DSC Labs Hawk Chart: The Simplest Color Chart That You Can’t Live Without

It wasn’t until I worked at the DSC Labs booth at NAB that I discovered The Hawk… and it blew me away. It’s a very simple chart, but it offers a colorist (professional or amateur) the most critical information necessary to accurately neutralize your raw, log, or even WYSIWYG images.

After Effects Apprentice Free Video: Overview of Per-character 3D 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 a selection of 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 one explains the added control you get when you add the Per-character 3D characteristic to a text animation.

Arri Alexa and Rosco LitePads Come Through for OnLive’s First National Spot

Originally slated to be a web-only spot, the first shoot day went so well that when the client saw the results they ordered a second shoot day, added an actor and made a $1m+ national ad buy.

After Effects Apprentice Free Video: The “Cascade” Type Animation Recipe

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 a selection of 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 one is for those who have been trying to create their own type animations, but have trouble getting After Effects to animate more than one character at a time.

EditFest NY only a few days away

Are you an editor in New York City? I really wish I was going to be there June 10 and 11 for EditFest NY. What is EditFest? Here’s a quote from the EditFest NY website: “Over two tightly-programmed days, attendees - including professional editors, production executives, network and studio staff, fledgling assistants and content creators - will participate in sharply planned, targeted panels and extensive Q&A sessions. They’ll listen to, learn from and engage with the most respected, award winning editors of feature films and television. Attendees, VIPs, sponsors and panelists will also mingle at the highly anticipated opening night reception.”

After Effects Apprentice: Parenting

As we mentioned earlier, we’re in the process of recording our book After Effects Apprentice as a series of training videos, where you get to look over our shoulders and hear what we’re thinking as we work through each lesson. Our latest installment is on the subject of Parenting.

Parenting is a way to group multiple layers within the same composition inside After Effects. In this lesson, Chris shows how to set up a parenting chain, discusses what makes a good parent, and demonstrates several techniques using Parenting such as creating a title animation with a minimum number of keyframes, building a geometric construct, and bringing an anthropomorphic robot arm to life. Sidebar topics include avoiding a scaling gotcha with parenting, and creating abstract backgrounds using the Fractal Noise effect.

After Effects Apprentice Free Video: Managing Audio Levels

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 a selection of 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 one is for those new to handling audio, and wondering how to best control its level.

CMG Hidden Gems: Effects Roundup Bonus

Last week’s installment of Hidden Gems on effects was so well received, we decided to break out of our normal one-chapter-a-week rhythm this week, and instead provide some more resources on using effects.

A couple of years ago, we started a course on lynda.com dedicated to sharing insights into some of our favorite effects, also based on Bonus Chapter 23 from our book Creating Motion Graphics. After adding 46 movies on general concepts plus specific effects, we had to set the concept aside; we hope to revisit some time in the future. In the meantime, several of those movies are available for free, plus we have a couple that never made it up on lynda.com. We’d like to share those with you here.

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