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• After Effects Auto-Orient Expression

  We recently had a project using motion paths where we wanted to auto-orient an object (an arrowhead) as it moved along in the direction of the path. After Effects has a Layer/Transform/Auto-Orient… command that allows you to do this. However, when using expressions to drive the motion combined with floating keyframes we noticed that the [...]

• Compositing animated objects from 3dsMax in After Effects

  Getting object data from various 3d packages into After Effects for compositing has always been a little mystical, especially in 3dsMax. I never really have took the time to find a simple reliable method but found one today. The method is several years old (showing how important it was for me to figure this out) [...]

• AEPDX Meeting Wed, Feb. 10th @ Webtrends

  Monthly Portland After Effects group meeting at the Webtrends building on Wednesday, February 10th. I’ll be missing it because of a schedule conflict but if you’re in the area you should try and make it. Damon Wubben will speaking and deconstructing “strange hollywood” projects. Also a demo of  Transport plugins Camera Mapper & Falloff.

• Apple iPad: No Flash support

  With the Apple iPad finally unveiled the trend of deprecating Flash in favor of HTML5 continues. How will this affect the Flash community as a whole? That remains to be seen. In the meantime, I think it’s time to see exactly what HTML5 is capable of.

• Plugin Sale!

  Digieffects sale – 50% off sale on the Camera Mapper plugin for After Effects. Regular price is $79, sale price is $39. Good until Friday.