This week’s free footage from Artbeats and Pond5
This week’s Free Clip from Artbeats is a full HD shot trucking through the woods. And Pond5 is offering a free full HD clip of heavy rain falling on a pavement. What might one do with either of clips I don’t know. But you could download them for free and save them for when you have a use… or for a rainy day. You’ll have to sign in to get the clips at both sites. (At Pond5 it’s not really clear how it works. You need to add the clip to your cart and when you check out the amount due will be $0.) Also, while you’re at the Pond5 site you might want to grab a set of 25 free sound effects as well. Some are practical, some are easily motion-graphics-ish.
Break the boundaries of 3D in After Effects with Steve Holmes
Steve Holmes is back with a new tutorial and he wants to show you how to “break the boundaries of 3D” in After Effects. He’ll remind you that in After Effects we’re really only dealing with 2.5D, but will show you how to “achieve that extra .5D” with techniques setting up and lighting your scene. This is a great primer (or reminder) for After Effects lights, shadows, material options, etc. Watch the tutorial at Artbeats.com.
If you like Steve’s style you can dig deeper into the Artbeats tutorial section for 15 more free, downloadable tutorials from his Real World Footage Effects series. You’ll also find videos from Eran Stern and more.
Free Clip from Artbeats!
Artbeats has a massive library of footage for sale and Toolfarm sells it at a 5% discount! If you don’t see a clip that you need at Toolfarm, just email us and give us the clip number and we will get it for you.
If you sign up for the Artbeats newsletter, each month you can download their free clip of the month. Artbeats has a new freebie – Ultra Water 2 HD. All you need to do is sign up and register to receive this beautiful, high quality clip! Looks refreshing, eh.
Artbeats Announces Free Video Podcast; New Free Clip
Check out the new Artbeats podcast on iTunes, hosted by none other than Steve Holmes, who has been doing training for Adobe and Total Training for quite a while.
Also, if you sign up for the Artbeats newsletter, each month a free clip is given away to subscribers. This month’s exclusive free download is UW208 HD from their Ultra Water 2 HD collection. See all Artbeats footage at Toolfarm, including their new RED Camera Footage. You can subscribe to the Artbeats newsletter by going to the Artbeats website. The signup is in the lower left corner.
Chris and Trish Meyer of Cybermotion, who you probably know from their fantastic books Creating Motion Graphics and After Effects Apprentice, have a column in the Artbeats newsletter too. This month they discuss Color Finesse, a fantastic color correction tool for After Effects and Final Cut Pro. Read the article here.
