Red Giant Software: Episode 18: Compositing Tips from ‘Greenscreen Made Easy’ Episode 18: Compositing Tips from ‘Greenscreen Made Easy’
In this Episode, the Toolfarm’s Michele Yamazaki shares a ton of great compositing tips from her new book, Greenscreen Made Easy.
Toolfarm :60 Ep.01: Automatic Duck
The first episode of the Toolfarm :60 is now available! We’ll be posting them at MyToolfarm and also they will be uploaded as a regular podcast to iTunes in the very near future.
Since we know you don’t have a lot of time, the Toolfarm :60 is a :60 second podcast (plus open and close) that will feature interviews, tutorials and whatever we feel like sharing. We’d love to hear your suggestions on what you’d like to see. We’ll be blasting out a bunch in the next few days that were done at NAB, but after that expect one per fortnight.
Episode 1 features a quick interview with Wes Plate of Automatic Duck, shot at NAB 09. Wes talks about Media Copy 2.0 and Automatic Duck’s new partnership with EditShare.
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Boris Continuum Complete 6 FxPlug Public Beta
A public beta of BCC 6 FxPlug for Apple Pro Video Applications is now available!
BCC 6 FxPlug brings over 200 filters to Apple Final Cut Pro, Motion, and Final Cut Express. In addition to new features included with the recently-released BCC 6 AE for Adobe – such as Extruded Text, Splines, and Shapes – BCC 6 FxPlug takes advantage of Apple FxPlug’s real-time architecture for simultaneous live previews of dozens of preset transitions, glows, and color and film look effects in a newly-designed effects browser window. Code-named “Popcorn”, this new technology delivers the best of Boris on Apple’s FxPlug platform.
Have feedback regarding the Public Beta? Please e-mail publicbeta@borisfx.com
Note: Customers who purchase BCC 5 FxPlug or BCC 5 AVX now will receive a free upgrade to Version 6 when it is available.
Tutorial: Getting Started with FreeForm AE
Try the new plug-in from Digieffects, FreeForm AE. It’s an After Effects plug-in that allows you to distort layers in 3D space.
The tutorial shows you how to make a sail look like it’s being inflated by the wind. Alicia VanHuelen of Toolfarm creates a very cool Viking ship in AE and manipulates the sail and water with FreeForm AE. Digieffects FreeForm AE is still on sale for $100 off through Thrusday (NAB Special extended).
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This site design is under construction
If you’re stopping by for the first time, or you’re just wondering what the fugly weeds and berries in the banner are all about, it’s a template preset that we didn’t have time to snaz up before NAB. Harry, Topher and I will all be giving the site a nice makeover in the next couple of weeks. The functionality is perfect at least 
Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts
Need some Photoshop keyboard shortcuts? Here’s a quick list: Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts.
Top 28 Best Motion Graphics Blogs and Resources
Check out Top 28 Best Motion Graphics Blogs and Resources. I was happy to see AE Freemart made the cut
Face Replacement Tutorials from David Torno
David Torno, who you may remember from the interview about Flight of the Conchords Ladies of the World video, has some tutorials up about face replacement, which he used in the music video for Pistol Youth featuring the Golden Girls (and RIP Bea Arthur… you were a very funny lady).
David shows how to use After Effects and Mocha AE to accomplish the effect.
Here’s the video where the face replacement was done:
New Video Tutorial by Rob Birnholz
Rob Birnholz is our newest Expert on the Toolfarm Expert Forums and he has created a fantastic new tutorial. Rob shows you how to create a cool movie promo bumper for a fake movie channel. He uses native After Effects filters in some interesting ways, including CC Repetile to make a film strip, Twirl to give the film some nice natural movement, and lots of 3D layers.
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Free Preset AutoTitles at AE.Tuts
Check out the AutoTitles Preset for After Effects created by Nahuel at AE.Tuts. There’s a tutorial on the download page too.
