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After Effects 7 Pro Lights Tips'n Tricks Views: 5130 Permalink | |||||
"Volumetric lights are very simple way to add mood to your projects. Light going through the clouds, through the window, through the water surface, or whatever really. It makes a whole difference.
After watching this tutorial you will know how to create simple volumetric lights without using any 3rd-party plugins. Just match your volume lights with your footage, apply some blending modes, maybe even colorize the lights a little bit, and you'll achieve next level of quality. You must try this one out." by maltaannon.com The effect is based on a 3-D Layer with 'Fractal Noise' applied to it and an Adjustment Layer above with a 'CC Radial Fast Blur' to fake the 'volumetric'. Effects & PluginsFractal Noise, CC Radial Fast Blur(Min. Version: After Effects 7 Pro, Category: Lights, Type: Tips'n Tricks) | ||||||
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posted by MicGyver on Feb 23, 2009
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Using the Puppet Tool with Particles | |||
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In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to simulate airflow over an object by using the After Effects CS3 puppet tools with a particle system.
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After Effects CS3 Useful things Video-/Tutorials Views: 4344 Permalink | |
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posted by jamie on Sep 12, 2008
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Difference Matte Effect Tutorial | |||
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The Difference Matte effect creates a transparency a mask or a matte by comparing the pixels in a source layer with the pixel in a defined difference layer, and then keying out (eliminating) pixels in the source layer that match both the position and color in the difference layer.
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After Effects 7 Keying Video-/Tutorials Views: 21444 Permalink | |
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posted by peter17 on Sep 29, 2008
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