Tag Archives: After Effects

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Director Adam Lisagor on the Art of the Soft Sell

When Yahoo recently acquired Summly, an iPhone app that uniquely aggregates and summarizes news from across the Web, the sale turned the app's teenaged creator Nick D'Aloisio into an instant millionaire and rising tech star. D'Aloisio launched Summly last fall … more »

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True Comp Duplicator v3 Demo

This demo for Brennan Chapman's popular After Effects script, updated for CS6, explores expanded features for duplicating comp hierarchies, including sub-comps, and new in version 3, multiple comps at once.  

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Growing a Tree in After Effects with Advanced Lightning and Particular

Graphic designer Simon Stutts breaks down his process for animating the roots and branches of a growing tree. Read the tutorial here.

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iPhone Diorama

Otis College of Art and Design senior Mike Ko shot this final project with a Canon EOS Rebel T2i, animated it with Maya, After Effects and Pftrack and rendered it all in V-Ray.

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Adobe CS6 Revamps Premiere Pro Workspace, Revs Up After Effects

Adobe has more than usual riding on CS6, the latest version of its Creative Suite package for production and post. CS5.5 launched at NAB last year just as Final Cut Pro X was landing with a thud among users who … more »

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Imagineer Slates Mocha Pro v3 for NAB

Imagineer Systems is doubling down on Mocha Pro. It was late 2010 when Imagineer consolidated its product line so that all of the features from different applications were available in a single product, dubbed Mocha Pro. With version 3, the … more »

Drawing Lines for Wimpy Kid

Diary of a Wimpy Kid, a mostly live-action adaptation of the first book in author Jeff Kinney’s illustrated kids’ novel series, was just released as a 20th Century Fox motion picture, directed by Thor Freudenthal. The company that 20th Century … more »

Zoic Editorial Launches in Los Angeles

The VFX company Zoic Studios just announced the launch of Zoic Editorial, an “editorial house within a VFX house” headed by Zoic senior editor Dmitri Gueer. The new editorial house will serve both Zoic VFX clients and outside clients. “Over … more »

Gamer Gets Therapy

If you liked Crank: High Voltage, the frenetic tour de force of directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, you’re sure to like their latest action film: Gamer, the Lionsgate film that opens on Sept. 4. Set in a futuristic realm … more »

Gamma & Density Intros RED workflow with 3cP

At an all-day seminar near Universal Studios, Gamma & Density introduced the use of its 3cP color management system for the RED camera systems. First up was first-hand experience: RED camera tech Tim Sutherland related his experiences using 3cP with … more »