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Vanishing Points

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Now this one is cool. Yet another Learning Day and I was sitting on the couch scrolling through my phone, catching up on Facebook before I head into the study to pick a something from my learning list. I scroll past a Premium Beat post (Simulating Depth Using Vanishing Points in After Effects) I didn’t know what much of it meant to I kept scrolling, the only thing that made me scroll back was that it was Learning Day and it seemed a shame to not have a quick squiz.

I was a little bit blown away by how good the result was with such a small amount of effort, so I gave it a go (results above). When I showed my husband he was quite blown away and so even he watched the tutorial. I will definitely be hanging on to this technique for the future.

As always a smart, straight forward and very useful tutorial from Premium Beat, keep it up Canucks.

Watercolour Write on

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU0BSBF4CWk

So I was checking out the School of Motion’s 30 Days of After Effects tutorial challenge thinking should I try for it or am I just kidding myself. I have been very disciplined with maintaining Learning Day but this is quite a commitment. I figured I would take it one step at a time and start with the tutorial from day 1.

The Write On Effect Techniques covers a few different ways of achieving the write on effect in After Effects and a few tips and best practices along the way. This isn’t a short tutorial at just under an hour, but my gosh is it comprehensive.

These are a commitment to undertake but an endlessly valuable tutorial resource and certainly one I will be coming back to on various Learning Days or when the topic is relevant to an active or upcoming project.

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