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Red Giant plug-ins | Creating an Apparition Effect with Trapcode Particular
In this tutorial, Michael Park shows you how to create an Apparition effect with Trapcode particular, as seen in a film that shall not be named. You'll learn how to create realistic shadows with Red Giant Warp. Also, you'll be introduced to color correction techniques using the After Effects standard toolset, as well as Magic Bullet Looks. In addition, you'll get a sneak peak at Michael Park's upcoming Creative Cow Master Series DVD: Practical Particles.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 11/16/2009
Author: Michael Park |
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Red Giant plug-ins | Creating a Motion Graphics Film Title Treatment
In this tutorial, Motion graphics designer and director Chad Bonanno helps you recreate the titles he designed for the feature film Dreamgirls. You'll learn how to create a cool shimmering confetti effect with Trapcode Particular, as well as how to reveal text with Knoll Light Factory Pro.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 10/21/2009
Author: Chad Bonanno |
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Red Giant plug-ins | Recreating a Classic 1950's Science Fiction Show Opening
In this episode of Red Giant TV, Chad Perkins shows you how he built the various elements he used to re-create of the opening sequence from the classic sci-fi TV series, the Twilight Zone. In the tutorial Chad gives you tons of valuable hints and techniques for use in Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator and Maxon Cinema 4D.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 10/06/2009
Author: Chad Perkins |
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Red Giant plug-ins | Creating an Animated 3D Motion Graphics Logo
In this tutorial, Telescope Media Group's Carl Larsen shows you how to create a motion graphics logo using an array of 3D particles, built with Trapcode Form. He'll show you how you can do in After Effects what, under most circumstances, must be done in a 3D application. Get ready to learn the true power of 3D particle systems in AE.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 09/22/2009
Author: Carl Larsen |
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Red Giant plug-ins | Create Cool 3D Text with Trapcode Form
In this Episode of Red Giant TV, Hypa TV's Tim Clapham shows you how to build and animate 3D text with Trapcode Form. He's also show you techniques for animating the text on and off - and while they're deceptively simple, they deliver in a really big way.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 09/09/2009
Author: Tim Clapham |
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Red Giant plug-ins | Building an Airport Scene - Part 2: Compositing
In this episode of Red Giant TV, Mathias Möhl continues his airport building project, and shows you how to motion track your footage with Mocha For After Effects. Then he'll use that data along with MochaImport (his own script) to easily rotoscope and create a solid composite.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 08/25/2009
Author: Mathias Mohl |
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Red Giant plug-ins | Building an Airport Scene - Part 1: Backplate
In this episode of Red Giant TV, Mathias Möhl shows you how to take footage of a parking lot, and turn it into the backplate for an Airport Scene. You'll pick up several great tips for Photoshop and some expressions to help you animate a still image of an airplane.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 08/16/2009
Author: Mathias Mohl |
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Adobe After Effects | Peel-Away Vortex Transition Effect
In this episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create an insanely cool transition for text and other elements using Trapcode Form and other effects in After Effects.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 07/07/2009
Author: Aharon Rabinowitz |
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Red Giant plug-ins | Creating a Summer Blockbuster Film Look
In this action packed episode of Red Giant TV, Sin City's Visual Effects Supervisor - and the new Creative Director of Red Giant Software - Stu Maschwitz, shows you how to get the Summer Blockbuster look seen in Transformers 2, Terminator: Salvation, and The Taking of Pelham 123. Stu shares valuable techniques for enhancing your footage with Magic Bullet Looks and Colorista - the technologies he invented for his own use on feature films.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 06/23/2009
Author: Stu Maschwitz |
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Red Giant plug-ins | Creating a Text to Sand Transition
In this episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create the effect of text (or a logo) dissolving to sand and blowing away. You'll also learn how to reverse the transition, so that sand forms into text.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 06/10/2009
Author: Aharon Rabinowitz |
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Red Giant plug-ins | Creating a Transporter Effect
In this episode, Chief Engineer Eran Stern works furiously to get his Starship's transporters back on-line to rescue a fellow crew member trapped on a hostile planet. But time is running out. Will Eran be able to build the transporter in After Effects in time?
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 05/19/2009
Author: Eran Stern |
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Red Giant plug-ins | Better Compositing with Particles
In this episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz will show you a technique for placing layers inside the middle of a particle system in After Effects - crucial to truly integrating your CGI effects with your live action footage or motion graphics.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 03/31/2009
Author: Aharon Rabinowitz |
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Red Giant plug-ins | Creating Traffic Patterns
In this Red Giant tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create a realistic traffic pattern backdrop - great for a scene in which the camera overlooks a low lying, but developed area - perhaps looking down from a high hill onto a residential neighborhood.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 02/24/2009
Author: Aharon Rabinowitz |
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Red Giant plug-ins | Creating and Working with Complex 3D Projects
In this episode, Aharon shares some tips for simplifying and working with 3D compositions. You will also get a look at some cool tools designed to easily distribute and arrange layers in 3D space, and that help in creating complex 3D shapes.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 02/10/2009
Author: Aharon Rabinowitz |
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Red Giant plug-ins | Controlling Time with Sound - Part 2
In this episode, Aharon continues to explore how audio can be used to control time, but he expands on that by showing you how it can be used to change the look of the footage as well.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 02/09/2009
Author: Aharon Rabinowitz |
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Red Giant plug-ins | Controlling Time with Audio - Part 1
In this episode, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use audio to control time. Youll learn how to make your video automatically move forward in time to the beat of the music - a technique used in tons of music videos and commercials.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 02/09/2009
Author: Aharon Rabinowitz |
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Red Giant plug-ins | Better Compositing Techniques
In this Episode, learn about compositing techniques that fall outside of keying. Using tools available for After Effects, Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Vegas and Avid, you will discover ways to improve the quality of your composite with less work.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 02/09/2009
Author: Aharon Rabinowitz |
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Red Giant plug-ins | Looping a Particle System
In this Episode, you will learn how to set up a seamless looping particle system. We will be using Trapcode Particular and Starglow to create a stylized holiday snowstorm, but the concepts can be adapted for anything from backgrounds to lower 3rds.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 02/09/2009
Author: Aharon Rabinowitz |
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Red Giant plug-ins | Binary Transition Part 2
In this Episode, Aharon shows you how to improve on and finish the binary transition project by working with Time Remapping and Camera animation. Plus, see how Magic Bullet Looks and Trapcode Shine help add the finishing touches.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 02/09/2009
Author: Aharon Rabinowitz |
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Red Giant plug-ins | Binary Transition Part 1
This episode shows you how to use Trapcode Form to create a dramatic transition where footage breaks into binary code, and re-forms as different footage.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 02/09/2009
Author: Aharon Rabinowitz |
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