Mark Shingleton has posted a handy After Effects expression for using one layer’s luminance to drive that of another.
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Learn how to bend 2D layers along paths using Cinema 4D and After Effects in this 3 part tutorial by EJ Hassenfratz (@eyedsyn).
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After Effects pioneer trainer Brian Maffitt (@bmaffitt) has created some stunning imagery by pointing a projector into a blizzard and recording the result. Not surprisingly the imagery is making waves online and reminds us all of how great it is to have Brian as part of our industry.

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One Response to this post
May 22, 2012 at 7:39 pm |
Hey John,
Thanks very much for reposting that. I cant take full credit for creating it – I’m fairly new to expressions and I cobbled this together with some pieces that I found on creative cow and a bit of a dig through some other websites – glad that some people have found it useful as it really did save me a bunch of time.
Cheers
Mark
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