New Episode Folks!
Episode 28: Building an Airport Scene – Part 2: Compositing
By: Mathias Möhl
In this episode of Red Giant TV, Mathias Möhl continues his airport project, and shows you how to motion track with Mocha For After Effects, and then to use that data along with MochaImport (His own Script) to easily create a solid composite.
Watch the episode here.
And get a discount on Magic Bullet Looks and Red Giant Warp here.
Well… I’m on the sandy beaches of Florida… so this week we got some help for RGTV…
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Episode 27: Building an Airport Scene – Part 1: Backplate
By Mathias Möhl
In this episode of Red Giant TV, Mathias Möhl shows you how to take footage of a parking lot, and turn it into the backplate for an Airport Scene.
Watch the episode here.
And get a discount on Magic Bullet Colorista here.
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:
Enjoy!
I’m baaaaack….
In this episode of Red Giant TV, I’ll show you a technique for placing layers inside the middle of a particle system – crucial to truly integrating your CGI effects with your live action footage or motion graphics.
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You can watch watch the episode here.
And, of course, just for watching, you can get a discount on particular here.
By the way, Actor footage Courtesy of Crowd Control from All Bets Are Off Productions, Inc.
Just saw some cool stuff with Trapcode Form at John Dickinson’s website. Definately worth checking out.
You can read the post and watch the movie here.
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We just put up part 2 of Form Face, by Maltaannon:
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In part 1 of this tutorial, Maltaannon showed us how to create an awesome push-pin 3D face, using Red Giant’s Trapcode Form. In part 2, he’ll enhance the effect by going deeper into Form’s properties, and doing some camera work.
You can watch it here.
This tutorial comes from the awesome Motionworks training DVD Making it Look Great 5, which you can get here. And if you watch the tutorial, there’s a discount code in there fro some money off on the DVD.
Oh, and while we’re talking about money off, you can get 30% discount on Trapcode Form this week, right here.
BTW – If you have not checked out Maltaanon’s website – I STRONGLY suggest you do so. He has a lot of cool stuff there.
Hey folks – we have a guest presenter this week and next – Maltaannon.
Episode 11: Form Face – Part 1
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Create a slick push pin toy effect as seen in the Radiohead “House of Cards” video. This tutorial shows you how to combine regular footage with Trapcode’s popular Form plug-into create an eye-popping 3D effect.
You can watch it here.
This tutorial comes from the awesome Motionworks training DVD Making it Look Great 5, which you can get here. And if you watch the tutorial, there’s a discount code in there fro some money off on the DVD.
Oh, and while we’re talking about money off, you can get 30% discount on Trapcode Form this week, right here.
In this episode, I’ll shares some tips for simplifying and working with 3D compositions. We’ll also get look at at some cool tools designed to easily distribute layers in 3D space, and that help create complex 3D shapes.
Watch the tutorial here.
Hi folks -
New tutorial posted!
Episode 4 Better Compositing Techniques: In this Episode, learn about compositing techniques that fall outside of keying. Using tools available for After Effects, Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Vegas and Avid, you’ll discover ways to improve the quality of your composite with less work. (more…)
So, those of you not using After Effects have been wondering when we’ll start doing tutorials for non-AE users (or at least that are usefull outside of AE). Well, our first tutorial of the year will do just that.
Though I’ll be working in After Effects, I’ll be using tools available for After Effects, Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Vegas and Avid. If you have any interest in compositing, keep your eyes peeled for the next episode of Red Giant TV – coming soon.
