Motion Boutique has announced the upcoming release of Newton, the first physics engine for After Effects: Newton interprets each 2D layer as a rigid object in a real environment. Once the simulation is calculated, the corresponding animation is recreated in After Effects as keyframes. Strengths: . robust and fast. simple and intuitive interface with OpenGL […]
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Exposing $4.7 Trillion Annually in Undervalued Information Something strange began to happen with company valuations beginning twenty to thirty years ago. Book values increasingly began to diverge — go lower — from stock prices or acquisition prices. Between 1982 and 1992 the ratio of book value to market value decreased from 62% to […]
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Bernie Keach gave us the low down on Marshall’s new monitor lineup with some pretty exciting features. Their new line includes a 5.6, 7 and 9 inch models feature all of the great Marshall features we’ve come to expect including False Color, Peaking, but with some new surprises. The focus assist now allow you to […]
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It’s been several months since NVIDIA released their newest graphics card for the Macintosh. The Quadro 4000 for Mac uses their newest GPU architecture called Fermi. This card packs a whopping 256 cores onto a card that is half the physical size of the older Quadro FX 4800 (it had only 192 CUDA cores, the […]
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As we mentioned earlier, we're creating a video training series based on our popular beginner's book After Effects Apprentice, which progresses from “I haven't used it before” through core skills including keyframing, masking, text animation, and 3D space to advanced techniques such as motion tracking, green screen, and expressions. Each course has a selection of […]
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Todd Kopriva explains why You do not need new versions of plug-ins for After Effects CS5.5, with background and instructions for avoiding use of installers for both Mac and Windows. If you prefer video, Michele Yamazaki of Toolfarm shows one way to move plug-ins to CS5.5 from CS5 in the video below, [update] and Digieffects […]
I like to follow this principle. “The more skills you have, the better your chances for success.” I used to use this principle as a climbing instructor when teaching students rope systems. Inevitably on some climb something wouldn’t go right, maybe a simple thing like getting a rope stuck. The more rescue and climbing systems […]
