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August 9th, 2007-_______-
When needing a photorealistic 3D world, After Effects isn't usually the first program that comes to mind. Typically a 3D modeling/animation program is necessary to create virtual 3D worlds, but in this article CreativeCOW contributing editor Bill O'Neil demonstrates creating a 3D world for a TV spot he was hired to direct and post for the Big Ten Basketball Conference.
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This Week's Articles
Adobe After Effects basics
Adobe After Effects
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Rorschach Ink Blot Test
In this tutorial from CreativeCOW member, Bob Thompson, you can combine a few filters and some time remapping to create an effective looking animated Rorschach Ink Blot Test.
Tutorial 08/08/2007
Author: Bob Thompson |
Adobe After Effects
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Demon Face Warp
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Andrew Kramer demonstrates how to create a Demon Face Warp effect.
Tutorial, Videotutorial 08/06/2007
Author: Andrew Kramer |
Adobe After Effects
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CE Time Shuffle
In this video tutorial, Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) demonstrates time jittering effects using one of his presets. You may have seen this effect in movies like The Ring, The Cell, or Fight Club. You may still create this kind of effect simply by playing with the TimeRemap function, but it's much easier using this preset.
Tutorial, Videotutorial 08/05/2007
Author: Jerzy Drozda Jr |
Adobe After Effects
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Simple Object Removal
In this video tutorial, from Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon), you will learn basic techniques for removing unwanted objects from your footage.
Tutorial, Videotutorial 08/05/2007
Author: Jerzy Drozda Jr |
Apple Motion
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Making 3D Text
When Motion3 was released and after the initial excitement had died down, it became obvious that there were a few features that hadn't made the release. One of the first to be highlighted by the many forum posts was the lack of 3D text. In this short tutorial, CreativeCOW leader, Peter Wiggins gives you some help in building 3D text in Motion.
Tutorial 08/04/2007
Author: Peter Wiggins |
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Apple
Final Cut Pro Forum
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Apple
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The Mac Pro RAID card offers improved performance
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Adobe
After Effects Forum
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Weirdest
Rendering Problem Ever
I come to you with the weirdest problem I ever had
in After Effects 7 :
When I start a render it work fine for a moment
and then the image starts to get all blury and dark
and starts blinking ! It is something I've never
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today ! I tried to un-pick the effects one by one
in order to isolate the problem but even without
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textures
Once again I'm up against the problem of trying
to add a texture map from a picture which has an
alpha channel. I can create an object of the right
shape in zaxwerx but it will only accept .jpgs,
and they will always have big black areas (or whatever
other color I fill the original alpha area with).
Do I have to spend the rest of my days trying to
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but want to use textures from my own stuff.)
Panasonic
HVX - HPX (P2) Forum
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Matching
HVX-200 with SDX-900 Framesize
Question. I shot with a SDX-900 at DVCpro 50 / 16x9 / 30P. I also shot a HVX-200 to P2 card at DVCPro 50 / Letterbox / 30P. The HVX-200 when downloaded to FCPro gave me a smaller over all frame size when laid over the SDX Footage. Should I have shot squeezed on the HVX? I think I experienced this problem once before with the DVX-100.
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