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Aligning Particular Motion Paths
Harry Frank has a new quick tip for Trapcode Particular over at Red Giant Software.
“Motion paths in Particular can be tricky. Harry Frank brings you this overview of how to set them up, and a foolproof way to align the spline in 3D space with a simple expression.”
Click Here to get the expression.
Free: Digieffects FreeForm AE Billowing Flags Project File
To download the free project from Mettle, click here.
Digieffects FreeForm is now bundled with After Effects CS5. If you’re using CS4, buy Digieffects FreeForm AE for CS4 or download a free demo.
“Light Glow” tutorial from Video Copilot
Very impressive new tutorial on Andrew Kramer’s site today.
“In this quick motion graphics tutorials we’ll create a natural light glow illuminating from your title onto a 3D surface. This tutorial also includes tips for generating a simple chromatic glow effect.”
After Effects keyboard shortcuts you probably never use
Laurence Grayson of ShortFormVideo has posted a video revealing useful After Effects keyboard shortcuts. If you’re a new user, chances are you’ll find this one very handy. Intermediate and advanced users may learn a trick or two from it as well.
Create a moving t-shirt design with AE and Mocha
Eran Stern has a new tutorial on the Digital Juice website.
“In this advanced After Effects tutorial, Eran Stern walks you through the steps required to apply an animated design to a set of t-shirts being worn by two subjects in a video clip. In the process he composes a design using elements from Motion Designer’s Toolkits 6 and 7 and then tracks these clips to the subject’s t-shirts using Mocha for After Effects motion tracking software.”
Free AE Project from Video Copilot
Andrew Kramer has posted a free After Effects title project which you can download at VideoCopilot.net. The project includes the necessary footage and the particles are from AE’s built-in effects. It also uses Optical Flares, but don’t fret if you’re not equipped. The text treatment is very impressive, even up close and that alone makes this a must have download. Get it here.
Free “Movie Magic” After Effects template from Aharon Rabinowitz
Aharon Rabinowitz from All Bets Are Off Productions and Red Giant Software guru has posted a After Effects template that’s up for up for grabs.
It’s plug-in heavy as it uses Trapcode Form, Knoll Light Factory and Magic Bullet Looks. Download it and modify to suit your needs, reverse-engineer or just poke around an AE jedi’s work.
Download the project at Red Giant People.
Improving Your Workflow With After Effects Scripts
Check out John Kostrzewski’s article: Improving Your Workflow With After Effects Scripts. He has a great list of resources on the blog post.
Tutorial: DE LightWrap by Kevin P. McAuliffe
DE LightWrap Tutorial from digieffects on Vimeo.
Created by Kevin P. McAuliffe
Enhance the look of your keyed video by adding DE LightWrap to give a more realistic look.
DE LightWrap is part of the Delirium package, which recently came out for AE CS5.
