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Oh Crap… I Forgot to Hit the Render Button!
Have you ever been on the bus/train home and said the above, knowing you would either have to go back to work, or accept hours of lost time? Recently, my wife called me and said that she couldn’t be...
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Ruin – Go Watch This Now!
Some of the best 3D work I’ve ever seen. Great action and fantastic virtual cinematography. Just wow. Do me a favor, after watching this, check out all of the extras at the film’s site and then head...
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My Schedule at NAB 2012
Hey folks – if your coming out to NAB, I’ll be there on Monday and Tuesday, working at the Red Giant Booth in the South Lower Hall – Booth # SL2124. Please stop by and say hello. Here’s my schedule:...
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Episode 75: Video to Cartoon – Getting Better Results
Often people apply ToonIt as a last step in their video process, and wonder why the end result doesn’t look all that cartoonish. In this episode, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to plan and shoot for...
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Plot Device Was Nominated for a Webby!
I’m on vacation, and then heading out to NAB, so I won’t belabor this… Plot Device was nominated for a Webby award. The award is for Best Editing, and so, the nomination really goes to Seth Worley....
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Plot Device wins the Webby!
You may have heard that the short film I executive produced and co-wrote with Director Seth Worley, won a Webby for “Best Editing.” Other than finding Seth to direct the film, I really had nothing to...
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Episode 79: Soylent Screen – The Secret Ingredients for a Filmed Computer...
In this Episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create the look of a filmed computer screen (what it looks like when you film it with a handheld camera) using After Effects and...
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The Webby’s
So I went to the Webby Awards this week, to celebrate Plot Device’s win for Best Editing. Yeah… I’m not an awards show kind of guy, but it was pretty fun. I walked the Red Carpet, which was just...
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Red Giant QuickTip #68: Seamless Tunnels in Trapcode Mir
In this QuickTip, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how close up the mesh to create a seamless tunnel in Trapcode Mir.
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New Film – Order Up
Hey folks – I’m proud to share ‘Order Up,’ a new short that I co-wrote with director Seth Worley. We also worked together on Plot Device and are working on a new film as well. The Plot: A pizza is...
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Need for Speed
There’s a revolution in the After Effects world – a revolution of speed. Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you caught that VideoCopilot and Red Giant released some ridiculously fast OpenGL powered...
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Episode 84: Trapcode Mir – Amplitude Mapping
In this episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to take Trapcode Mir in a whole new direction using Amplitude Layers. You’ll learn to create looping animation, cityscapes,...
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Free Shatter Object Presets for Element 3D
Hey folks – so I’ve been Playing around with Videocopilot’s Element 3D, and really enjoying breaking objects apart. Since I realize that so many of the people getting started with Element are new to...
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Red Giant QuickTip #73: Old Film – Working with Retrograde and Looks (FCPX)
In this QuickTip, Aharon Rabinowitz gives you some ideas for adding mood and additional effects to Retrograde’s old film look, without ruining the authenticity of the effect. Get Red Giant Retrograde...
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Red Giant QuickTip #75: Creating Compound Clips for Combined Effects in FCPX
In this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to combine clips on your timeline in FCPX. You might use this to add an effect to all clips at once (ex.: an 8MM film look) or to effect clips that...
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New Film: Form 17
This has been a long time coming. Never got around to posting. Below you can find our latest film, Form 17, which I executive produced and co-wrote with Seth Worley (Director) and Neil Hoppe...
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Some Fire Tests With Trapcode Particular
Using a single fire movie (one for each test) as the sprite for the particles, in conjunction with the time sampling method called Random Play Once, this effect can be achieved. This is a fairly...
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Red Giant QuickTip #77: Handheld Camera Look
In this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shares a few tips for giving a handheld camera look to video that was shot locked down on a tripod. This is useful for situations where you need to shoot locked...
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New Film – Tempo
Red Giant presents Tempo, a new short film from the creators of Plot Device. (I’m one of those guys) Description: In this sci-fi action thriller, a scientist must prevent a new, powerful technology...
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Red Giant TV Episode 89 – Tempo: Up in Flames – Realistic and Slow Motion...
In this episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz walks you through the workflow used to create realistic fire for our film Tempo. He’ll be using a combination of real fire footage, Trapcode...
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