Michael Jones shows you the basics of After Effects‘ Beam Effect and how to incorporate parenting to make it more lively. This approach can also be used with track points and live footage as seen throughout his Gauntlet piece below.
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Archive for August, 2011
Freebie: Free Magical Smoke Elements from Video Copilot
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Now that Video Copilot has released their new promo video for ‘Demon Cam’, they’re sharing the fruits of the project to you! One of the most used elements was the mystical smoke found inside of the Orb, and now it’s yours!
If you haven’t seen the Demon Cam video, check it out on our Inspirations page.
Beautiful free photo album effect for FCPX and Motion
I know some of you are using FCP X and Motion and here’s a nice freebie that Peter Wiggins of idustrial revolution pointed me to.
More info here: Beautiful free photo album effect for FCPX and Motion
Free FCP X Photo Album Effect example from robbert-jan van der does on Vimeo.
After Effects Sequence Browser
Paulo Nogueira Duarte Costa has a new open source project for After Effects, After Effects Sequence Browser. He explains, “This script as an alternative to the standard way of opening sequences in After Effects, which can be time consuming when there are multiple sequences in a folder.”
Visit the project page to find out more about After Effects Sequence Browser.
