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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 plug-ins for NLEs and After Effects

Posted on May 27, 2014

In April, FxHome spun off most of the plug-ins from HitFilm, their affordable After Effect “clone” app, into a...

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After Effects for print + ETLAT (edit this, look at that)

Posted on May 9, 2014

Note advice on ETLAT updated for AE 2015 at bottom… PRINT A couple of years ago, Jesse Michael Newman released...

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Tidbit: YouTube buffering mysteries

Posted on April 30, 2014

Last November we did a quick exploration of 'How YouTube Works', which even with an update (on the “secret”...

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Easter eggs in After Effects: a new hunt

Posted on April 17, 2014

People are sometimes surprised to discover Easter eggs in After Effects — apparent oddities in the interface. Some of these have been around...

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The Making of ‘Adobe and the Frog’

Posted on April 4, 2014

Film Riot and Adobe have a slick little web ad for the new Creative Cloud NAB 2014 reveal. It...

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Creative Cloud 2014 video app reveal at NAB [updated]

Posted on April 2, 2014

Adobe revealed new features in the video apps in Creative Cloud 2014 and showcased these next versions at the April NAB...

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Chromatic aberration: creation and fixes with After Effects

Posted on March 19, 2014

A few years ago there was a spate of interest in chromatic aberration — fixing footage containing the color fringing, but...

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Long shadows: adding body to flat design in After Effects

Posted on March 18, 2014

The trend toward flat design hit big in 2013 with newer user interfaces of Windows 8 (“Metro“) and iOS7,...

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Kinetic type in After Effects

Posted on March 1, 2014

Kinetic typography can be considered a storytelling technique that broadly engages the literal Illustration, rhythmic embellishment, personification, and disruption...