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This collection of scripts is used to transfer 3D motion to and from After Effects, Maya, Nuke, SynthEyes and Electric Image. Cameras (Orientation and Reference), Objects, Camera Rigs and 3D stabilization, Pan/Tilt, 3D to 2D. (Req: AE 6.5 +, Maya 6.5+, Nuke 4.6+, SynthEyes 2007+, EI 5.0+). New in this version is SynthEyes seed camera and points, as well as Nuke Node exports, and streamlined workflow from MoCon’s Maya scripts. And now After Effects CS3 Support!
This tutorial provides an overview, pointers, and step by step compositing instructions for a simple special effects composite that yields a very realistic result by using a simple shooting technique and a very easy green screen setup. The composite was done in Final Cut Pro using VKey2f by Oak Street Software, Inc. Download a free FxPlug demo of vKey2 here.
LME has been gracious enough to offer free template and a tutorial for Trapcode Form! The files will work in After Effects 7+. There are two presets included.
Download the project file (AE 7+) | Download a free Trial version of Trapcode Form
These samples are free downloads from LME, which are similar to the content you’d get with LME Trapcode Form Presets and Comps but is not included with the package. LME Trapcode Form Presets and Comps includes 112 Trapcode Form Projects, Comps and 99 Presets!
Toolfarm is hosting the Boris BCC Rays Cartoon Plugin! For a limited time, we’re offering a free, fully-licensed plug-in from Boris Continuum Complete 5 – Rays Cartoon.
Download BCC Rays Cartoon (trial download form)*
Tutorial: BCC Rays Cartoon for Adobe After Effects CS3 and FxPlug (Final Cut Pro/Motion) – Use the BCC Rays Cartoon in Adobe After Effects CS3 or Final Cut Pro or Motion to generate a volumetric lighting effect on an animated text element.
*If you download the BCC Rays Cartoon plug-in, your information will be shared with Boris FX. Normally we do not share any of this information with any of our vendors or anyone else, but in this case, we’ve made an exception, so we can bring this free plug-in to you. With any other download, your email will not be shared with anyone.
Enjoy this exclusive sneak-peak at a cool plug-in that is coming out in the next few weeks. Grab this tasty tool while it’s still free to download.
MotionGrabber is a plug-in developed by Avidion Media in cooperation with Maltaannon’s company – Polygon Studio. It is meant to help you with uncommon motion tracking tasks that are hard or even impossible to handle with After Effects build in pixel tracker. They welcome you to download this plugin and give it a try.
MotionGrabber 0.0.1 is a early prerelease that was tested only with After Effects CS3 and for the time being works only on Windows. They decided to share this little piece of software with you because they already find it very useful. Please remember that the official release will work on Macs as well and be loaded with extra features, therefore it will probably no longer be free.
Generally speaking, MotionGrabber expands the spectrum of trackable data. This prerelease is only able to track the alpha channel of a given layer, but the final release is going to have a lot of extra features and hopefully it will be your second most commonly used tracking tool. A tutorial on how to use MotionGrabber.
Please note!
This prerelease is provided as-is with no official support. You may download and use it for free at your own risk. Polygon Studio, Avidion Media, nor anyone else but you alone can be held responsible for any damage that might caused by this software.
To install the plugin simply copy it into your After Effects Plug-ins directory. Please let them know what you think and let Maltaannon know of any bugs you might find. Thanks in advance. Enjoy!
Download: MotionGrabberPrerelease.zip (Windows)
The footage used in this tutorial is a property of uberstock.com. Check out the site for some amazing stock footage. Make sure to check out Uberstock’s iStockPhoto profile as well.
Submit any bugs to Maltaannon.
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The free Silhouette Shape Import/Export plug-in will import Silhouette Shapes and convert them to After Effects masks as well as export and convert After Effects masks to Silhouette Shapes – all without having Silhouette installed on your system.
When importing Silhouette Shapes, the following shape parameters transfer into After Effects: opacity, shape color, shape name, locked state, transfer mode and blur settings.
Note: The Silhouette Shape Import/Export plug-in is only supported for use with Silhouette v3 and above. It ships with Silhouette but you can also download it from the following links:
There are tons of free plug-ins out there for you to download for After Effects, Final Cut Pro and other hosts! But where do you get them?
Free plug-ins list in Toolfarm’s Plug-in Finder!
If you develop plug-ins and your goodies are not on the list, give me a shout and I’ll add them. I know we’re missing a few.
Dennis Radeke’s blog, The Genesis Project has another tutorial, After Effects Tutorial: Information Slate 2008. The tutorial focuses again on the use of presets and also touches upon blend modes.
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