MAXON CINEMA 4D Integration in After Effects CC

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As we mentioned last Thursday, we wanted to share with you more about some of the significant new features in the Creative Cloud version of After Effects. The goal is to make you better informed about your upgrade decision before the June 17 release date. We wrote a preview of After Effects CC for PVC […]

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After Effects ExtendScript Training: Ep. 8

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Welcome to episode 8 of the After Effects ExtendScript Training series. Using a lot of what we've already learned, we are going to combine some of the past code and make a decent sized script to create multiple comps of different sizes. We will also use Undo groups to package our code into one easy […]

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Has “The Holy Grail of Storytelling” Arrived?

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Defiance, Syfy’s new series about aliens who come to earth and their prickly relationship with the current inhabitants, represents both a risk for the network and an opportunity for transmedia to capture the imaginations of audiences and executives. The show is being developed simultaneously with a video game as viewers will be able to pick […]

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Panorama Tips for iPhoneography

Once you access the pano function option on your iPhone, it’s an addiction! Especially for international and adventure travel, pano capture will bring home your experience like no other image. (Read at bottom for link to explore our next iPhoneography workshop with Flying Colors. – not a Createasphere event) Making panos looks very easy – and […]

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Canon XA20 and XA25 take key steps towards Beyond AVCHD

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Earlier this week I published the Beyond AVCHD Manifesto. Simultaneously, I mentioned that the Canon XA20 and XA25 are the first professional AVCHD video cameras to take serious steps to comply with Beyond AVCHD. In this article, I’ll cover exactly what these two models have definitely done, what’s still unclear, and what’s still definitely missing […]

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Canon answers most of Tépper’s questions about XA20/XA25

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Recently, I sent a list of questions to Canon’s public relations department about the new XA20 and XA25 cameras. A couple of weeks later, I got answers. Most were excellent news; some were unclear; while some were bad news for the short term, although could possibly improve via a firmware update. TÉPPER asks: With SD […]

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Creative Options Abound In Dual Animated Canvases Release

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Digital Juice® has announced it is simultaneously releasing Animated Canvases™ Collection 21: Artistic Horizons and Animated Canvases Collection 22: Incipient Charges, with each available as either an Instant Download or boxed DVD product. Animated Canvases are subtle background animations that are designed to be the foundation for any video or motion graphics project. In these […]

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Shutterstock Offers Astounding Underwater Footage from Josh Jensen

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Shutterstock, leading provider of high-quality, royalty-free digital footage, is now offering imagery from Australia-based cameraman Josh Jensen and his company Undersea Productions. Undersea Productions specializes in filming marine life and underwater habitats. “Our eyes are always looking for unusual behavior or interaction between species,” Jensen explains. “We spent three seasons in Tonga to swim with […]

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Roto Brush Parameter Changes

As we mentioned yesterday, the Refine Edge tool is one of the most significant new tools added to After Effects CC (due to be released June 17). Refine Edge is built on top of the Roto Brush took, which was originally introduced in AE CS5. A side effect of this is that some parameter names […]

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