Chapter: Titling
Topic: Glows, Blurs, Rays or Streaks
Vertical prism lines animate in a glow. Ayato’s tutorials are very advanced. Because English is his second language you really need to know After Effects moderately well to follow all the steps. Some additional plug-ins are needed, but most are available in demonstration form.
http://www.ayatoweb.com/ae_tips_e/ae12_e.html#
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Chapter: Compositing Tools and Techniques
Topic: 3D Objects (or pseudo 3D) Objects for 2D Space
Serge Hamad demonstrates the technique of layer mapping in Zaxwerks Invigorator. This tutorial assumes that you have some previous exposure to the plug-in. If you don’t have the plug-in, download the demo so that you can follow along. Serge uses the Pro Version, but you can accomplish the technique with the Classic Version as well.
http://www.creativecow.net/articles/hamad_serge/messenger/index.html
TAGS: texture, map
Chapter: Compositing Tools and Techniques
Topic: 3D Objects (or pseudo 3D) Objects for 2D Space
Serge Hamad demonstrates the technique of layer mapping in Zaxwerks Invigorator. This tutorial assumes that you have some previous exposure to the plug-in. If you don’t have the plug-in, download the demo so that you can follow along. Serge uses the Pro Version, but you can accomplish the technique with the Classic Version as well.
http://www.creativecow.net/articles/hamad_serge/messenger/index.html
TAGS: texture, map
Chapter: Workflow
Topic: Inter-application Workflow
This tutorial will detail a small example of integration between Adobe?s Photoshop and Premiere products. Minimum versions† Photoshop 5.5 and Premiere 5.1 in order to export frames from the timeline and deinterlace them for smooth playback. Deinterlacing is the process of merging video information from digital video into a complete image, instead of an incomplete video frame.
http://desktopvideo.about.com/library/weekly/aa072202a.htm
TAGS: export,deinterlace, de-interlace
Chapter: Editing
Topic: Output
This tutorial will detail a small example of integration between Adobe?s Photoshop and Premiere products. Minimum versions† Photoshop 5.5 and Premiere 5.1 in order to export frames from the timeline and deinterlace them for smooth playback. Deinterlacing is the process of merging video information from digital video into a complete image, instead of an incomplete video frame.
http://desktopvideo.about.com/library/weekly/aa072202a.htm
TAGS: export,deinterlace, de-interlace
Chapter: Paint, Draw and Design
Topic: Creative Stills
Digital cameras are great, but sometimes they are just impossible to use to get a decent Depth of Field. In this quick tutorial, you?ll use Adobe Photoshop to tweak those digital images.
http://www.creativemac.com/2002/07_jul/tutorials/dofpshop.htm
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Chapter: Paint, Draw and Design
Topic: Creative Stills
Digital cameras are great, but sometimes they are just impossible to use to get a decent Depth of Field. In this quick tutorial, you?ll use Adobe Photoshop to tweak those digital images.
http://www.creativemac.com/2002/07_jul/tutorials/dofpshop.htm
TAGS: depth of field, separation, background
Chapter: DVD Authoring
Topic: DVD Production Workflow
DVD authoring can be daunting when you consider everything that is required to create professional results, and simple, consumer based marketing the likes of Apple’s Shoot-Edit-Burn campaign won’t tell you the pitfalls. In this article, David Chandler-Gick explains the concept of ‘bit rates’ for people wanting to learn about creating dvds.
http://www.creativecow.net/articles/chandler-gick_david/dvd_prod/index.html
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Chapter: Image Acquisition
Topic: Shooting Tips
We see posts in various video forums from new event videographers, asking, “What shots should I take at a wedding?” So, Doug Graham and David Chandler-Gick decided to respond with a list of possible shots and techniques often used by one or both of them. You won’t be able to get all these shots at every wedding, but if you get a good selection of them, you’ll be ready to edit a memorable wedding video. Oh — one final note before we get into the thick of things: We describe a number of special shots, such as rack focus, crane shots, and camera moves. These are great, but don’t attempt them unless you are already proficient in getting good, steady, properly framed, properly exposed, properly focused footage. In other words, be sure you’ve mastered the basics before attempting the fancy stuff! OK, on with the show…
http://www.creativecow.net/articles/graham_doug/wedding_list/index.html
TAGS: bride, bridesmaid, continuity, processional, recessional, depth of field, close, ring, exterior, interior, dance, first, mom, mum, dad, cake, cut, cutting, garter, toss, cutaway, interview
Chapter: Titling
Topic: Path Animation
With version 5.5 of After Effects, Adobe has included some new features in the path-text filter that can be quite cool SUCH AS THE ABILITY TO TREAT TEXT CHARACTERS AS INDIVIDUAL OBJECTS, BUT RETAIN THEIR CONNECTION TO A PATH. In this tutorial, Ben Unguren demonstrates how to use the filter to generate a dancing type-on effect.
http://www.creativecow.net/articles/unguren_ben/path_text/index.html
TAGS: path, text, dance, random
