Chapter: Paint, Draw and Design

Topic: Paint or Draw on Video

Kathlyn Lindeboom gives users a look at some of the tools in Cult Effects 1.5. This second tutorial in a series uses Cult Effects CE Paint along with 1.5’s new ‘Wiggle’ Controls. In this tutorial, we’ll animate the Displacement Variation in the Wiggle Control in order to make the strokes dance into place. Cult Effects Paint is now the Vector Paint in Adobe After Effects 5..

http://www.creativecow.net/articles/lindeboom_kathlyn/coolmoves/index.html

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Chapter: Compositing Tools and Techniques

Topic: Compositing Tips or Shortcuts

When you import vector artwork into a pixel-based program such as After Effects or Photoshop, its edges are determined by the outmost edges of the art. Sometimes, you want to extend the image area to allow new possibilities in your designs. In this article, Lon Clark demonstrates that by creating crop marks, you define a new edge/size for the file and that can open up new design opportunities.

http://www.creativecow.net/articles/clark_lon/cropmarks/index.html

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Chapter: Compositing Tools and Techniques

Topic: Compositing Tips or Shortcuts

When you import vector artwork into a pixel-based program such as After Effects or Photoshop, its edges are determined by the outmost edges of the art. Sometimes, you want to extend the image area to allow new possibilities in your designs. In this article, Lon Clark demonstrates that by creating crop marks, you define a new edge/size for the file and that can open up new design opportunities.

http://www.creativecow.net/articles/clark_lon/cropmarks/index.html

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Chapter: Visual and Creative Effects

Topic: Simulating Nature

Mark Simpson uses ‘CE Lightning’, ‘CE Radial Shadow’ and Atomic Power Evolution ‘Foam’ effects to simulate a time-lapse like effect of tree being grown out of the ground and then leaves growing on the tree. This tutorial could easily be adapted to be used with the built-in plug-ins of AE 5. Cult Effects plug-ins are included with After Effects 6.5 or available as Final Effects Complete from Media 100.

http://creativecow.net/articles/simpson_mark/growing_tree/index.html

TAGS: grow, organic, trunk, tree, bush, flower, growing, growth

Chapter: Keying

Topic: Basic Keying Techniques

General principles of Blue and Green screen keying focused around setting up for the key.

http://www.greatdv.com/post/bluescreen.htm

TAGS: chroma, key, blue, screen, green