Classic Course: Channel Blur
To wrap up our exploration of ChOp (Channel Operation) effects, we’re going to look at a fun one that...
Classic Course: Channel Mixer
Continuing our exploration of a few choice Channel Operation effects, we look at the initially daunting Channel Mixer. In...
Classic Course: Channel Combiner – Transparency
One of the more confusing points on working with images is straight versus premultiplied alpha channels. With a straight...
Classic Course: Channel Combiner – Alternate Color Spaces
After Effects converts all of your source material into RGB color space, with a separate alpha channel. However, sometimes...
Red Giant releases Trapcode Suite 15.1 and announces flash sale
Trapcode Suite 15.1 is now available, and Red Giant’s flash sale has started: get 25% off all Trapcode Suite...
Classic Course: Channel Combiner – Overview
“ChOps” – Channel Operations, where you process individual color channels of an image (including the alpha channel) – is considered...
Automatic grid layouts in After Effects
This article will explain how to automatically layout images in a grid, using expression sliders in After Effects. In...
After Effects News 2018 December 30
Recently in the world of After Effects, there’s news on Adobes updates, ProRes, Google Earth Studio, The Year in...
After Effects News 2018 November 30
Recently in the world of After Effects, there’s news on tracking, multiple plug-in releases and updates, EXR format upgrade,...
After Effects & EXRs- Compositing with big boy toys
The OpenEXR file format is the industry standard amongst high-end visual fx companies, but unfortunately After Effects has always...