Add explosions to your videos using Sony Vegas Movie Studio
Posted on August 26, 2010 in Digital Effects | No Comments
Here is a easy guide to adding explosions and other effects to your videos using Sony Vegas Movie Studio.
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Real-time 3D Virtual Studio System
Posted on August 19, 2010 in 3D Graphics, Digital Effects, Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
At the 3D & Virtual Reality Expo, NAC Image Technology demonstrated a real-time 3D virtual system. This combines a motion capture system, 3D photography system, and the Brainstorm virtual studio system.
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Free Final Cut Plugin: Change font of multiple text clips at once
Posted on August 17, 2010 in Credits, Digital Effects, Editing | No Comments
Here’s a free Final Cut Pro plugin from alex4D which allows you to change font of multiple text clips at once. It is a bit basic, but it might save you a lot of time.
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After Effects Tutorial: Look Ma, No Wires
Posted on August 16, 2010 in Digital Effects, Green Screen | 3 Comments
A clever technique for shooting flying people in front of a green screen without the use of crane and wires. This shot is part of a pilot for a new fantasy comedy show created by Eyal Be and Nimrod Ben Moshe.
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Is cinematography photography or digital painting?
Posted on August 3, 2010 in Cinematography, Digital Effects | 1 Comment
The camera lies 24 times a second. But how important is the camera anymore, when what we see on screen is no longer captured through a lens? Is it photography or digital painting?
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How to Remove Horizontal Band Lines from DSLR Footage
Posted on July 31, 2010 in Cinematography, Digital Effects, Editing, Lighting | No Comments
This video shows you how to remove those nasty brown horizontal band lines from your footage. These lines can sometimes show up when shooting under florescent lights and create a really bad effect. They can be mostly removed using Final Cut Pro’s “Limit Effect” tool built into the “3 Way Color Corrector.”
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How to Be A Motion Designer and GET PAID
Posted on July 26, 2010 in Digital Effects | No Comments
Speech given at MGFest 09 about how to get a job as a motion designer. The presentation focus on what things to learn, how to learn them and how to promote yourself.
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Disney Research: Not Your Father’s Mickey
Posted on July 17, 2010 in Digital Effects | No Comments
Bob Sumner, Disney Research Zurich’s associate director and head of the animation and interactive graphics research group, presents the lab’s work on computer-assisted techniques for artists working in traditional, hand-drawn animation. He also describes new techniques for modeling human faces down to pore level for believable, hyper-realistic visages, the holy grail of special effects.
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3D Still Image Effect Tutorial Using Photoshop and Apple Motion
Posted on July 16, 2010 in Digital Effects | 4 Comments
This tutorial gives step-by-step instructions on using Photoshop and Apple Motion to create the “The Kid Stays in the Picture” effect. Essentially a still image is separated into layers which are moved along the z-axis. Movement is introduced via animation… adding depth and giving the impression of 3D to the still (the effect sometimes referred to as 2.5D).
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Bluescreen vomit!
Posted on July 13, 2010 in Digital Effects, Effects and Stunts | 2 Comments
This video shows how easy and effective it is to cook up some great vomit effects using a strip of photographer’s paper and a can of pumpkin. Oh, and Adobe After Effects.
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Sony Vegas Tutorial: How to Create a FAST Simple Intro
Posted on July 8, 2010 in Digital Effects | 1 Comment
This video tutorial instructs you on how to create a fast simple into using Sony Vegas.
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Adobe After Effects CS5 Tutorial – Rotoscope with Rotobrush
Posted on July 7, 2010 in Digital Effects | No Comments
Isolate moving foreground elements from their backgrounds dramatically faster time using a revolutionary new approach that works much like the Quick Select tool in Photoshop.
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55 Free After Effects Plugins
Posted on July 5, 2010 in Digital Effects, Featured | 1 Comment
Adobe After Effects Plugins can add even more capability to your AE software. In this feature we bring you 55 plug-ins that along with all their cool enhancements and ability to extend your creativity and productivity the have one other great feature, THEY ARE ALL FREE!
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Sony Vegas Tutorial – Shattering Text
Posted on June 1, 2010 in Digital Effects | No Comments
This tutorial is an oversimplified yet quick way to make a shatter-like text explosion in Vegas. Once you get the technique down you should be able to run with it.
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Invisible Text Effect for Apple Motion 4
Posted on April 29, 2010 in Credits, Digital Effects | No Comments
This video tutorial shows you how to create a invisible text effect with Final Cut Studio’s Motion 4 where the text disappears and reappears behind a object. This effect works for Final Cut Pro and Motion 3 as well.
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