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Basic ‘Predator’ style camouflage effect

Difficulty: Duration: 23 MinVersion: CS3Plugins: No

Jack Grundy had posted “The techniques covered in this tutorial are fairly simple yet if utilised effectively, can greatly increase the quality of your work. This effect has been seen countless times in different scenarios; heat distortion, holograms, bad tv reception and, of course, Predator to name just a few. Take the techniques that are discussed here and explore other possibilties of where it could be used.”

SSA Karaoke Animator: new After Effects script

This script imports karaoke subtitles from Substation Alpha files (.ssa/.ass) and creates new text layers with user designed text animation. In this new version you can also add a bouncing ball to your karaoke. See the pdf guide included with this download for instructions on how to create your own animation presets.

Crop nested compositions to fit the image contents

Paul Tuersley help us with this script you can crop nested compositions to fit the image contents. Useful in cases like Photoshop imports where precomps are created as document size. It makes precomp layers easier to work with as their bounding boxes fit the images, and can speed up rendering by reducing void areas.

Stabilize motion and center result without zoom

Difficulty: Duration: 21 MinVersion: CS4Plugins: Optional

Mathias Möhl has a new After Effects tutorial video (and project) on his Mamoworld website, Stabilize Motion Without the Need to Zoom, which reconstructs missing parts of the image from other frames.

LayerMarkers: split at markers or add markers

Other Paul Tuersley script “This script has two functions. It can split selected layers at their layer markers, or add markers at the cut points of any layers in a comp. This can help with comp navigation and more. Watch the demo video for details on how to use the script.”

ContactSheet: AE script for contact sheets, storyboards

Paul Tuersley had created this script to create contact sheets or storyboards out of selected frames from a precomp or footage layer. Watch the demo video for more details on how to use the script.

Setting Up After Effects CS 5 for Optimum Performance

A free video from Learn by Video about setting up After Effects CS5 for optimum performance. This video can help you to understand AE performance settings but as Todd Kopriva says “Because compositions and computer systems vary greatly, there is no one right answer to this question.”

Aligning Particular motion paths

Difficulty: Duration: 8 MinVersion: CS4Plugins: Yes

From aeportal.blogspot.com i found this great link, Red Giant posted QuickTip #25: Aligning Particular Motion Paths:Motion paths in Particular can be tricky. Harry Frank brings you this overview of how to set them up, and a foolproof way to align the spline in 3D space with a simple expression.

Expresions:
Particular Emitter Position XY:
pos = thisComp.layer(“Motion Path 1″).position.valueAtTime(0);[pos[0], pos[1]]
Particular Emitter Position Z:
thisComp.layer(“Motion Path 1″).position.valueAtTime(0)[2]

pt_FrameRestorer

With this AE script we can quickly restore damaged or missing frames. Use layer markers to specify which frames to restore, or get the script to search for color bars and restore any missing frames. Thanks to Paul Tuersley and aescripts.com!

Switch On This Casino Style Text Effect Tonight

Tibor Miklos had created a tutorial posted in ae.tutsplus.com where we can read: “we’re gonna show you how you can create a realistic, cool looking casino style text effect”, this is a Step by Step tutorial. We need Andrew Kramer plugin called Optical Flares to follow it. Good luck