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After Effects & Performance. Part 5: Introducing the CPU
Introducing the CPU – Confusing Products, Unfortunately… At the heart of every modern computer is the CPU – the...
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After Effects & Performance. Part 4: Bottlenecks and busses
Have you ever wished that After Effects was a bit faster? I’m guessing that every After Effects user has...
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After Effects & Performance. Part3: It’s numbers, all the way down
If you’re reading this then you’re probably an After Effects user, and if you’re an After Effects user then...
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After Effects & Performance. Part 2: What After Effects actually does
When discussing the history of After Effects and performance, there’s one single, critical, all encompassing factor that we have...
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After Effects & Performance. Part1: In search of perfection
Introducing the Introduction When it comes to After Effects, “performance” is a complicated topic. The notion of performance affects...
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Thoughts on AE: What’s after After Effects?
Over the past couple of years, I’ve seen an increasing number of After Effects users talk about switching to...
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AE Project Diary: 9) Digital van replacement
In July last year I began work on a number of vfx shots for a short film called “At...
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Advanced keying with After Effects: Part 5
In the fifth and final part of this series on keying, I’ll demonstrate a range of compositing techniques to...
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REVIEW: Red Giant VFX Suite
Red Giant Software has been developing After Effects plugins for over 15 years, and today they’ve launched their newest...
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Advanced keying with After Effects: Part 4
The point of using a chromakey plugin is to generate a matte / alpha channel based on the colour...