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Getting started with Magic Bullet Cosmo
The Magic Bullet Cosmo plugin from Red Giant does a fantastic job of quickly covering up those unsightly laugh lines and crow’s feet on your talent. This plugin seeks out areas in your footage containing values found in skin and then gently blurs the area careful not to affect sharp details like eyes. Like Mojo, it’s a great way to get the job done quickly. Simon Walker takes you on a tour of this new tool.
The techniques of Tiny Inventions
Episode 47 of Red Giant TV features the workflow used to create the animated short Something Left, Something Taken. Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata, the team at Brooklyn-based Tiny Inventions, reveal how they photographed puppets and models and animated them in After Effects. The video shows how they made extensive use of several Red Giant plugins and also a lot of general After Effects tricks and tips.
Free Clip from Pond5
Pond5, who is one of our friends on the links at the very top of the page at Toolfarm.com, has just launched their free clip of the week. Sign up for a free account at Pond5 and download it!
You can also upload your own high quality video clips to Pond5 if you’d like to sell them as stock footage. I’m sure they have some sort of approval process in place, but you’ll have to read the fine print if you’re interested in participating.
Also, Pond5 is letting Toolfarm use some of their clips for plug-in samples on the site, so keep your eyes peeled (always wondered where that cliche came from!) I’m going to be doing an upcoming episode of Red Giant TV and I’ll be using a clip or two from Pond5 in the tutorial. Pretty cool, eh!
Red Giant TV Trapcode Form Training Video
Maltannon has put out the latest episode on Red Giant TV. Create a slick push pin toy effect as seen in the Radiohead ‘House of Cards’ video. This tutorial shows you how to combine regular footage with Trapcode’s popular Form plug-in to create an eye-popping 3D effect.
- View tutorial
- Download project files
- View sample of the effect
- Dowload a free demo of Trapcode Form
- Buy Trapcode Form
