Hey folks – On June 25, I gave a presentation at After Effects New York on Particular 2.0 – not yet released. You can watch that 40 minute presentation on new features + some cool Particular tips here:

http://vimeo.com/5477391

Enjoy!

In addition to creating a great new episode for Red Giant TV, Stu Maschwitz has officially joined Red Giant Software as the new Creative Director for Magic Bullet products. To get the full scoop on Stu’s role check out the release. Visit: Press Release.

Folks – get ready for a truly awesome episode with a truly awesome guest…

Episode 22: Creating a summer blockbuster film look

Hosted by Stu Maschwitz

In this week’s action packed episode of Red Giant TV, Sin City’s Visual Effects Supervisor – and our new Creative Director – Stu Maschwitz, shows you how to get the Summer Blockbuster look seen in Transformers 2, Terminator: Salvation, and The Taking of Pelham 123. Stu shares valuable techniques for enhancing your footage with Magic Bullet Looks and Colorista – the technologies he invented for his own use on feature films.

Watch it here.

There’s also a sale associated with the episode. Here’s the info on that:

Save 25% on Magic Bullet Colorista and Magic Bullet Looks until June 26, 2009

Get that Summer Blockbuster Film Look. Save 25% on any new order of Magic Bullet Colorista and Magic Bullet Look, from now through June 26, 2009. Enter Coupon Code NL0609 to redeem your discount.

Our checkout includes two initial pages. To redeem your discount, enter Coupon Code NL0609 on the second page, titled Review and Submit Your Order, in the coupon code field. (Note: The coupon code field appears after you have entered your credit card information and hit Continue. The Gift Certificate field on the first check out page cannot accept the Coupon Code.)

One of the most popular questions we get here at RGTV, is how to use our tools to turn text into sand/dust. Peder Norrby created a great project file that has sat on trapcode.com since Trapcode Form was released, but there was never an explanation of how it worked, so…

Click on image to see example video.

RGTV Ep. 21 – Creating a Text to Sand Transition

In this episode of Red Giant TV, I’ll show you how to use Trapcode Form to create the effect of text (or a logo) dissolving to sand and blowing away. You’ll also learn how to reverse the transition, so that sand forms into text.

This is actually the basis for a much, MUCH cooler tutorial I have planned, and you can see the planned next stage at the end of this tutorial.

You can watch the tutorial here.

And, of course, you can get a discount on Trapcode Form here.

Hey folks – Another great Episode of Red Giant TV coming at you this week. This one comes from Rob Birnholz of Absolute Motion Graphics.

Episode 20: Creating a 3D Picture Montage with Trapcode Particular

In this Episode, Rob Birnholz shows you a great technique for quickly creating a 3D picture montage with Trapcode Particular. It takes just minutes to set up, but can save you hours of work.

Transporter effects, and binary transitions are cool and fun, but very rarely do we have a tutorial with a project that can be used in so man situations, and help you really make money. This one will be great for anyone who has corporate clients, but it’s applicable to so much more.

You can watch the episode here.

BTW – the episode opens with a sneak peak at Particular 2, so don’t miss it!

And, as always, just for watching the episode, you can get a discount on Trapcode particular (with free upgrate to particular 2) here.

Episode 19: Creating a Transporter Effect
Hosted by Eran Stern

In this episode, Chief Engineer Eran Stern works furiously to get his Starship’s transporters back on-line to rescue a fellow crew member trapped on a hostile planet. But time is running out. Will Eran be able to build the transporter in After Effects before it’s too late?

You can watch the episode here.

And, as usual, you can get a discount on Trapcode Particular, Knoll Light Factory, Key Correct Pro, and Magic Bullet Looks, but going here.

In honor of Star Trek (of which I am a huge fan), I’m also offering a discount on my own product, Crowd Control: Pre-Keyed Alpha Stock Footage. Use the code “startrek” for the next seven days, and get 50% off the cost of Crowd Control credits.

Just an FYI for anyone who has tried to comment on the tutorials in the last few weeks. We have been hit with an incredible amount of spam, and are doing our best to clean it up so we can post your comments. Rest assured they are going into the queue, but it may be a little while before they are posted.

Hey everyone,

My name is John Kerr, I wear quite a few hats here at Red Giant Software, and one of my absolute favorites is interacting with our customers.  For this reason I have launched Twitter and Facebook pages to give our users multiple ways to communicate with us.  I especially like to see what people are doing specifically with our plug-ins, and generally within the community itself.

Since Red Giant Software is part of a larger eco-system of software and users, I am going to start posting some of the cool stuff being shown, uploaded, and talked about on the web within our industry.  If you have any specific stuff you want me to show, link to, or talk about, shoot me a Twitter @RedGiantTweet.

Hi folks -

This week we have Michele Yamazaki sharing a ton of tips from her new book, Greenscreen Made Easy. If you’re looking to learn more about keying and compositing, don’t miss it!

Watch the episode here.

In this episode, Michele uses Primate Keyer Pro, Key Correct Pro, and Magic Bullet Looks. And just for watching, you can get a discount on one, two, or all three. get the discount here.

This weeks episode is up:

Episiode 17: Color Grading in Final Cut Pro with Magic Bullet Looks

In this Episode, award-winning director, Philip Bloom walks you through the process of color grading his film “Return to Dungeness” in Final Cut Pro, using Magic Bullet Looks.

You can watch it here.

And, of course, you can get a great discount on MB Looks just for watching. Get that here.