Expression Controls #2

A CreativeCOW After Effects Video Tutorial

Aharon Rabinowitz
New York, USA

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In this tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz explores most of the expression controls, showing you how they can be used to enhance your projects and save time.

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Comments

Layer Control Expression
by David Mathias

Hi and thank's to craetive cow and Abraham for all those so usefull tutorials.
(and my apology for my very approximative english)

After watching the tutorial on Expression Control Part 2, the layer control seemed to be unusefull.
In fact I saw a very interesting thread posted by the "Yoda Master of expression" Dan Ebberts, here :

http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/227/10928

and it's on Creative Cow once again !!
this could maybe help to update this tutorial, wich was for me very instructive.

All the best for 2010 !

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