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Lloyd’s new script: Immigration

4.08.2009

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Immigration
Along with the new aescripts.com discussed here, Lloyd also took time to release his new Immigration script, which will help you importing file sequences.

I’ve had the change to beta test the script prior to it’s release, and let me get this straight. If you’re working with file sequences, you gonna have to buy this script. Yes, you read me right, buy. Immigration is the first script to be released as shareware, reminding us the good old days back in the 90’s.

Now you are asking yourself two questions: how much does it cost, and what the hell does it gives me for my 20 bucks ? First of all, you can grab it at 10$ for a limited time only , and for that price you get access to really neat features:

First of all, all file sequences appears as a single file. You can recursively scan subfolder and import the sequences inside AE with the herited folder structure. Of course if you need to update your sequence-v1 by sequence-v2 or replace your sequences by others having the same folder hierarchy and about the names, you can with the replace button. Those of you working with 3D pass renders for compositing in AE knows what i mean. Go check the tutorial for even more cool features, and you’ll be more than happy to get such a wonderfull script for only 10/20$

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Today i’m proud to finaly say that sParticular v1 is done and released. It has been ready for a few days now, but I was waiting for the new aescripts.com version that Lloyd was preparing behind curtains.

The new aescript.com will be an online ressource for scripts, but not only from Lloyd anymore. He has opened his website to script developers, and I’m sure it will become an even more important place for scripts addicts.

So be sure to check aescripts.com/sparticular and sParticular homeland. Hope you’ll enjoy it !

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Ever wondered who hides behind Zorro’s mask ? Well i can now tell you: it’s Lloyd Alvarez. Only him could create 2 scripts in a row to help lost AE users. Oh yes !

His new script allows you to add a parented null to each of the selected layers, and you can even customize the name. If you need parented nulls, go check it.

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Time-reverse Following a request expressed on the AE mailing list, Lloyd, creator of aescripts.com, developed a quick script that time-reverse keyframes.
You may wonder why you would need a script to execute a standard feature of AE. Well think about this: that feature doesn’t have a shortcut, and you can assign a shortcut to a script. Imagine now that you need to do a lot of time-reversing and there you have it.

If you don’t know how to assign a shortcut to a script, be sure to check my Top 10 scripts post, where I explain how do it.

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Quickie: 2 After Effects surveys

10.07.2009

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Todd Kopriva, After Effects documentation lead, just have posted 2 surveys about your AE workflows:

The first one about Text Animation
The second one about Rotoscoping

By filling them, you will help Adobe better understand how you work, and it will help them improving AE.

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Just check it out here !

The best Particule plugin just got better. Also be sure to check my friend Maltaannon’s tutorial on Particular v2.

The plugin cost 399$ and 99$ for upgrade.

For thoses of you who are beta testing my sParticular script, the latest version is already fully compatible with Particular 2, so fear not to use it on the brand new version.

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My good friend Maltaannon just released a quick tutorial on how to smooth things when recreating a CS4 project inside CS3. Go check it here right now.

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As promised, i’m gonna give more and more free stuff around here, timelapse videos, textures, scripts, and so on. That’s why you’ll notice a new link on the top left corner: Scripts & Stock footage.

On this page, that i’ll update regularly, you’ll find everystuff i give for free. Today, it includes 3 new timelapse videos, available in crystal clear h264 in HD and 4K, and in glorious PNG sequence in 4K. All for free.

So be sure to have a look and tell me what you think. And by the way, my script sParticular is nearly finished, and might be released before the end of the month. Stay tuned.

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Free 4K Timelapse Cloud video

30.06.2009

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Today has been quite a beautiful day, and I took the opportunity to try to shoot some timelaps videos, and, as you guessed it, I tried shooting clouds. How lame and unoriginal is this ? Nontheless, it was quite easy to setup and after a few trials and errors, I was able to shoot my very first timelapse video.

The cool thing is i’m going to share it with you (in 2 flavors: 4K, or full HD, you can check the framing difference in the videos above), so if you find it usefull, you can use it inside your projects. But before clicking on the download link, i’d like to adress some mendatory legal stuff:

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Action Essential 2 Andrew kramer, and the team @ Video Copilot just put online a redesign of the website, along with the product page for Action Essential 2.

You can preorder it right now, it will be shipping starting July 3.

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To create animation, you can also "sketch" a motion path.

With the Motion Sketch panel open, select a layer in the Composition or Timeline panel.

Click Start Capture and sketch a motion path in the Composition panel.
As you draw the motion path, After Effects generates position keyframes, recording the speed at which you move.

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