This holiday-ready excerpt from Music Revolution was produced by Reel People Studios, a collective of songwriters and recording engineers in the Atlanta area who work with a wide range of artists.... »
In this video tutorial, Digieffects' Dustin Klein shows you how to create a depth map with one click while working in After Effects. Using the company's recent plug-in, Depth, he shows you how to add more accurate and photoreal results to your comps than you can create with the default tools inside AE.... »
In this stereo 3D tutorial, you'll learn how to add a 3D camera move and apply rack focus to turn a classic work of art into a 3D anaglyph image. Once again, 3D glasses are required to watch your progress and see the final result.... »
Learn how to capture and export adjusted tracking data, use various features to set optimal reference points, and eliminate tracking drift in a rotospline in this advanced tutorial from master trainer Steve Wright.... »
Paul Ezzy at Boris FX demonstrates how to use Boris Continuum Complete's Optical Stabilizer filter in Adobe After Effects CS5 to get a lock-down stabilization effect on some very shaky footage.... »
In this video tutorial, trainer Larry Jordan explains how to use SmartSound's Sonicfire Pro 5 to score a video with a multi-layered instrumental and vocal track. Adding the power of words to any video soundtrack, he says, always enhances the emotional core of the visual message.... »
Motion graphics expert Jeff Foster shows you how to use Sonicfire Pro 5 to match your soundtrack to motion graphics elements with After Effects CS5... »
Jeff Foster, an award-winning video producer and author/educator on Adobe After Effects, uses SmartSound's royalty-free music library to create custom soundtracks for his projects. Here, he shows you how he used After Effects CS5 and Sonicfire Pro to roundtrip edit a soundtrack for a recent project.... »
Jeff Foster, an award-winning video producer and author/educator on Adobe After Effects, uses SmartSound's customizable royalty-free music library to create soundtracks for his projects. Here, he shows you how he used After Effects CS5 and Sonicfire Pro to create the soundtrack for a three-minute book trailer video.... »
Rob Engle, 3-D Visual Effects Supervisor at Sony Pictures Imageworks in Los Angeles, served as visual effects supervisor for the 3D version of the 2009 animated Disney film G-Force. Engle recently was awarded our Screen Genius Award for his contribution in bringing anamorphic guinea pigs to life in the film, specifically for his skill in synthesizing 3D in post and streamlining production as a result. A team of 300 artists and four effects facilities took on the gargantuan task of synthesizing a 3D environment using 2D plate photography and 3D assets, says Engle. The resulting animation and effects pipeline let the on-set team shoot with standard 2D rigs, a much more fluid choice than many of today's bulkier 3D rigs for shooting scenes that range in scale from pint-sized close-ups to full-scale action scenes.... »
Tutor Harry Frank looks at "aux" particles in Particular 2, explaining how they're related to regular particles and showing how they can be precisely controlled to create subtle and unusual effects.... »
Tutor Harry Frank presents an overview of different particle types in Particular 2, how their properties can be set and manipulated over time, and how they might be used to achieve specific effects like sparks and explosions, fireworks, or smoke and fog.... »
