Getting your footage from Final Cut Pro to After Effects is a very common workflow. In fact, so many...

The days of cobbling together a database to track shots, assets and progress are numbered. Although nowadays it has...

In the first installment, we looked at the basic set up for shooting Greenscreen. Most of what I covered...

Unlike Mike Curtis, I’m not at FantasticFest, but I still heard about an interesting (to After Effects artists) screening...

A couple of months ago, we mentioned the Color Marketing Group: a global consortium that attempts to determine what...

During a job, footage may come from a variety of sources: freshly-shot clips, archival elements, greenscreen, 3D renders, and...

The problem with technology is that “something even better” will almost inevitably come out – often after you’ve already...

Sticky Pod test from Scott Simmons on Vimeo. Just about one year ago I joined my brother-in-law up in...

Earlier this year we released After Effects Apprentice (2nd Edition). The DVD-ROM that comes with the book includes an...

Looking for another way to key? Be sure to check out this video for a detailed demonstration of keying...

The HXR-MC1 is a “camera on a rope”. Sony’s HXR-MC1 ($2800, street price) is a “POV” camcorder, an HD...

Banking, real estate and the stock market: all three are prone to “irrational exuberance.” As it turns out, the...

I’ve recently spent a lot of time evaluating our production processes looking for ways to improve efficiency. There were...

I’ve been testing the Reflecmedia LED LiteRing system for about a month now, and it wasn’t until I paired...