Ever wonder what Bit Depth is? What’s the 8bpc box below your window? Here are all the answers. Learn about Bit Depth and how it can help you!

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You may have to get up and stretch out a little before starting this tutorial. It’s got some pretty ground breaking techniques and covers quite a lot leaving very little up in the air. In honor of this being a leap year and all, here you go… jump in.

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Who cares if you weren’t invited to the party… you can make your own in AE! Seriously though, If you need to create a quick dance party to show your client the fun they could be having if they hired you… use this tutorial to show them.

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The government may have control of your money, your boss may have control of your schedule, and you’re kids may even have control of what you’re doing this weekend… but alas, there is one thing you will not forfeit! You will never give up control of your textures!… that is, unless color wants control… then you have to hand it over, sorry.

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You don’t need to be an astronaut to enjoy a breathtaking celestial scene… you can create one yourself! They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder… Well I don’t know who “the beholder” is and why his eyes are so gorgeous, but I think this effect is quite lovely as well. Enjoy!

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H.264 is certainly the most popular codec out there and Quicktime Pro is mostly used by many users. Videos that are encoded in H.264 using QT Pro sometimes look faded out and experience heavy banding. In this QuickTip we see the possible remedies for this problem using the x264 encoder for Mac/Win platforms.

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The first DIY created by the guys over at Pixel Mobb went over so well that we asked them to create some more helpful DIY QuickTips for us. Seeing a light stand in the shot is the leading cause of premature insanity amongst video editors… ok, I made that up, but do everybody a favor and watch this to keep it from coming true!

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As an After Effects user, you’ll know that finding time just get outside and enjoy a beautiful day isn’t always an easy thing to do. The answer could be to get up more and walk outside every once in a while… but when even something that simple isn’t an option, you may just want to have this project file handy so you can dream of what life is like on the outside.

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I know we all have busy schedules with lots of things to do during the day…. and ya know, that’s the very reason we stay open late here on AEtuts+! Ok, it’s a website so that doesn’t really work, but if we had a store front we would stay open late just for you… you and the date you brought who doesn’t think it’s gonna work out…. sorry, they told me not to tell you… hmm… awkward… Here’s how to create an “Open Late” sign yourself.

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In this gory QuickTip, Ben shows us how to create a realistic 3D pool of blood that expands on the ground, and can be modified instantly to create any shape desired without messing up the animation.

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