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Aurora Sky fly the skies with AE’s 3D camera

After Effects Aurora Sky allows you to create photo- You get two kinds of clouds: a fractal
Final Cut Pro realistic skies with control and options based flat layer, and cloud objects with
that are usually found only in 3D mass and substance. Shape a volumet-
MAC OS X/9 programs. Create suns, stars, volumetric ric cloud with a custom Bezier path. Or
WINDOWS light, haze, smoke…any sky effect you fly through fog that seems to envelope
can imagine. the camera as it passes through.

Aurora works in 3D space. Its built-in The plug-in also allows use of texture
camera will navigate through Auroraʼs and displacement maps to create wildly
world. Or, the plug-in can utilize After custom clouds, like applying a logo onto
Effectʼs new 3D camera, updating its the clouds. Use grayscale maps for ef-
environment seamlessly as you move fects such as words forming from cloudy
and turn. matter. Composite other 3D objects over
the skyscape.

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Psunami play in the water & below surface

After Effects Psumani is a photo-real, 3D water You can use texture maps to put images
Final Cut Pro simulation tool. The plug-in utilizes on the water surface, like a floating
the ʻRenderWorldʼ ray-tracing render logo or QuickTime movie. Or, simulate
MAC OS X/9 engine from Arete Image Software. Its a reflection of Aurora Sky. Displace-
WINDOWS algorithms displace a 3D mesh, which is ment maps can be used to create
then ray-traced to create beautiful water shapes in the water, ripples, whirlpools,
in a 3D environment. And its all done and many other effects.
within After Effects!
Psunamiʼs flexible surface geometry
You can animate the camera through also makes it a powerful tool for non-
the environment, including underwater. water situations. Use texture and dis-
Easily attach a camera to the wavesʼ placement maps to create desert sand,
surface for a realistic bobbing motion. snow, or even abstract elements.
Use depth of field rendering to incor-
porate additional layers into an ocean
comp.

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Text Anarchy new cool tools for text

After Effects Whether youʼre adding background Eight filters for animating text:
Final Cut Pro noise or flashing words to reinforce a
> Cool Text : letter-by-letter animation
concept, text is an important element
with special effects like blur and scale
MAC OS X/9 of your composition. Text is also tradi-
tionally one of the more difficult tasks > Text Spiral : set up different start and
WINDOWS
to animate. We aim to simplify that. end styles for text along a path
> Text Hacker : convert one string of
Announcing Text Anarchy 2.0, a set of
text into another
eight filters for titling and visual texture.
> TypeOn : simulate a device typing on
Based on our best-selling Elements of
screen, with cool details like cursors
Anarchy: Text package, Text Anarchy
dramatically expands the setʼs function- > Font Changer : load and cycle up to
ality and potential. five typefaces
> Text Matrix : particle system based
The original filters were created primar-
streams of text
ily for generating design elements. Five
> Text Grid : particle system based text
new filters look towards titling, or any
along a grid, with magnify options
work in which text characters will be in
the forefront and used as a main com- > Screen Text : a random twist to scroll-
ponent of the design. ing, typing text

Geomancy animate shapes and lines

After Effects Geomancy is a three plug-in set that Geomancy is flexible and dynamic for
creates and animates lines and shapes. creating patterns and textures. The
MAC OS X/9 While these design elements are easy filters give you a powerful way of creat-
WINDOWS to create, they can be quite tedious to ing visually interesting backgrounds
animate. By coupling a particle system without all the tedious work that these
to a grid system, Geomancy makes this elements typically involve.
task easier.
Three filters for animating shapes/lines:
The particle system generates either
> GridSquares : animate 25 preset
geometric shapes or lines. Parameters
shapes, like squares, stars, and Xʼs
include thickness, location, growth rate,
and constraints. Most parameters have > GridLines : straight grid based lines,
ʻrandomʼ options to vary their look. for effects like rapid worm-like lines
> HairLines : wavy rippled lines, for
An underlying grid system is used to
effects like flowing electricity or water
control how the particles look and
behave. Constrain them to the grid, or
break away for a more organic, yet
controlled, composition.

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Color Theory
Pro or Standard RYB concept for RGB designs

After Effects Color Theory is an award winning With Color Theory, build your palette
Final Cut Pro digital color wheel that intelligently finds using color formulas based on Bauhous
Photoshop harmonious color combinations. This en- studies. Or, pick a hue, find its comple-
ables you to quickly analyze hundreds ments, then vary the lightness and satu-
MAC OS X/9
of color schemes while working with ration until youʼve found your swatches.
existing artwork.
A Randomize Button lets you quickly
For centuries, artists have worked with preview new shades and tints. Fine-tune
red, yellow, blue (RYB) as their primary colors in the Edit Row. Save out bitmap
palette. A computer, however, uses a files to sample your colors from.
red, green, blue (RGB) color model to
define a pixel. Classic theory is discard- > CT Standard is the stand-alone app.
ed for digital design. Until now. > CT Pro includes plug-ins and advanced
functions like image loading.

Gradient! control you expect from a gradient tool

After Effects Gradien! is a 6-color, 16-bit plug-in that Each of the six colors has a set of
Final Cut Pro generates gradients and color effects. parameters that are individually broken
Design gradients quickly and intutively out. This allows you to control the gradi-
MAC OS X/9 without requiring other filters. ent with expressions, and to animate it
WINDOWS to events along the Timeline, like music
Gradient! offers features and control ex-
playing. Use the transfer modes and
pected from a gradient tool: Four gradi-
transparency control to create complex
ent types. Six color wells. Transparency
frames and mattes.
for all colors. Built-in transfer modes for
blending. Ability to repeat the gradient. Gradient! for the Mac is currently
bundled with Color Theory Pro.

Microcosm move at lossless 64-bit RGBA

After Effects The worldʼs first lossless 64-bit RGBA This codec is also perfect for archiving
Final Cut Pro QuickTime file format. Microcosm crush- footage. Save work to one QuickTime
Combustion es 64-bit or 32-bit files into a fraction of movie instead of thousands of individual
their uncompressed size without losing frames. Microcosm will save drive space
MAC OS X/9 any image quality. while maintaining perfect image quality,
WINDOWS averaging over 6:1 compression.
Microcosm is designed an intermediary
codec to go between applications. Cut a With Microcosm, your workflow can
matte in Commotion, composite in After stay in 64-bit RGBA space (trillions of
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Effects, add CG elements from any 3D colors + alpha) until final output.
comparisons with other
program. Microcosm optimizes your
codec performances
footage inbetween.

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3D Assistants
Pro or EZ 2d tools for 3d space

After Effects The 3D Assistants are keyframe tools We have two 3D Assistant packages
that arrange and manage your 3D to choose from.
MAC OS X/9 layers. They construct simple shapes or
> The Pro package has all full featured
WINDOWS complex arrangements by doing the
Assistants. We recommend Pro to any
intensive calculations and setting any
professional compositor or designer
keyframes you require.
who is using the 3D aspects of After
You can even mix Assistants to animate Effects on a regular basis, and in fact,
start and end shapes, like a square to a is trying to push those capabilities.
sphere. There are 10 Assistants, in two
> The EZ package has 6 Assistants with
catagories, creating a wide variety of
ʻliteʼ palettes. Their functions are lim-
complex 3D arrangements.
ited but powerful versions of the Pro.
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> Creator Assistants calculate primitive The EZ package is great for folks who
3D shapes. Create tubes, rings, half- are starting out with 3D layers, or are
pipes, tunnels, boxes, domes, even a interested in quickly creating simple
video walls. 3D structures.

> Distribution Assistants place selected EZ or Pro, the 3D Assistants let you to
layers throughout 3D space. Create arrange and position your 3D layers
structures like fans, corkscrews, stair- simply by changing a few parameters.
cases, and explosions. Best of all, you stay within After Effects,
courtesy of Total Training, Inc. which means no import issues or addi-
tional render time.
ReTimer
SD or HD the way to control time

After Effects ReTimer SD/HD allows you to speed up, Two versions of ReTimer give you what
Final Cut Pro slow down, or dynamically time-warp you need for your footage and budget.
Combustion any NTSC or PAL footage. This plug-in is
> ReTimer SD for Standard Definition.
a cost-effective solution thatʼs based on
the engine of REALVIZʼs award-winning > ReTimer HD for High Definition.
MAC OS X/9
software, ReTimer 2.5.
WINDOWS ReTimer will often solve your motion
How does ReTimer work for you? The needs just by applying it. But we give
plug-in calculates every pixel move in you plenty of tools to deal with any
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your footage. Each pixel is searched problem areas, like artifacting, that
footage of ReTimer
in the previous and next frame in order may occur. The RTMotion plug-in, for
speeding up at 6:1 and
to create new frames. The result of this instance, allows you to view and paint
slowing down at 3:1
computation is a unique motion flow on the displacement map that ReTimer
algorithm of vectors. ReTimer uses this is using. Or, create Bezier masks to help
flow to create new pixels, which form ReTimer distinguish foreground objects
the in-between image. from the background.

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