Roger Deakins and His New Website

Written by Brian Hallett

February 23, 2016

After years Roger Deakins ASC, BSC, CBE updates his website. Updates include a new “look at lighting plans.” 

Keying and compositing in NukeX

Written by Don Starnes

February 15, 2016

You’ve seen it before: composited people with hair helmets. If you’ve done any keying yourself, you probably notice it...

Ask Rampant: Frame Rolling in Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro

Written by Sean Mullen

January 8, 2016

Frame Rolling is a technique that I use almost every day. It’s a quick effect that can easily be...

DIY DCP

Written by Don Starnes

June 27, 2015

You used to hear a whir, the sound of sprockets pulling film from a 15 pound reel at a...

Watching Experts Do What They Do

Written by Jeremiah Karpowicz

June 12, 2015

You can find free and paid tutorials for just about any software in this industry, many of which are...

Start at the beginning in After Effects [updated]

Written by Rich Young

May 23, 2015

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

Media Composer 101 – Advanced – Editing Music Videos Part 2

Written by Kevin P. McAuliffe

May 11, 2015

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about using PluralEyes from Red Giant Software to sync your multicamera footage....

Automatic versioning in After Effects

Written by Chris Zwar

May 1, 2015

No-one likes boring and repetitive work, so this After Effects tutorial demonstrates how to create many different versions of...

CG Eyes

Written by David Torno

March 11, 2015

Need human or black demon eyes for your FX? CG Eyes can help with that.

Z-Depth compositing with Particular – Part 2

Written by Chris Zwar

September 2, 2014

Trapcode’s Particular is probably the most popular 3rd party plugin for After Effects, and amongst its many powerful features...