Blog by Eran Stern » Artbeats http://www.sternfx.com/blog Motion Graphics, Special Effects and Personal Thoughts Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:22:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 NEW TUTORIAL – HDR Toning http://www.sternfx.com/blog/index.php/12-2011/new-tutorial-hdr-toning/ http://www.sternfx.com/blog/index.php/12-2011/new-tutorial-hdr-toning/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:22:17 +0000 Eran Stern http://www.sternfx.com/blog/?p=1570 Learn to mimic the high dynamic range toning effect in Premiere Pro. Using a few special techniques and blending mode, you can harness the power of Mercury Playback Engine to get real time results on both nature landscape footage and portrait or people stock footage shots.

 

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]]> http://www.sternfx.com/blog/index.php/12-2011/new-tutorial-hdr-toning/feed/ 1 New Tutorial – Anything You Want http://www.sternfx.com/blog/index.php/06-2011/anything-you-want-1/ http://www.sternfx.com/blog/index.php/06-2011/anything-you-want-1/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 05:30:39 +0000 Eran Stern http://www.sternfx.com/blog/?p=1359 From concept to creation: I’ll shows you the steps of envisioning a witty and entertaining idea, drawing a storyboard, searching out the perfect footage, and designing a final piece. This first installment of a two-part series is packed with tips such as masking, creating shadows, and using After Effects CS5.5′s new warp stabilizer effect to remove motion from a clip for easy rotoscope extraction – this part starts at 11:42.

 

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I’m glad to provide my readers a FREE 3D footage from Artbeats library (regularly priced: $449). Artbeats, your source for royalty free stock footage, is offering this free HD clip from their new Stereoscopic 3D (S3D) library. If you’ve been wanting to try your hand at working in 3D motion, this free download is the perfect opportunity to test it out.
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For those of you who are not ready for 3D, you can download the same clip in 2D for use in your everyday high def projects.

You can download the free clip now thru July 5th, 2011
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]]> http://www.sternfx.com/blog/index.php/06-2011/artbeats-3d-footage-free/feed/ 5 NEW PRODUCT – The Best of Premiere Pro http://www.sternfx.com/blog/index.php/02-2011/new-product-the-best-of-premiere-pro/ http://www.sternfx.com/blog/index.php/02-2011/new-product-the-best-of-premiere-pro/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:24:14 +0000 Eran Stern http://www.sternfx.com/blog/?p=1087 I’m thrilled to launch, announce and blow the whistle on a new product “The Best of Premiere Pro”. More than 4 hours of advanced training for Adobe Premiere Pro and Production Premium.

If you want to take advantage of the advanced features of the leading non-linear editor from Adobe this is the place to explore them. Whether you’re a beginner or a senior editor, you’ll find here dozens of professional tips and tricks which will influence your daily experience with this software. Most of these techniques apply to version CS4 and above. I’ll explore the true depths of Premiere Pro, from Editing tricks through fancy Graphics Design, Audio Mixing, Transitions and Effects – This training has got it all. Throughout these lessons you’ll learn how to master Premiere Pro and squeeze more juice out of it. At the end of the journey, we’ll also visit other softwares that comes in the Production Premium, such as Photoshop, After Effects, Soundbooth and Encore to show you how to create a stunning Blu-ray HD DVD and Interactive content.  This bonus chapter will tell you everything you’ll need to know (pros and cons) about the Dynamic Link feature.

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To top it all, there’s a SPECIAL BONUS:
2 Amazing FREE HD clips, courtesy of Artbeats (Value of $598)

Price: $49 • Download Only

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When it comes to After Effects (and other software) I think no one can win over Trapcode Particular and it is definitely my first choice, however sometimes I find myself working in places where no third-party plug-ins are installed so I must improvise.
Here is an example of one of my improvisations when I try to utilize the text engine in After Effects for creating a ring of particles around a girl. Of course you can apply this technique with any footage you like, but this time I will demonstrate it using some wonderful clips from Artbeats

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]]> http://www.sternfx.com/blog/index.php/01-2010/new-tutorial-bionic-lab/feed/ 2 New Tutorial on Artbeats – Energy Drink Part 1 http://www.sternfx.com/blog/index.php/08-2009/new-tutorial-on-artbeats-energy-drink-part-1/ http://www.sternfx.com/blog/index.php/08-2009/new-tutorial-on-artbeats-energy-drink-part-1/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:23:36 +0000 Eran Stern http://www.sternfx.com/blog/?p=352 Energy DrinkThis first tutorial in a two-part series takes you step-by-step through designing a 3D object using Photoshop Extended, animating it in Adobe After Effects and then creating a realistic reflection in water.

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]]> http://www.sternfx.com/blog/index.php/08-2009/new-tutorial-on-artbeats-energy-drink-part-1/feed/ 4 New Tutorial on Artbeats http://www.sternfx.com/blog/index.php/06-2009/new-tutorial-on-artbeatscom/ http://www.sternfx.com/blog/index.php/06-2009/new-tutorial-on-artbeatscom/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:05:38 +0000 Eran Stern http://www.sternfx.com/blog/?p=200 Crime Avenue is a fictional TV show that I invented just to demonstrate how to mix ordinary city aerials with unique, computer generated clips to create a dynamic TV Promo. Using great HD clips from Artbeats library makes it even more fun.
In this tutorial I’ll show you a quick way to solve a camera using the 3D tracking capabilities of Pixel Farm’s PFHoe. Then we’ll use the camera data inside After Effects for a truly advanced look that’s easy to achieve.

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