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Premiere Quicktip: Zoom while dragging
While direct manipulation of UI elements may not be favored by NLE power users, sometimes it is faster. One...
DIY DCP
You used to hear a whir, the sound of sprockets pulling film from a 15 pound reel at a...
All the 2015 #28daysofquicktips in One Handy Link
February 2015 was another edition of #28daysofquicktips. This year’s edition followed up 28 Days of Quicktips from 2009 and...
Z-Depth from 3D After Effects layers
I recently posted a video tutorial that demonstrates how to generate a z-depth map from Particular, and then use...
Z-Depth compositing with Particular – Part 2
Trapcode’s Particular is probably the most popular 3rd party plugin for After Effects, and amongst its many powerful features...
Z-Depth compositing with Particular – Part 1
Trapcode’s Particular is probably the most popular 3rd party plugin for After Effects, and amongst its many powerful features...
After Effects and Alexa – The Expurgated Version
OK so you’ve got some Arri Alexa footage in Log C format, and it looks funny in After Effects....
Creating a watercolour wipe in After Effects – Part 2
Over 3 years ago, in a rare moment when I had some spare time, I attempted to create an...
Creating a watercolour wipe in After Effects – Part 1
Over 3 years ago, in a rare moment when I had some spare time, I attempted to create an...
Waving a flag in After Effects
This video tutorial takes an old project, originally created in After Effects CS3, and explains all of the stages...
After Effects – Leftover Plugins (part 2)
In amongst the 400+ plugins that come with a native installation of After Effects are a few rough gems. ...
After Effects – Leftover Plugins (part 1)
Have you ever checked to see how many plugins you’ve got? You might be surprised to know it’s almost...
The Zwarchives – Oldies but goodies
Welcome to After Effects Anecdotes, the new home for all of my presentations for the ProVideo Coalition. As an...
After Effects Leftovers – Part 5
This 5-part series looks at a selection of features that were in After Effects before CS5 but have been...