Photoshop and AE: Layer Comps

Richard Harrington RichardHarringtonBlog Washington District of Columbia USA ©2011 CreativeCOW.net. All rights reserved.

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In this episode of Video Adrenaline for Photoshop and After Effects, Richard Harrington explores layer comps in Adobe Photo and then shows how easy it is to spit out multiple versions of your file to bring into Adobe After Effects.

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Creating the AE Cosmos

Rob Mize ©2011 CreativeCOW.net. All rights reserved.

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Rob Mize shows how to create a dynamic 3D sun in 3D space using only CC Particle World. He then demonstrates the versatility of this effect by adjusting the parameters to animate the sun into a supernova explosion. Look forward to more tutorials from Rob on creating other entities in the AE Cosmos!

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After Effects Quick Tip - Set First Vertex

Kevin P. McAuliffe Toronto Canada ©2011 CreativeCOW.net. All rights reserved.

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Have you ever wanted to change the point where an animated mask starts, or where something animating along a path begins? Don't settle for where After Effects wants to start it, tell it where to start by setting the first vertex.

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Photoshop and AE: Fixing Underexposure

Richard Harrington RichardHarringtonBlog Washington District of Columbia USA ©2011 CreativeCOW.net. All rights reserved.

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In this installment of Photoshop and AE Video Adrenaline, Richard Harrington demonstrates how to combine Photoshop and After Effects to fix underexposed footage items.

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Adobe After Effects Quick Tip - Placeholders

Adobe After Effects Quick Tip - Placeholders


 

Kevin P. McAuliffe Toronto Canada ©2011 CreativeCOW.net. All rights reserved.

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In this Quick Tip, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you that you don't need to worry about having every element you need to create your After Effects composition right from the start. Placeholders can take the place of elements that other departments might still be creating, and they help you stay on top of your deadline.

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After Effects Quick Tip - Brainstorm

Kevin P. McAuliffe Toronto Canada ©2011 CreativeCOW.net. All rights reserved.

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Have you ever been stuck coming up with an idea when working in After Effects? Ever had a picky producer, who has no idea what they want? Brainstorm is the perfect tool to use, to help get your creativity flowing, no matter what the sitation.

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Creating Super-Tight Junk Mattes

Aharon Rabinowitz New York, USA ©2006 Aharon Rabinowitz and Creativecow.net. All rights reserved.

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In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shares a method of quickly and automatically creating extremely precise junk mattes/gargabe masks for use in the keying process.

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HDR Imagery and 32 BPC

Andrew Kramer VideoCopilot.net ©Creativecow.net. All rights are reserved.

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In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Andrew Kramer gives us a practical look at HDR Imagery and 32 bits per channel inside of After Effects 7.0.

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Multi-Machine Rendering

Aharon Rabinowitz New York, USA ©2006 Aharon Rabinowitz and Creativecow.net. All rights reserved.

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In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to Render a project on several computers at once, without the use of the After Effects render Engine.

 

Aharon Rabinowitz New York, USA ©2006 Aharon Rabinowitz and Creativecow.net. All rights reserved.

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In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to Render a project on several computers at once, without the use of the After Effects render Engine.

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Render Tips and HD Proxies

Andrew Kramer VideoCopilot.net ©Creativecow.net. All rights are reserved.

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In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Andrew Kramer demonstrates how to use proxies inside of After Effects 7.0.

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Horror Text

Aharon Rabinowitz New York, USA ©2006 Aharon Rabinowitz and Creativecow.net. All rights reserved.

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In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to make ''Horror Movie'' style text appear on a wall.

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In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to make the horror text from part 1 run down the wall slightly, as if bleeding.


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Creating a Flock of Birds

Aharon Rabinowitz New York, USA ©2006 Aharon Rabinowitz and Creativecow.net. All rights reserved.

 
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In part 1 of this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to build and animate a bird in AE 3D. In part 2 it will join a flock of birds.

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In part 2 of this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create and animate a flock of birds from the original bird.


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After Effects Depth of Field

Andrew Kramer VideoCopilot.net ©Creativecow.net. All rights are reserved.

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In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Andrew Kramer demonstrates how to simulate a 'depth of field look to live action footage.

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AE Workflow Tip #1: Duplication

Aharon Rabinowitz New York, USA ©2006 Aharon Rabinowitz and Creativecow.net. All rights reserved.

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In this Video Tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz helps you improve your workflow through the use of duplication in After Effects. Topics covered include, duplicating layers, render settings, overwriting renders, and creating videotape containing both RGB and Alpha transparency information for archiving.

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Simple Bleach Bypass

Andrew Kramer VideoCopilot.net ©Creativecow.net. All rights are reserved.

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In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Andrew Kramer demonstrates a very fast bleach bypass effect that you can do in After Effects. 

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Understanding Straight vs. Premultiplied

Aharon Rabinowitz New York, USA ©2006 Aharon Rabinowitz and Creativecow.net. All rights reserved.

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In this Video Tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz helps you understand the practical differences between Straight and Premultiplied video, when working with After Effects alone as well as between AE and other programs.

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AE Workflow Tip #2: Rendering

Aharon Rabinowitz New York, USA ©2006 Aharon Rabinowitz and Creativecow.net. All rights reserved.

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In this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shares some rendering workflow tips to help you avoid a crash and render a little faster, and discusses an important plug-in for speeding up your renders and previews.

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Adobe After Effects Quick Tip - Re-Positioning Made Easy

Kevin P. McAuliffe Toronto Canada ©2011 CreativeCOW.net. All rights reserved.

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Don't waste time trying to adjust the parameters of your keyframes when a client wants to make a change. These types of changes should be quick and easy...and they are.

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After Effects Flip Book Effect

Andrew Kramer VideoCopilot.net ©Creativecow.net. All rights are reserved.

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In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Andrew Kramer demonstrates how to create a 'Flip-Book' effect.

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Creating a Custom Wave Form

Aharon Rabinowitz New York, USA ©2006 Aharon Rabinowitz and Creativecow.net. All rights reserved.

 
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In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create a customized, sound-reactive waveform using a stroke, a distortion effect and an expression.

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In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to improve the look of the Customized waveform and talks about how to get real control of your audio keyframes with Trapcode Sound Keys.


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