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Spot Focus

Posted on 22. Jul, 2009 by Jerzy Drozda Jr.

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Recreate the Edge Softness filter as seen in Red Giant Software’s amazing plugin – Magic Bullet Looks. Animate your focus area, change it’s width and softness, and save it as a preset for later use. Quick and easy.

UV Mapping with Pixel Bender

Posted on 21. Jul, 2009 by Jerzy Drozda Jr.

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Have you ever rendered out a sequence from any 3d application like Cinema 4D or 3D Studio Max and wanted to replace something in it after you rendered it out? It happened to me a couple of times. Not to mention that it would be super cool if you could blend you 3D objects better with your After Effects environment. There are tools to do that on the side of the 3D package, but what about After Effects? Shouldn’t we have a chance to change our minds and make changes inside our favorite compositing tool?

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Tilt Shift

Posted on 20. Jul, 2009 by Jerzy Drozda Jr.

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Create an awesome Tilt Shift effect as seen in Red Giant Software’s amazing plugin – Magic Bullet Looks. Change the look on the fly and save it as a preset for later use. Quick and easy.

ChromAberration

Posted on 13. Jul, 2009 by Jerzy Drozda Jr.

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Learn to create the effects seen in Magic Bullet Looks. Split RGB channels, simulate chromatic aberration, animate the chaos. All in one tutorial.

Particular 2: Overview

Posted on 08. Jul, 2009 by Jerzy Drozda Jr.

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It’s finally here. Trapcode Particular 2. Check out this video tutorial to learn more about my favorite new features.

Killer Tip: CS4 to CS3

Posted on 06. Jul, 2009 by Jerzy Drozda Jr.

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While rebuilding the DNA Chain project file from CS4 to CS3 I discovered that there are some things that make it easier. Interested?

Voxel rendering in 3D Studio Max

Posted on 29. Jun, 2009 by Jerzy Drozda Jr.

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Recently I got involved in a movie project – doing some post production, visual effects, and compositing. One part of the assigment is to create a “in game” world, that will look very modern and high quality, but kind of old school at the same time. And then it struck me: Voxels!

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DNA Chain

Posted on 28. Jun, 2009 by Jerzy Drozda Jr.

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You think you need a 3D application to create something like this? Well… think again. Nice DNA chain made entirely in After Effects and Trapcode Form.

MILG5: Form Face

Posted on 24. Jun, 2009 by Jerzy Drozda Jr.

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Learn how to create amazing push pin toy effect as seen in Radiohead’s “House of Cards” video using Trapcode Form.

Maltaannon 2.0 is now online!

Posted on 24. Jun, 2009 by Jerzy Drozda Jr.

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It was a long journey for both me and you my dear friends, but we are finally here – Maltaannon 2.0 is now online. If you look through the blog entries you’ll see that I’ve mentioned the new site quite often. Unfortunatelly I had so many things to do in the meantime that it took over a year to get here, but thanks to your support and feedback I finally found the strength to do it.