FxFactory Update: FREE CoverFlux 2 Slideshow Plug-In

Published by Michele Yamazaki on November 9th, 2010 - in After Effects

Loaded with new features, CoverFlux 2 brings users beautiful “iTunes-style” slideshow effects and is completely free of charge

Boston, MA – November 9, 2010 – Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, is pleased to announce that FxFactory development partner, idustrial revolution, has released a major update to its popular “freebie” slideshow generator, CoverFlux. The new CoverFlux 2 is completely re-written, bringing faster rendering and over 10 unique features to its “iTunes-style” image browsing effects. Powered by FxFactory, CoverFlux 2 is free for users of Apple® Final Cut Pro®, Final Cut Express®, Motion® and After Effects®.

CoverFlux 2 Highlights

  • CoverFlux 2 is completely free, with no watermark when registered.
  • With 10+ new features, users can now select the depth of the stack, the number, the angle, the depth of field of the display, add round corners, soft edges, traveling gloss to highlight edges, and more.
  • Users can load, reorder and rename the files using the built in file browser.
  • Added option to choose the auto-animation feature or manual keyframe control to jump forward or backwards to any image in the stack.
  • CoverFlux 2 can work with native file sizes for pin sharp results.

Availability of CoverFlux 2
The CoverFlux 2 plug-in is offered as a free download via the Noise Industries and idustrial revolution websites. To download the freebie, please visit: http://www.idustrialrevolution.com/idrplugins/coverflux

Availability and Pricing of FxFactory
Adobe After Effects, Apple Final Cut Studio® and Apple Final Cut Express® users can also test drive hundreds of FxFactory plug-ins by downloading the free trial version of FxFactory from: http://www.noiseindustries.com/fxfactory.

Additional FxFactory plug-ins are available for free or commercially starting at a price point of $29.00 USD. FxFactory products can be purchased via the Noise Industries website or through select resellers.

About idustrial revolution
idustrial revolution Founder Peter Wiggins is a successful broadcast editor with more than 25-years of industry experience. His credits include work with the BBC, CBS, and CNN – covering everything from the Winter Olympics to working with Michael Jackson on a video for the World Music Awards. A well-known power user of Final Cut Pro, Peter has designed a number of popular Noise Industries FxFactory plug-ins based on his years of experience and passion to improve post-production workflows for broadcast designers everywhere. Under his guidance, idustrial revolution has produced and released the highly successful Volumetrix plug-in for Apple Final Cut Studio. For more information about idustrial revolution, please visit: http://www.idustrialrevolution.com.

About Noise Industries, LLC
Established in 2004, Boston, Massachusetts-based Noise Industries is an innovative developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast community. Their products are integrated with popular non-linear editing and compositing products from Apple and Adobe®. For more information about Noise Industries, please visit: http://www.noiseindustries.com.

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Tutorials on using linear expression method, null control layers, and expression controls

Published by Michele Yamazaki on November 9th, 2010 - in After Effects

This is via Todd Kopriva’s fine blog: After Effects Region of Interest. Want to learn about expressions? Check out these tutorials from Andrew Devis .

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Beta: Adobe Audition for the Mac Available in Public Beta

Published by Michele Yamazaki on November 9th, 2010 - in After Effects

Adobe Audition for the Mac Available in Public Beta. Give it a try!

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Create a spiral with Trapcode Form

Published by John Stanowski on November 1st, 2010 - in After Effects, Trapcode Form, Tutorial

Here’s a quickie tutorial which shows how to create a spiral effect in After Effects using Trapcode Form. This comes from the man himself, Trapcode creator Peder Norrby.

— John Stanowski

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100 megs of free Video Copilot awesomeness

Published by John Stanowski on October 28th, 2010 - in Andrew Kramer, Free

Video Copilot has just posted a free stock pack with a handful of video and texture elements. A couple of them look pretty handy. Download here.

— John Stanowski

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Enhancing your 3D render in After Effects

Published by John Stanowski on October 25th, 2010 - in After Effects, Tutorial

Nick Campbell reviews a project where a 3D render is further tweaked with glows, lens flares, color correction and more. The project is from GSG Five Second Project contest winner Rich Hinchcliffe who is offering a link to the actual project so you can follow along with Nick during the tutorial.

Get the project here. And Nick’s original post can be found here.

— John Stanowski

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Sound design for motion graphics

Published by John Stanowski on October 23rd, 2010 - in After Effects, Audio, Premiere Pro, Tutorial

“… The right music and the right sound effects in the right places.”

The above quote just about sums up the usefulness of this new tutorial by Jeff Earley for Digital Juice. Jeff takes a flattened render of a voiceless After Effects promo into Premiere Pro and adds layer after layer of sound and music… in just the right places. He gives tons of great tips on general sound design along the way. He makes heavy use of Digital Juice products and software, but again, these tips work with any tools and assets you have. You’ll learn:

  • how to combine synthesized and practical clips together for new sounds with unique personalities
  • combining whooshes and impacts
  • how to align the peak of a whoosh with the animation
  • how to make sure your sounds don’t bump into each other
  • and a lot more

I found it particularly fascinating to hear what Jeff had to say about each sound while he was auditioning them. All in all, nice to see a tutorial on sound design for a change, especially since sound is such a vital aspect of motion graphics design. And many of us could probably do with a little guidance in the area.

Watch the tutorial here.

Have you seen any tutorials like this one? Share with us and post them in the comments!

— John Stanowski

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Boris Materials Unit FREE, First 500 Only!

Published by John Stanowski on October 22nd, 2010 - in After Effects, Boris, Free

Boris is giving away 500 copies of its Materials Unit… for FREE!

“Generate realistic textures such as Steel Plates, Bricks, Clouds, Granite, Wooden Planks, and Rock! The textures are procedurally-generated to ensure smooth render at any scale. Each filter provides a variety of animation parameters including controls for the color, width, height, and other aspects of the material. Many of the filters let you add 3D detail to the material surface and include lighting controls. Apply the materials as realistic surfaces or use them as animated organic backgrounds. Each filter includes presets that make using the materials a point and click operation – even for complex animations.”

This is unit is a $199 value. It works with CS3 thru CS5 on Mac and Windows. The news has been out for a little while so hurry and try to download now. Register and Download here.

— John Stanowski

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After Effects LeftOvers

Published by Victor Hernandez on October 20th, 2010 - in After Effects, Tips, Video

With the slogan ‘Re-heating stuff you forgot you had’, Chris Zwar has created After Effects LeftOvers, a 5-part video series.

In this video series you can see 40 tips, tricks, workflow suggestions, and more really cool stuff. Down you can find the description about this ‘event’.

‘After Effects has been around for over 17 years and with the recent release of CS5 it’s now up to version 10.  Every new release brings new features and some have received more attention than others.  This 5-part series looks at a selection of features that were in After Effects before CS5 but have been often overlooked.  A total of 40 tips, tricks, workflow suggestions and general reminders are given covering topics including layout, masking, painting, rendering and even using the interface.’

There are 3 videos up, so far. So check them out and enjoy with this gift.

You can Follow me on Twitter or visit my websites Cicerone Blog and Video Cicerone

Victor Hernandez

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Free high resolution Rust textures

Published by John Stanowski on October 14th, 2010 - in After Effects, Free

MediaMilitia.com has an outstanding rust texture pack aptly named Rust V.01 from Aqueous Sun. They’re huge and they’re gorgeous. The pack comes with 28 textures around about 4288px by 2848px. Most of them are yellow but you can change that quickly enough with a spin of the hue wheel. When I first discovered these images about a week ago I planning to make a sample video demonstrating what you could do with textures in our favorite program, and it evolved into a promo for the pack itself.

You can download these free textures here. And while you’re there take a look at the site’s other offerings. There’s a ton up for grabs!

— John Stanowski

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