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	Cinema 4D Using the SplinMotion Plug-in to build an Animation Rig in Cinema 4D XL6 This article will demonstrate how to set up the SplinMotion Plug-in to build an animation rig allowing you to animate a fire hose by moving only one null. The article will not focus on the modeling or texturing aspects of the project as they're really not important, but rather the rig used to animate the spline from which the firehose is formed. This principle can be used to animate any spline based model. Tutorial Author: Mark Simpson

	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 Author: Eran Stern

	Sony Vegas Excalibur 4.5 Vegas Plug-In In this article, CreativeCOW.net contributing editor Jim Harvey reviews Excalibur 4.5 Scripting plug-in for Sony Vegas and writes...''Ed Troxel is well known to anyone who has even a passing knowledge of Vegas. His program Excalibur is a marvelous plug-in that takes well-written scripts and allows the user to automate many different effects with the press of a key. Ed has done the work of writing, debugging, and finalizing the scripts so that you don't have to.'' Review Author: Jim Harvey

	Genarts Sapphire Peter Wiggins looks at Sapphire Plug-ins from GenArts Peter Wiggins takes a thorough look at the new Sapphire plug-ins from GenArts. One thing is for sure, you will have seen many examples in film and television already as Sapphire is used on a daily basis by large film effects and post production houses. Many compositors and editors swear by them, myself included! I've been using Sapphire with Shake for over a year now, and every job has used at least one plug-in. Now, they're available for Final Cut Pro, Combustion and After Effects. Review, Tutorial Author: Peter Wiggins

	Adobe After Effects Tube Camera Effect using After Effects 6.5 Without Third Party Plug-ins Call it his love for everything old, or nostalgia or whatever, but G. Allen Stewart loved how the old color tube cameras handled light and color. He loved how the images seemed to be 'scan-lined', the blacks were crushed and noisy, so G. Allen Stewart went on a quest for the perfect plug-in to create that effect. He was never satisfied with the result, so here's his recipe for his ''make like 1970's TV effect.'' Tutorial Author: G. Allen Stewart

	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 Author: Aharon Rabinowitz

	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 Author: Aharon Rabinowitz

	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 Author: Eran Stern

	Adobe After Effects RG Warp Corner Pin In this video tutorial, Eran Stern shows you a technique to enhance your tracking and compositing results by using Mocha AE and RG Warp Corner Pin plug-in. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Eran Stern

	Adobe After Effects RG Warp Shadow In this video tutorial, Eran Stern demonstrate the creation of 3D shadows with After Effects built-in filters and compares it to the functions of RG shadow plug-in. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Eran Stern

	Adobe After Effects Building a Cube World: Part 3 In this tutorial, Creative Cow Contributing Editor Carl Larsen shows you how to track a lens flare onto the surface of a 360 degree camera-aware environment without the use of a third-party plug-in. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Carl Larsen

	Adobe After Effects RG Warp Reflection In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Contributing Editor Eran Stern will demonstrate building a reflection using After Effects built-in filters. He will also explore the RG Reflection plug-in. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Eran Stern

	Adobe After Effects Digits Man Revisited In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Contributing Editor Eran Stern will show you a different technique to create the Running Numbers Effect using Trapcode Form plug-in. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Eran Stern

	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 Author: Aharon Rabinowitz

	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 Author: Aharon Rabinowitz

	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 Author: Aharon Rabinowitz

	Red Giant plug-ins Creating Watercolor Painting Look In this episode, Aharon shows you how to turn your video into an animated watercolor painting. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Aharon Rabinowitz

	Red Giant plug-ins Getting Better Control of Emitter Position in Trapcode Particular In this Episode, we will look at some very useful techniques for Trapcode Particular that will give you better control of emitter position in 2D and 3D. You will also learn how to capture the motion of your mouse (or stylus) to control emitter position. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Aharon Rabinowitz

	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 Author: Aharon Rabinowitz

	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 Author: Aharon Rabinowitz

	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 Author: Aharon Rabinowitz

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