Boombox Sonic Wave Effect

Genarts Sapphire Tutorial at Creative COW

Todd Prives
GenArts
Cambridge Massachusetts USA

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Learn to make the most requested effect shot in the GenArts Demo Reel. In this tutorial, Todd Prives will take you through the steps to create a series of sonic waves emitting from a boombox using Sapphire plug-ins and Adobe After Effects as seen in the GenArts Demo Reel.

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Re: Boombox Sonic Wave Effect
by olawale ogbonlowo

Thanks for this tutorial. I had been wondering and attempting to do this since I first saw it on the Genarts page. You made that task a whole lot easier.

Olawale

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Awesome
by Ken Walton

Todd,

Thanks a ton for this Sapphire tutorial - it's going to prove extremely helpful in the future. One question though: is there a reason copying and pasting the tracking data keyframes to the effect elements is preferred (or necessary) rather than using an expression to link them?

Thanks again,

Ken

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Great tut
by Ra-ey Saleh

Todd,
Great display of how to use multiple Sapphire effects to create something you wouldn't expect.
Even gave me - a non-AE user - loads of ideas.
Thanks for posting!

Ra-ey

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