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Rich Young

Rich Young is a long-time After Effects user from the San Francisco Bay Area. His After Effects and Premiere Pro round-ups provide viewers with an easy-to-digest summary of developments. He also supplies info and links for tutorials that allow users to do things in After Effects they thought were possible but weren't sure.

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HitFilm 3 Express Special Edition – free for a limited time

Posted on December 1, 2015

Another piece of fun news this week is the latest FREE version of the effects/editor Hitfilm Pro, HitFilm 3...

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Glitches, damage, flickers, & distortions in After Effects & Premiere Pro

Posted on October 31, 2015

Glitchify for After Effects + Glitchify sounds, from Mikey Borup and Cinema Spice, joins a growing number of tools...

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Microsoft Surface Book: is it really twice as fast?

Posted on October 28, 2015

Microsoft has released their Surface Book laptop, dubbed the “MacBook Pro Killer” by some in the press.

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The Future of After Effects: feature requests, nodes, GPU

Posted on September 18, 2015

Adobe is nearing release of the “IBC” update to video apps in Creative Cloud 2015, which itself was just released in...

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Creative Cloud video updates at IBC 2015

Posted on September 9, 2015

Adobe has revealed updates to its pro video apps in Creative Cloud, though a specific release date was not...

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Premiere Quicktip: Zoom while dragging

Posted on September 1, 2015

While direct manipulation of UI elements may not be favored by NLE power users, sometimes it is faster. One...

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Creative Cloud 2015: the big yearly update rolls out

Posted on June 16, 2015

Adobe has released the 2015 version of Creative Cloud for most all its apps, with software updates beginning to rollout throughout...

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Start at the beginning in After Effects [updated]

Posted on May 23, 2015

The beauty of Adobe After Effects is that it’s approachable for simple tasks and at the same time has a...

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Flicker removal in Creative Cloud and beyond

Posted on April 30, 2015

Although flicker has had its uses in experimental film, in video flicker can induce epileptic seizures – although it’s mainly just annoying. Removing flicker...