Ok, so you're wondering what the hell we are doing here.
Well, sometimes we just get ideas or figure stuff out, or people just
ask us, and we've got to share the knowledge.
So, without getting into some long winded dissertation about why, lets
just start a helpful list of tutorials. Quick sample links are provided
for your convenience.
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- tutorials generally applied to video related projects. |
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Gunfire
Blasts
Got that video project that's screaming for bigger, better gun
blasts. Here's a way to easily add that muzzle flare and flash you
so desperately need.
Sample
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Sample - Bullets over Breakfast |
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Easy
Smoky Overlay
Use Adobe Premier to create a simple smoky overlay. Applicable
to text (for credits maybe), or even logos or whatever else you
may have in mind. May be applicable to other NLEs. A Render Cloud
tutorial by Ryan Foss.
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Beam
Me Up
Use Adobe Premier to create a sci-fi teleportation effect. Teleport
you, your friends, or anything with ease. Should be applicable to
most NLEs. Don't let the cheese of the sample fool you, with a little
extra work and some decent images (or complimentary video), you
can achieve a cool looking teleportation.
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Fire Wave Transition Adobe Premier
Fire Wave Transition Adobe After Effects
- Coming Soon
Fancy transitions have potential to be lame, but there may be good
reason to use this one and this one is fun. Very similar to the
Electric Rings and Arcs tutorial below, but this one is specific
for video. A Render Cloud tutorial by Ryan Foss.
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| Image
- tutorials specific for image creation or manipulation. |
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Text Collection
Our collection of text and font style turorials for Adobe Photoshop. Effects such as fire, bubble gum, light rays, chrome, wind, ice, frost, radiation, gels and slime and more! |
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Landsat
7 Satellite Imagery for the Lay Person
Use NASA Satellite imagery to create true color satellite images. |
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QP
painted Logo
A quick way to make a simple painted logo like ours. |
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Add
Color to a Line Drawing Sketch
with Adobe Photoshop
Bill explains how he colors his line drawings with Photoshop using
Layer Modes, Layer Masks and Layer Sets. |
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The
Versatility of Photoshop's Render Clouds
Ryan explains some of the basics behind his "Render Cloud"
tutorials by first exploring Adobe Photoshop's Cloud and Difference
Cloud filters. This is the starter tutorial, explaining and outlining
methods that his other tutorials build upon. |
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Double-Do-It
and Crop-It
So you have a seamless image, but when you apply some filters,
the seamless-ness is destroyed. Here's an easy way to maintain your
seamless integrity. |
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Create Your Own World Textures
- Coming Soon
Follow these instructions to make your own planet textures for
3D applications. A Render Cloud tutorial by Ryan Foss. Sample
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Nebulous
Starscapes
Create your very own space opera backgrounds. Learn simple and
easy methods to create cloudy, nebulae rich starfields. A Render
Cloud tutorial by Ryan Foss. |
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Camouflage
Make your own camouflage. A Render Cloud tutorial by Ryan Foss. |
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Cool
Psychedelic Ribbons
This is just a cool way to make a neat image. A Render Cloud tutorial
by Ryan Foss. |
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Electric
Rings and Arcs
Some kind of cheesy quick electric ring effect. A Render Cloud
tutorial by Ryan Foss. |
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Smoke - Coming Soon
Some kind of cheesy quick smoke. A Render Cloud tutorial by Ryan
Foss. |
| Hardware -
tutorials for the independent filmmaker specifically. |
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Build
Your Own Shoulder Brace/Camera Gun Stock
On the cheap, here are instructions for building your own mini-DV
camera shoulder brace/camera gun with easily found materials at
your local hardware store. |
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Build Your Own Dimmer Box -
Coming Soon
How to build your own dimmer box for light control. |
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Build Your Own Steady Cam-
Coming Soon
How to build your own steady cam contraption. |
| Other -
we dabble, and this is some of the splatter. |
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Basic
Giant Pumpkin Growing Instructions
Instructions for people who want to grow 500lbs pumpkins with a
little work. |
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So
you want to Grow World Class Giant Pumpkins?
Detailed instructions for people who want to grow 500lbs (and
bigger) pumpkins. |
| In Process-
unfinished tutorials, use at your own risk |
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Double
Landat 7 resolution using the Panchromatic band 8
Description TBD. Tutorial is not finished. |
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