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An Hour of Free Video Training on DSLR Post-Production in Adobe's Creative Suite

09.19.11 @ 4:04PM Tags : adobe, ae, aftereffects, audition, creativesuite, cs, dslr, hdslr, photoshop, premierepro, richardharrington, tutorial

You’d think with my fundraising campaign going down to the wire that I’d be too busy to find and post helpful content here on NoFilmSchool. But no! I want to help you and I hope you’ll help me in return! Here’s a five-part tutorial from Richard Harrington on a DSLR-based workflow in Adobe Creative Suite. This is not super advanced, nor is it riveting stuff, but hey — it’s a screencast. And if you’re new to the Adobe’s Creative Suite or if you’re switching from another NLE — perhaps because CS5.5 is still 50% off for Final Cut Pro or Avid editors? — this is a nice “getting started” overview of working with DSLR footage in Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, and Audition: More »

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Video Tutorials on Basic Title Animation in After Effects

05.10.11 @ 1:25PM Tags : ae, aftereffects, titling

Garret Smith has posted a number of tutorials exploring different methods of text animation in Adobe After Effects. Before we go any further, however, check out Ian Albinson’s SXSW presentation, “A Brief History of Title Design,” which is a great compendium of visually striking titles from over the years: More »

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Finding the Best Workflow Between Premiere Pro and After Effects

11.30.10 @ 3:06PM Tags : adobe, ae, aftereffects, editing, premiere

Since switching to Premiere Pro, my editing workflow has been to lock picture in Premiere and then finish in After Effects. To date I’ve been using a workflow similar to the one I’d use when editing in Final Cut Pro, which was to import a final sequence into After Effects (either as an XML or by using Premiere Pro as an intermediary), and apply color correction, titling, and other effects in AE. While this approach gives a very high quality output, a problem rears its head if you want to make changes to the edit after “locking” picture. So what’s the best workflow between Premiere and After Effects? More »

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3D Matchmoving for After Effects on an Indie Budget (a.k.a Free)

09.17.10 @ 8:48AM Tags : 3D, ae, aftereffects, effects, matchmoving, tutorials

Since we’re on the topic of backyard effects with that Russian Transformers clip, let’s take a look at the technique of integrating 3D objects with live action footage. The technique of placing a 3D object into a previously filmed scene (known as matchmoving) requires sophisticated camera tracking generally reserved for high-end effects packages, but Aetuts+ has a tutorial for doing it with a free After Effects plugin called Voodoo Camera Tracker. I’ve only done 2D tracking myself (to erase people and other background elements in The West Side), but if you’re interested in integrating your own 3D transformers (or something more original, perhaps?) into a live scene, here’s a tutorial for you: More »

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How to use After Effects

06.3.10 @ 5:48PM Tags : adobe, ae, aftereffects, cs5, howto, tutorial, videocopilot

Adobe After Effects is an incredibly deep compositing program that often flusters first-time users with its myriad panels and switches. It’s not the most intuitive program, and as such I don’t recommend taking the approach I did: banging my head against the wall until it made sense. Instead, why not take advantage of two hours of free training from Video Copilot? This video series came out a while ago (circa CS3), but 99% of it still applies to CS5. More »