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Good news! We updated our VC Reflect plug-in to work with PPC Macs. If you were having trouble loading the plug-in on your MAC with AE7 or a G5 processor, try the latest build 14 and see if that works for ya!
Check out the tutorial and download the project with the plugin.
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BTW: Optical Flares is making big progress, expect more news next week. Look, Optical Flares is just an awesome, fun plug-in… I’m very excited and can’t wait to show you more!
In this tutorial we will take a look at our brand new free reflection plug-in that allows you to create great looking 2D reflections. We will examine a few examples and customize the reflection with a few easy steps.
Watch Tutorial Download the project to get plug-in!
NOTE: We recently migrated to a new server so we are working on balancing the load. Things should be in better shape later today. Thanks!
We have developed a fancy new plug-in for After Effects that simplifies the creation of 2D reflections as seen one of our early tutorials. The plug-in offers many helpful new features and a tutorial will be out soon. The best part of all, you get it absolutely FREE.
Patrick should be posting the tutorial sometime tomorrow and the project file will include the Plug-in. Should work with AE 7 and newer and when 64 bit After Effects comes around, we’ll port it as well.
NOTE: Our Easy-Reflect preset will most likely be retired since it lacks many features and relies on awkward recipe. Look, we had some fun… but I think it’s time we see other people. We’ll still be friends.
ALSO: QuickMatte, my other pet project, will be out when I have time to explain how to use it fully. I haven’t had a lot of time to dedicate to it with so many projects going on but I will tell you that, everything the plug-in does can be done in AE, it just makes things easier. It will be out soon, I was planning on releasing after the 100th tutorial sometime.
Just want to let you know that I’ll be in LA this week, working on an exciting project but I hope to also shoot some footage for another upcoming tutorial while I’m there. I’ll probably be away from the computer for most of the trip but I’m working on project that will hopefully push my limits to reach new horizons just as I encourage everyone to do as often as possible. This is the only way to get better!
I’ll try to blog when I can, where I can.
Watch Sam VS Sam, a video we featured in our last Blog Show. The show also included behind the scenes footage and some added commentary.
Video Notes for the gear-junkies: We shot this scene using the canon 7D and a 50mm 1.4 lens. For the close POV style shots we shot with the standard 18-55mm lens. To avoid jitter we shot on a tripod for most of the scene and then added some wiggle inside AE. The scene was shot with 2 350 Arri lights.
The end scene was created using a blood element from Action Essentials 2. You may also be interested in this video from a while ago.
In part 02 of this electrifying series we will create a human explosion using clever compositing techniques and blood elements from Action Essentials 2.
Be sure to watch behind the scenes in our latest blog show.
You can also follow us on Twitter for updates and info @videocopilot
In Part 1 of this exciting tutorial series, we will build a lightning strike with rain effects using built-in After Effects plug-ins and then composite stock footage from Action Essentials 2.
BLOG SHOW: Go behind the scenes to see some on location preparation in our newest Blog Show episode.
Watch Show
Warning: Simulated Violence
Topics Covered:
Upcoming Tutorial with Sam Loya
Behind the Scenes
Sam VS Sam
Will Sam get payback?
Video Copilot Hats!
UPDATE: The tutorial with Sam Loya will actually be online tomorrow so that our site doesn’t explode!
Video Copilot Gear: Will be available from our store at the end of NOV.
Sam Loya joins us for an electrifying Halloween blog show and simultaneous tutorial launch. The excitement will begin tomorrow evening Mu ha ha ha.
Not fresh news but After Effects CS5 will be shipping as a 64-bit only application which requires a 64 bit operating system. There are very important advantages that I’ll let you read about from the Adobe Product Manager but the main benefits are speed and the ability to utilize more RAM for rendering and previewing. Hopefully this will put an end of “Out of memory errors” for good!
Adobe needed to finally step up and take on this monster task of supporting 64 bit to finally take advantage of modern hardware. As a note, the requirements for running 64 bit are not very steep, but if you do build out your machine, it will be able to take advantage of the extra power. No word on Adobe System requirements yet…
So if you’re upgrading to Windows 7, you might want to reach for the 64 bit version, if you’re on Mac you are already 64 bit since the last few versions. Please share your productive thoughts and ring-in at the survey on the right.
NOTE: You can count on all Video Copilot products and presets to be compatible when the time comes.
Who doesn’t love a good disaster movie? Guilty pleasures 
Here is an interesting behind the scenes look at some of the special effects for the movie 2012.
Showing the true power of our Optical Flares Plug-in, we were able to push it to the limits and recreate AE’s built-in lens flare from scratch! AAA-MMMAZING! Think of the possibilities…
We’re still polishing the plug-in features but expect a big release sometime in November. Aside from working on this plug-in, I’m also planning a Halloween tutorial and blog show that might be frighteningly fun. Stay Tuned! or should I say “stay ghouled!!!”. -No that doesn’t work, scratch that.
In this new “Video Blog Show” we will be trying a new format and most importantly checking out the interface for OPTICAL FLARES for the first time!
Topics Covered:
New Blog Show Format
Fight Enhancement Tip in AE
Check out Upcoming Bar Graph Tutorial
5 Min Inside Look at the Optical Lens Flare Interface
This episode is a bit longer (18 min) but the time flies-by! We are shooting for 10 minute shows in the future! We also changed the resolution to 960×540 so you can see the tutorials and demonstrations much easier.
NOTE: Optical Flares is Mac & PC compatible.
We are working hard adjusting the features for our new Lens Flare plug-in called Optical Flares but I wanted to tell you about some of the cool features . I’ve included some notes that might help you understand this plug-in better but expect a video presentation soon. We are still shooting for a “sometime in November” release.
UPDATE: For those interested, I posted a short response below.
I stumbled upon a fun behind the scenes video with Digital Domain that had a lot of interesting insights. I especially liked the environment rebuilding stuff towards the end of the video.