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Rich Young is a long-time After Effects user from the San Francisco Bay Area. His After Effects and Premiere Pro round-ups provide viewers with an easy-to-digest summary of developments. He also supplies info and links for tutorials that allow users to do things in After Effects they thought were possible but weren’t sure.

Auto Reframe: a Premiere Pro feature preview

Auto Reframe: a Premiere Pro feature preview

Profile Picture Rich Young September 13, 2019

At IBC 2019, Adobe plans to demonstrate Auto Reframe, a new time-saving feature coming later this year to Premiere Pro. Auto Reframe intelligently reframes and reformats content for different…

After Effects selected as VFX category resource for Netflix Post Technology Program

After Effects selected as VFX category resource for Netflix Post Technology Program

Profile Picture Rich Young July 31, 2019

Last October, the Netflix Post Technology Alliance was announced, bringing together some of the biggest technology names in film production and post production. This week Adobe announced that After Effects…

Adobe Creative Cloud video: 2019 NAB releases

Adobe Creative Cloud video: 2019 NAB releases

Profile Picture Rich Young April 03, 2019

Just ahead of the 2019 NAB convention, Adobe has announced new features and performance updates for audio-video tools in Adobe Creative Cloud. New features include Content-Aware Fill for…

After Effects Portal › 2019 April 2

After Effects Portal › 2019 April 2

Profile Picture Rich Young April 02, 2019

Recently in the world of After Effects, there’s news on UI training and tutorials, several particle plug-ins, 3D text, mattes, Macintosh testing, and more. Eran Stern posted…

Adobe After Effects team accepting Academy Award on February 9th

Adobe After Effects team accepting Academy Award on February 9th

Profile Picture Rich Young February 07, 2019

In December 2018, Adobe noted that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that they will bestow two Scientific and Engineering Awards to Adobe After Effects CC and…

After Effects News 2018 December 30

After Effects News 2018 December 30

Profile Picture Rich Young December 30, 2018

Recently in the world of After Effects, there’s news on Adobes updates, ProRes, Google Earth Studio, The Year in Review, animation, classes, and more. There’s lots…

After Effects News 2018 November 30

After Effects News 2018 November 30

Profile Picture Rich Young November 30, 2018

Recently in the world of After Effects, there’s news on tracking, multiple plug-in releases and updates, EXR format upgrade, Illustrator tips, shape animation, classes, fluids, and more…

After Effects News 2018 October #4

Profile Picture Rich Young October 31, 2018

Recently in the world of After Effects, there’s news on releases of particle plug-ins including fluid dynamics, further discussion of AE CC 2019, podcast backgrounders, tools, UI…

After Effects News 2018 October #3

After Effects News 2018 October #3

Profile Picture Rich Young October 23, 2018

Recently in the world of After Effects, there’s been continued shop talk, and discussion of AE CC 2019, master properties, waves, noise, VR, tools, training, UI, space, dynamic range…

After Effects News 2018 October #2

After Effects News 2018 October #2

Profile Picture Rich Young October 18, 2018

This time in the world of After Effects, version 16 has been released, with tracking and expressions and features tentatively discussed. And there’s been talk of transitions, volumetric…