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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 | 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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Trapcode | Trapcode Suite Reviewed
In this article, CreativeCOW's Jim Harvey takes a look at Trapcode Suite from Red Giant Software--nine plug-ins that will get a workout in any studio.
Review 09/21/2009
Author: Jim Harvey |
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Trapcode | Creating a Waterfall
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Michael Park demonstrates how to create a waterfall using After Effects and Trapcode Particular. This tutorial is in response to a couple of posts on the Trapcode Forum of CreativeCOW.net looking for this type of effect. This tutorial uses Particular 2.0, but the work flow and settings should work equally will with previous versions of Particular.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 09/14/2009
Author: Michael Park |
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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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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 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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Adobe After Effects | Blowing Flowers
In this video tutorial, CreativeCOW leader, Eran Stern demonstrates how to create flower trails using Trapcode Particular in this special holiday episode. You'll also work with the light emitter and use 3D layer to obscure particles.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 04/03/2009
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 | 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 | 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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Trapcode | Create Lottery Balls with Particular
In this tutorial, CreativeCOW contributing editor Tony Agliata demonstrates how simple expressions can generate multiple custom particles in Particular to create an animation of bouncing, floating Ping Pong balls--similar to a those in a lottery drawing.
Tutorial 12/20/2008
Author: Tony Agliata |
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Adobe After Effects | Building a Cube World: Part 4
In this tutorial, Creative Cow Contributing Editor Carl Larsen shows you how to track a lens flare onto a 360 degree camera-aware environment using Trapcode Horizon.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 12/01/2008
Author: Carl Larsen |
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Adobe After Effects | More Of The Same Thing - Part 5
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Contributing Editor Eran Stern shows you how to duplicate elements in After Effects using Trapcode Echospace plug-in.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 09/19/2008
Author: Eran Stern |
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Trapcode | Creating Advanced Glitter using Expressions with Trapcode Particular
In this tutorial, Creative Cow leader, Michael Park, demonstrates another, more advanced method for creating shimmering glitter particles using Trapcodes Particular. The main advancement is the implementation of 3d rotation of the glitter particles, as well as using expressions to convert the rotation of the particles in all 3 axis to drive a greyscale map, which in turn is used to color the particle using colorama and create the shimmer effect when the particles face the camera.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 04/09/2008
Author: Michael Park |
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Adobe After Effects | Building Up Particles
This tutorial by animator James Lee demonstrates a building up of particles to simulate a disintegrating hot air balloon using Trapcode Particular and Adobe After Effects.
Tutorial 11/22/2006
Author: James Lee |
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Adobe After Effects | Creating Paper Ribbons and Confetti
Often for festivals and celebrations, we are asked to create animations involving colorful ribbons and confetti. In this tutorial, Joe Chao creates the ribbons and confetti and then demonstrates a couple of ways to shoot them out of a cannon. This animation would be useful, not just for Christmas, but for any festival.
Tutorial 12/22/2005
Author: Joe Chao |
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Adobe After Effects | Creating a Logo Assembling Animation
Joe Chao was once required to create an animation in which a flock of fireflies assemble into an insect shaped logo. In this tutorial, Joe demonstrates a quick method to duplicate the effect using Trapcode Particlular.
Tutorial 10/11/2005
Author: Joe Chao |
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Trapcode | Particular - Frequently Asked Effects
Ever since Trapcode Particular was released one year ago, many people have developed a keen interest in this tool. However, even after this time many people find themselves confronted with problems. Regular questions on the Trapcode forum here at the COW clearly prove this. This tutorial is meant to explain some of the commonly asked questions and make your life easier by giving a few tips and tricks as well as some simple expressions.
Tutorial 09/14/2005
Author: Mylenium |
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Adobe After Effects | Creating Liquid LIght by David Zandnerg
In this tutorial, David Zandnerg creates a 'Liquid Light' background element using some basic knowledge about Trapcode 3D Stroke & Shine and Turbulent Displace from Adobe. The important thing to remember is that this tutorial is flexible, so change it as you like to whatever works for you in terms of shape, color and size. Also keep in mind that the tutorial is designed to give you some idea of the simplicity of After Effects for creating abstract art or to just have fun.
Tutorial 09/01/2004
Author: David Zandnerg |
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Adobe After Effects | Building the Cage: Part 4 of the Golden COW by Serge Hamad
Many of you have seen Serge Hamad's various animations in the After Effects forum at CreativeCOW. In this 5-part tutorial, Serge demonstrates the steps involved in re-creating his "Golden COW." In this tutorial you will be creating the cage around the planet. You will need 3D Stroke from Trapcode as well as Invigorator Pro or Classic for this one. Note that with Invigorator Classic you won't be able to open the provided AEP though. The emphasis in this tutorial is on the use of the transparency mapping technique.
Tutorial 08/18/2004
Author: Serge Hamad |
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Trapcode | Dave LaRonde takes a look at Trapcode Shine
When Trapcode first introduced its Shine plugin, early practitioners marveled at its speed. Sure, Shine may be fast on a G4 or a Pentium IV machine, but what about a humble Powermac 9600/233? What if you're still using OS 8.6? What if you only have AE 4.1? How good is it working within those constraints? Dave LaRonde shares his experiences with using Trapcode Shine.
Review 05/01/2002
Author: Dave LaRonde |
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