Terminate Your Footage With Expressions – Day 2

on Sep 23rd 2009 with 24 comments

Final Product What You'll Be Creating

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Terminate Your Footage with Expressions

Terminate Your Footage with Expressions

If you’re wanting to help to save Sarah Connor then maybe this tutorial will give you an insider’s perspective on what to do. Here is Day 2 of this 3 Part Series by Ben McEwan. You can view Day 1 here.

Tutorial

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File size 169MB

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Ben McEwan grew up in Canberra, Australia. He started learning visual effects from a young age and persistantly followed his dreams. Today, Ben does freelance work for feature films, short films and television programs, and one day hopes to win an Academy Award.  

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  • Ethan Asad

    Thanks.. Very Helpful.

  • 江少

    Very good…

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/ninjtso/ BAD GHOST

    assume and very good

  • http://www.guillaume-lefevre.com Chatton

    luved the beam effect!

    but why didnt you use preComps..?

    • http://www.benmcewan.com Ben McEwan
      Author

      I did in the original (the preview file), and it’s just annoying having to pickwhip/write expressions between comps. I thought I should do it all in one just for simplicities sake. It’ll be easier to understand for some.

      • sandi…

        He thanks….Ben…..it’s really good…

  • Ryan

    Sweet tutorial! Great way to wake up in the morning

    • jink

      good one. This tut is also great after you’ve had a nice poop

      • http://www.benmcewan.com Ben McEwan
        Author

        Haha. When wouldn’t it be great? ;)

  • Adam Sklar

    Still has the Day 1 icon. :P

    Will be watching this in a minute.

  • http://www.phsn-videoworld.de PhSn

    Very nice ;)

  • Alister

    Very nice inspiring stuff this… Went through the first part and was really looking forward to the second.

  • Raivan

    The download link isn’t working. Is anyone else experiencing this?

  • Raivan

    it’s working now…
    great tut!

  • will

    where is billy the worlds most infamous AETUTS critic

    • http://www.vimeo.com/burningchariottv Ben Morgan

      lol, i been wondering the same thing. It’d be great if he was drafted in by the greyscale gorilla as there’s currently a series of “Hardcore Motion Reel Critiques” being released. Billy should get involved as thats his particular special niche in the AFX world….

      obviously, this is to be taken light hearted Billy. No beef

  • chandrika

    very better………………………………………………………………………………..
    from chandrika

  • 4u2nv

    oh billyyy??? where arrrree uuuu?

  • http://www.w2point.com Web 2.0

    Show must go on… waiting for the third part :)

  • Creative Media Films

    Nice one Ben and very fast also, dealing with so many layers..Looking forward to the 3rd pt.

  • Creative Media Films

    and by the way where are the sound F/x’s?

    • http://www.benmcewan.com Ben McEwan
      Author

      The sound effects are up to you to create with your mouth ;)

  • cabs

    Can you elaborate a bit more on why you had to link the end of the beam to sliders instead of linking them directly to the position of the null? I mean I saw how they got moved to upper corner, but why that happened?

    Best,

    • http://www.benmcewan.com Ben McEwan
      Author

      If you link them directly to the null, it didn’t seem to stick to the middle of the crosshair. When I was making the preview video, that’s how I did it, but things when wild when I made the tutorial ;)