It’s March 15th and that means that the Desktop Wallpaper Contest sponsored by Imagineer Systems and Toolfarm is half over. Thus far we’ve only had 13 entries!… As of right now, you’d have a 1 in 14 chance of winning over $1,000 dollars worth of AE goodies, not to mentioned all the other prizes! Also keep in mind, that the winner isn’t selected at random… it’s voted on… so you’re chances are looking pretty stinking good.

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Here is a clip that I shot with some friends to use as an example for a client. We ended up hiring actors to come in for the finished commercial, but as I was archiving my completed projects, I thought maybe somebody could find this helpful in their projects or as a pre-vis element. Enjoy!

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Show your appreciation for AEtuts+ to the community! We are holding a Desktop Wallpaper Contest sponsored by Imagineer Systems and Toolfarm for anyone who has benefited from the resources found on this site. See the details below about specifications and prizes!

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Starting in March, we’ll be switching over to Youtube for our Previews. We are still going to stick with Blip.tv for the main tutorials. I hope this makes your AEtuts+ experience more enjoyable… have a good day!

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During the week of February 22 – 26, Digieffects is offering FreeForm AE at a 50% discount. Usually $299, customers can purchase FreeForm AE for the discounted price of $149 directly from Digieffects!

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In this pleasant 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 “Premium Membership” thing a try as you wrap yourself up in a blanket cocoon and transform into a better version of yourself!

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The Winners for the Digieffects Atmosphere Plug-in have been selected at random and we would like to congratulate them!

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The 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!

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We’re going to be implementing something new here in 2010 called Quick Tips. We often get tutorials pitches from users and they are good ideas, but not quite enough to fill a whole tutorial. These Quick Tip posts will allow us to gather and pass along more content from those who may only have a little something to share. It will also be perfect for any viewers who don’t have time to sit and watch a full tutorial.

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It’s taken a while to hear back from the winners and solidify their prizes, but we are proud to announce the winners of the “12 for 2010″ Giveaways!

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