Category: After Effects

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Camera Projection and GI in Cinema 4D Part 2: Compositing the Scene in After Effects

In part two, I show you how to set up your scene to render for compositing. We set alpha passes, depth of field passes, AO and GI passes. Then, In After Effects, we composite the scene using curves, colored solids, … Continue reading →

January 14, 2010 and filed in After Effects, Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Video
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How to make 3D Text and use 3D Stroke in After Effects – Live Tutorial

Check out the very first Live GSG Tutorial on how to make 3D Text and how to Make 3D Stroke from Trapcode go around objects. This tutorial was made live on Ustream where people could interact and ask questions about … Continue reading →

December 31, 2009 and filed in After Effects, Tutorials, Video
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40% Off Red Giant Software Today Only – It’s Over

UPDATE: It’s all over, folks. Hope you got a good deal on some new software. Today is the day. You can get 40% off of EVERYTHING from Red Giant. If you were thinking about getting anything from Red Giant including: … Continue reading →

December 8, 2009 and filed in After Effects, News
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Make the JibJab Effect using After Effects and the Tracker

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December 8, 2009 and filed in After Effects, Tutorials, Video, Visual Learning
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How to make a globe radio-wave animation in After Effects AND Cinema 4D

In this tutorial, I show you how to make a Radio Wave animation that animates around a sphere. First, I will show you how we can do this in After Effects. Then, I show you how to animate this scene … Continue reading →

November 19, 2009 and filed in After Effects, Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Video, Visual Learning
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How To Color Correct footage from your Canon 5D or 7D with After Effects

The Canon 5D, Canon 7D, Nikon D90, and Nikon D5000 put the ability to shoot high quality video in the hands of so many photographers. The footage looks great, but it lacks contrast and finish. Watch this tutorial to learn … Continue reading →

November 11, 2009 and filed in After Effects, Digital Cameras, Photography, Tutorials, Video, Visual Learning
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Introducing KeyframeTV: Episode 1

Welcome to the first episode of KeyframeTV, a discussion about the tools, news and work of motion design. KeyframeTV is made by Tim Allen, Nick Campbell & Pasquale D’Silva. Check out the keyframetv.com site for a full list of credits … Continue reading →

November 3, 2009 and filed in After Effects, Ideas, Inspiration, KeyframeTV, Motion Design, Reviews, Video, Visual Learning
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How to Export Your Scene From Cinema 4D to After Effects

I made this tutorial to show you how to prepare your renders in Cinema 4D for export into After Effects. Then, I go though the process of importing your render into After Effects using Multi Pass, compositing tags and object … Continue reading →

October 27, 2009 and filed in After Effects, Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Video, Visual Learning
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Cinema 4D to After Effects Workflow Tutorial

John from Motionworks put out a great tutorial about a recently finished project where he uses Illustrator, Cinema 4D, and After Effects to composite a scene. What I love about this tutorial is that John doesn’t bog the video down … Continue reading →

October 15, 2009 and filed in After Effects, Tutorials, Video
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How to Remove Banding Artifacts in After Effects

In this episode, I show you how to remove the banding from your videos rendered in After Effects. Banding happens when video is compressed and similar colors get posterized. This undesirable, visible bands of color that can be distracting, and … Continue reading →

October 12, 2009 and filed in After Effects, Tutorials, Video, Visual Learning