Does the idea of a linear workflow make you scratch your head? HelloLuxx.com has posted a very informative and easy (easier?) to understand breakdown from Philip Losch, one of the creators of Cinema 4D. Read all about it here.
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Become A Digieffects Fan on Facebook and get a free Digieffects Plug-in!
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Become a Fan of Digieffects on Facebook by February 18, 2011 and get a free plug-in on February 19th!
This offer is exclusive to people who follow Digieffects on Facebook
On February 19, 2011 all of the Digieffects fans will receive a link to download a free plug-in.
Also, Digieffects will be discontinuing upgrade products end of February 2011. Upgrade your Digieffects products while you still can!
- Digieffects Delirium v2 Upgrade: $99.00
- Digieffects Damage v2.2 Upgrade: $49.00
- Digieffects Buena Depth Cue v2.3 Upgrade: $99.00
- Digieffects Megasuite Upgrade: $199.00
Demonize with Photoshop and After Effects
Ryan Connelly of Film Riot takes you on a walk-through of how he created a demon effect using only photos, Photoshop and animating them in After Effects. He also shows how he created the illusion of moving video by using the Puppet Tool.
Angie Taylor Tip: Animating a line drawn on a map – Indiana Jones Style
Angie takes you through the process of Animating a line on a map, a la Indiana Jones.
After Effects CS5 Learn by Video DVD that Angie created alongside the wonderful Todd Kopriva from Adobe.
Freebies: Free Trapcode Presets from Mattias Peresini on Red Giant People
Posted Today by Aharon Rabinowitz on Red Giant’s Red Room Blog
“Mattias Peresini, AKA Mattrunks has been at it again, creating some brilliant FREE Red Giant People presets for Trapcode products.”
Cell Shading Experiment
Download it HERE from Red Giant People.
Particles on Erlend
Download it HERE from Red Giant People.
Pop’n’Spheres
Download it HERE from Red Giant People.
Free Barcode Generator plug-in for After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express & Motion
Yanobox Barcode is a FREE generator that simulates the European Article Number aka EAN-13 barcode used on everyday products across the world.
Our version provides some unusual features like custom color modes and random digits, transforming the classical barcode to an eye-catching Motion Graphic element.
FxFactory is a revolutionary visual effects architecture powering hundreds of plug-ins for Final Cut Pro, Motion, Final Cut Express and Adobe After Effects:
The Tron look
Andrew Kramer released a “walk-through” of how he accomplished a Tron text treatment which he teased us with last month. As usual, good good stuff. Watch the mini-tut and download the project file at VideoCopilot.net.
Procedural Disintegration with After Effects
Quba Michalski is back from hiatus with a fantastic method of grinding a 3D layer into particles using Trapcode Particular. Watch the tutorial (over an hour long!) and download the project file at the original post here.
Kern type in Cinema 4D? Yes, you can!
Frustrated with Cinema 4D‘s mysterious lack of ability to kern type? Not a problem anymore with… the Kernimator! This FREE “plugin”, more a library object, gives you full control of Mograph text and let’s you tuck in your characters on a letter by letter basis. The Kernimator’s website says it works on both Mac and Windows and was tested in R11.5 and R12. (I’m using R11 and it works just fine there!) Learn more and download the free kerning goodness at http://www.kernimator.com.
Here’s a quick how-to:
