Chris & Trish Meyer
CMG Keyframes is a repository for columns, articles, and videos created by Trish & Chris Meyer of the subject of creating motion graphics using Adobe After Effects and other related programs. It also contains articles on typography, audio, and 3D, as well as links to relevant articles Chris & Trish have published elsewhere.
Trish & Chris Meyer are the founders of Crish Design (formerly known as CyberMotion), an award-winning motion graphic design studio that has recently relocated from Los Angeles to the Albuquerque area. Their design and animation work has appeared on shows and promos for CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, HBO, PBS, and TLC; in opening titles for several movies including Cold Mountain and The Talented Mr. Ripley; at trade shows and press events for corporate clients ranging from Apple to Xerox; and in special venues encompassing IMAX, CircleVision, the NBC AstroVision sign in Times Square, and the four-block-long Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas.
In addition to their motion graphics work, Trish and Chris were among the original users of After Effects, and have written numerous books including "Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects" and "After Effects Apprentice" (both published by Focal Press). They speak regularly at conferences around the country, and perform custom training for studios. Both have backgrounds as musicians, and a close relationship between sound and picture informs much of their work.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
An overview of five of the simpler shape operators that can turn your basic outline into something quite twisted.
As we mentioned awhile back, we’ve been busy the past year and a half creating an extensive, multi-course video training series based on our popular beginner’s book After Effects Apprentice. Each course has two or more movies that are free for all to view; we’re re-posting those videos here on PVC to make sure you don’t miss them. In this movie, shows how to alter your basic shapes using dedicated shape effects.
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Friday, January 27, 2012
The same tools you’ve used to create masks can also be used to create Shape Layers - with far more options than you might have imagined.
As we mentioned awhile back, we’ve been busy the past year and a half creating an extensive, multi-course video training series based on our popular beginner’s book After Effects Apprentice. Each course has two or more movies that are free for all to view; we’re re-posting those videos here on PVC to make sure you don’t miss them. In this movie, Chris shares a number of tips and tricks for creating parametric shapes.
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Not happy with how Puppet kinks and bends your image? The little-known Starch tool helps you straighten it out.
As we mentioned awhile back, we’ve been busy the past year and a half creating an extensive, multi-course video training series based on our popular beginner’s book After Effects Apprentice. Each course has two or more movies that are free for all to view; we’re re-posting those videos here on PVC to make sure you don’t miss them. In this movie, Chris demonstrates using the Starch tool to clean up problems that can appear when creating Puppet distortions in After Effects.
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Saturday, January 07, 2012
How to target precisely what you’re erasing, from the source image to just your most recent paint stroke.
As we mentioned awhile back, we’ve been busy the past year and a half creating an extensive, multi-course video training series based on our popular beginner’s book After Effects Apprentice. Each course has two or more movies that are free for all to view; we’re re-posting those videos here on PVC to make sure you don’t miss them. In this movie, Trish discusses the different Eraser tool modes - Layer Source & Paint, Paint Only, and Last Stroke Only - and demonstrates when to use each.
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Saturday, December 03, 2011
A quick start on using this powerful alternative motion tracker bundled with After Effects.
As we mentioned earlier, we’ve been busy this year creating an extensive, multi-course video training series based on our popular beginner’s book After Effects Apprentice. Each course has two or more movies that are free for all to view; we’re re-posting those videos here on PVC to make sure you don’t miss them. This movie provides a quick start on how to use Imaginer Systems’ mochaAE - a powerful 2.5 planar motion tracker that comes bundled with After Effects (but which has a quite un-After Effects-like user interface).
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Sunday, November 27, 2011
Some tips on what to look for when setting up a track in After Effects.
As we mentioned earlier, we’ve been busy this year creating an extensive, multi-course video training series based on our popular beginner’s book After Effects Apprentice. Each course has two or more movies that are free for all to view; we’re re-posting those videos here on PVC to make sure you don’t miss them. This movie shares our mental process when we approach a piece of footage to track.
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Monday, November 21, 2011
If you don’t have access to a dedicated 3D program or plug-in, here’s a way to use Photoshop Extended to create extruded logos and text.
As we mentioned earlier, we’ve been busy this year creating an extensive, multi-course video training series based on our popular beginner’s book After Effects Apprentice. Each course has two or more movies that are free for all to view; we’re re-posting those videos here on PVC to make sure you don’t miss them. This movie explains the ins and outs of using Adobe Repoussé to create 3D objects that may then be imported into After Effects.
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Monday, November 14, 2011
Moving layers relative to the world, the current view, or themselves.
As we mentioned earlier, we’ve been busy this year creating an extensive, multi-course video training series based on our popular beginner’s book After Effects Apprentice. Each course has two or more movies that are free for all to view; we’re re-posting those videos here on PVC to make sure you don’t miss them. This movie explains the differences between the three axis display modes in After Effects.
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Allan Tépper
A first look at Avid Studio for iPad, and an extrapolation as to what it can mean for pro video editors in the short and longer term.
Clint Milby
Grade 1 Monitor Delivers Extreme Color Accuracy On Set
Clint Milby
SNL Veteran, Talks About Using the C300 For Network Television…
Scott Simmons
A big update adds multicam, manual relinking, broadcast monitoring and the ability to move a project over from FCP7
Allan Tépper
Why are William Riker and Leo Laporte involved in a Pegasus cover-up?
Allan Tépper
The high-performance video RAID5 you need for today’s modern Mac-based video editing systems
Chris and Trish Meyer
An overview of five of the simpler shape operators that can turn your basic outline into something quite twisted.
Rich Young
News on tutorials, scripts, plug-ins, demos, and more.
Matt Jeppsen
Why you probably don’t need a 4K TV in your living room
Art Adams
Lighting a bounce card is easy, right? Right… IF you know the basics. Here they are.
Jeff Foster
Using the GoPro HD Hero2 and the 3D Hero System with CineForm Software
David Torno
Create a text layer that randomly cycles through words.
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