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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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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Tuesday, November 08, 2011
Techniques to make your camera move in a perfect arc.
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 demonstrates how to build an orbit camera rig in After Effects, both manually and by using the new menu command added in AE CS5.5.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
A simple speed-shift trick to reuse a single element multiple times, and make each instance appear different.
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 particular movie demonstrates how to use the well-hidden Stretch parameter for a layer to create multiple variations of a common element inside the same final composition.
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Mark Spencer
On this week’s MacBreak Studio
Todd_Kopriva
Australian production studio delivers animation for the 12th Arab Games, on record-size projection space, using Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects.
Chris and Trish Meyer
...plus an update on what’s next for the Apprentice series.
Scott Simmons
Plus a little screencast in this blog post on a topic we didn’t get to cover.
Art Adams
You want 240fps 1920x1080? I’ve got your high-speed HD right here… for less than $10K.
Matt Jeppsen
Use a boom mic and some common sense!
Chris and Trish Meyer
Taking advantage of parenting, multiple 3D views, and AE’s built-in calculator to coordinate a multi-layer animation.
Mark Spencer
Motion Magic on MacBreak Studio
Scott Simmons
These are a few of the things that I found myself searching for as I’ve been moving over to Premiere Pro CS6 as a FCP 7 replacement
Allan Tépper
If you agree, please sign the online petition requesting the required updates.
Michelle Gallina
CS6 Production Premium Road Show
Rich Young
New videos from Brian Maffitt
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