Layers Magazine » tom green http://layersmagazine.com The How-to Magazine for Everything Adobe Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:55:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Bokeh Blur in After Effects CS5.5 http://layersmagazine.com/bokeh-blur-in-after-effects-cs5-5.html http://layersmagazine.com/bokeh-blur-in-after-effects-cs5-5.html#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:24:48 +0000 tom green http://layersmagazine.com/?p=15807 Tom Green shows off the new camera blur effect in After Efects CS5.5 as well as the ability to work with AEP files directly from the Flash compressor.

]]> http://layersmagazine.com/bokeh-blur-in-after-effects-cs5-5.html/feed 2 Completing the Animation in Adobe Edge http://layersmagazine.com/completing-the-animation-in-adobe-edge.html http://layersmagazine.com/completing-the-animation-in-adobe-edge.html#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:09:29 +0000 tom green http://layersmagazine.com/?p=15725 Tom Green wraps up his video series about Adobe Edge, a new web motion and design tool. In this tutorial series, Tom creates an animation based on the LayersMagazine.com logo. Click here to see the first 3 videos of this tutorial series.

Download a free trial of Adobe’s Edge software from AdobeLabs.com

Download the images to follow along with these tutorials by clicking here

Part 4

Part 5

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Download a free trial of Adobe’s Edge software from AdobeLabs.com

Download the images to follow along with these tutorials by clicking here

Part 1

Open Edge, import the background image and some of the animation elements from the folder provided.

Part 2

Get everything moving with keyframes, the mark, the playhead, and some easing.

Part 3

Continue creating the animation by keyframing location, opacity, rotation and easing.

]]> http://layersmagazine.com/animation-using-the-new-adobe-edge.html/feed 5 New Adobe Product: Edge http://layersmagazine.com/new-adobe-product-edge.html http://layersmagazine.com/new-adobe-product-edge.html#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:14:59 +0000 tom green http://layersmagazine.com/?p=15614 Adobe Edge is a new web motion and interaction design tool that allows designers to bring animated content to websites, using web standards like HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3. In this tutorial, Tom Green walks through the interface and basic functionality of the this new software. Stay tuned for more videos in this series as Tom creates a project using the new Adobe Edge.

Download a free trial of the software from AdobeLabs.com

]]> http://layersmagazine.com/new-adobe-product-edge.html/feed 5 Design a Scroll Bar with Illustrator and Flash Catalyst http://layersmagazine.com/design-a-scroll-bar-with-illustrator-and-flash-catalyst.html http://layersmagazine.com/design-a-scroll-bar-with-illustrator-and-flash-catalyst.html#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:22:01 +0000 tom green http://layersmagazine.com/?p=15411 After designing a grungy scroll bar in Illustrator, Tom Green takes the AI file into Flash Catalyst and creates a functioning vertical scroll bar.

]]> http://layersmagazine.com/design-a-scroll-bar-with-illustrator-and-flash-catalyst.html/feed 3 Flip Slide Animation Using Catalyst http://layersmagazine.com/flip-slide-animation-using-catalyst.html http://layersmagazine.com/flip-slide-animation-using-catalyst.html#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 18:14:41 +0000 tom green http://layersmagazine.com/?p=15298 Animations that might be complicated in Flash become easy in Catalyst.

]]> http://layersmagazine.com/flip-slide-animation-using-catalyst.html/feed 6 Rotobrush Tool in After Effects CS5 http://layersmagazine.com/rotobrush-tool-in-after-effects-cs5.html http://layersmagazine.com/rotobrush-tool-in-after-effects-cs5.html#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:23:03 +0000 tom green http://layersmagazine.com/?p=15198 The Rotobrush tool in After Effects CS5 automates the tedious task of selecting an object from each frame over the duration of a video clip. In this tutorial, Tom Green shows how easy it is to select the subject from one clip and drag it onto a new background.

]]> http://layersmagazine.com/rotobrush-tool-in-after-effects-cs5.html/feed 3 HTML5: Using Wallaby with Flash http://layersmagazine.com/html5-using-wallaby-with-flash.html http://layersmagazine.com/html5-using-wallaby-with-flash.html#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:19:00 +0000 tom green http://layersmagazine.com/?p=15161 At the very edge of Adobe CS5 technology is Wallaby, a new technology that converts Flash FLA files into HTML. This video covers the basics of Wallaby. To download and use this software, visit AdobeLabs.

]]> http://layersmagazine.com/html5-using-wallaby-with-flash.html/feed 9 Adobe Workflow Lab to Fireworks, Part 4 http://layersmagazine.com/adobe-workflow-lab-to-fireworks-part-4.html http://layersmagazine.com/adobe-workflow-lab-to-fireworks-part-4.html#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:38:51 +0000 tom green http://layersmagazine.com/?p=14066 This is the final video in this four-part series which begins with an in-flight entertainment device, and moves into the new Workflow Lab app from Adobe and eventually into Fireworks to create a Rich Media Application. Click here to download the files to follow along with this lesson.

]]> http://layersmagazine.com/adobe-workflow-lab-to-fireworks-part-4.html/feed 2 Adobe Workflow Lab to Fireworks, Part 3 http://layersmagazine.com/adobe-workflow-lab-to-fireworks-part-3.html http://layersmagazine.com/adobe-workflow-lab-to-fireworks-part-3.html#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:39:39 +0000 tom green http://layersmagazine.com/?p=14023 Follow along with this four-part series which begins with an in-flight entertainment device, and moves into the new Workflow Lab app from Adobe and eventually into Fireworks to create a Rich Media Application. Click here to download the files to follow along with this lesson.

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