Adobe After Effects CS4 Essential Training: Colorizing black and white objects By Chad Perkins
In this clip, host Chad Perkins discusses how to colorize black and white objects, footage, and effects. He covers hue, saturation, and lightness. He applies tint to the footage to remap white to a color and black to another color. He also works with tri-tone, which enables you to map the midtones; color balance to colorize an object that has a lot of gray in an image.
...Read More »
Adobe After Effects CS4 Essential Training: The color balance effect By Chad Perkins
In this clip, host Chad Perkins looks at how to change the actual color in footage, also known as color grading in the film industry. Chad uses the color balance effect in the effects and presets panel in After Effects to change the feel of a clip by adjusting its colors. He discusses a bit about color theory, discussing the color values of video, red, green, and blue.
...Read More »
Adobe After Effects CS4 Essential Training: Luminance Correction By Chad Perkins
In this clip, host Chad Perkins looks at how to correct luminance, or brightness problems in your footage. He shows you the color corrections panel and discusses the auto levels and other auto effects, but also works in the levels effect, detailing the histogram which shows what is going on in your image, shadow areas, mid tones and highlights of the histogram.
...Read More »
Adobe After Effects CS4 Essential Training: Slowing down and speeding up video By Chad Perkins
In this clip, host Chad Perkins covers the task of slowing down and speeding up video. He details how to slow down video footage and work with the stretch values in a clip, which expands the duration of the clip, or shortens the duration of the clip. He also works in the Time/Stretch dialog box, and the Time Warp effect as well.
...Read More »
Autodesk Maya 2009 New Features: How to create Animation layers By George Maestri
In this clip, host George Maestri takes a look at how to create layers, and shows how to create an animation layer. He creates a layer that has the body of a character, and Creates Layer from Selected. He warns to be careful when you create a layer that you put exactly what you want to animate into those layers. In the clip, he shows how to set a key move it forward and drop the body.
...Read More »
Adobe After Effects CS4 Essential Training: Replace footage already in the Timeline By Chad Perkins
In this clip, host Chad Perkins details how to replace footage that you've already edited. He shows how to replace a clip with another clip, and the problem is he's already color corrected the footage and removed the green screen footage, and edited and trimmed the clip in the timeline. He then shows how to delete and replace a layer, and selects the footage that will be used to replace what is in the timeline.
...Read More »
Autodesk Maya 2009 New Features: Animation layers By George Maestri
In this clip, host George Maestri takes a look at animation layers, which allow you to place motion on multiple layers and then mix and switch between different types of motion, and also belnd motion together to create all kinds of different effects.
...Read More »
Autodesk Maya 2009 New Features: Tweaking nParticles Forces By George Maestri
In this clip, host George Maestri discusses how now with nParticles you don't have to create separate wind, gravity, and other forces separately because it is all built in. George shows you how to set nParticles up to create the wind, gravity and other forces. He also covers the Nucleus tab which defines the forces, such as wind speed and air speed. He also shows how top turn the wind on and off.
...Read More »
Autodesk Maya 2009 New Features: Tweaking nParticles Forces By George Maestri
In this clip, host George Maestri discusses how now with nParticles you don't have to create separate wind, gravity, and other forces separately because it is all built in. George shows you how to set nParticles up to create the wind, gravity and other forces. He also covers the Nucleus tab which defines the forces, such as wind speed and air speed. He also shows how top turn the wind on and off.
...Read More »
Adobe After Effects CS4 Essential Training: Trimming video By Chad Perkins
In this clip, host Chad Perkins covers trimming video before you add it to your composition. He shows how to trim video in the footage window, shows how to preview and trim the video in time. He shows how to set an in point and an out point. He also shows how to use the ripple insert edit button and the overlay edit button.
...Read More »
Adobe After Effects CS4 Essential Training: Trimming video By Chad Perkins
In this clip, host Chad Perkins covers trimming video before you add it to your composition. He shows how to trim video in the footage window, shows how to preview and trim the video in time. He shows how to set an in point and an out point. He also shows how to use the ripple insert edit button and the overlay edit button.
...Read More »
Autodesk Maya 2009 New Features: Muscle Presets By George Maestri
In this clip, host George Maestri details how to modify muscle behavior and edit those muscles. He shows how to work with muscle jiggle, how to work in the outliner in wireframe mode, and how to set muscle parameters, which allows you to change the way the muscle behaves.
...Read More »
Adobe After Effects CS4 Essential Training: Trimming Layers By Chad Perkins
In this clip, host Chad Perkins takes a look at the Trimming project and talks about video editing in After Effects. He shows how to start footage, trim footage, and how to trim the in point of a clip. He also shows how to move a video clip on the After Effects timeline, how to set a video to a layer marker, and how to bring two layers to the beginning of a project.
...Read More »
Maya 2009 New Features: Making Particles Look Different By George Maestri
In this clip, host George Maestri details how to make your particles look interesting and different. He goes through some of the attributes in the particle system to actually show how you can affect the way that it looks. He defines the different tabs in the particle system, such as a spray, nucleus, which is the physics controls of the particle system.
...Read More »
Autodesk Maya 2009 New Features: Using nParticles By George Maestri
In this clip, host George Maestri shows how to use nParticles to create a particle system. He covers the nParticle tool, which allows you to place particles one by one throughout the scene. You can also create an emitter, emit from an object, fill an object, all in nParticles. You can create any number of different types, such as points, balls, spheres, and clouds.
...Read More »
Autodesk Maya 2009 New Features: Using nParticles By George Maestri
In this clip, host George Maestri shows how to use nParticles to create a particle system. He covers the nParticle tool, which allows you to place particles one by one throughout the scene. You can also create an emitter, emit from an object, fill an object, all in nParticles. You can create any number of different types, such as points, balls, spheres, and clouds.
...Read More »
Adobe After Effects CS4 Essential Training: Reading Timecode By Chad Perkins
In this clip, host Chad Perkins details how to read and understand timecode. He shows the display of timecode and shows how to read the timecode, from left to right, hours, minutes, seconds, and frames. He shows how to advance in time as well, how to scrub the time display right or left, and how to go to a specific frame.
...Read More »
Autodesk Maya 2009 New Features: nParticles By George Maestri
In this clip, host George Maestri takes a look at a new feature called nParticles, a brand new particle system that uses the Nucleus Engine, which is the same engine used in Maya's nCloth. nParticles have built in collisions, built in gravity, and a lot of built in forces. nParticles is only available to those who have Maya Unlimited.
...Read More »
Adobe After Effects CS4 Essential Training: Colorizing black and white objects
In this clip, host Chad Perkins discusses how to colorize black and white objects, footage, and effects. He covers hue, saturation, and lightness. He applies tint to the footage to remap white to a color and black to another color. He also works with tri-tone, which enables you to map the midtones; color balance to colorize an object that has a lot of gray in an image.
...Read More »
Adobe After Effects CS4 Essential Training: The color balance effect
In this clip, host Chad Perkins looks at how to change the actual color in footage, also known as color grading in the film industry. Chad uses the color balance effect in the effects and presets panel in After Effects to change the feel of a clip by adjusting its colors. He discusses a bit about color theory, discussing the color values of video, red, green, and blue.
...Read More »
Adobe After Effects CS4 Essential Training: Luminance Correction
In this clip, host Chad Perkins looks at how to correct luminance, or brightness problems in your footage. He shows you the color corrections panel and discusses the auto levels and other auto effects, but also works in the levels effect, detailing the histogram which shows what is going on in your image, shadow areas, mid tones and highlights of the histogram.
...Read More »
Adobe After Effects CS4 Essential Training: Slowing down and speeding up video
In this clip, host Chad Perkins covers the task of slowing down and speeding up video. He details how to slow down video footage and work with the stretch values in a clip, which expands the duration of the clip, or shortens the duration of the clip. He also works in the Time/Stretch dialog box, and the Time Warp effect as well.
...Read More »
Adobe After Effects CS4 Essential Training: Splitting a Layer
In this clip, host Chad Perkins details how to split a layer, cutting a video clip or any layer to different pieces, which is especially helpful when using B-roll footage.
...Read More »
Autodesk Maya 2009 New Features: How to create Animation layers
In this clip, host George Maestri takes a look at how to create layers, and shows how to create an animation layer. He creates a layer that has the body of a character, and Creates Layer from Selected. He warns to be careful when you create a layer that you put exactly what you want to animate into those layers. In the clip, he shows how to set a key move it forward and drop the body.
...Read More »
Adobe After Effects CS4 Essential Training: Replace footage already in the Timeline
In this clip, host Chad Perkins details how to replace footage that you've already edited. He shows how to replace a clip with another clip, and the problem is he's already color corrected the footage and removed the green screen footage, and edited and trimmed the clip in the timeline. He then shows how to delete and replace a layer, and selects the footage that will be used to replace what is in the timeline.
...Read More »
Autodesk Maya 2009 New Features: Animation layers
In this clip, host George Maestri takes a look at animation layers, which allow you to place motion on multiple layers and then mix and switch between different types of motion, and also belnd motion together to create all kinds of different effects.
...Read More »
Autodesk Maya 2009 New Features: Tweaking nParticles Forces
In this clip, host George Maestri discusses how now with nParticles you don't have to create separate wind, gravity, and other forces separately because it is all built in. George shows you how to set nParticles up to create the wind, gravity and other forces. He also covers the Nucleus tab which defines the forces, such as wind speed and air speed. He also shows how top turn the wind on and off.
...Read More »
Adobe After Effects CS4 Essential Training: Trimming video
In this clip, host Chad Perkins covers trimming video before you add it to your composition. He shows how to trim video in the footage window, shows how to preview and trim the video in time. He shows how to set an in point and an out point. He also shows how to use the ripple insert edit button and the overlay edit button.
...Read More »
Autodesk Maya 2009 New Features: Muscle Presets
In this clip, host George Maestri details how to modify muscle behavior and edit those muscles. He shows how to work with muscle jiggle, how to work in the outliner in wireframe mode, and how to set muscle parameters, which allows you to change the way the muscle behaves.
...Read More »
Adobe After Effects CS4 Essential Training: Trimming Layers
In this clip, host Chad Perkins takes a look at the Trimming project and talks about video editing in After Effects. He shows how to start footage, trim footage, and how to trim the in point of a clip. He also shows how to move a video clip on the After Effects timeline, how to set a video to a layer marker, and how to bring two layers to the beginning of a project.
...Read More »
Maya 2009 New Features: Making Particles Look Different
In this clip, host George Maestri details how to make your particles look interesting and different. He goes through some of the attributes in the particle system to actually show how you can affect the way that it looks. He defines the different tabs in the particle system, such as a spray, nucleus, which is the physics controls of the particle system.
...Read More »
Autodesk Maya 2009 New Features: Using nParticles
In this clip, host George Maestri shows how to use nParticles to create a particle system. He covers the nParticle tool, which allows you to place particles one by one throughout the scene. You can also create an emitter, emit from an object, fill an object, all in nParticles. You can create any number of different types, such as points, balls, spheres, and clouds.
...Read More »
Adobe After Effects CS4 Essential Training: Reading Timecode
In this clip, host Chad Perkins details how to read and understand timecode. He shows the display of timecode and shows how to read the timecode, from left to right, hours, minutes, seconds, and frames. He shows how to advance in time as well, how to scrub the time display right or left, and how to go to a specific frame.
...Read More »
Autodesk Maya 2009 New Features: nParticles
In this clip, host George Maestri takes a look at a new feature called nParticles, a brand new particle system that uses the Nucleus Engine, which is the same engine used in Maya's nCloth. nParticles have built in collisions, built in gravity, and a lot of built in forces. nParticles is only available to those who have Maya Unlimited.
...Read More »
