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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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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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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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MILG5 – Official Tutorial List

Posted on 17. Nov, 2008 by Jerzy Drozda Jr.

Hello my friends. We are getting closer and closer to finally releasing MILG5 as promissed. I thought that I could share the official tutorial list with you, so here I go:

Create a cool-looking gyroscopic element completely within After Effects. Inspired by the work of Mark Coleran, this tutorial includes extensive use of Shape Layers, parenting and simple expressions to create a technical look using almost no keyframes.

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Making the final edits

Posted on 15. Nov, 2008 by Jerzy Drozda Jr.

I know I know… I haven’t had much time for you during last few months… or at least it looks that way. I was fully dedicated to recording Making It Look Great 5 tutorials to provide you with great training DVD. I’m making the final edits as I’m writing this post.

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Adobe After Effects CS4

Posted on 24. Oct, 2008 by Jerzy Drozda Jr.

My friend John Dickinson at Motionworks.com.au just started up a series of short insightful tutorials on new exciting features of After Effects CS4. I encourage you all to look into it. It’s more than just a plain overview.

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Assassins Creed

Posted on 08. Oct, 2008 by Jerzy Drozda Jr.

I took two days off work to relax a bit and restore my strength. Unfortunately my friends showed me this wonderful game. Even though I’m nor much of a gamer this piece is a work of art and it has everything that I like in a game. A little bit of Prince of Persia, a little bit of Hitman… It’s just great.

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Expressions Guide

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

Despite my huge efforts to make expressions less distant and less scary for After Effects users unfortunately I still get a lot of questions about them on my hotline and in my email. That’s why I thought that maybe it’s a good idea to start posting articles about them. What do you think?

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The Nobody Hole Video Contest

Posted on 25. Sep, 2008 by Jerzy Drozda Jr.

Hey guys! Exiting news for all of you who love AE and want to get some exposure. Toolfarm has just launched a video contest where you can win some serious prizes and get noticed as well. All the informations are available at The Nobody Hole Video Contest website.

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