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Photoshop and AE: Content Aware Scale in Video

Photoshop and AE: Content Aware Scale in Video
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In this installment of Photoshop and AE Video Adrenaline, Richard Harrington demonstrates how to combine new features in Adobe After Effects to stabilize a shot with Content Aware Scale and Content Aware Fill in Adobe Photoshop to change the background. You'll become better prepared to use these powerful tools in your own project after viewing this informative tutorial.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Richard Harrington
Adobe Photoshop
Photoshop and AE: Content Aware Scale

Photoshop and AE: Content Aware Scale
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In this installment of Photoshop and AE Video Adrenaline, Richard Harrington demonstrates how to combine Photoshop and After Effects to look at a great feature called Content Aware Scale. In Photoshop, you can detect skin tones or choose to protect a selected area from transform, but be able to completely re-scale an image while leaving the selected area unchanged. Richard then brings these concepts into After Effects for video in the next installment of Video Adrenaline for Photoshop and After Effects.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Richard Harrington
Adobe After Effects
The Best of Free - Video Copilot's Reflect

The Best of Free - Video Copilot's Reflect
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In the next "Best of Free" tutorial, Kevin P McAuliffe looks at a great free plug-in for Adobe's After Effects for both Mac and WIndows that will help you create reflections on your work in seconds, as opposed to minutes. This free plug-in is a must for any After Effects user, no matter what your skill level.

Review, Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Kevin P. McAuliffe
Adobe After Effects
Creating the AE Cosmos: Galaxies

Creating the AE Cosmos: Galaxies
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Rob Mize continues his cosmic creation with the addition of a 3D galaxy. This tutorial also demonstrates the dynamics of the creative process by showing how parameters are adjusted to "tweak" the image to the desired result. All you need is CC Particle World and your imagination; though a galaxy created with Trapcode Particular is included in the project files. Future tutorials will add additional entities to the AE Cosmos!

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Rob Mize
Adobe Premiere Pro
Premiere Pro: Matching Cameras & Composit Elements in AE

Premiere Pro: Matching Cameras & Composit Elements in AE
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In this colour correction tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use the tools in After Effects both to get excellent colour matching result in After Effects and also to provide information that can be copied into Premiere Pro to more quickly and intuitively achieve better colour matching in Premiere Pro than can easily be achieved with the present set of tool in Premiere Pro (recorded with CS5.5). Andrew shows how to use both the right tool and specific colour channel views to visually match the channels to achieve the best results quickly and effectively. Use this to match footage from different cameras as well as matching elements to be composited into your composition so that they look as if they really belong together.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Andrew Devis
Adobe Photoshop
Photoshop and AE: Device Central

Photoshop and AE: Device Central
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In this installment of Photoshop and AE Video Adrenaline, Richard Harrington demonstrates how to combine Photoshop and After Effects to utilize a helper application designed for mobile -- Device Central CS5.5. In 2010, more money was made on mobile phones just delivering text and sms messages than all of Hollywood put together. In the future, getting content to mobile devices will be increasingly important. You're going to want to know how to get content to a wide range of devices.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Richard Harrington
Adobe Photoshop
The Best of Free - What the Font?

The Best of Free - What the Font?
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In this economy, you need to get the absolute best value for your dollar, and as the expression goes, sometimes you get what you pay for...but not in this case. What The Font? is a free web and iPhone resource to help you figure out what font someone is using in a video, print or any other medium, quickly, easily and free!

Review, Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Kevin P. McAuliffe
Adobe Photoshop
Photoshop and AE: Fixing Underexposure

Photoshop and AE: Fixing Underexposure
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In this installment of Photoshop and AE Video Adrenaline, Richard Harrington demonstrates how to combine Photoshop and After Effects to fix underexposed footage items.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Richard Harrington
Adobe After Effects
Adobe After Effects Quick Tip - Placeholders

Adobe After Effects Quick Tip - Placeholders
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In this Quick Tip, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you that you don't need to worry about having every element you need to create your After Effects composition right from the start. Placeholders can take the place of elements that other departments might still be creating, and they help you stay on top of your deadline.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Kevin P. McAuliffe
Adobe Photoshop
Photoshop and AE: Using Gradients to Create Custom Backdrops

Photoshop and AE: Using Gradients to Create Custom Backdrops
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In this installment of Photoshop and AE Video Adrenaline, Richard Harrington demonstrates how to combine Photoshop and After Effects and use gradients to create custom backdrops.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Richard Harrington
Adobe Photoshop
Photoshop and AE: Layer Comps

Photoshop and AE: Layer Comps
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In this episode of Video Adrenaline for Photoshop and After Effects, Richard Harrington explores layer comps in Adobe Photoshop and then shows how easy it is to spit out multiple versions of your file to bring into Adobe After Effects.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Richard Harrington
Adobe After Effects
Creating the AE Cosmos: The Sun

Creating the AE Cosmos: The Sun
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Rob Mize shows how to create a dynamic 3D sun in 3D space using only CC Particle World. He then demonstrates the versatility of this effect by adjusting the parameters to animate the sun into a supernova explosion. Look forward to more tutorials from Rob on creating other entities in the AE Cosmos!

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Rob Mize
Adobe After Effects
After Effects Quick Tip - Set First Vertex

After Effects Quick Tip - Set First Vertex
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Have you ever wanted to change the point where an animated mask starts, or where something animating along a path begins? Don't settle for where After Effects wants to start it, tell it where to start by setting the first vertex.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Kevin P. McAuliffe
Adobe Photoshop
Photoshop and AE: Refine Edge Command and 3-D Motion Control

Photoshop and AE: Refine Edge Command and 3-D Motion Control
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In this installment of PS and AE, Richard Harrington shows to use Adobe Photoshop and After Effects together to get great 3D extrusion. He'll take some photos and split them out into 3D space, as well as use the Refine Edge command and the content-aware fill option to quickly build your layers to pop out and move around in the 3D camera.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Richard Harrington
Adobe After Effects
After Effects Quick Tip - The Brainstorm Tool

After Effects Quick Tip - The Brainstorm Tool
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Have you ever been stuck coming up with an idea when working in After Effects? Ever had a picky producer, who has no idea what they want? Brainstorm is the perfect tool to use, to help get your creativity flowing, no matter what the situation.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Kevin P. McAuliffe
Adobe After Effects
Adobe After Effects Quick Tip - Re-Positioning Made Easy

Adobe After Effects Quick Tip - Re-Positioning Made Easy
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Don't waste time trying to adjust the parameters of your keyframes in Adobe After Effects when a client wants to make a change. These types of changes should be quick and easy...and they are.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Kevin P. McAuliffe
Adobe After Effects
Quick Tip - After Effects - After Effects Mathematics

Quick Tip - After Effects - After Effects Mathematics
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Do you wish there was an easy way to make quick mathematical adjustments to your parameter values inside of After Effects (i.e. - increase your scale by 3.78 times)? Well, believe it or not, there is. This Quick Tip will show you another great way to speed up your AE workflow.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Kevin P. McAuliffe
Adobe After Effects
Shatter-Mation in After Effects

Shatter-Mation in After Effects
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Rob Mize introduces "Shatter-Mation", the use of AE's Shatter Effect to animate text, logos and other shapes. Rob demonstrates how the Shatter Effect's Force and Physics parameters can be adjusted to precisely control objects in 3D space for a wide variety of effects and transitions within Adobe After Effects.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Rob Mize
Adobe After Effects
Adobe After Effects Quick Tip - Cleaning up messy projects

Adobe After Effects Quick Tip - Cleaning up messy projects
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Nothing is worse than trying to work in an After Effects project that's an absolute mess. In this AE Quick Tip, you will see how simple it is to clean up a project to make it easier to work in, or archive.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Kevin P. McAuliffe
Adobe After Effects
Particle World Transitions: Part 2

Particle World Transitions: Part 2
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Rob Mize further develops the techniques demonstrated in Part 1 of this tutorial. He applies the Particle World Text to Sand effect to 3D text created using the Shatter Effect, and composites that onto a background. He then reverses the effect, changing sand into an onscreen character who finally, blows away as dust in the wind.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Rob Mize
Adobe After Effects
Adobe After Effects Quick Tip - Auto-Creating Compositions

Adobe After Effects Quick Tip - Auto-Creating Compositions
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When working in Adobe After Effects, you can get footage from just about anywhere, and in most cases, you don't have the time to figure out what the client gave you, as in most cases, they don't even know. This quick tip will show you how to match your composition to a clip in your project to get you animating in AE in no time flat.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Kevin P. McAuliffe
Adobe After Effects
3D Sci-Fi Metallic Typography

3D Sci-Fi Metallic Typography
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Create a cool 3D sci-fi textured type look in Adobe After Effects with Matthew Tompkins, using the Fractal Noise, Texturize and Roughen Edges effects along with Expressions, Luma Mattes, Motion Blur and pseudo 3D Camera techniques.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Matthew Tompkins
Adobe After Effects
Adobe After Effects Quick Tip - Importing Image Sequences

Adobe After Effects Quick Tip - Importing Image Sequences
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Importing is a way of life for After Effects users, but sometimes we end up taking the long road without even realizing it. In this Quick Tip, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how to handle image sequences, so they are easier to work with in your AE projects.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Kevin P. McAuliffe
Adobe After Effects
Particle World Transitions: Part 1

Particle World Transitions: Part 1
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Rob Mize demonstrates how to use Particle World in After Effects to transition text, logos and other images into a variety of particle effects, including sand, dust, smoke, fire...even a melting effect.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Rob Mize
Freeform Pro
3D tunnels in AE using FreeForm Pro: Part 2

3D tunnels in AE using FreeForm Pro: Part 2
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Part 2 of the 3D Tunnels in AE using FreeForm Pro describes a second technique for creating a straight tunnel, with more of a tech look, inspired by the movie Tron. Part 3 coming soon.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Tudor "Ted" Jelescu
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