Stu Maschwitz has updated the free scripts which were included in his book DV Rebel’s Guide. This collection “creates a tool palette that turns After Effects into a full-featured onlining tool.” Watch the tutorial and head to Stu’s blog Prolost to download them for free.
Eric Escobar has new Looks to download for free for Magic Bullet Looks. Washed Super 8 at RED GIANT PEOPLE.
Cassidy ‘Cass’ Bisher is a freelance motion graphic designer and a Final Cut Certified Pro. He has worked with high-profile clients including Verizon and AT&T, and his work is seen on the Discovery Channel, History Channel and various TV commercials. Cass is also the owner and mograph designer at DropDrop.com, which designs and sells high quality After Effects templates.
It’s been said that the visuals in a motion graphics project are only half the final product; that it isn’t truly complete until it’s been fitted with music, whooshes, hits, beeps and beds. Taking a break from whizzing your After Effects layers through 3D space and turning on your speakers to find appropriate sound effects will help make your final product be all it can be. We’ve caught up with Cassidy Bisher from DropDrop.com to see what we could glean from his experience.
A couple of new entries from John Dickinson‘s After Effects: Effects A-Z post series have sprung up on Motionworks.com. This is a terrific series as it lifts the hood on some of the more obscure effects built into the program that most of us wouldn’t even have known were there had there been no tutorial on them.
At first glance the Blend effect doesn’t really do anything that a twist of a layer’s opacity setting couldn’t accomplish on its own. But looks can be deceiving. Check it out here.
Next up is the Block Dissolve effect. Also appearing equally simple to fresh eyes, its true potential is fully revealed in John’s video tip.
Hopefully there will more A-Z coming from Motionworks.
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