27, 2012
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Views: 1157
6 commentsIn this Quicktip, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to animate the tools in Magic Bullet Looks.
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Red Giant Quicktip #56: Sketchy Stop-Motion Text Look
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Jan 27, 2012
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Views: 1547
1 commentInspired by a video he found on Vimeo, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you some quick tips and techniques for creating a sketchy stop motion look for text. Links: Get the Sketch Rockwell font at urbanfonts.com/fonts/Sketch_Rockwell.htm Watch Working with the Scribble Effect Part 1 (Creative Cow Tutorial by Aharon) at allbetsareoff.com/tutorials/working-with-the-scribble-effect-part-1/ Get the Project Files at people.redgiantsoftware.com/explore/presetdetail.aspx?presetid=2047 [...]
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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: 489
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: 2034
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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Red Giant TV Episode 59: Trapcode 3D Stereoscopic Workflow Basics
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Aug 09, 2011
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Views: 3271
2 commentsIn this Episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz explores the basics of 3D Stereoscopic Workflow with Trapcode 3D plug-ins.This tutorial is a great intro to Stereoscopic 3D in After Effects. If you have them, bring your 3D Glasses – it will help. Watch it here: Check out Pinkau.com to get the FREE stereoscopic tools [...]
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Red Giant QuickTip #48: Digitally Re-Lighting a Green Screen Background with Primatte Keyer 5
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Aug 09, 2011
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Views: 2750
No commentsIn this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a new feature in Primatte Keyer 5 that helps you fix poor lighting on your green screen (or other chroma background), by unifying the background color to make it easier for you to key and composite. Watch the tutorial here: Learn more about Primatte Keyer at: http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/products/all/primatte-keyer/
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QuickTip #47: Glassy Look with Magic Bullet Looks 2
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Aug 09, 2011
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Views: 2166
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: 2860
No commentsIn 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 #41: Adding Life to Interview Footage
- By Aharon Rabinowitz May 17, 2011
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Views: 5893
5 commentsIn this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to clean up (remove noise) and add life to interview footage through color correction. Though Aharon demonstrates in After Effects, the tutorial works for users of Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro and more. Watch the tutorial below.
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Red Giant QuickTip #35: Kaleidoscopic Effects with Trapcode Form
- By Aharon Rabinowitz May 17, 2011
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Views: 2302
No commentsIn 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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Film Flash: New FREE Preset For After Effects
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 01, 2010
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Views: 21061
18 commentsPlain and simple, Film Flash is an automated, dynamic preset for After Effects that bumps up the exposure of the footage to create a cool transition effects between two video clips. All you have to do is add a layer marker right at the point of transition, and Film Flash does the rest. The effect [...]
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Spy Photo: New FREE Presets For After Effects
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Nov 21, 2010
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Views: 17005
25 commentsIntroducing Spy Photo, a new set of FREE presets for Adobe After Effects that makes it easy to create the look of snapshots taken by a spy or private investigator, as seen in film and TV. The presets are dynamic, and require no keyframes. Just marks where you want the effect to happen. After Effects [...]
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FREE Template Project: Movie Magic
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Nov 09, 2010
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Views: 10803
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: 6385
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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Quicktip: Old Film Look with Light Leaks
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Aug 12, 2010
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Views: 11601
10 commentsRed Giant Quicktip #17: Old Film Look In this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create an old film look with light leaks. He’ll be using Trapcode Particular to create the light leaks, and the tools in Magic Bullet Looks to create the look of old damaged footage. iPod/iPad-Freindly Version on Vimeo.
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QuickTip: Trapcode Form City
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Jun 29, 2010
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Views: 10086
3 commentsRed Giant Quicktip #15: Trapcode Form City from Red Giant Software on Vimeo. In this Quicktip, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how using Depth Maps to displace Trapcode Form particles can be used to create a 3D Point Cloud Representation of a city. This tutorial was inspired by the brilliant Trapcode Form work of Jeremy Cox [...]
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Red Giant Quicktip # 13: Create an iPhone UI Animation with Inverse Scaling
- By Aharon Rabinowitz May 17, 2010
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Views: 4500
2 commentsIn this QuickTip, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to apply information from Episode 39 of Red Giant TV (Creating a 1980′s Retro Video Game Look) for use in a much more modern project. The After Effects expression user here was: s = 100*transform.scale[0]/parent.transform.scale[0]; [s,s,s]
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Red Giant QuickTip #8: In Like Flynn with Magic Bullet Looks
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Apr 08, 2010
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Views: 2244
3 commentsIn this QuickTip, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to recreate the look of Flynn on screen, as seen in the trailer for Tron Legacy, using Magic Bullet Looks.
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Red Giant QuickTip #6 – Driving Holomatrix Animation with Audio
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Apr 01, 2010
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Views: 2239
5 commentsRed Giant QuickTip #6 – Driving Holomatrix Animation with Audio In this quick tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use Audio to control the various effects in Holomatrix. He’ll also use Trapcode Soundkeys.
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Red Giant Quick Tip #5 – Change the Lighting and Mood of Your Photo
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Mar 29, 2010
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Views: 1828
2 commentsIn this quicktip, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to turn an everyday, candid photo into a work of art, in moments, with Magic Bullet PhotoLooks. You’ll learn how to quickly change the lighting and mood of your photo.
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Red Giant Quick Tip #3 – 3D Text
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Mar 24, 2010
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Views: 5873
6 commentsA quick tip for quickly creating cool looking 3D text in AE with real depth, using Red Giant Software’s PlaneSpace.
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Red Giant Quick Tip #2 – Sharing Looks Across Apps
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Mar 22, 2010
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Views: 979
1 commentIn this quick tip, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to quickly share your film look presets across applications from Photoshop, to After Effects, to Final Cut Pro, by using Red Giant Software’s Magic Bullet Looks and Magic Bullet PhotoLooks. BONUS: You’ll also learn how to work non-destructively with effects/filters in Photoshop.
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Red Giant QuickTip #1 – Chromatic Aberration
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Mar 18, 2010
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Views: 2254
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.