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by Brodd Nesset on Oct 1, 2008 at 7:36:18 am
in the Cinema 4D Forum
Here are two approaches that might work: 1. Create two renders of your scene; one without any ski trails, one with trails - even in front of the skier! In a compositing program like After Effects, place the animations on ... | | | | |
| | | | Any report from IBC?
by Morten Ranmar on Sep 20, 2008 at 8:08:53 am
in the IBC Expo Forum
Hi Jon Did you go to the Apple event? I was wondering if they showed any sign of their next gen compositing program Phenonomen? - No Parking Production - Finalcut Studio2, Dual G5, Kona 2, ioHD, X-Raid | | | | |
| | | | What is this??
by Brian Lynn on Aug 11, 2008 at 6:06:27 pm
in the Adobe After Effects basics Forum
080040266: Pins cannot connect due to not supporting the same transport. So confused... VLC plays it, but WiMP and QT will not, and I can't see anything of it in any NLE or compositing program I drop it into. All ... | | | | |
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Adobe After Effects
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Shading Effects
In this tutorial, Mylenium will show you how to replicate that stylish MacOS X buttons look. At first sight it will look like an antiquated technique of a time when today's layer effects in Photoshop were also created that way, but after a while you will clearly see the advantages of it. Think of it more as a source of inspiration on how to overcome limitations of for instance the Alpha Bevel effect rather than a tutorial in its classical sense.
Tutorial
Author: Mylenium |
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| | | | place colors and textures in C4
by Eric Craft on Jun 12, 2008 at 3:28:59 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
you with this: This material shades the surface according to various surface properties. It's intended to be used to render passes of a scene that will later be used in a compositing program or post-process script. -Eric | | | | |
| | | | XPRI Video codec (.vio)
by Stuart Neal on Sep 24, 2008 at 8:11:31 pm
in the Sony XPRI Forum
Does anyone know if the XPRI codec (.vio) is available, so I can use the video files in other compositing programs. Does Sont tech support have that available on there site? Thanks, Stuart Neal | | | | |
| | | | AE Advantages over Motion?
by Ron Coy on May 16, 2008 at 3:49:20 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
maybe not easier to learn than Motion, but certainly cheaper. Easier to use does not equal better. Motion can do some cool stuff quickly, and it has a bright future as a compositing program for non-compositors (meaning video editors can ... | | | | |
| | | | Creating targa lower 1/3 media
by Michael Hancock on May 2, 2008 at 3:50:04 pm
in the AVID Editing Forum
lower third and set it to Show Alpha so you get a black and white matte. Export that as a targa sequence. You'll now need to either take both into After Effects or another compositing program to set the Fill ... | | | | |
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Adobe Premiere basics
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A Primer on NLE Video Quality
In this article, Ron Shook attempts in a relatively non-techy way to put some perspective on a range of quality issues inherent in today's Non-Linear Editing technology. Perhaps as you shop for your next NLE or the services of an NLE/editor, you will have a better background for asking significant questions and separating the important stuff from the selling hype.
Editorial, Tutorial
Author: Ron Shook |
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| | | | Motion v.s. Shake
by Will Keir on Mar 2, 2006 at 9:24:57 am
in the Apple Motion Forum
I've heard Shake is the preimere compositing program for films, but I haven't heard much about Motion in this regard, or even what it's main function and use is. Is Motion much of a film type compositing program, or, from ... | | | | |
| | | | AE Junkie seeking more green grass
by Kenneth La Rue on Nov 8, 2006 at 11:20:55 am
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
Hi, IMHO, A/E is a great motion graphic program and Combustion is a great compositing program. A/E is a good compositing program and Combustion is a good motion graphic program. I think this is where each holds there own strength. ... | | | | |
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Adobe After Effects
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Tanx-AE: A Game for After Effects
Everyone needs a diversion now and then, so Chris Zwar took some time to write a game in After Effects just to see if he could. Here's the result: Tanx-AE, the world's first game written for Adobe After Effects. Take a moment, download the aep and have some fun with this. It's for version 5.5 and up.
Tutorial
Author: Chris Zwar |
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| | | | Vegas + Long Sequences of Frames
by Rainer K on May 17, 2005 at 12:36:59 pm
in the Sony Vegas Forum
I'm getting very frustrated with vegas and long sequences of frames. i'm bringing in 500 frames of an animation (yes i know i should be using a compositing program in between..but for the purposes of this discussion lets forget that ... | | | | |
| | | | size of photographs in Vegas
by rob mack on Oct 20, 2007 at 5:08:25 pm
in the Sony Vegas Forum
and came up with different numbers. Vegas' math is right, but sometimes being right isn't as useful as going along with everyone else's wrong answer. So you might have a compositing program that insists that you need to use 768x576 ... | | | | |
| | | | Cutting out video?
by Alex Kuzelicki on Apr 5, 2006 at 10:00:44 am
in the Adobe After Effects basics Forum
Hi, I'm pretty new to After Effects though I've used different compositing programs in the past. Prepare for some dumb questions ahead but, if I don't ask, I'll never know (without lots of sweat and tears... maybe even blood). I ... | | | | |
| | | | Keying in FCP 5
by Kevin Monahan on Jun 27, 2005 at 10:53:18 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
actually). If you have the dough, it's nice to have one or two of these if FCP can't do the job. To take it to another level, others may recommend using a standalone video compositing program like After Effects, Combustion, ... | | | | |
| | | | An AE tutorial convert to VV ? Can it be done?
by DavidD on Aug 11, 2005 at 4:01:46 pm
in the Sony Vegas Forum
tutorial here : 8th tutorial down, the girl in front of the beach/water. Coincidently, it is a great tutorial for any compositing program IMHO. I am trying to do the unsharp mask, gaussin blur part and the light spill part, ... | | | | |
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Business & Marketing
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Want to get paid? Make sure your client can see your work!
With a nearly infinite variety of possibilities to deliver your final project to your client, there are an almost infinite numger of ways to mess it up. Get it right, and the client is happy. Get it wrong, and nobody's happy: the job's not done, and you're not getting paid. No matter what kind of work you do, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz tells you everything you need to know about output and media formats before you get to work...and before you can get paid.
Feature, Business
Author: Aharon Rabinowitz |
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AVID Editing
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3Prong - a review by Dennis Kutchera
Dennis Kutchera explores one of his favorite sets of AVX plug-ins from a joint Canadian-Swiss company called 3Prong. The set includes ColorFiX, DirtFiX, FlickerFiX, TwitterFix, WaveScope and SpeedRamP. Dennis finds these plug-ins essential to online editing.
Review
Author: Dennis Kutchera |
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AVID Editing
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Avid Liquid 7 -- a review by broadcast designer Mark Harvey
Mark Harvey, longtime leader in Creative Cow and a noted broadcast designer/editor, gives readers a look at the new Avid Liquid 7 -- acquired when Avid bought Pinnacle Systems and given many new features in this latest version now rolling out under the Avid name. Mark gives this system much praise for its powerful background rendering and wide feature set, as well as many new features like its HDV capabilities rolling out for the first time in v7.
Review
Author: Mark Harvey |
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particle Illusion
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Disintegrating People and Things with particleIllusion
CreativeCOW leader Elvis Deane has been asked a few hundred times now how he blew himself up using particleIllusion, and until now the entire tutorial of how to do this was only available on his video tutorial CD. So, by popular demand, here is how to blow up your friends or family safely and effectively.
Tutorial
Author: Elvis Deane |
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Sony Vegas
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Jim Harvey reviews Vegas 4
In the never ending war of which NLE is the best, it appears that Sonic Foundry has quietly set into motion a program that threatens to rock the NLE world and turn it all on its head. Jim Harvey takes a good look at Vegas 4 to see what everyone's been talking about.
Review
Author: Jim Harvey |
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Sony Vegas
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Jim Harvey reviews Vegas 5 from Sony Pictures
Last year Jim Harvey considered himself fortunate to review Vegas 4, but when Sonic Foundry was acquired by Sony Pictures, everyone wondered what would happen to Vegas -- Jim included. Many doubted that Sony would continue developing Vegas but Vegas 5 has proven the nay-sayers wrong. Not only has Sony Pictures not abandoned Vegas, but they've given it a full numbered uprade. Read on to find out what Jim has to say about this new offering from Sony Pictures.
Review
Author: Jim Harvey |
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Autodesk Combustion
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Combustion 3
Alan Edward Bell takes a thorough look at Discreet Combustion 3 and concludes with, "...Many feature film and television effects houses use Combustion on a daily basis for doing everything from matte generation, color correction to full blown compositing, I cannot recommend this software enough, and this review only scratches the surface of what is possible."
Review
Author: Alan Edward Bell |
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