As we mentioned earlier, we're in the process of recording our book After Effects Apprentice as a series of training videos, where you get to look over our shoulders and hear what we're thinking as we work through each lesson. Our latest installment is on the subject of Expressions: The ability to define how a […]
Remember the super cool phonetic searching tool for Final Cut Pro Get? This was an amazing software tool made to complement FCP that could phonetically search your media and return search results to FCP. It was powered by technology from Nexidia that made it all possible. Hopefully you have a copy if you need it […]
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In this latest episode of The Terence and Philip Show, we discuss how the postproduction landscape has changed a month after Final Cut Pro X was revealed. How has the competition responded and how the Final Cut Pro community has reacted? Lots of discussion on the launch and subsequent response to Final Cut Pro X, […]
If you enjoyed Christopher Nolan’s film “Inception,” you’re going to love this behind-the-scenes documentary short on how the corridor and zero-gravity room sequences were shot. It’s an amazing peek behind the curtain at how they pulled off the shots live, with a minimum of stunt doubles and CG. Fascinating engineering and planning. Watch below… […]
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Blackmagic Design has posted DaVinci Resolve Lite, a free version of BlackMagic’s $995 DaVinci Resolve for Mac (download). Both Steve Oakley and […]
When astronauts had a problem out in space, you heard the familiar “Houston, we have a problem” radio call. With FCP X, the problem is in Cupertino. What if Steve Jobs was running NASA? This story was inspired by Oliver Peters and the following really cool web site. http://360vr.com/2011/06/22-discovery-flight-deck-opf_6236/index.html Astronaut: Cupertino, we have a problem. […]
Adobe Premiere Pro has been back in the post-production public consciousness for quite a while. Now at version 5.5 it feels like Adobe began really pushing it when the Mercury Playback Engine was added in 5. I’ve been toying with it off and on for quite a while now but with the recent release of […]
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This is a beautiful picture. Ironic but true: CRT phosphors flash briefly and then go dark for most of the frame duration. Film projectors also go dark when the film gets pulled down to the next frame. Isn’t the whole point of these displays to produce light? After more than a century of flickering images, […]
Note: this is the fourth in a series featuring one After Effects script a week, now appearing at the beginning of each week. For an overview on scripts, check out the debut post. An astonishing amount of the work that gets done in After Effects is theme and repetition work. You create something, and then […]
We’re going through our book Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects 5th Edition (CMG5) and pulling out a few “hidden gems” from each chapter. These will include essential advice for new users, plus timesaving tips that experienced users may not be aware of. After Effects offers a basic set of non-destructive vector-based paint tools for […]
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