...and the AE team's thoughts on the future.
Spirals are used as design guides and elements or paths for text,
shapes, particles, and layers. Here's a few resources for using and
creating spirals in After Effects and other Adobe applications.
A big addition to After Effects CS6 was the introduction of a
Ray-traced 3D composition renderer that handles reflections,
transparency, index of refraction, environment maps, in addition to the
existing material options. Today in Creative Cloud CC, the chief
limitation is still render time, but there's set-up advice for those
willing to overcome the obstacles to get the lovely renders.
A new roundup was posted on PVC, Brainstorm in After Effects.
Creative Dojo’s free After Effects resources: Light leaks, glitches, ink, and more is at PVC.
New on PVC... Motion backgrounds, transitions, clouds, fog, fire, water, paper texture, metal and other textures, ink and watercolor effects, etc. are all effects that can be generated by Fractal Noise filters built into After Effects.
Note: Harry Frank's Medical Fund... Harry's family is trying to raise money to help cover the costs related
to surgery and recovery. Even after insurance, the surgery is quite
expensive and requires more than the Frank family can afford, ever.
...at PVC rounds up resources on Shatter, an older 8-bit plug-in that ships with After Effects. Originally
developed by Brian Maffitt under the Atomic Power banner, Shatter is
mostly used for shattering glass, brick walls, puzzles, and so forth (they're presets), but also used to generate 3D text or shape blocks. Brian moved on to form Total Training, but he released his original training video for this effect.
Creative Cloud, the Timeline, aspect ratios, Encore DVD, color, and more are noted in Premiere Pro News Notes #02
is another roundup at ProVideo Coalition.
Over on PVC, there's a roundup of AE Portal roundups on topics like fire, scripts, lens flares, light wrap, 3D text, character animation, the Shatter effect, volumetric lighting, muzzle flashes, sky replacements, lens wacking & light leaks, and so forth.
In a post-Civil War jail, a psychologically scarred veteran awaits his death by hanging at dawn. Mourning the death of his wife and struggling with post-traumatic nightmares, he seeks revenge on the mysterious street preacher with an evil eye. Trapped between madness and a reality that is insane, he recollects what led him to the gallows.There's a little interview at Peripheral Visions, and more elsewhere.
Element 3D steps it up, a new character animation tutorial series, $4600 in prizes waits more winners, animation assistance, slit-scan & the Time Displacement effect, Conduit for DYI Mac plug-ins, + more ...is part of the recent news of in assorted After Effects tutorials, tips, and scripts & plug-ins new and old on PVC:
