Zoom In: Issue 7: Tutorials in After Effect 6.5, Combustion, Photoshop, Boris, Avid, Nailgun*

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Issue 7. Inside the Zoom In DVD – Issue 7: Introduction to the Zoom In Issue 7 DVD, Get an inside look of what’s in store on the latest issue of Zoom In – Issue 7; Combustion, Building a 3D Video Box in Combustion with Lee Roderick; After Effects 6.5 and Photoshop, Creating Animated Backgrounds in After Effects and Photoshop with Dean Velez; Boris and Avid, Using Boris Continuum Complete in Avid with Steve Bayes; Motion, Working with Particles in Apple’s Motion with Megan Cunningham. Nailgun*, with Michael Waldron and Erik Van Der Wilden

	Introduction to the Zoom In Issue 7 DVD Get an inside look of what's in store on the latest issue of Zoom In - Issue 7

After Effects 6.5
Animating 3D Stroke Effects in After Effects 6.5
with Zeth Willie

In this After Effects Tutorial, we welcome back instructor Zeth Willie who will show you how to quickly create an urban style background using Photoshop and animate it in After Effects. He will also demonstrate how to create the popular 3D stroke effect using Trapcode’s plug-in “3D Stroke”, as well as animating a signature and a mask shape for a funky upbeat look.

	Combustion Building a 3D Video Box in Combustion with Lee Roderick In this Zoom In tutorial Lee Roderick, a Discreet training specialist for Combustion will show you how to manipulate 2-dimensional layers in a 3-dimensional space and use a camera to create a seamless loop for a five sided, five room house of cards look.

	After Effects 6.5 and Photoshop Creating Animated Backgrounds in Photoshop and After Effects with Dean Velez In this tutorial Dean Velez, an award winning Animator will show you step by step how to create two abstract backgrounds in Photoshop and then import them into After Effects to animate them. He will then apply these backgrounds in one of his real-world projects.

	Boris and Avid Using Boris Contiunuum Complete in Avid with Steve Bayes This tutorial is an excerpt from the Boris Continuum Complete AVX training DVD, hosted by Steve Bayes, author of the “The Avid Handbook” which is currently in its 4th edition. Steve will introduce how to use Boris Continuum Complete AVX as well as utilizing its title effects from within Avid.

	Motion Working with Particles in Apple's Motion with Megan Cunningham Magnet Media’s very own Megan Cunningham demonstrates how to work with Particles in Apple’s Motion. In this tutorial, Megan will first go over what particles are and how they can be used. She’ll then show you how to customize one of the many pre-built particle systems in Motion.

	Nailgun* with Michael Waldron and Erik van der Wilden In this industry spotlight, Zoom In speaks with Erik van Der Wilden and Michael Waldron from Nailgun, a motion graphics company based in NYC. Erik and Michael discuss their approach for creating fresh looking projects and how they went about to create their widely lauded company reel.

TUTORIALS

Animating 3D Stroke Effects in After Effects

Creating the Background in Photoshop
Animating the Background in After Effects
Creating a 3D Stroke with Trapcode
Creating a 3D Stroke without Trapcode
Animating a Signature
Animating a Mask Shape

Building a 3D Video Box in Combustion

Preparing Layers in 2D
Building a Single Video Box
Building Multiple Video Boxes
Replacing the Footage
Setting Up the Camera

Animated Backgrounds in Photoshop and After Effects

Creating the Vertical Lines Background
1. Working in Photoshop
2. Animating in After Effects
3. Adding Effects to the Animation
Creating the Scratches Background