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Stefan Surmabojov

I'm a 21 years old motion graphics designer from Bulgaria. I have 2 years of professional experience behind my back. Most of my time I spend working for a small TV company. In my spare time I work as a freelancer and create video tutorials related to After Effects for our site.
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How To Track Footage That Is Out Of Focus

How To Track Footage That Is Out Of Focus

In this tutorial we are going to take a look at a simple, but interesting idea. The main point will be to show you how to work with footage that is out of focus making if difficult to track. After we track it we are going to attach the camera interface elements and fake some depth of field to create the illusion that they are floating in space and shift in and out of focus like the rest of the scene.

Quick Tip – Reflective Stroke Layer Style

Quick Tip – Reflective Stroke Layer Style

In this Quick Tip we are going to focus on using simple text layers and combine them with layer styles to get a cool looking logo design. This technique is pretty simple yet powerful for creating wide variety of designs. You can use as many layers of text as you want to get the desired look.

Building Broadcast News-Style Graphics – Part 3

Building Broadcast News-Style Graphics – Part 3

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Broadcast News Graphics

In this third and final tutorial for the Broadcast News-Style Graphics tutorial series we are going to focus mainly on the lower third design. You are going to see how to create very cool and professional looking lower thirds using just layers, masks, gradients and some glow effects.

Building Broadcast News-Style Graphics – Part 2

Building Broadcast News-Style Graphics – Part 2

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Broadcast News Graphics

In this second part of the Broadcast News-Style Graphics tutorial series we are going to continue using basic layers, masks and gradients to create stylish and cool looking elements. After we create all the elements we are going to animate them to get a finished
look for our elements.

Building Broadcast News-Style Graphics – Part 1

Building Broadcast News-Style Graphics – Part 1

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Broadcast News Graphics

In this tutorial we are going to create a professional looking broadcast background loop using only built-in tools within After Effects. You are going to see how to combine simple yet very powerful effects like fractal noise to create stunning designs.

Summer Time Swimming Pool Logo Reveal

Summer Time Swimming Pool Logo Reveal

In this tutorial we are going to keep the summer going as long as we can by creating a cool looking water logo reveal animation using some interesting textures and techniques. Also we are going to create a cool looking caustics effect as well as some interesting displacement effects to simulate water surface.

Flickering Flame Logo Reveal

Flickering Flame Logo Reveal

In today’s tutorial we’re going to create a realistic looking flame logo reveal. We’ll combine a number of different elements to help sell the heat and believability of the flickering light. Enjoy!


Overview Of Frischluft’s “Lenscare” Plug-ins

Overview Of Frischluft’s “Lenscare” Plug-ins

In this tutorial we are going to focus on Frischluft’s Lenscare plug-ins. We are going to have an in-depth look at both “Depth Of Field” and “Out Of Focus” plug-ins and explain everything needed to start working efficiently with this two amazing tools.

Design Your Own Broadcast Lower Thirds

Design Your Own Broadcast Lower Thirds

In this tutorial we are going to focus mostly on the simple built in tools in After Effects to create a nice broadcast looking lower third design. You are going to see how can create awesome designs using masks, gradients, shadows and bevels and more.

3D Product Box Display Animation – Day 2

3D Product Box Display Animation – Day 2

In this 2-part tutorial we learned a quick and easy way to create 3D boxes and cubes inside after effects. Then we took a look at some smart techniques for lightning the scene as well as cool ideas how to link the lights to the object so it always stay perfectly lit. Today we’re going to take a look at creating a simple yet powerful camera rig and animate a couple of nice camera moves to create something like a product box promo.

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