Blog by Eran Stern

My friend Maltaannon, has just released a new training DVD that covers many aspects of our favorite software. This 7-hour-DVD is packed with so much goodies, you need to watch it twice to comprehend. It’s a very unique product in this series and also stands out on its own. In these full featured tutorials, Jerzy [...]

Anyone who works with After Effects is required to create a reflection or a drop shadow once in a while. In most cases, you can complete it using only built-in filters, which certainly is an excellent way. But those who tried it already know the result is far from perfect, particularly when it comes to [...]

I’ve always been a secret admirer for the Cell Pattern effect, this effect generates cellular patterns based on cellular noise. You can use it to create static or moving background textures and patterns. But there are so many cool things you can create with this effects that some people overlook.
First time I’ve seen a cool [...]

There’s no doubt that my Digits Man tutorial was one of the most viewed tutorial, but some people encountered an error when they tried to fill the screen with more than 7000 characters. This is probably due to a bug or some strange behavior in After Effects. So I’ve recorded a new Tutorial called Digits [...]

You’re invited to watch a new After Effects tutorial on Artbeats. In this special Doom Island tutorial I will take you through the steps of creating a dark, eerie opener for a Reality TV show. Designed entirely of stock footage clips, this piece employs masking and layering techniques help to add an exotic flair.

In part 3 of this never-ending series I’ll demonstrate another method of duplicating elements in After Effects, This time using the CC RepeTile Effect. I hope most of you will get the potential of this cool effect. I also promise that the final clip will look much better (and funny as well) so stay tuned.
With [...]

Adobe will introduce Creative Suite 4 in a special web broadcast on the 23rd of September 2008. You can register to the webcast at Adobe site.

Let’s say, you want to convert your ordinary After Effect project to a Template one, so each time you double click it, it will open as an Untitled Project, and then when you hit the Save command you’ll be asked to name it. Very useful if you’re like me, using a Master Project that have [...]

There’s a new workflow preview for the RED camera plug-in in Premiere Pro, After Effects and Encore. The importer plug-in can use the native R3D file and even works with the Dynamic Link as well.

Welcome to my new Blog, I’m so excited I’ve got a Blog-out, sorry a Black-out…