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Coming Soon: An episode of Red Giant TV,  featuring Tiny Inventions – a talented team of artists that bring life to real-world models, through a unique combination of After Effects animation, still photography, stop-motion, hand drawn-imagery, and puppetry. You will experience what true creativity and talent can yield, with the right set of tools.

Then you will want to cry because you’ll only wish you could do something this cool.

As I mentioned in a previous post, we recently had the Red Giant company meeting. After the meetings broke on Wednesday, and people started getting back to the usual day-to-day, Harry Frank and I decided we would film a tour of the Red Giant offices in Portland.

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OK – it’s not The Godfather, but it’s not Bio-Dome either. Sad to say that we had a really great interview with Debbie Rich, one of our newest team members, but as it turns out, we actually hit the record button twice (stopping the recording right away). Consequently, from the time the interview is over (when we hit the record button again) until the next one, we have about 20 minutes of video of Harry’s feet along with audio of the RG team describing our favorite scenes from “Desperate Housewives” in detail (this is mandatory viewing at RG – and there is a test, or we don’t get paid).

Oh, and BTW – we used Harry Frank’s Looping Backgrounds for Trapcode Suite for all of the lower thirds. Harry didn’t want me to print that, but I must not have heard him when he said it.

Next time write your own blog entry, buddy.

Let me just cut to the chase here and say that if you love the iPhone Apps “ShakeIt Photo” and “CrossProcess” but always wanted to work with them on a big screen in Photoshop or your video editor – you’re lucky day is here. Introducing Nick Campbell’s Vintage Film for Looks:

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OK – now for the story behind the product.

I’m one of those people that, when I set my mind on something, I find a way to make it happen. I’ve wanted to find a project to work on with Nick Campbell (also known as the GreyscaleGorilla) for a long time, but there didn’t seem to be an opportunity. He’s incredibly talented as a photographer and designer, and guy who’s always excited about the things he’s working on. It gets me excited to be creative too.

I have both his iPhone apps, and use them all the time. I also watch his tutorials whenever possible, and check out his 5-Second Projects for inspiration.

A recent CrossProcess photo shot on my iPhone.

So, when it became my job to manage the development of the Guru Presets here at Red Giant, the first phone call I made was to Nick.  “How do you feel about making ShakeIt Photo and CrossProcess for Magic Bullet Looks?” I asked him.

At this point, I think you know the answer he gave me (I guess that’s what happens when you put the punch line before the story – but whatever). But it wasn’t enough for Nick to rest on his laurels. And given the vast toolset in Magic Bullet Looks, he was able to greatly expand upon his work to bring you what is one of my favorite Red Giant Products of all time.

Everyone I have shown this too during the beta process has said things like “Damn, that’s awesome” or “That’s truly inspiring” or “I am out of the office, but will be checking email periodically” (OK – that last one was not a winner, but I know that if they were in the office they’d have loved it).

I am really happy with the way it came out. Nick is a great guy to work with and a true artist. I can’t wait to do more cool things with him.

I hope you enjoy this exciting Guru Preset Pack of 32 Looks that (with the exception of the 4 AE-only Templates), can be used in Final Cut Pro, Motion, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Avid, Vegas, and Photoshop – if you have Magic Bullet Looks, PhotoLooks, or Quick Looks. You can share these looks from program to program to create a hip vintage style that you will get nowhere else (except maybe your iPhone).

To make Vintage Film for Looks even more valuable, there are 4 free kick-ass tutorials from Nick, right here.

If you like these Guru Presets, don’t forget we have many others from talented folks like Harry Frank, Nando Costa, Cassidy Bisher, and more. You can find tons of Free presets as well at Red Giant People.