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Ben
- Jul 16, 2019
- 1 min
TUTORIAL: How To Create The Toy Story Look
About a month ago, someone commented on a #YouTube video that I had done, and they wanted to know how to create the "Toy Story Look" inside of #AfterEffects using Video Copilot's #Element3D. This request just happened to coincide with my kids binge watching the first 3 #ToyStory movies in anticipation of seeing #ToyStory4. As I was playing around...I thought it might be kind of fun to create a "real world" scenario for for this tutorial, so I mocked up a faux 10 second socia
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Ben
- Jun 20, 2019
- 1 min
Introduction to S_ParallaxStrips in Sapphire 2019.5
I recently did a video for Boris FX showing off the the new #Sapphire Parallax Strips plugin inside of #Adobe #AfterEffects and Adobe #Premiere. Parallax Strips is a brand new effect and transition included in the Sapphire 2019.5 update that was just released. DEFINITELY check it out, and if you've never used the Sapphire plugins, they're a really great set of tools for your #MotionGraphics and #VFX toolbox!
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Ben
- Apr 2, 2019
- 1 min
CINEMA 4D + OCTANE: Texture Box With Octane
Previously I showed you how to texture box art for a product shot using the "Set Selection" tag in #Cinema4D as well as #Element3D in #AfterEffects, and in this #Tutorial, I'm gonna create #Octane materials and how I went about creating the final #Octanerender.
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Ben
- Apr 2, 2019
- 1 min
AFTER EFFECTS + ELEMENT 3D: Texturing Box Art
In a previous #Tutorial, I talked about texturing box art for a product shot using the "Set Selection" tag in #Cinema4D. In this tutorial, I discuss doing the same thing, but in #AfterEffects and using Video CoPilot's #Element3D.
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Ben
- Apr 2, 2019
- 2 min
FREE 3D MODEL
Quite a few years back, I worked with Greenberg Direct to create some #3Dmodels and #3Danimations for a direct response commercial that they were doing for a product called Zyppah RX. It was a dental appliance that helped increase the air flow of a person at night to reduce the amount of snoring. Since the basic shape of the appliance is a “U”, that’s where I started. Using a text spline, I found a font in which the capital “U” closely matched the shape of the referenc
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Ben
- Apr 2, 2019
- 1 min
AFTER EFFECTS: Project Breakdown - "Alien Planet"
A few weeks ago, Las Vegas hosted #NAB2018 and it was a blast! I had the privilege of participating as a presenter at the BorisFX booth discussing how I use #AfterEffects, #Cinema4D and the #Sapphire plugins in my day-to-day production workflow. I didn't have a huge amount of time to discuss all the projects that I wanted to discuss, so I'm creating a series of videos to individually discuss each project and go into more detail. In this first video of the series, I talk about
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Ben
- Mar 28, 2019
- 1 min
AFTER EFFECTS: Quick Tip - 3D Camera Tracker
When working with the built-in #AfterEffects 3D camera tracker, something that's happened to me on more than one occasion is the inability to select track points. I can see them on my screen, but I can't select them. If this has happened to you, then you need to watch this video. I talk about some of the many pitfalls that can befall you when working away with the 3D camera tracker in After Effects.
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