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November 20th, 2009
Adobe : After Effects Home
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| | | |  NEWS: | | | | |
| | | | Troika Design Group Shines a Spotlight on Polsky Films
One of Hollywood's hottest producing duos turns to Troika to rock its theatrical debut
Troika Design Group, a strategic branding and design agency for media and entertainment companies, has been tapped by Polsky Films, an independent feature film production company, to produce its signature logo animation.
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| | | | All Blackmagic Design products are fully compatible with Windows 7
Blackmagic Design today announced Windows 7 compatibility for it's entire range of professional video products. Video professionals using Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Eyeon Fusion 6 and Photoshop will immediately notice a more fluid and intuitive response, with Window 7’s newly enhanced stability and advanced memory management. Blackmagic Videohub software can now take full advantage of the new Windows 7 touch screen features such as multitouch, for a faster, more accurate response.
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| | | | Noise Industries Releases Free Pan and Zoom Photo Animation Plug-in
Flexible parameters of new Pan and Zoom 2 freebie enable the effortless creation of stunning photo animations inside both Apple and Adobe host applications
Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, announced that it has released an update to its popular freebie generator plug-in, Pan and Zoom.
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| | | | NewBlueFX Introduces “Video Essentials III” Effects Plugins
The Video Editor’s Wish List of Tools & Techniques in One Package
NewBlue, Inc. today launched Video Essentials III, the third and latest offering in its best-selling Video Essentials series of video effects and transitions plugins. NewBlue Video Essentials III provides highly-practical video tools designed to solve everyday production issues.
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| | | | GenArts, Inc. Acquires wondertouch
Acquisition Underscores Company’s Aggressive Growth Strategy and Broadens GenArts’ Product Offering to Include Particles Engine
GenArts Inc., the premier provider of specialized visual effects software for the film, television and video industries, announced today a definitive agreement to acquire particleIllusion™ and all related products and technologies from wondertouch LLC.
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| | | | Digieffects Launches Falloff Lighting Plugin for After Effects
Provides enhanced lighting for After Effects' built-in lights
Digieffects® a developer of visual effects software plugins, today announced that Falloff Lighting is available for purchase. Falloff Lighting provides enhanced lighting for After Effects' built-in lights.
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| | | | Boris FX XML Transfer brings Final Cut projects into Adobe After Effects
Seamlessly Transfer Apple Final Cut Pro Program Sequences to Adobe After Effects
Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, today announced Boris XML Transfer, a new Adobe After Effects plug-in designed for seamless transfer of Apple Final Cut Pro program sequences to Adobe After Effects. Boris XML Transfer preserves all aspects of a Final Cut Pro project including effects, audio, media clips, transitions, and geometric transformations.
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| | | | Matrox MXO2 LE Now Shipping
Portable, Professional I/O for the Mac with Matrox MAX Technology for Faster Than Realtime H.264 Encoding
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced that Matrox MXO2 LE, an HDMI, SDI, and analog I/O device for the Mac, is now available from authorized dealers worldwide. Matrox MXO2 LE streamlines editing with Apple Final Cut Studio on Mac Pros and MacBook Pros. It provides all the features of an I/O card in a sturdy, portable breakout box with professional audio and video connectivity.
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| | | | | TUTORIALS: | | | | |
| | | | Adobe After Effects
The Pen Tool
 Useful tips for working with the pen tool, controlling masks and rotoscoping with After Effects.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial by Eran Stern on 11/16/2009 | | | | |
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The Pusher
 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Eran Stern creates a watery liquid push effect and color corrects the shot using the bundled Color Finesse plug-in.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial by Eran Stern on 10/30/2009 | | | | |
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Bessie Potter
 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Michael Park demonstrates how to make a dark, cloudy Title reveal similar to the one seen in the Movie Which Must Not Be Named. All textures and fonts are available in the project download as well as the final CS4 project file.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial by Michael Park on 09/19/2009 | | | | |
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AE: Quick Tips for Better Workflow: Part 1
 In this video tutorial series, Creative Cow leader Gyorfi Szilard demonstrates a few tips for better workflow. This video will cover editing and working with keyframes.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial by Gyorfi Szilard on 09/14/2009 | | | | |
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Color Link
 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Eran Stern creates a colorful disco tunnel using shape layers and matching the look to a video footage using the color link effect.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial by Eran Stern on 09/04/2009 | | | | |
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Matting a Water Splash
 In this After Effects video tutorial, Lester Lauritzen shows you a technique that uses the CC Threshold RGB effect to create a luminance matte and mask out water in a swimming pool.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial by Lester Lauritzen on 08/11/2009 | | | | |
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Markers Leaks
 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Eran Stern gives an introduction to custom effects which trigger actions using layer markers inside of Adobe After Effects.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial by Eran Stern on 08/01/2009 | | | | |
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Using Text Jitter in Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE's Extruded Text Filter
 This video tutorial from Dirk de Jong gives you an in-depth look at the Jitter feature of Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE's Extruded Text filter. Basic functionality of the Jitter feature is explained and demonstrated. Then, the Jitter feature is shown in the context of a more developed effect involving audio and After Effects Camera and Lights.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial by Dirk de Jong on 07/30/2009 | | | | |
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| | | | THREADS: | | | | |
| | | |  | Re: Christmas tree lights lighting up.
by Kevin Camp in the Adobe After Effects Forum
if you are color adjusting the tree photo to the point of black for everything except the lights, you may be able to use that layer with a blending mode of lighten, screen or add (probably screen or add) over a less darkened image of the tree. then you could...
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| | | |  | Re: Missing a moving target
by Chris Wright in the Adobe After Effects Expressions Forum
Sometimes you just want something to move constantly without keyframing it. Use throw. // Throw (move at a constant speed without keyframes) veloc = -10; //horizontal velocity (pixels per second) x = position[0] + (time - inPoint) *veloc; y = position[1]; [x,y] http://technicolorsoftware.hostzi.com/...
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| | | | | Layers not casting shadows.
by Jordan Montreuil in the Adobe After Effects Forum
I have some 3d layers and a light and a camera. In the materials for the layers, the materials are both set to accept and cast shadows and nothing is showing up. My light is set to cast shadows and I have run out of ideas. Any thoughts?...
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| | | |  | Missing a moving target
by John Cuevas in the Adobe After Effects Expressions Forum
Have a bow and arrow and a moving target(wiggle). The bow and arrow follow the target with this expression on rotation: shoot = thisLayer.index; dx = thisComp.layer("heart").transform.position[0] - transform.position[0]; dy = thisComp.layer("heart").transform.position[1] - transform.position[1]; radians = Math.atan2(dy,dx); follow = radiansToDegrees(radians); if (time To the arrow's position I've added: shootStart =...
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| | | |  | Re: Burning to DVD w/ de-interlaced clips??
by Vince Becquiot in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
You would probably be better off with the interlaced clips, although if it was de-interlaced at the HD stage, the resolution loss will not matter much for SD. As far as encoding, keep it progressive for your DVD export, and pick Mpeg2 DVD. Change settings to CBR 7.5 if under...
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| | | | | Re: Reflection Effect
by peter mcauley in the Boris FX Forum
Well that depends ... what host are you using? If you are using FCP then you can use the Boris Continuum Shaders to automate the process. Here's a link to the BFX web site where you can download a trial version of BCC 6 FxPlug, in case you don't already...
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In this video tutorial series, Creative Cow leader Gyorfi Szilard demonstrates a few tips for better workflow. This video will cover navigation tips.
In this article, CreativeCOW's Jim Harvey takes a look at royalty free stock footage... with a twist... pre-keyed alpha stock footage from All Bets Are Off Productions.
