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After Effects: CS5 New Features – Align and Orient

John Dickinson — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:37:57 +0000

In this excerpt from a recent Adobe E-seminar, we look at the new Align and Distribute to Composition and Orient Characters Independently features in Adobe After Effects CS5.

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Photoshop CS5: Refine Edge

John Dickinson — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:37:16 +0000

Photoshop CS5 has introduced some terrific new time-saving features. In this tip for Adobe, we explore the new enhanced Refine Edge feature and learn how it can take much of the hard work out of refining intricate selections. Watch tip

After Effects: Effects A-Z: Bezier Warp

John Dickinson — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:21:16 +0000

In this Adobe After Effects: Effects A-Z tip, learn how a little Bezier Warp
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Cinema 4D: Easy Scripting

John Dickinson — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:50:40 +0000

In this handy tip, guest host Tim Clapham demonstrates a must-know and surprisingly simple technique for creating custom scripts in Cinema 4D. The example Tim shows where he zeros all coordinates will save you a bunch of time! Watch Tip

After Effects: Effects A-Z: Bulge

John Dickinson — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:54:25 +0000

In this Adobe After Effects: Effects A-Z tip, special guest host Eran Stern demonstrates Bulge.

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After Effects: Effects A-Z: Bilateral Blur

John Dickinson — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:56:08 +0000

In this Adobe After Effects: Effects A-Z tip, special guest host Eran Stern demonstrates Bilateral Blur.

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After Effects: Simplify your workflow

John Dickinson — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:00:49 +0000

Design skills are important but good workflow is also critical when working with Adobe After Effects. In this tip learn how a seemingly simple technique can be simplified further, saving keyframes, expressions and, most importantly, time! Watch tutorial (5mins, 15MB)

After Effects: Effects A-Z: The Bevel Effects

John Dickinson — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:50:55 +0000

In this Adobe After Effects: Effects A-Z tip, special guest host Topher Welsh demonstrates Bevel Alpha and Bevel Edges.

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After Effects: Effects A-Z: Beam

John Dickinson — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:13:01 +0000

In this Adobe After Effects: Effects A-Z tip, I demonstrate Beam and share two more unusual ways to use this handy effect.

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After Effects: Effects A-Z: Audio Spectrum

John Dickinson — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:11:01 +0000

In this Adobe After Effects: Effects A-Z tip, special guest presenter Maltaannon demonstrates the Audio Spectrum effect.

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After Effects: Motion Sketch

John Dickinson — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:42:20 +0000

Motion Sketch is one of those Adobe After Effects tools that is often forgotten (at least by me) but is still a handy addition to the After Effects toolset. In this quick tip we look at how you can use Motion Sketch to add natural, organic motion to your layers. Watch tip (7 mins)

After Effects: Rotoscoping fields

John Dickinson — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:55:35 +0000

In this short tip, learn how to set up your Adobe After Effects composition to rotoscope footage imported with fields. (Note: please excuse the room ambience included with the audio, my regular microphone failed during this recording). Watch tip (5mins)

After Effects: Effects A-Z: Auto Effects

John Dickinson — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:11:42 +0000

In this Adobe After Effects: Effects A-Z tip, special guest presenter Topher Welsh gives a brief tour through the Auto Color, Auto Contrast and Auto Levels effects.

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After Effects: Effects A-Z: Audio Waveform

John Dickinson — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:08:19 +0000

In this Adobe After Effects: Effects A-Z tip, special guest presenter Maltaannon demonstrates the Audio Waveform effect.

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After Effects: Effects A-Z: Arithmetic

John Dickinson — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:55:30 +0000

In this Adobe After Effects: Effects A-Z tip, special guest presenter Harry Frank of Graymachine demystifies Arithmetic and offers ups some creative uses for this little known effect.

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