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You can get the details on the Adobe After Effects Facebook page.  I encourage you to respond to the event invite, so that we know how much food and drink to have on hand so everyone can have fun and be taken care of.  The address of the event is 801 N 34th St (the Adobe office in Fremont), and takes place from 7pm-10pm.  Bring your friends, colleagues, or just anyone you know that uses After Effects.

Make sure you RSVP at the link above!  We would love to see you there!  If anything, make sure you become a fan of them on Facebook to get updates of when the next meetings will be!

If you are a vendor that would like to have an interview done, or if you are a tutorial creator, or just someone who would like to meet up, email me to set up a time, and we can do a little chit chat and a quick interview!  This is going to be huge, and I am hoping to meet tons of amazing people!  Personally, I think the people I am most excited for are going to be my friends that I have been in contact with for the last couple years, fellow tut creators around the web, but I will make sure I have a vast range of cool tech to show you.

I am going to be attending the Adobe Party, Media Motion Ball, and the Red Giant Software Pool Party, so if you are going to be at any of those, make sure you look out for me, and don’t be shy to tap me on the shoulder and introduce yourself!  I want to meet all of you!

Again, a huge thanks to AEtuts+ for making this possible, and you guys are in for a big treat!

In the first instance, he uses an image mask in Final Cut Pro to colour correct the image and applies a pitch shift to change the voice.

In the second instance he uses a blur filter and an 8-point garbage matte to blur out the characters voice. He then shows you how to use the ‘paste attributes’ setting in Final Cut Pro to apply an audio effect created on a previous clip to this new clip.

Finally, he uses After Effects to motion track a number of black bars across the distinguishing features of his witness under protection.

After you click through over to ProJuice.org’s website, you can watch the tutorial in standard definition or high definition.

Three different ways to render your character unrecognizable.

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3. Kung Fu Energy Ball
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5. Knoll Light FX
6. Tracking Screens
7. Bleach Bypass

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The new tutorial from Video Copilot… DVD Menus with Encore.  Learn how to make loopable DVD Menus with some cool effects.
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Text Effects with Set Matte

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to use the Set Matte effect with other effects like Fractal Noise, Glow, and TriTone to can create some incredible text effects!

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MaxAfter.com – Bullet Control Part 1

Part 1 of the 3ds Max Particle Flow tutorial of controlling the bullets, First we will use some easy techniques to model this gun.

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Crime Avenue by Eran Stern of Stern FX (www.sternfx.com)
Eran Stern’s newest video tutorial, Crime Avenue, mixes ordinary city aerials with unique, computer generated clips to create a dynamic TV Promo. Eran employs the 3D tracking capabilities of Pixel Farm’s PFHoe to give this After Effects project a truly advanced look that’s easy to achieve. LINK HERE

Paint Strokes Morph June, 2009 new!
Using paint strokes brushes to automatically morph between path shapes.  LINK HERE

In this episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use Trapcode Form 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. You can see an example video of the end result here.

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Create a Split-Flap Type Display Jun 1st in Motion Graphics by Mattias Peresini – Split-Flap-What? It’s the term used for displays that are found in train stations and airports, where they typically display departure and/or arrival information and do that cool flipping of letters to display the new information.  This tutorial does not show how to create the effect from scratch but instead it is a tutorial to explain how to use the project file created by Mattias Peresini who runs the totally awesome mattrunks website which has incredible tutorials for After Effects in French. We are very happy to have Mattias doing his first English tutorial for us here at Aetuts+.  LINK HERE

Create a Surprising Billowing Cloth Reveal Jun 3rd in Motion Graphics by Lloyd It’s amazing how much pseudo-3D you can do in After Effects today. This tutorial will focus on using a new plugin that brings 3D bicubic deformations to layers that allows you to truly bend and twist layers in 3D space. If you are familiar with 3D packages, this is true displacement as opposed to just bump mapping.  LINK HERE

Create a Sci-Fi Movie Title Sequence Jun 8th in Motion Graphics by Michael Park This tutorial covers the creation of a space-like si-fi title sequence from scratch. Michael shows us how you can easily create a visually interesting and impressive title animation with some simple title cards and text animation. The tutorial uses the Twitch plugin from Video Copilot, though a similar effect could be obtained by manual keyframing.  LINK HERE

In the final part of this series we’ll look at how to add some more detail to the shatter in Cinema 4D using the Knife tool, add dust in Adobe After Effects using Trapcode Particular, create a quick background and fake refraction using the Displacement Map effect.   After adding the Particle Null, right click the layer and choose Cinema 4D Tags > External Compositing. This will ensure the null is available in After Effects. LINK HERE

In this lesson we will learn how to use the ViewCube in Maya 2008+

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In this lesson we will learn how to parent in the Hypergraph and parenting options in the Move tool in Maya 2008+

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In this lesson we will learn how to disconnect joints within a skeleton without having to detach the bound mesh in Maya 2008+

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In this lesson we will learn how the Trimming tool can be used to punch holes into NURBS meshes in XSI 4.2+.  Trimming is an effective way to create complex NURBS geometry quickly. Once you learn this technique, you have much more control over your NURBS meshes. LINK HERE

In this lesson we will learn how to extrude multiple non-merged faces in XSI 4.2+.  When modeling with polygons, you sometimes need to extrude a continuous row of faces, without having them all merged together. This technique is useful for making bumps on a dinosaur’s back, a serrated knife blade, or a spiked mace head. You can create interesting geometry using this technique.  LINK HERE

In this lesson we will learn how to merge separate polygon surfaces into one unified mesh within XSI 4.2+.  This is a useful technique for reusing your geometry and then merging it back together for texturing. LINK HERE

In this lesson we will learn how to use the Flare effects in XSI 4+ to reproduce Lens Flares. Lens Flares are traditionally the bane of photography, as they can ruin good photos and footage. In XSI that isn’t a problem but it is a reproducible effect. Try adding a Lens Flare to your next render for creating a neat lighting effect.  LINK HERE

In this lesson we will learn how to change the point around which we rotate an object in Modo 301+

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In this lesson we will learn how to use gradients and input parameters to quickly texture an alien pod based on its displacement height in Modo 301+

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Here is a great new tutorial on using particleIllusion 3.0 to create the transport effect from the new Star Trek movie.

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Episode 20: Creating a 3D picture Montage with Trapcode Particular By Rob Birnholz – In this Episode, Rob Birnholz shows you a great technique for quickly creating a 3D picture montage with Trapcode Particular. It takes just minutes to set up, but can save you hours of work.  Read More |  Watch Video |  Comment

Product(s) Used: Trapcode Particular

‘Get Into Blender! Introduction, Menus & Views, Navigation & Components’ is the latest set of video tutorials for Blender by Jason Welsh

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Mike Bauer brings us another 3dsmax video tutorial where he shows us how to create a basic mesh which will help you to quickly model characters.
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Green Grass Apple Motion Video Tutorial
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Idea Concept Purpose Apple Motion Video Tutorial
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* Learn how to model a basic Snail character from scratch using basic MeshSmooth Modeling in 3DStudioMax…
* Start with some primitive box geometry objects and finish with a smooth, organic shape…
* Ideal for beginners wanting to tackle modeling in 3DMax…( Part1 of an ongoing series which incl. materials, rigging, lighting, etc)
PART 1 PART 2 PART 3

Ново Здравейте, тук можете да се запознаете с нас и да разберете каква е нашата цел и задача	Ново Тук може да видите двете реклами с който спечелихме конкурса на NESCAFE.
Ново Посетете новият ни подобрен форум сега!	НОВ УРОК 05. Fireworks Opening
НОВ УРОК 3D Integration from Max to After Effects

From Andrew Kramer – “Over 90% of elements are live action shots, like explosions and blood etc… 100% NEW Footage and Tutorials; NOT an upgrade or anything like that… Yes there is some high speed stuff… I’ll explain more later… the Box is 3D rendered and just meant to be cool.”  LINK HERE

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Play with Fire to Create a Fiery Logo Transition

Playing with fire will no longer get in trouble with your mother! High quality fluid dynamics has traditionally been reserved for high end 3D applications, but in this tutorial we learn to harness these simulations in After Effects to literally play with fire and create this fiery logo transition.

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TheMographBlog.com – The render queue in After Effects is like a Blackberry.   On the surface, it has a very basic and direct intention.  Need to make a call?  Dial a number and go.   Need to render a composition?  Add it to the queue and hit render.    But just like a Blackberry, if you dig a little bit deeper the render queue in After Effects has a lot to offer the motion graphics artist.

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Linking your particle simulation directly to a null also gives you the ability to link multiple simulations to the same null and gives you the flexibility to really create some killer simulations.

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Digital Tutors – Using Brainstorm in After Effects

In this lesson we will learn how to use Brainstorm to create random looks.  Topics covered include Brainstorming an effect, and saving Brainstormed effects.

Uses After Effects CS3+    LINK HERE

In this episode of GSGcast – Intro to After Effects – 3D Layers and Cameras, Nick Camp aka “The Gorilla” goes through the steps to make layers 3D and animate cameras.  He also discusses Depth of Field in After Effects.

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In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Michael Park shows you how to create a realistic 3D earth, complete with clouds and atmosphere, using only After Effects’ built in effects.  Special attention will be given to combining mulitple instances of the CC Sphere effect to create unique layers with different specular properties for the land and water masses, as well as creating lights from urban centers on the night side of the earth.   LINK HERE

In this Photoshop tutorial, Richard Harrington takes a look at balancing out exposure issues inside of Photoshop CS4. Mixed lighting on a photo can cause portions of the image to be too bright or too dark, fortunately Photoshop gives us some great tools to take care of these types of issues. Using a levels adjustment layer in combination with a color range selection, Richard is able to greatly control the lighting in a photo. The equalize command is also covered in this video tutorial.
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The History of SmoothCam – Kevin P. McAuliffe
We as editors take things for granted, without appreciating where it came from.  As a Shake user, I loved SmoothCam, and when I found out they were bringing it to Final Cut Studio 2, I was really excited.  I decided, for this article, to look at SmoothCam, where it came from, and how it evolved from Shake.
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HYTA.TV – Creating Selection Sets Automagically

I’m sure that a lot of you are already aware that you can drag a material straight from the Material Manager onto an object and that material will be assigned to that object. Did you know, you can use a similar technique to actually restrict to Selection Sets.
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Create a Dreamy Logo in the Clouds Animation

at AEtuts.com by Markus Gustafsson