After Effects New York User Group's First meeting Feb 22

Adobe After Effects New York (AENY) first meeting is set for February 22. There is no fee for this event, thanks to sponsorship from Adobe and Pratt Manhattan. They are covering Maxon Cinema 4D 10 and After Effects Integration, as well as Mograph, Stephen Neary will present "Bigfoot's Eulogy" and Aharon Rabinowitz will be presenting some quick After Effects tips. I met Aharon at NAB NY.

They're giving away LOADS of door prizes including Red Giant Software: Magic Bullet Suite, MB Colorista and Trapcode Suite (all Trapcode Plug-ins), three Wondertouch particleIllusion licenses, GridIron Nucleo and Nucleo Pro, Cinema 4D and Mograph, Sorenson Squeeze Power Pack, Automatic Duck, Digital Anarchy PlasmaFX, Cycore FX and more. Wow.... good stuff, indeed.

Labels: Adobe, After Effects, Digital Anarchy, Maxon Cinema 4D, Red Giant Magic Bullet, Red Giant Software, Tips, Trapcode Particular

posted by Michele Yamazaki @ 2/07/2007 07:46:00 PM | 0 comments links to this post  

New Tutorial: Color Match Better in Boris Red

Editors often find themselves needing to touch up and refine their color to get the right look. A new tutorial by John Lafauce, Jr. on studiomonthly.com shows Boris Red's Color Match feature that lets users quickly and accurately balance color.

Labels: Boris, Red Giant Magic Bullet, Tutorial

posted by Michele Yamazaki @ 2/06/2007 06:23:00 PM | 0 comments links to this post  

Toolfarm to Manage Red Giant Software Forums, Toolfarm Site Redesign

New Toolfarm Web Site Launched

Toolfarm, Inc., the leading third-party distributor of After Effects plug-ins and visual effects tools today announced that it is now managing the forums for Red Giant Software, including Trapcode plug-ins, and just launched a new web site.

Quick Links to Red Giant Software Forums

• Magic Bullet Suite, Magic Bullet Editors, and Magic Bullet Colorista
• Trapcode Plug-ins (Published by Red Giant Software)
• All Other Red Giant Software Plug-Ins

Users can log onto these forums to get help from the Red Giant Support Team, Toolfarm, and some of the top motion graphics artists, including: Dean Velez—awarded two Emmy's for animation and has been nominated seven times for various graphics projects and Matt Silverman—Creative Director at Phoenix Edit, Effects, and Design in San Francisco.

Check out the Toolfarm site for other forums, including Adobe applications such as After Effects, Premiere Pro and Photoshop, and Apple Final Cut Studio, including Final Cut Pro and Motion.

The new Toolfarm web site provides a streamlined look and feel, plus offers a cleaner navigation. There is also a brand new database of tutorials at Toolfarm, which allows visitors to search by categories and see what is new or popular. The tutorial pages have been redesigned for better retention and new tutorials have been added. The free demos area has been re-programmed with stronger security features and updated with new demos. Plus, The Inspirations section is now broken into categories for easier reading. Harry Frank, of Gray Machine, has joined the Inspirations team to post the most interesting, creative and technical videos on the web.

About Toolfarm Inc.

Toolfarm.com, based in San Francisco since 1999, is the leading third-party reseller of After Effects Plug-ins and visual effects tools. Known also for distribution, publishing, service and training, it has become the de facto standard as the one-stop shop for Adobe After Effects Plug-ins as well as motion graphics tools. It also hosts a Plug-in Finder, an online database and search engine of all plug-ins for Adobe After Effects, Premiere, and Apple Final Cut Pro.

Labels: Red Giant Magic Bullet, Toolfarm

posted by Michele Yamazaki @ 1/17/2007 11:30:00 AM | 0 comments links to this post  

Free Preset from Stu Maschwicz: filmBurn.ffx

filmBurn.ffx is an After Effects 7.0 Animation Preset that automatically creates the overexposed "roll-out" effect, where the tail (and the head if you want) of a clip flickers into overexposure. It's aware of the in- and out-points of your footage layers in the After Effects timeline, so you can experiment with different effects just by trimming your layers differently.

Stu also says "This effect works really well with Magic Bullet. Just apply Look Suite to an Adjustment Layer over top of all your trimmed layers, and select the preset of your choice!"

He also has a link to his podcast.

Download and read more: filmBurn.ffx

Labels: After Effects, Preset, Red Giant Magic Bullet

posted by Michele Yamazaki @ 12/11/2006 10:35:00 AM | 0 comments links to this post