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Rich Young

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.

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What’s New and Changed in After Effects CS5.5

Posted on May 30, 2011

What's New and Changed in After Effects CS5.5 is a free new Video2brain workshop, with Adobe Technical Support Lead...

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Pixel Benders for grading, shortcuts & tiling

Posted on May 30, 2011

Just a quick note on some new Pixel Bender filters for use in After Effects CS4+. qp_Grade Assistant from...

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Bleach bypass, cross-process, and film looks for After Effects

Posted on May 14, 2011

Cinematic-style picture looks have been popular for the last several years; for example bleach bypass became popular after Saving Private...

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Importing Image Sequences into After Effects

Posted on May 13, 2011

In an After Effects Quick Tip video, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you the basics of importing image sequences. Previously,...

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Trim Compose, Un-PreCompose, Auto Crop, and Smart Baker

Posted on May 12, 2011

Trim Compose is a new After Effects script from Video Copilot that helps you work with shots on large...

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Newton: a 2D physics engine for After Effects

Posted on May 11, 2011

Motion Boutique has announced the upcoming release of Newton, the first physics engine for After Effects: Newton interprets each...

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Moving After Effects plug-ins to CS5.5

Posted on May 11, 2011

Todd Kopriva explains why You do not need new versions of plug-ins for After Effects CS5.5, with background and...

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After Effects A-Z: CC Bubbles

Posted on May 10, 2011

The After Effects: Effects A-Z tip series from Motionworks continues with guest host James Zwadlo on the CC Bubbles...

Short course on text animation in After Effects 1

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Short course on text animation in After Effects

Posted on May 9, 2011

Gareth Smith, who helped create titles for Thank You For Smoking, Juno, and Jennifer’s Body, posted 5 tutorials on...

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AE beginner training resources

Posted on May 9, 2011

Mathias Möhl published the first of his “guru” lessons, a free After Effects training series dedicated to beginners. Mathias...