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Kuler Workflow

Posted on 05. Mar, 2009 by Jerzy Drozda Jr.

Ever worked with Adobe Kuler? Ever wanted to use it’s color schemes in After Effects? Now you can. It’s fast, it’s easy, it’s simple, and it’s free!

Layer Styles as presets

Posted on 03. Mar, 2009 by Jerzy Drozda Jr.

My friend asked me today is it possible to save Layer Styles as presets. Since I don’t work with Layer Styles much I didn’t know the answer, but I was surprised by the question. One could expect that it would be possible, just like with any other effects applied to the layer. Unfortunately it wasn’t so.

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CE TextRamp

Posted on 02. Mar, 2009 by Jerzy Drozda Jr.

Check out this amazing CustomEffect for hassle free, custom color, text transform following gradients. You asked for it so here you have it!

Totally Useless Experiment

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

Want to waste some time? Get to know how to embed hidden images into existing footage and learn few cool tricks on the way.

Separating RGB channels

Posted on 18. Feb, 2009 by Jerzy Drozda Jr.

We’ve all been through this. Creating channel separation effect by hand is a pain. You have to duplicate the layers and use channel mixer and blend modes to get what you want. Not anymore. Now with new After Effects CS4 we can script a simple Pixel Bender to do just that.

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Off the grid till further notice

Posted on 12. Feb, 2009 by Jerzy Drozda Jr.

My dear dear friends. I have run into some problems with my workstation, data storage unit, not to mention financial problems due to the crisis. I lost all of the emails you sent me so far, and I can’t receive any new ones. If some of you require my help please use the Hotline in Chat mode – I remind you that chatting is free.

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CE Screenify

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

Create a realistic and detailed Jumbotron-style video screen. Make your own preset, buy it, or get it for free with Making It Look Great 5.

Guitar Hero III beaten on Hard

Posted on 11. Jan, 2009 by Jerzy Drozda Jr.

I was about to save this piece of information to myself, but since it makes a perfect blog post, and my ego wasn’t stroked in a while here it is: I’ve beaten Guitar Hero III on Hard.

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Making It Look Great 5 Available Now

Posted on 02. Dec, 2008 by Jerzy Drozda Jr.

MILG5 is now available for download. This is the biggest, most jam packed MILG release so far, with over 7 hours of After Effects tips and techniques.

MILG5 Special Offer

Posted on 01. Dec, 2008 by Jerzy Drozda Jr.

Making It Look Great 5 with Maltaannon is only days away. As a release special Motionworks is offering their newsletter subscribers a 25% discount for the first week MILG5 is on sale.

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ExtendScript GUI Designer

Posted on 26. Nov, 2008 by Jerzy Drozda Jr.

I always knew that theres a huge potential in ExtendScrupt Toolkit from Adobe to extend build-in functionality of my favorite Adobe apps, but I never actually had a need to develop anything for myself… until few days back.

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