In this E-seminar for Adobe, learn how to prepare video in After Effects, export to Photoshop and add Filters, then reimport back to After Effects for final compositing. Read more…
September 19, 2009 by John Dickinson | 11,100 views | Comments (34)
September 16, 2009 by John Dickinson | 197 views | Comments (1)
Can Twitter get you a job? Absolutely it can. Check out this post by RADSMARTS on how a single tweet by me (John Dickinson) landed Brett Morris (a talented young motion designer) a job working at Foxtel in Australia. Also be sure to watch this tutorial on how I use Twitter.
September 15, 2009 by John Dickinson | 823 views | Comments (7)
This project is an example of taking poor quality 4:3 vision, making it 16:9 and giving it some polish. Tools used include Adobe After Effects, Zaxwerks ProAnimator, Trapcode Horizon and Shine, and Maltaannon’s Screenify effect (featured in MILG 5)…
September 15, 2009 by John Dickinson | 271 views | Comments (0)
Chris Zwar has a new 3-part tutorial covering planning and creating a complex 3D project in Adobe After Effects. (via Todd Kopriva).
September 12, 2009 by John Dickinson | 507 views | Comments (3)
Red Giant TV has a new tutorial by Making It Look Great 6 host Tim Clapham, on using Trapcode Form to create 3D text. Use the code “Motionworks10″ to get a 10% discount on any Red Giant Software products.
September 10, 2009 by John Dickinson | 2,661 views | Comments (8)
A massive toolkit that’s pretty good value
Shipping on a whopping 28 disks, the Compositor’s Toolkit from Digital Juice includes over 250, 2K resolution organic stock clips. With 15 categories including Clouds, Water, Ink Chamber, Breaking Glass and Paint Splashes, this series will appeal to both motionographers and visual fx artists. Read more…
September 10, 2009 by John Dickinson | 1,857 views | Comments (2)
Digieffects has announced a new Adobe After Effects plug-in for simulating a 3D scene from 2D stills or video footage. The Camera Mapper was developed in collaboration with Mark Christiansen, author of After Effects Studio Techniques.
September 10, 2009 by John Dickinson | 34,870 views | Comments (211)
Drop everything to watch Part 2 of this exclusive discussion. You’ll be riveted as Andrew reveals his thoughts on why Video Copilot is so popular, and how he and the company are perceived by the industry. Andrew also gives a behind the scenes peak into the production of the wildly popular Action Essentials 2 HD stock footage, and hints on the future of Video Copilot. Read more…
