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Red Giant TV Episode 65: Warp Projection

In this multidimensional episode of Red Giant TV, designer I’ll walk you through creating a 3D environment from a 2D image, all in After Effects. This won’t be using traditional camera projection...

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RGTV Live #9: Working with Fractal Fields

Trapcode Form and Particular have some complex controls over the fractal fields. In episode 9 of RGTV Live, we’ll demystify these controls and show you how to use them in your design.

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Alien Attack II: They are Coming!

In this episode of Red Giant TV, let’s bring back the Alien Apocalypse! Only this time, it’s coming to a neighborhood near you. Staying entirely within After Effects, we’ll create a composite of a UFO...

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Red Giant TV Live – Episode 10: Let it Flow

Trapcode Particlar and Form are very similar in many ways. Sometimes, you might even want the organic look of Form with the 3D position control of Particular. We’ll discuss how to get detailed control...

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Getting Started with Knoll Light Factory 3

I am quite honored to be the person to introduce Knoll Light Factory 3 to the world. The first part introduces the first half of the After Effects UI: how to use 3D lights, using Obscuration, and basic...

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Behaviors in Knoll Light Factory 3

Now in Knoll Light Factory 3.0, there is a section that allows for automated light behaviors. Here is an overview of how they work.

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Polygons to Text Transition

In this QuickTip, I’ll show you how to quickly create a polygons to text transition using Trapcode Mir.

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Tempo: Bullet Hits & Ricochet Sparks

In this Episode of Red Giant TV, I show you how to use Trapcode Particular to generate realistic sparks like those seen from bullet hits and ricochets. I’ll also talk about techniques for creating...

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Using Trapcode Particular Z-Buffer

In this QuickTip, I’ll show you how to use Trapcode Particular’s Z-buffer to allow particles to move around 3D objects – such as those generated in AE with VideoCopilot’s Element or Maxon’s C4D (and...

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Using Mocha to Make a Beam Out Effect #1

Here I’ll show you how to use Mocha for the object removal for the beam out effects in our short film, Order Up. Learn more about Mocha Pro At: imagineersystems.com/products/mochapro See the film at...

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Baking Textures in C4D for Element 3D

Cinema 4D has a couple ways of baking textures for your objects and this is one of them. This is a great way to prepare textured objects for use in Element 3D.

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The Lens Designer in Knoll Light Factory 3

New to Knoll Light Factory 3.0 is a completely redesigned lens designer interface. Here as a walkthrough of the UI.

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Getting Started w/ Trapcode Form: Intro

Trapcode Form is a very powerful plugin, but quite misunderstood. This introduction is the first step toward mastering this incredibly deep tool. This intro tutorial starts with the basic “idea” around...

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