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MaskTracker+: quick planar tracking inside After Effects
MaskTracker+, a new AE script from Mamoworld, expands the Rigid Mask Tracker in After Effects, opening up planar tracking...
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Premiere Pro News Notes #08
A series of as-they-come notes on news of assorted Adobe Premiere Pro tutorials, tips, and related tools continues. And...
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Using CycoreFX plug-ins in Premiere Pro and After Effects
Over the last several years a few users have experimented with using CycoreFX (“CC”) plug-ins built into After Effects...
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“Unmult” with and without special plug-ins
Third-party unmult plug-ins for After Effects are used to create a composite with an alpha channel of a layer...
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Alpha channels: premultiplied vs straight
Alpha channels are grayscale channels in addition to the color channels of a file. They define transparency and often...
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Creative Cloud 2014 June Release
This April, Adobe revealed many of the new features of Creative Cloud at NAB 2014, but that was for...
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Fold and unfold layers in After Effects
Folder or unfolding layers has become popular in After Effects and other apps in the last several years, and...
Post Production
Fixing soft edges & number counters with automatic rounding
A few years ago, Stu Maschwitz noted the utility of the Math.round method, which rounds a number to the...
Post Production
MovieType For Element 3D: new for After Effects
Motionworks has released MovieType For Element 3D. The package includes over 200 time-saving type animation presets, 60 camera animation...
Post Production
White balance in After Effects and Premiere
There are a number of ways to white balance footage in After Effects and Premiere Pro, and Chris and...