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...
After Effects Classic Course: Extended Vignette Techniques (part 2)
A couple of weeks ago, we started talking about creating vignettes to subtly focus the viewer’s attention where you...
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...
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...
After Effects Classic Course: Extended Vignette Techniques (part 1)
In both video editing and motion graphics, the goal is to focus the viewer’s attention in a certain place...
The November 2019 release of Adobe Premiere Pro and the other Adobe Video Apps is here
It’s Monday of Adobe MAX 2019 so that must mean new and cool stuff for the Adobe video tools....
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...
Watchtower – Automatically load media into your Premiere Pro or After Effects bins
I’ve always thought that one of the most useful features a non-linear editing tool could add would be watch...
After Effects Classic Course: Set Matte versus Track Matte
One of the most useful compositing features in After Effects is the ability to use the properties of one...
After Effects Classic Course: Set Channels & Shift Channels
Earlier this year, we talked about the Photoshop skill known as “ChOps” – Channel Operations, where you manipulate individual...