In this “Female Friendly” tutorial, we’re going to look at a little trick that is guaranteed to give your basic text transition animations a rebirth into something excitingly dynamic… So give this “Plus Membership” thing a try as you wrap yourself up in a blanket cocoon and transform into a better version of yourself!
Knowing The Basics Of The Video Mode On Your DSLR Cameras
Feb 8th in In-Depth by Brock Nordstrom2009 was an excellent year in the video industry with the introduction of the Video DSLR revolution. Now amateurs and pros can get their hands on video techniques and looks that were previously only able to be achieved at $30,000 and above mark using complicated and expensive cameras.

Congrats To The Digieffects Atmosphere Winners!
Feb 6th in News by Adam Everett MillerThe Winners for the Digieffects Atmosphere Plug-in have been selected at random and we would like to congratulate them!

Announcing The VCP Optical Flare Giveaway Winners!
Feb 5th in News by Adam Everett MillerThe Winners for the Video Copilot Optical Flares Plug-in Giveaway have been selected at random. Since there was such an interest, Andrew decided to give away 3 more licenses bring it up to 5, plus 2 VCP gift cards!
Quick Tip – Add Lux To Your Lights (Without Lux)
Feb 4th in QuickTips by Satya MekaHere is another QuickTip for those of you who still haven’t procured the amazing Trapcode Suite. Though we advise you get the plug-in yourself, here is a handy little tip to to help generate the look of Trapcode Lux.
Giveaway Sponsored by Video Copilot! – Contest Over
Feb 3rd in News by Topher WelshOur generous friends at Video Copilot decided that along with our review of their newest product, Optical Flares, our loyal readers would love a chance to win a couple prizes courtesy of Andrew Kramer himself! Check out our newest giveaway to win some awesome Video Copilot prizes!
Video Copilot’s Optical Flares Review
Feb 3rd in In-Depth by Topher WelshFinally! Optical Flares is here and the behemoth of a lens flare plugin could not be more worth the months of hype! I decided to run through all the features, poke around and try out the plugin and give my exclusive opinion on how fantasmically AWESOME this thing is! Trust me, it has been well worth the wait.

Photoshop 3D Into After Effects Workflow – Day 2
Feb 2nd in Workflow by Brian CodyOne of the coolest features of late that Adobe has included is the ability to open 3D models within Photoshop and After Effects. In this tutorial Brian will use the example of a mock coffee shop promo to show some of the basics techniques you can use. I hope the coffee is fresh though, otherwise that’s grounds to not watch the tut… grounds… coffee… yeah.

Photoshop 3D Into After Effects Workflow – Day 1
Feb 1st in Workflow by Brian CodyOne of the coolest features of late that Adobe has included is the ability to open 3D models within Photoshop and After Effects. In this tutorial Brian will use the example of a mock coffee shop promo to show some of the basics techniques you can use. I hope the coffee is fresh though, otherwise that’s grounds to not watch the tut… grounds… coffee… yeah.
32 Fantastical Demo Reels
Jan 29th in Roundup by Topher WelshI know you were itching for another Demo Reel Roundup… I could just feel it from the innermost cockles of my being. Well I got 32 more for you to take a good gander at, get some ideas, and go out and make some AWESOME! That’s right I just used ‘awesome’ as a noun. Now do it!











