Plug-in to After Effects

Michele Yamazaki on Digital Production Buzz Thurs May 23

Michele Yamazaki — Sun, 19 May 2013 16:50:52 +0000

Toolfarm’s Michele Yamazaki (that’s me!) will be talking about Rain generating plug-ins on the next episode of Digital Production Buzz.

Tune in at 6pm PST/9pm EST this Thursday for Larry Jordan’s podcast, Digital Production Buzz. Michele is going to talk about her latest article, In Depth: Rain Generators.

Save the Date: Michele Yamazaki on Digital Production BuZZ March 21, 2013

Michele Yamazaki — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:40:00 +0000

Michele Yamazaki of Toolfarm.com (that’s me!) will once again have the pleasure of being on the Digital Production BuZZ with Larry Jordan on March 21, 2013. I’ll be on at 6:20pm PST/9:20PM EST. Tune in for free. Put an alarm in your iCal!

They liked the tutorial I recently did on dewrinkling clothes with a skin smoothing tool and my recent training seminar for Boris FX (watch here!), so we’ll be discussing that and most likely NAB, too.

I’ve been on several shows in the past and there’s always a great roster of guests and it’s educational and entertaining. Edutainment.

Tutorial: Digitally Iron Clothing in After Effects with Boris Continuum Complete BCC SmoothTone

Michele Yamazaki — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:36:08 +0000

BCC SmoothTone filter is made for smoothing skin, but I have a great trick to smooth wrinkled clothing on your talent. Learn step-by-step how to digitally iron a wrinkled shirt while maintaining sharpness in other areas.

BCC SmoothTone is included with Boris Continuum Complete ($995) and the Boris Continuum Image Restoration Unit ($299).

Download a fully functional free trial here.

Also, check out my Free Live Training This Thurs: Image Restoration + Touch Up in AE with Michele Yamazaki.

Free Live Training: Image Restoration + Touch Up in Adobe After Effects w Michele Yamazaki

Michele Yamazaki — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 03:09:15 +0000

One lucky attendee will win a one year Adobe Creative Cloud Membership – a $600 value!

Attend this free live training event and discover project-saving methods of restoring and touching up images in Adobe After Effects. Presented by Michele Yamazaki, author of “Plug-in with After Effects: Third Party Plug-in Mastery”, this live training event will cover the following topics:

Saving shots with skin blemishes or substandard makeup
Removing moving foreground objects from shots
Noise and grain reduction
Repairing flicker, damaged pixels, or dust
Scaling SD to HD, HD to 2K, or even 2K to 4K while maintaining image integrity

About Michele Yamazaki

Michele Yamazaki is Pluginologist for Toolfarm, a value added reseller and distributor of visual effects software. She recently wrote Plug-in with After Effects: Third Party Plug-in Mastery, published by Focal Press. In 2009, she co-authored Greenscreen Made Easy: Keying and Compositing Techniques for Indie Filmmakers with Jeremy Hanke. Michele started at Postworks as a motion graphics artist in 1995 and worked there for a decade before joining Toolfarm. She also taught Adobe After Effects and Photoshop at Kendall College of Art & Design. In 2001 she launched AEFreemart.com and in 2002 co-founded the West Michigan Animation and Effects User Group. She is the former president of MCA-I Mid-Michigan and a former board member of West Michigan Film & Video Alliance. Michele has a BA in Communications from Grand Valley State University.

Digital Production BuZZ End of Year Family Show tonight!

Michele Yamazaki — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:52:08 +0000

Larry Jordan and his crew at Digital Production BuZZ have a big end of year show set up featuring the whole BuZZ Family, tonight, December 27th, 2012. The show will feature several guests from the year and will air from 6-7pm PST/9-10pm EST at digitalproductionbuzz.com. I will be on the show, talking about Toolfarm stuff and giving some end of year words.\. Listen in!

Let’s do some Q and A.

Michele Yamazaki — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 20:14:15 +0000

Give me an AE problem or plug-in issue and I will try and help you solve it. Go!

Bug & Fix: Noise Industries FxFactory 4.0 Conflict with Perian

Michele Yamazaki — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:02:21 +0000

Perian is a free, open-source QuickTime component that is no longer being developed. Noise Industries recommends removing Perian from your system. There is also a new build of FxFactory 4.0 (Build 3650) that users can update to.

Read more about this thread in the Moving to Adobe Premiere Pro group on Facebook.

FxFactory 4.0 just came out a few days ago. It's an amazing set of video plug-ins for the Mac that work in Final Cut, Motion, After Effects, and now Premiere Pro. They are solid, fast and really let users get creative with effects. Read more about FxFactory 4.0 here.

The Annual Toolfarm Top Ten Plug-in Awards Ends Thursday! – Take the Survey! More Prizes!

Michele Yamazaki — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:14:28 +0000

We are compiling a definitive Top 10 list from our customers who are Adobe After Effects, Maxon Cinema 4D, and Apple Final Cut Pro users. What are your favorite plug-ins? We’ve been expanding our CINEMA 4D product selection and are happy to now include CINEMA 4D Top Ten List.

Take the Toolfarm Top Ten Survey Now!

*Note* If you are experiencing any trouble with the survey, please make sure your browser is up to date.

Two random survey entries will be pulled and the winners will receive a G-DRIVE mobile 1TB hard drive!
Three runners-up will recieve a $50 Toolfarm Coupon good for anything in our store!
Five runners-up will recieve a copy of “Plug-in to After Effects: Third Party Plug-in Mastery” by Michele Yamazaki!

Survey closes on November 15th 2012. Good Luck!

Last year’s Top Ten Results – Top Ten of 2011 in Order:

Adobe After Effects Plug-ins:

1st: Trapcode Particular
2nd: Red Giant Magic Bullet Looks
3rd: Boris Continuum Complete
4th: Video Copilot Optical Flares
5th: GenArts Sapphire
6th: Red Giant Magic Bullet Colorista
7th: The Foundry Keylight (Included in AE)
8th: Trapcode Shine
9th: Imagineer Systems mocha
10th: Noise Industries FxFactory Pro

Final Cut Pro Plug-ins:

1st: Red Giant Magic Bullet Looks
2nd: Boris Continuum Complete
3rd: Noise Industries FxFactory Pro
4th: GenArts Sapphire
5th: Automatic Duck Pro Import/Export FCP (Note: Now Available for Free)
6th: Singular Software PluralEyes
7th: CoreMelt Complete
8th: CHV Plug-ins
9th: SmartSound Sonicfire Pro
10th: Zaxwerks ProAnimator

Replay of Me on Digital Production Buzz

Michele Yamazaki — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 21:58:44 +0000

If you missed Digital Production Buzz last Thursday, I talk about Video Copilot Element 3D, LookLabs SpeedLooks and SmartSound Quicktracks.

Here is the direct link to my segment from June 28, 2012.

Here is the full Digital Production Buzz program from June 28, 2012.

Thanks to Larry Jordan and the crew for having me on the show.

Tutorial: Color Isolation Effect with Magic Bullet Colorista II

Michele Yamazaki — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:25:09 +0000

In this new tutorial from Toolfarm, I explains couple of cool tricks that you can do with color in Red Giant Software Magic Bullet Colorista II, a robust tool made for color correcting footage.

If you don't have Magic Bullet Colorista II, you can download a free demo from our demos page.

And if you're wondering, someone asked how to do this effect on the Adobe After Effects Portal on Facebook. Is there an effect that you want to know how to create? Just ask us!