After Effects weekly roundup

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Here’s another summary of the last week or so of news on After Effects- this time with underwater scenes, an AE 3D camera series, game trailers, a push for better interfaces, and assorted tutorials, new and old plug-ins, and expressions. In Episode 73: Under the Sea: Submerged Motion Graphics, Red Giant TV hosts VinhSon Nguyen, […]

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Are Two Copies Really Better Than One?

This recent NY Times article made me think of all of the books, videos, photos and other physical items that I have donated, recycled or tossed. Some of those items I wish I would have kept, though others I intentionally destroyed. Many people and organizations go through this same scenario… “To keep or not to […]

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Expression Shorts – Attach 2D Layer To A 3D Layer

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This a fun useful expression that allows you to take any 2D layer in your timeline and have it attach to a moving 3D layer. Ideal for something like 2D flat text that follows a 3D tracked point in a scene. Not much to hype up here before the video, so onto the video you […]

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Sound Device’s PIX recorders: a closer look as of firmware 1.07

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Many people know Sound Devices as a renowned manufacturer of very high-end audio equipment for field production. They make some of the best (and higher-priced) field audio mixers and recorders available on the market, and do so since 1998. Later, Sound Devices began selling high-end USB audio interfaces, one of which I reviewed. Those items […]

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