Terminate Your Footage With Expressions – Day 2

Ben McEwan 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.

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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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Discussion 24 Comments

  1. Ethan Asad says:
    September 23, 2009 at 7:10 am

    Thanks.. Very Helpful.

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  2. 江少 says:
    September 23, 2009 at 7:14 am

    Very good…

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  3. BAD GHOST says:
    September 23, 2009 at 7:34 am

    assume and very good

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  4. Chatton says:
    September 23, 2009 at 8:30 am

    luved the beam effect!

    but why didnt you use preComps..?

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    • Ben McEwan says:
      September 24, 2009 at 2:21 am
      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.

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  5. Ryan says:
    September 23, 2009 at 11:17 am

    Sweet tutorial! Great way to wake up in the morning

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  6. Adam Sklar says:
    September 23, 2009 at 12:18 pm

    Still has the Day 1 icon. :P

    Will be watching this in a minute.

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  7. PhSn says:
    September 23, 2009 at 2:20 pm

    Very nice ;)

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  8. Alister says:
    September 23, 2009 at 3:53 pm

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

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  9. Raivan says:
    September 23, 2009 at 4:26 pm

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

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  10. Raivan says:
    September 23, 2009 at 4:27 pm

    it’s working now…
    great tut!

    Reply
  11. will says:
    September 23, 2009 at 5:30 pm

    where is billy the worlds most infamous AETUTS critic

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    • Ben Morgan says:
      September 23, 2009 at 7:38 pm

      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

      Reply
  12. chandrika says:
    September 24, 2009 at 12:04 am

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

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  13. 4u2nv says:
    September 24, 2009 at 4:34 am

    oh billyyy??? where arrrree uuuu?

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  14. Web 2.0 says:
    September 24, 2009 at 8:43 am

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

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  15. Creative Media Films says:
    September 24, 2009 at 12:08 pm

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

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  16. Creative Media Films says:
    September 24, 2009 at 12:23 pm

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

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  17. cabs says:
    September 25, 2009 at 1:21 am

    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,

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    • Ben McEwan says:
      September 25, 2009 at 9:22 am
      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 ;)

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