AE Freemart

Phil Spitler posted to the AE-List about a new San Francisco based AE user group which will kick off on March 20th at Adobe’s San Francisco office.

They haven’t finalized the details yet but it’s gonna be fun!

Check out their website, sfmograph.com

Dennis Radeke’s The Genesis Blog has a new tutorial Discovery Channel remake… okay, it will be a tutorial. For now it’s a nice movie.

Let me point out that The Genesis Project recently underwent a facelift. Lookin’ good!

Dave Torno posted to the AE-List about his new free images blog called "MacTex, which comes from the words macro and texture. Basically a collection of macro photography images I’ve taken and will be taking in the future. It’s only three days old now so there aren’t a butt load of images, but it will grow with time. They may come in helpful with your artistic creations in After Effects, Photoshop or what ever tools you use and are 100% free for private or commercial use. They are offered as 2304 x 3456 JPG with no warranties / guarantees of any kind."

This looks very useful indeed!

There are several Boris Continuum Complete (BCC) filters that were designed to produce the glow effect that is very popular for sports broadcast and commercial spots. In this new tutorial, we will use BCC 5 AE in Adobe After Effects CS3 to give you an overview of the BCC Glow, BCC Colorize Glow, and BCC Glow Alpha Edges filters. These same filters are available for Avid and Apple Final Cut Pro editors with a similar workflow using BCC 5 AVX and BCC 5 FxPlug. In addition, the glow filters are included with RED 4.2, Boris FX 9.2, and Graffiti 5.2.

Read the tutorial

Don’t miss the next meeting this Thursday, February 28, 2008, 6:30p-9:00p at Pratt Manhattan.

It’s going to be an awesome meeting with Tronic and Digital Kitchen presenting. If you’re in NYC, you don’t want to miss it. Check the AE NY website for all the details.

Thanks to Adobe and Pratt, the meeting is FREE.

Steve Whatley’s After Effects Cookbook blog has a movie that shows you some 3D Layers, lights and cameras in After Effects. They also talk about the Adobe/Maxon Power Integration Tour. The video is being put up in small chunks.

Hello Video, Film and Web folks,

I was messing around with some ideas for St Patrick’s Day and came up with twelve different animations. There are Gold Coins, Rainbows, Clovers and even a Pot of Gold ready for download!

All 12 are free up until March 17th…and as usual they are royalty free and fully customizable.

You can get to them from the home page MotionGraphicsLab.com …just click on the clover.
Drop me a line and let me know what you think…oh and some are render intensive…especially the Rainbows

Thanks

deANVELez

The 2008 Adobe School Innovation Awards information is available. The theme this year is "My Community - My Planet - My 21st Century." The competition is open to high school students in grades 9-12.

Students can submit entries in three categories:

• Web Design & Development
• Film & Video
• Graphic and Print Design

Prizes include software, cash, a laptop computer, and a trip to NECC being held in San Antonio, Texas.

I know we do get high school students and educators at Toolfarm and AE Freemart, as witnessed by the demo downloads. More Information

Alan Shisko has posted some info on this issue on his blog Motion Graphics ‘n Such. If you’re noticing this copy/paste bug, definitely check out his post.

Alan also has a cool Edgy Glints project

Dennis Radeke’s blog, The Genesis Project always has some new fun stuff. Here are a couple of newer ones.

The Water Channel tutorial

Will you be my Valentine? tutorial