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Adobe After Effects World Conference

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Didn't get a chance to make it to AE World Conference? Here's some photos from the show.

The Toolfarm gang was only able to spend a day and a half at the second After Effects World Conference. Here are some photos from our trip.


6 Ways to Make Extruded 3D Text in After Effects

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Q: "How can I create 3D extruded text right in AE? I don’t want to have to learn a 3D application but I want it to look good."

A: There are now easier ways to extrude 3D text within After Effects. Here is a quick rundown of several options, including examples and tutorials. Many work in other NLE's.


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What's on Sale Right Now

Zaxwerks 3D ProAnimator Sales
Details: Save 50% off new Licenses of ProAnimator and Upgrades (AE or Combo)
Date: October 1st - October 8 2014
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Boris Continuum Complete 3D Objects Unit Create, Extrude, Deform, and Animate
Details: 50% Off
Ends: October 10 2014
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NewTek LightWave 3D + Octane Render Special Bundle
Details: LightWave and OTOY OctaneRender for less than the cost of a new LightWave license! (Reg: $2,095 SALE: $1,195)
Ends: October 12 2014
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Chaos Group V-Ray Products
Details: Save on select products and bundles - V-Ray for Maya, Rendering Kit for 3ds Max, VFX Kit for 3ds Max
Ends: Limited Time Pricing
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Cycling ‘74 MAX Complete bundle of Max, MSP, Jitter and Gen
Details: Connect Anything- Make Your Own Music, Sound, Video, and Interactive Media Applications (Reg: $399.00 SALE: $319.00)
Ends: Limited Time Pricing
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Fluid Interactive FluidRay RT Real-time Renderer
Details: Great speed at a fraction of the price (Reg: $469 SALE: $349)
Ends: Limited Time Pricing
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Xfrog for Maya
Details: 50% Off Limited Time Offer (Reg: $399 SALE: $189.50)
Ends: Limited time Pricing
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What's New at Toolfarm

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Boris Continuum Complete 9 for FCPX and Motion

Offers more visual effects filters and transitions than any other plug-in for FCPX- New Precise Image Restoration, 3D improvements, 20+ Transitions, and more.

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Stupid Raisins Story Pop by FxFactory

Make your story pop quickly and easily with authentic looking, hand drawn, whiteboard sketches created with Story Pop.

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RE:Vision Effects RE:Match for Sony Vegas Pro

Automatic color matching for multiple shot and multi cam shoots. Supports many more features, settings and options than Sony Vegas' built-in Color Match.

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CinemaPlugins DEM Earth 2

Easily Generate dynamic Digital Elevation Models and geo-reference them in real-time to your world imagery. All you have to do is provide a Geographic coordinate.

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Dosch 3D: Car Details - SUV

A 3D-model with all critical parts and systems found in a sports utility vehicle. Ideal for depictions of driving-related processes, interior and safety functions, as well as a multitude of technical details.

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Topaz Labs Impression

Create authentic art masterpieces like a true painter would: by intelligently applying real brushstrokes to canvas. Make your photos more expressive by authentically turning them into art.


Product Updates

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Red Giant Releases Universe 1.2.1, Call for Beta Testers New presets, bug fixes and new Nvidia certified cards.

Red Giant Trapcode Particular 2.2.3 and Sound Keys 1.2.3 Bug fixes.

Noise Industries FxFactory 4.1.9 Better support for Yosemite and improved performance.

GenArts Sapphire 7.07 Improved Mavericks and Linux support and other bug fixes.

Chaos Group V-Ray 2.0 for SketchUp SP 2 New features and improvements.

Chaos Group V-Ray 2.0 for Rhino SP 1 New features and improvements.

The Foundry NUKE 8.0v6 New RedDragon support and various .r3d specific controls, bug fixes.

Motiva COLIMO v1.8 New features including full V-Ray v3 support and bug fixes.

Ableton Live v9.1.5 Improvements, feature updates and bug fixes.



Noteworthy News & Reviews

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New Tutorials

3D Rooms with Cineware / AE and Automatic Follow Through
Joe explains how to use Cineware to set up a scene in a 3D environment. In the second part, he focuses on animating the dog in the room with an expression.

Top 5 3D Camera Tips for Adobe After Effects
Sean Frangella gives us his top 5 tips to create better camera animation in After Effects CC.

Trapcode Mir Amplitude Mapping
Peder Norrby shows you how to use some of the new features that can be found the beta for Trapcode Mir 2.

Create Water Drops With Splash Ripples C4D
In this tutorial by Techtiptricks, you will learn how to make water drops with splash ripples using C4D. No additional 3rd party plugins required.

Avid Workflows for Digital Cinema Cameras
Avid offers up a free, highly detailed, white paper discussing Avid Media Composer workflows for a variety of digital cameras.

3D Compositing in eyeon Fusion
Learn how to composite live footage and CG with Fusion, featuring Autodesk Maya and SynthEyes Camera tracker.

FREEBIES

Apple Watch MAXON Cinema 4D 3D Model
Now you can have your own Bond-esque gadget with this Apple Watch 3D model freebie from the Pixel Lab!

Rigged Male 3D Model for C4D
Fully rigged male model for Maxon Cinema 4D by CG River - post at The Pixel Lab.

Deformed Edges - Autodesk 3ds Max Script
This free script deforms the edges of Editable Poly objects to give your model a more natural look with raw edges.

zBrush PolyPaint to Maya tool
Character Artist Janos Hunyadi created the zBrush PolyPaint Importer to help save time.

Motiva Exposure Control for Chaos Group V-Ray for 3ds Max
Improved exposure control for V-Ray with support for real life traditional camera films.


INSPIRATIONS

New Inspirational Works on our Blog!

Most Influential VFX Movies Co
mpilation - Here is a wonderful compilation, from the 1980’s onward, of some of the most influential visual effects movies of all time. Grab some popcorn and remember why you love going to the movies!


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