Ran Ben Avraham is post production artist working mainly in the fields of motion design and visual effects.
He is a freelancer from Israel, and also runs tophateffects.com/, an AE templates website, designated for the visual effects industry.
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Today’s tutorial will show how to quickly and easily create a tunnel effect using Mettle’s FreeForm Pro. You’ll be able to deform it, stretch it, change its texture, and much, much more. The best part is that even with lots going on, you’ll still find the render time is surprisingly fast!
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In this 3 part tutorial we will learn how to turn your basketball court floor from solid to elastic and back to solid again using FreeForm Pro by Mettle. Along the way we’ll create a very cool basketball promo with some glass explosion, bombastic 3D, text and lots of tips & tricks.
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Hey guys, We’ve got a nice one for you today…. yes, another butterfly tutorial. We will be creating a “non-realistic-semi-fantasy-looking-3d” butterfly from an insect point of view, but the main focus in this tutorial will be more on the final composition of all the different parts… how to get the final look.
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Hey guys, We’ve got a nice one for you today…. yes, another butterfly tutorial. We will be creating a “non-realistic-semi-fantasy-looking-3d” butterfly from an insect point of view, but the main focus in this tutorial will be more on the final composition of all the different parts… how to get the final look. We’ll post Part 2 tomorrow.
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In this tutorial I will demonstrate a very simple way to trace text and then recreate it using multiple Trapcode Particular layers wobbling and shivering in 3D space. A very simple technique which results in a stunning look that could easily be modified into roots, veins, or any number of other ideas.
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In this tutorial I’ll show you a cool way to create your own economy show opening sequence. We’ll use Digieffects Freeform (bundled free with CS5) to create a single dollar bill flopping in the air. Then, using Trapcode Particular, we’ll emit hundreds of dollar bills to create a nice animation. Finally, we’ll add some nice Depth of Field using a custom build depth map and the Lens Blur plug-in.
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Have you ever wondered “What can I do to stay young?”… Well in this tutorial we are going to do the exact opposite – we are going to rapidly age a young woman using a footage courtesy of hollywoodcamerawork.us. Hopefully it won’t take you THIS long to get through the tutorial. 
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Inspired by the opening sequence of one of my favorite cult movies of all times – “The Rocky Horror Picture Show“, I decided to share with you a great technique of recreating that effect. The original footage was a real person singing, so here I will give you a quick walkthrough to help you easily rig lips for a very precise lips sinking.
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In this tutorial we will discuss the proper use of the Key-light plug-in. Using time remapping, we will create the illusion of a hummingbird going from full speed to ultra slow motion (using a footage by Artbeats). a bit of Mesh Warp to gently move the branches.
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