Red Giant TV
Find episodes that put you on the fast track to creating the hottest motion graphics and visual effects. The shows feature one or more Red Giant products used in combination with the tools built-in to After Effects, Final Cut Pro, and Premiere Pro. Host Aharon Rabinowitz demonstrates the techniques you need to produce higher quality work in less time.
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Tutorials
April 28th, 2009
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.
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Product(s) Used: Magic Bullet Looks
April 14th, 2009
In this Episode, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to get better compositing results with Light Wraps - an effect used to blend the background light and foreground elements more convincingly during a composite.
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Product(s) Used: Key Correct
March 31st, 2009
In this episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz shows 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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Product(s) Used: Trapcode Particular
March 24th, 2009
Sundance acclaimed filmmaker/director Eric Escobar discusses the production process - scouting locations,casting, lighting, filming, and how one needs to plan for post production during these earlier steps.
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Product(s) Used: Magic Bullet Colorista, Magic Bullet Frames, Magic Bullet Instant HD, Magic Bullet Instant HD Advanced, Magic Bullet Looks, Magic Bullet Quick Looks, Magic Bullet Steady, Magic Bullet Suite
March 17th, 2009
In this Episode of Red Giant TV, John Flowers takes us behind the scenes of That Media Show to share his workflow for compositing in Final Cut Pro.
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Product(s) Used: Magic Bullet Colorista, Primatte Keyer
March 10th, 2009
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.
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Product(s) Used: Trapcode Form
March 3rd, 2009
Create a slick push pin toy effect as seen in the Radiohead “House of Cards” video. This tutorial shows you how to create an eye-popping 3D effect by combining regular footage with Red Giant's popular Trapcode Form plug-in.
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Product(s) Used: Trapcode Form
February 23rd, 2009
In this episode, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create a realistic traffic pattern backdrop - great for a scene in which the camera overlooks a low lying, but developed area - perhaps looking down from a high hill onto a residential neighborhood.
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Product(s) Used: PlaneSpace, Text Anarchy
February 16th, 2009
In this episode, Aharon shows you how to turn your video into an animated watercolor painting, and shares some techniques in varying the look and color.
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Product(s) Used: ToonIt
February 10th, 2009
In this episode, Aharon shares some tips for simplifying and working with 3D compositions. You'll also get a look at some cool tools designed to easily distribute and arrange layers in 3D space, and that help in creating complex 3D shapes.
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Product(s) Used: PlaneSpace
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