John Dickinson has just uploaded a new training video for Red Giant Software Radium Glow. The video is 17 minutes(35MB Quicktime) and John explains the basic workflow for the plug-in.
This was the first time I'd used the effect and have been pretty impressed with the results; you have a lot of control over exactly how and where the glow appears on your footage. Definitely worth a look.
The tutorial shows the Adobe After Effects version but it the plug-in also works in Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro, Motion and Avid AVX2 systems. One license, all host apps on one computer!
A quick overview on how to use the Lighttracer effect in the Digieffects Simulate: Illuma Plug-in package. Use Lightracer to enhance light sources, particularly in dark settings. Watch the Tutorial.
Media 100 Version 12.7 provides support for acquiring from HDV devices with Mac systems previously unable to keep up with HDV acquire, such as MacBook Pros and G5 desktops. Watch it now!
Tim Kolb walks you through how to use the LightTracer filter in the newest Digieffects Simulate: Illuma plug-in. The tutorial is actually a fabulous walk through of what the plug-in can do.
A quick overview on how to use the Luminus effect in the Digieffects Simulate: Illuma Plug-in package. Luminus is a fast, smooth and easy to use highlight bloom. Watch the Tutorial.
Save money on pre-made video backgrounds! Quickly design and animate your own unique video backgrounds by combining Boris Continuum Complete 5's Prism filter with your favorite Apple Final Cut Pro Generator.
This tutorial provides an overview, pointers, and step by step compositing instructions for a simple special effects composite that yields a very realistic result by using a simple shooting technique and a very easy green screen setup. The composite was done in Final Cut Pro using VKey2f by Oak Street Software, Inc. Download a free FxPlug demo of vKey2 here.
Download a trial version of Media 100 Version 12.7
The latest update of Media 100 came out last week, which includes Sony XDCAM support, deferred HDV Acquire, Leopard 10.5.3 support and Quicktime 7.5 support.
Media 100 Suite is available for an MSRP of $1,495 USD. In addition, Media 100 Suite is now included with the Boris Box Set. The Boris Box Set gives customers the complete collection of Boris and Media 100 technology for just $1,995 USD!
Here's an interesting tutorial from the Creating Digital Motion site on how to export a Vegas timeline into After Effects for finishing.
"Peter and I have been having a serious love-in with Sony's Vegas Video editing software this year. I'm a long-time Premiere user, but it hasn't been getting a look in since I realized just how much faster it is for me to edit video with Vegas. I've had my eyes opened to the flow. Vegas lets you make edits, rearrange, delete, fade, and layer clips without interrupting playback."
Those who like making subtitles raise your hand! Adding subtitles to your project may prove daunting, time-consuming, and error-prone. However, subtitle work is much easier if you have a copy of Boris RED 4.3 in your toolbox. RED is a very capable text creation tool that provides a rich environment for static lower-thirds - the common way of treating subtitles. But how do you make hundreds of lower-thirds without going mad? Follow the easy steps in this tutorial to generate any number of subtitles automatically...
Did you know that your video editing software includes a powerful paint system capable of creating colored glowing light strokes? But only if you run Boris RED or Avid FX as a plug-in. In this week's tutorial, we show you how to "draw with light" over any background video using Boris RED as a plug-in to your NLE...
Ross Shain, Vice President, Sales & Product Specialist at Imagineer Systems, walks you through how to use mocha AE, a state-of-the-art planar tracker, with Adobe After Effects.
What is the oldest text animation effect in film history? You guessed right: the credit roll. Traditionally, a long page of text is rolled from the bottom of the screen revealing line after line. In the early days of cinematography, a paper print was physically rolled before the film camera to produce this effect. Hence the name: Credit Roll.
A complete set of tools for creating credit rolls is included with Boris Graffiti, Boris RED, and Boris Blue. The same functionality is available in Boris Calligraphy which is bundled with Apple Final Cut Pro and Apple Final Cut Express and Boris Title Toolkit which is available for Adobe After Effects.
There are several Boris Continuum Complete (BCC) filters that were designed to produce the glow effect that is very popular for sports broadcast and commercial spots. In this new tutorial, we will use BCC 5 AE in Adobe After Effects CS3 to give you an overview of the BCC Glow, BCC Colorize Glow, and BCC Glow Alpha Edges filters. These same filters are available for Avid and Apple Final Cut Pro editors with a similar workflow using BCC 5 AVX and BCC 5 FxPlug. In addition, the glow filters are included with RED 4.2, Boris FX 9.2, and Graffiti 5.2.
Steve Whatley's After Effects Cookbook blog has a movie that shows you some 3D Layers, lights and cameras in After Effects. They also talk about the Adobe/Maxon Power Integration Tour. The video is being put up in small chunks.
One of the more interesting text animation techniques is a paint-on effect where brush strokes reveal a title on the screen. To create this effect we will use Boris RED 4.2 for its comprehensive paint features...
The PDF tutorials explain how to use the presets, how to review and find the presets (because there are a TON of them), adjusting the settings of the presets to suit your needs and how to replace the content with your own.
There has been some questions and confusion about how exactly to install plug-ins for After Effects CS3 on Windows Vista. If you put the plug-ins in the right place, plug-ins can also be used with Premiere Pro CS3... that is, if the plug-ins are Premiere Pro CS3 compatible.
If you're a Vista user and have something to add to the tutorial, please email me at michele [at] toolfarm.com.
I've recently uploaded the tutorial Getting Started with the 3D Camera and Layers- 2. It's for After Effects 7.0 and higher. I go into a little more detail about camera blur and depth of field, as well as other ideas for bringing life to still images. If you haven't viewed the first tutorial, you can find it here.
If you have any questions about the projects and the technique, please post to Toolfarm's Expert Forums and I'll do my best to help.
In this new tutorial, Boris FX shows you how to create a 3D extruded logo animation - using a corporate logo scanned from a business card! To tackle this tough job, they turn to Boris RED 4.1's powerful Vector Trace tool.
I've been working on this tutorial for a week but stuff keeps coming at me - email problems, quick sales (speaking of which, the Wondertouch sale expires in an hour!) but I've finally gotten it done.
I show you how to make a skeleton dance with the Puppet Tool in AE CS3. It's fun stuff and you'll be surprised at how easy it is.
Learn more about Trapcode Starglow and Trapcode Shine in our Plug-in Finder. These are multi-installer plug-ins meaning that you get the AE, Premiere Pro, FCP, Motion and Avid installers and your serial number works in all of them. How cool is that!
Alicia VanHeulen, the newest Toolfarm employee, has produced her first tutorial with us Getting Started with the 3D Camera and Layers. It's for After Effects 7.0 and higher. She explains, "In this tutorial, I'll explore how to arrange the layers and add a simple camera move to your composition. In the next tutorial I'll go into more detail about camera motion, adding depth of field, and other ideas to add life to static images."
The photography is beautiful and from her recent trip to Sedona, Arizona. If you have any questions about the project and the technique, please post to Toolfarm's Expert Forums and Alicia can help.
In this week's tutorial, we illustrate how to create a green screen effect using the BCC Chroma Key filter. BCC Chroma Key is used for compositing camera footage shot using a blue, green, or orange screen as a backdrop over a new background video or a still image from a separate file. BCC Chroma Key and other keying and matte filters are included as part of Boris FX 9.1, Boris RED 4.1, and Boris Continuum Complete 5.
ToonIt does a great job of creating a cartoon look from video, but it's also capable of other types of 'painterly' and non-photorealistic looks. In this tutorial, we take a look out how to create some of those looks, by adjusting the ToonIt settings and applying other After Effects' filters before and after ToonIt.
This creates a pretty cool range of interesting effects. Check out the video tutorial and let us know what you think. Or... better yet, submit some of your own receipes for getting more than advertised out of ToonIt!
John Dickinson has just uploaded a new training video for Red Giant Software Radium Glow. The video is 17 minutes(35MB Quicktime) and John explains the basic workflow for the plug-in.
A quick overview on how to use the Lighttracer effect in the Digieffects Simulate: Illuma Plug-in package. Use Lightracer to enhance light sources, particularly in dark settings. 
A quick overview on how to use the Luminus effect in the Digieffects Simulate: Illuma Plug-in package. Luminus is a fast, smooth and easy to use highlight bloom. 
