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HBO Behind-the-Scenes 1983

One year before I was born HBO made a very ambitious intro that was said to be the most expensive and innovative concepts at the time (for the medium). I love the idea of incorporating techniques from the real world inside of After Effects for even more unique results. In fact the whole idea of mattes for compositing come from the early days of film-making… Watch the final intro above then be sure to check out the making of video below, especially the part towards around 5:30 that talks about the burst of light… Watch the Behind the Scenes I’ve also created a project file using that similar technique that mixes 2 images into a subtle animation.  Download the Project

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Optical Flares Now Available!

Our new Plug-in for creating lens flares and lighting effects is now available! As always this product includes 5 advanced video tutorials plus access to the Video Copilot Preset Network for sharing lens flare presets. Check it out now! 2 Packages Available: OPTICAL FLARES PLUG-IN: only $124.95 Includes the Optical Flares Plug-in, 60 Presets and 5 Video Tutorials.

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Feature Spotlight: Optical Flares

Our new plug-in Optical Flares will be available Monday morning (around 9AM PST) but we wanted to highlight some key features that you may have missed. Be sure to check out the product page and watch the feature videos: Go to the Optical Flares Page Some Key Features include: This Eclipse image is a tutorial available with Optical Flares along with 4 other advanced tutorials including a concert scene and building a wall of lights.

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Optical Flares Page Online!

Video Copilot presents the all new 3D lens flare studio: Optical Flares! Key Features include: 3D Position & Light Tracking Real Texture Mapping Includes 60 Presets (Pro Preset Pack Available) Realistic On-Lens Simulations Automatic Luminance Tracking Dynamic Triggering (Animation without Keyframes!) Creative Tutorials and much more! Check out the product right now: Optical Flares Product Page Be sure to watch the feature videos for an exciting, in-depth look at using Optical Flares.  With such a powerful plug-in, we separated the videos into individual sections so you can check out the features you want to see! Optical Flares will be available Monday, Jan 25 in our online store. Optical Flares is available for download only

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QuickTime & AE CS5: The 64 bit Question

After Effects CS5 will to be a 64 bit application only.  At the moment QuickTime is only a 32 bit application and users of other 64 bit applications like (3D max 64 bit, Nuke 64 bit, etc.) do not have the ability to import or export any QuickTime files.   So seeing how QuickTime is one of most popular formats that has been supported by After Effects since the beginning, what will happen with AE CS5? I received direct word from the Adobe After Effects product manager himself: Michael Coleman ____________________________________________________________________ He said this: “QuickTime is very important and we will continue to have QuickTime support in the next After Effects

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Optical Flares & Twitch: 64 Bit?

As some of you may know, the new version of After Effects CS5 will be native 64 bit, which offers major speed and memory enhancements (among other things) but 3rd party plug-in developers like Video Copilot, will need to update their code before they will work in 64 bit. But worry not… When After Effects CS5 ships, (some speculate later this year) Video Copilot is committed to offering free product upgrades to customers on all of our plug-ins. All… TWO of them Twitch & Optical Flares

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Optical Flares In Action

Video Link As we get closer to the release of Optical Flares, our new lens flare creation studio, I wanted to show you some cool examples of Optical Flares in action. This reel includes actual productions by some of our beta testers and some tests I did internally.  I think this reel has a nice variety of how lens flares can be used but I’m sure you could think of many more! Motion graphics or visual effects… be ready for Optical Flares: January 25, 2010.

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Illuminating Particles

I was playing around with Particular 2 and came up with this particle swirl using a couple of smoke images as particles. I love that Particular 2 reacts to the lighting as well as fake shading to make the particle seem more volumetric. Here is what I did, in Particular 2 custom particles are called Sprites, so once you select this as your particle type, the texture slot becomes available to use my smoke video that is included with the project download.  I stretched the particle area and rotated the world transform to make it look like a twister

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MOVIE ART AND ARCHITECTURE: ALEX ROMAN’S THE THIRD & THE SEVENTH

The online video of the moment is Alex Roman’s The Third & the Seventh — so much so that Roman’s own site, which I was going to link to, is down due to bandwidth excess. (It redirects to the Vimeo video below, but rather than watching here, go to Vimeo and resize to HD and see it full-screen.) The video is described by Roman as “a FULL-CG animated piece that tries to illustrate architecture art across a photographic point of view where main subjects are already-built spaces.

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NEW TUTORIAL: Glass Orbs

In this tutorial we will create a reflective orb using only built-in After Effects plug-ins.

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Holiday Title with 40% Evolution Sale

To help with your holiday graphics, Save 40% on our design collection Evolution all this week.  Just use the coupon code: SNOWDAY at checkout for your instant 40% savings on the Evolution collection! Evolution is 100% downloadable and available after purchase! For those customers who own Evolution, please enjoy this free project file for After Effects CS3 and CS4.  The title design uses only 1 of the 155 elements and all you need to do is relink the one missing file with your Evolution collection. You may also need this font and possibly a snowcone. Be sure to check out our other great products and gifts from the Video Copilot online store at everyday low prices!  Your support keeps this site going and might also keeps Sam Loya off the streets (Maybe).

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Off the Chart Feedback

At Video Copilot, we do a lot of project-based tutorials but our goal is to provide useful techniques and tips that you can use on future projects as well. I received a nice email from a customer regarding our Dynamic Bar Graphs Tutorial: __________________________________________________________ I found you guys by watching your tutorial about creating dynamic charts in After Effects.  I did a set of animated charts last year for one of our clients without a slick method like yours.  Instead I created a dozen different 3DS animations.  It was so painful… I am about to start on a new project which will be LOADED with charts.  Your technique will come in VERY handy. Thanks Again.

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IFP ANNOUNCES 31st ANNUAL INDEPENDENT FILM WEEK LINE UP

The IFP has announced its line up for the 31st annual Independent Film Week, taking place in NYC Sept. 19-24. In a release the organization has also announced the expansion of its strategic relationship with the Sundance Institute; and new partnerships with B-Side, the four-year-old tech company which runs websites that handle ticketing and mine audience response data for 250-plus fests in North America, and The Good Pitch, a forum produced by Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation which brings together inspiring social-purpose film projects and a group of expert participants from charities, foundations, brands, government and media to form powerful alliances around groundbreaking films.

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INDIEGOGO & SNAGFILMS JOIN FORCES

In a press release sent out yesterday the fundraising/promotion site, IndieGoGo, and the documentary film site, SnagFilms, announced a partnership where select IndieGoGo works-in-progress are featured on the SnagFilms site. Three works have been on the site since mid-July and according to the release have received over half a million impressions on SnagFilms and promotional partner sites. Those three projects are: Connected, by Tiffany Shlain – Connected takes audiences on a stream-of-consciousness ride through the interconnectedness of humankind.

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Big Dreams

In order to realize our dreams we must find creative ways to accomplish them. Computer visual effects have given us great opportunities to create amazing cinema but we should not forget to combine the past with the present. Perhaps then, you can afford to buy a fancy new car! Dream Video Tease

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More Lights!

One of the primary techniques in the recent Light Casting tutorial is the ability to add multiple lights in your scene. These additional lights will automatically interact with the surface based on intensity, distance and color so you can worry about more important things like building robots. Watch the 2009 Light Race! HD 720p

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NEW TUTORIAL: 3D Light Casting

In this jam-packed tutorial we will build an energy ball that emits natural light onto the road’s surface.  Plus, we will be utilizing ‘reverse-tracking’ to lock the 3D effects in-place, while maintaining the original camera movement in the exciting final shot. Video Sample Video Watch Tutorial TUTORIAL NOTE: The displacement effect at the end uses the Energy Wipe tutorial: http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/energy_wipe/ I also added some camera shake with the AFTER SHAKE preset: http://www.videocopilot.net/presets/after_shake/ Oh Yeah: Today and tomorrow are the last two days to receive  free shipping on the 2K version of our new stock footage collection, Action Essentials 2 . Of course the 720p version is still available at the great low-price of $99.95 so be sure to show your support by using it to blow something up PS: We have all new discs and every package goes out within 24 hours! Check out the features and Trailer!

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Start the Montage

As promised here are some shots from my trip to NYC. The weather was great all day on Saturday and so was dinner.  I shot everything with the Sony EX-1 on a tripod as well as some hand-held stuff.  I used Premiere CS4, even though it would hang during editing and crash occasionally.  I’m sure they will work it out. Please

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FILMMAKER’S "25 NEW FACES"

Our press release announcing our annual “25 New Faces” feature has just gone up at Indiewire, and you can read our profiles of the selections on our site here. As I wrote in the editor’s letter for the upcoming issue, we looked at a lot of work this year — maybe too much work, actually — and could easily have made a list of “125 New Faces.” Of the people we finally chose, every person on the list was championed passionately within our editorial team, and each person also seemed to us to be approaching their roles as filmmakers, dps, editors, actors, etc. with a broader recognition of the particular challenges and opportunities of this historical moment.

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Action 2 Thanks!

We are still actively addressing a disc-read issue that has affected some customers who purchased Action Essentials 2. Our team has been working hard to provide downloadable files as well as arrange replacement discs for those who need them and new customers will automatically receive new Discs. Obviously this is a unique business,  my name is at the top of the website and I feel a strong dedication to every customer that visits, as well as every product we create.

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