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FreeForm AE for Adobe After Effects By Kevin McAuliffe
These days, 3D in Adobe's After Effects is a no brainer, and most people don't even give it a second thought. I've been an After Effects user since version 3.5 of the software, and when the 3D feature came along (version 5), it was a huge step forward, except for one problem.
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Color correcting the Rebel way in After Effects By David Basulto
I recently received an email from a very smart high school student (smart because he is learning After Effects in high school). He was in a bit of a dilemma. He pleaded with his parents to buy him Red Giant Software's Colorista plug in for his birthday to no avail. He asked me in his email what was out there that was like it. Enter Rebel CC.
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Creating Animated Backgrounds By Kevin McAuliffe
I always say that these days, we live in an instant gratification society, and what I mean by this is that we want everything and we want it now. Beginners and advanced After Effects users alike are quick to buy animated backgrounds to use in their compositions, because it is quick and easy to do. The big problem with it is that it costs money that alot of us don't have.
...Read More »
Using Trapcode Form 101 By David Basulto
I`m sure most Adobe After Effects users will agree that Trapcode makes some amazing plug-ins. Its most recent addition is Form. Form enables you to create amazing, organic, fluid "forms" in a 3D-based grid system. It is a particle-like system not too different from Trapcode Particular but the particles in Form have no birth or death.
...Read More »
Final Effects Complete 5 For Adobe After Effects By Kevin McAuliffe
I've worked in After Effects for about 10 years now, and these days we are very spoiled. I remember days when plug-in packages were few and far between, and we were relying on ICE FX for hardware accelerated renders, as that's what it took to create complex animations, because back then we would jokingly call After Effects "After Dinner," as you would start your render going first thing in the morning, and you could come back after dinner to see IF it was done
...Read More »
Microsoft makes Visual Studio, Expression software free for students By The Associated Press
Microsoft Corp. is giving students free access to its most sophisticated tools for writing software and making media-rich Web sites, a move that intensifies its competition with Adobe Systems Inc. and could challenge open source software's popularity.
...Read More »
Complex Logo Design in Zaxwerks 3D Invigorator Classic By Kevin McAuliffe
I have always been fascinated by 3D animation, but I unfortunately don't have the time to sit down and learn a 3D program to really produce great looking animations. A few years back, Zaxwerks released a set of plug-ins called Invigorator (Pro and Classic) that brought the world of extrusion to the "3D" in After Effects. I love the plug-in, but I always found it cumbersome to create complex animations, as time was always an issue.
...Read More »
Imagineer Systems Allan Jaenicke announces Mocha AE By David Basulto
If you have done any tracking or rotoscoping work, you know how dreadful and tedious it can be. The gut wrenching question clients always seem to ask is ?Can this be tracked?? Well luckily for us, the digital gods have smiled down from the heavens.
...Read More »
Five After Effects Plug-Ins You Need Right Now! By Kevin McAuliffe
I'm not a big fan of telling someone to run out and buy a plug-in at the drop of a hat. But, as every editor knows, there are always the "go to" effects that you find yourself going back to over and over again first (for the producer), because they look great, and second (for you) because they are relatively inexpensive. Here is a look at what I think are the five "must have's" for any editor/motion graphics artist using Adobe After Effects.
...Read More »
KNOLL LENS PARTICULAR By Steve Toyama
A lot of cool effects can be achieved by finding a way to combine two effects that seem to have little or nothing to do with each other. In this tutorial, we'll be joining together two plug-ins that are already amazing all by themselves. The two plug-ins are Red Giant Software's Knoll Light Factory and Trapcode's Particular. Using Particular's custom particle feature, we'll create custom particles based on lens flares.
...Read More »
TARONITE SOFTWARE: Zborn By Ko Maruyama
Sometimes it just takes a minute and a spark of inspiration for someone to become completely enamored with Adobe After Effects compositing and animation. Sometimes it's not just the host application that inspires, but the plugins that bring the software to life. Taronite software plugins are poised to do just that. With a completely new take on the application's potential, these new plugins will make compositors and designers consider new avenues for their animations.
...Read More »
Sculpting with Particular By Jean Hauptman
The Aux System is a powerful component of Trapcode Particular. Some of its most fascinating aspects have gone unnoticed by many animators. Commonly, the Aux System is used to send secondary offshoots from the main particle (fireworks, for example). But investigating the controls in more depth is worth the time and effort. Recently, I've been experimenting with "sculpting" Aux Particle trails. Here are a couple of early results.
...Read More »
The Foundry at IBC 2006 (Stand 7.638)
The Foundry is pleased to announce Tinderbox 4, a major new product release for After Effects, the European debut of Furnace 3 for Discreet, and it?s much acclaimed Forge automated dust-busting solution, at IBC 2006. Visitors wanting to enhance workflow and boost productivity in VFX post production will find these solutions on offer at The Foundry?s stand 7.638.
...Read More »
Dazzling New Collections of Preset for Trapcode Plug-ins
Little Men Entertainment, a broadcast design, animation and live action production company just released LME Collections, dazzling collections of 407 presets and comps for Trapcode Plug-ins Echospace, Starglow, Particular and 3D Stroke to be used with After Effects 6.5 or higher. Each collection contains 100 or more presets and matching comps and retails for $99.00 each. There is a 20% discount if you buy all four. You can view animated galleries of what's included in these collections at http://www.little-men.com/LME.html. 407 for all 4 collections.
...Read More »
Digital Trove announces the release of PRIME 4.0 on OS X
Digital Trove today announced the release of PRIME 4.0 for Mac OS X, a free upgrade to its flagship effects suite for Adobe After Effects®, PRIME (Production-Ready Image Manipulation Effects) . The suite has been expanded to 52 plug-ins, with optimizations for speed and quality, and additional parameters for more possibilities.
...Read More »
GenArts to Showcase Sapphire Plug-ins at SIGGRAPH 2006
GenArts will be giving demonstrations of Sapphire Plug-ins in booth 1700 on a wide range of platforms including: Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro, Eyeon Fusion, Apple Shake and Final Cut Pro, Avid Xpress Pro, and Autodesk Combustion.
...Read More »
GridIron Software Revolutionize Adobe After Effects Workflow with Nucleo Pro
GridIron® Software today announced GridIron Nucleo Pro, a productivity enhancement tool that optimizes the workflow for visual effects artists working in After Effects on multi-processor and multi-core computers. Nucleo Pro, an Adobe® After Effects® plug-in introduces the never seen before concept of rendering and working at that same time, while maximizing the full use of all available CPU resources.
...Read More »
Imagica Announces New Version Of Primatte
IMAGICA Corp. announced today a new version of the company?s renowned chromakey technology Primatte, to be featured at the National Association of Broadcaster?s (NAB) show, April 24-27, 2006, in Las Vegas.
...Read More »
Digital Anarchy Releases ReSizer 2.0
Digital Anarchy, a leading provider of cost-effective special effects software for Adobe® and Apple® products, today announced the immediate availability of ReSizer 2.0, a plug-in for resizing footage or up-converting Standard Definition (SD) to High Definition (HD) in After Effects, Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro. The ReSizer algorithms intelligently scale footage and images, giving designers and filmmakers the power to produce high-quality SD to HD up-conversions while staying on time and within budget.
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Bluetooth headsets have become more and more popular throughout the years and now more and more cell phones have been able to take advantage of this technology. In this review we'll be looking at a brand new Bluetooth headset from iTech, the SolarVoice 908, one of the first solar charging headsets on the market.
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Thank goodness you're a pack rat! You know, have to grab, keep everything that flies by...ok everything except that report or news item or YouTube yuck you saw last week and now desperately need. Can't find it it save your behind. And still you don't have enough storage...there are new worlds to conquer, new worlds to destroy or take home with you. Don't worry Flash will always be there for you Dale!!!!
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On this Veteran's Day 2009, as we honor those who served and gave their lives for America, there are stories about man's best friend being told by those who fought alongside their "War Dogs of the Pacific." Most Americans have no idea that dogs were trained to sniff out the enemy during World War II, 549 to be exact fought with the U.S. Marines on Guam, Saipan, and other battlegrounds of the Pacific Theater.
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Did you hear? Microsoft is releasing a new version of Windows - should you buy it? Windows 7 is here. In this article you will find out if Windows 7 is worth the wait and whether or not you should upgrade. Or is Windows 7 just another Vista?
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FreeForm AE for Adobe After Effects
These days, 3D in Adobe's After Effects is a no brainer, and most people don't even give it a second thought. I've been an After Effects user since version 3.5 of the software, and when the 3D feature came along (version 5), it was a huge step forward, except for one problem.
...Read More »
Noise Industries Visual Effects Development Partner DVShade Wins Award of Superiority for EasyLooks Version 2.5
Noise Industries' visual effects development partner, DVShade, was recognized by Microfilmmaker and won the Award of Superiority for EasyLooks version 2.5, taking home a perfect score.
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Color correcting the Rebel way in After Effects
I recently received an email from a very smart high school student (smart because he is learning After Effects in high school). He was in a bit of a dilemma. He pleaded with his parents to buy him Red Giant Software's Colorista plug in for his birthday to no avail. He asked me in his email what was out there that was like it. Enter Rebel CC.
...Read More »
Creating Animated Backgrounds
I always say that these days, we live in an instant gratification society, and what I mean by this is that we want everything and we want it now. Beginners and advanced After Effects users alike are quick to buy animated backgrounds to use in their compositions, because it is quick and easy to do. The big problem with it is that it costs money that alot of us don't have.
...Read More »
Using Trapcode Form 101
I`m sure most Adobe After Effects users will agree that Trapcode makes some amazing plug-ins. Its most recent addition is Form. Form enables you to create amazing, organic, fluid "forms" in a 3D-based grid system. It is a particle-like system not too different from Trapcode Particular but the particles in Form have no birth or death.
...Read More »
Final Effects Complete 5 For Adobe After Effects
I've worked in After Effects for about 10 years now, and these days we are very spoiled. I remember days when plug-in packages were few and far between, and we were relying on ICE FX for hardware accelerated renders, as that's what it took to create complex animations, because back then we would jokingly call After Effects "After Dinner," as you would start your render going first thing in the morning, and you could come back after dinner to see IF it was done
...Read More »
Microsoft makes Visual Studio, Expression software free for students
Microsoft Corp. is giving students free access to its most sophisticated tools for writing software and making media-rich Web sites, a move that intensifies its competition with Adobe Systems Inc. and could challenge open source software's popularity.
...Read More »
Complex Logo Design in Zaxwerks 3D Invigorator Classic
I have always been fascinated by 3D animation, but I unfortunately don't have the time to sit down and learn a 3D program to really produce great looking animations. A few years back, Zaxwerks released a set of plug-ins called Invigorator (Pro and Classic) that brought the world of extrusion to the "3D" in After Effects. I love the plug-in, but I always found it cumbersome to create complex animations, as time was always an issue.
...Read More »
Imagineer Systems Allan Jaenicke announces Mocha AE
If you have done any tracking or rotoscoping work, you know how dreadful and tedious it can be. The gut wrenching question clients always seem to ask is ?Can this be tracked?? Well luckily for us, the digital gods have smiled down from the heavens.
...Read More »
Five After Effects Plug-Ins You Need Right Now!
I'm not a big fan of telling someone to run out and buy a plug-in at the drop of a hat. But, as every editor knows, there are always the "go to" effects that you find yourself going back to over and over again first (for the producer), because they look great, and second (for you) because they are relatively inexpensive. Here is a look at what I think are the five "must have's" for any editor/motion graphics artist using Adobe After Effects.
...Read More »
KNOLL LENS PARTICULAR
A lot of cool effects can be achieved by finding a way to combine two effects that seem to have little or nothing to do with each other. In this tutorial, we'll be joining together two plug-ins that are already amazing all by themselves. The two plug-ins are Red Giant Software's Knoll Light Factory and Trapcode's Particular. Using Particular's custom particle feature, we'll create custom particles based on lens flares.
...Read More »
TARONITE SOFTWARE: Zborn
Sometimes it just takes a minute and a spark of inspiration for someone to become completely enamored with Adobe After Effects compositing and animation. Sometimes it's not just the host application that inspires, but the plugins that bring the software to life. Taronite software plugins are poised to do just that. With a completely new take on the application's potential, these new plugins will make compositors and designers consider new avenues for their animations.
...Read More »
Sculpting with Particular
The Aux System is a powerful component of Trapcode Particular. Some of its most fascinating aspects have gone unnoticed by many animators. Commonly, the Aux System is used to send secondary offshoots from the main particle (fireworks, for example). But investigating the controls in more depth is worth the time and effort. Recently, I've been experimenting with "sculpting" Aux Particle trails. Here are a couple of early results.
...Read More »
The Foundry at IBC 2006 (Stand 7.638)
The Foundry is pleased to announce Tinderbox 4, a major new product release for After Effects, the European debut of Furnace 3 for Discreet, and it?s much acclaimed Forge automated dust-busting solution, at IBC 2006. Visitors wanting to enhance workflow and boost productivity in VFX post production will find these solutions on offer at The Foundry?s stand 7.638.
...Read More »
Dazzling New Collections of Preset for Trapcode Plug-ins
Little Men Entertainment, a broadcast design, animation and live action production company just released LME Collections, dazzling collections of 407 presets and comps for Trapcode Plug-ins Echospace, Starglow, Particular and 3D Stroke to be used with After Effects 6.5 or higher. Each collection contains 100 or more presets and matching comps and retails for $99.00 each. There is a 20% discount if you buy all four. You can view animated galleries of what's included in these collections at http://www.little-men.com/LME.html. 407 for all 4 collections.
...Read More »
Digital Trove announces the release of PRIME 4.0 on OS X
Digital Trove today announced the release of PRIME 4.0 for Mac OS X, a free upgrade to its flagship effects suite for Adobe After Effects®, PRIME (Production-Ready Image Manipulation Effects) . The suite has been expanded to 52 plug-ins, with optimizations for speed and quality, and additional parameters for more possibilities.
...Read More »
GenArts to Showcase Sapphire Plug-ins at SIGGRAPH 2006
GenArts will be giving demonstrations of Sapphire Plug-ins in booth 1700 on a wide range of platforms including: Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro, Eyeon Fusion, Apple Shake and Final Cut Pro, Avid Xpress Pro, and Autodesk Combustion.
...Read More »
GridIron Software Revolutionize Adobe After Effects Workflow with Nucleo Pro
GridIron® Software today announced GridIron Nucleo Pro, a productivity enhancement tool that optimizes the workflow for visual effects artists working in After Effects on multi-processor and multi-core computers. Nucleo Pro, an Adobe® After Effects® plug-in introduces the never seen before concept of rendering and working at that same time, while maximizing the full use of all available CPU resources.
...Read More »
Imagica Announces New Version Of Primatte
IMAGICA Corp. announced today a new version of the company?s renowned chromakey technology Primatte, to be featured at the National Association of Broadcaster?s (NAB) show, April 24-27, 2006, in Las Vegas.
...Read More »
Digital Anarchy Releases ReSizer 2.0
Digital Anarchy, a leading provider of cost-effective special effects software for Adobe® and Apple® products, today announced the immediate availability of ReSizer 2.0, a plug-in for resizing footage or up-converting Standard Definition (SD) to High Definition (HD) in After Effects, Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro. The ReSizer algorithms intelligently scale footage and images, giving designers and filmmakers the power to produce high-quality SD to HD up-conversions while staying on time and within budget.
...Read More »
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