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Red Giant Debuts Tutorial on How to Create a Forcefield

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Thursday, April 2, 2020
Star types, Red Giant, Giant

Now out on YouTube, Aharon Rabinowitz showcases his process of developing this effect using tools from Red Giant Complete .

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  • Now out on YouTube, Aharon Rabinowitz showcases his process of developing this effect using tools from Red Giant Complete .
  • Working in After Effects, he pulls in plugins from Red Giant Complete to create particles emitting from his hands while adding various layers to enhance the effect.
  • Red Giant recently announced brand new purchasing options on Red Giant Complete, which is now available as a monthly subscription.
  • Members of the media are invited to review Red Giant Complete as well as any individual tools or product suites from Red Giant.

Recreate Hollywood's Spookiest Eye-Popping Looks with New Tutorial from Red Giant

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Thursday, October 10, 2019
Film production, Red Giant, Filmmaking, Video editing software, Film theory, Compositing software, Film, Magic bullet, Tracker, Motion

In this tutorial, Leo uses the following tools from Red Giant:

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  • In this tutorial, Leo uses the following tools from Red Giant:
    - VFX Spot Clone Tracker : Spot Clone Tracker is a tool for lightning-fast, simple object removal with a built-in tracker for moving footage.
  • - Magic Bullet Looks : Magic Bullet Looks is designed to give filmmakers powerful looks and color correction, with over 200 fully-customizable Look presets and over 40 tools to customize or build new Looks.
  • - Red Giant Universe : Red Giant's collection of GPU-accelerated video effects and transitions plugins for motion graphics artists and editors, Universe boasts over 80 tools supported across eight host-applications.
  • Members of the media are invited to review any individual tools or product suites from Red Giant.

Bring the Army of the Undead to Life On Screen with the Help of Red Giant Cheap Tricks

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Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Filmmaking, Film production, Film theory, Film, Special effects, Red Giant, Visual effects

As part of today's tutorial release, Red Giant will also be giving away free green screen footage and launching a contest to give folks a chance to win all tools from the Red Giant product family.

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  • As part of today's tutorial release, Red Giant will also be giving away free green screen footage and launching a contest to give folks a chance to win all tools from the Red Giant product family.
  • Red Giant is offering VFX artists 75 free green screen clips to use in their own VFX shots to get started.
  • Featuring professional stunt artists from the UK's Independent Drama, the shots can be downloaded now from Digital Pigeon, at http://bit.ly/RG-Warriors .
  • Here are the rules:
    Once all the entries are in, the Red Giant team will pick their favorite for the grand prize.

Red Giant Universe 3.1 Introduces Three Brand New Text and Motion Graphics Tools

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Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Filmmaking, Film production, Red Giant, Film, Motion graphics

PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Red Giant today released Universe 3.1, an update to their GPU-accelerated plugins for editors and motion graphics artists.

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  • PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Red Giant today released Universe 3.1, an update to their GPU-accelerated plugins for editors and motion graphics artists.
  • Red Giant Universe 3.1 introduces three new tools for animating motion graphics to the collection: Numbers, Array Gun, and Progresso.
  • The latest update brings the Red Giant Universe 3.1 collection to over 80 tools supported across eight host-applications.
  • Members of the media are invited to review Red Giant Universe 3.1 as well as any individual tools or product suites from Red Giant.

Replicate the Intentionally Bad Opening Sequence from "Better Call Saul" with New Tutorial from Red Giant

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Thursday, September 19, 2019
Filmmaking, Film production, Red Giant, Film theory, Film, Motion

"A couple years ago I became obsessed with the opening titles of Better Call Saul.

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  • "A couple years ago I became obsessed with the opening titles of Better Call Saul.
  • Red Giant Universe is Red Giant's collection of GPU-accelerated video effects and transitions plugins for motion graphics artists and editors, with 79 tools supported across eight host-applications.
  • Members of the media are invited to review any individual tools or product suites from Red Giant.
  • For more information or to request a product review kit or private press briefing with a Red Giant executive, please contact Nick Govoni at [email protected] .

Red Giant Releases New Star Wars VFX Tutorial with Seth Worley

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Thursday, September 5, 2019
Film production, Red Giant, Filmmaking, Compositing software, Seth Worley, Video editing software, Tutorial, Motion, Film theory, Film

PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Adding to their collection of how-to videos paying homage to the most popular film and TV shows of all time, Red Giant today released a new VFX tutorial, in which Seth Worley demonstrates how to recreate the Star Wars "Force Push."

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  • PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Adding to their collection of how-to videos paying homage to the most popular film and TV shows of all time, Red Giant today released a new VFX tutorial, in which Seth Worley demonstrates how to recreate the Star Wars "Force Push."
  • In this tutorial, Seth uses the following tools from Red Giant suites including VFX Suite, Trapcode Suite, Universe and Magic Bullet Suite:
    VFX Supercomp : Supercomp is a compositing environment that makes it easy to create complex, seamless composites.
  • Red Giant Universe : Red Giant's collection of GPU-accelerated video effects and transitions plugins for motion graphics artists and editors, Universe boasts over 80 tools supported across eight host-applications.
  • Don't forget to check out Seth's previous tutorial for Red Giant, how to recreate the Mind Flayer from Stranger Things Season Two .

Red Giant Releases Game of Thrones VFX Pt. 2: The Undead Horse

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Thursday, August 22, 2019
Creative works, Television programs, Television series, Film production, Red Giant, Game of Thrones

Watch now and stay tuned for more Cheap Tricks Game of Thrones VFX tutorials.

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  • Watch now and stay tuned for more Cheap Tricks Game of Thrones VFX tutorials.
  • Two weeks ago Hashi kicked off Red Giant's Game of Thrones VFX series by showing fans how to recreate Game of Thrones magic fire effects , and then some.
  • The VFX process is long and full of terrors - but Cheap Tricks is here to help you through it.
  • Red Giant is a software company made up of talented artists and technologists who collaborate to create unique tools for filmmakers, editors, VFX artists, and motion designers.

How to Create "Game of Thrones" Worthy Fire Effects with Red Giant

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Thursday, August 8, 2019
Filmmaking, Film theory, Film, Film production, Red Giant, Cinematic techniques, Motion graphics, Visual effects, Motion

Subscribe to the Red Giant YouTube channel now to see it all come together, as Hashi demonstrates how to recreate many of the effects seen on the show using the Red Giant VFX Suite and a ton of great tools and techniques.

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  • Subscribe to the Red Giant YouTube channel now to see it all come together, as Hashi demonstrates how to recreate many of the effects seen on the show using the Red Giant VFX Suite and a ton of great tools and techniques.
  • Trapcode Particular : Create organic 3D particle effects, complex motion graphics elements and more in After Effects.
  • Members of the media are invited to review any individual tools or product suites from Red Giant.
  • Red Giant is a software company made up of talented artists and technologists who collaborate to create unique tools for filmmakers, editors, VFX artists, and motion designers.

Red Giant Shows VFX Artists How to Recreate the "Stranger Things" Mind Flayer

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Thursday, August 1, 2019
American television series, Television series, Film production, Red Giant, Illithid, Television programs, Stranger Things, Seth Worley, Motion

PORTLAND, Ore., August 1, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Fans of the hit Netflix series "Stranger Things" can keep the show going while it's on hiatus thanks to the latest VFX tutorial from Red Giant: How to recreate the Mind Flayer .

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  • PORTLAND, Ore., August 1, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Fans of the hit Netflix series "Stranger Things" can keep the show going while it's on hiatus thanks to the latest VFX tutorial from Red Giant: How to recreate the Mind Flayer .
  • In this short, fun video, Seth Worley, the writer and director behind Red Giant Film hits including " Plot Device " and " Old/New ," shows visual effects artists and motion graphics designers how to recreate the monster-villain, the Mind Flayer , from the iconic final shot of Stranger Things season two.
  • Red Giant is a software company made up of talented artists and technologists who collaborate to create unique tools for filmmakers, editors, VFX artists, and motion designers.
  • From our experiences as artists and filmmakers, we aspire to not only provide tools for artists, but inspiration as well.

Red Giant Celebrates Summer with 40% Off

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Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Film production, Red Giant, Subscription business model, Entertainment industry, Service industries, Entertainment

VIDEO: The Red Giant Summer 2019 Sale is coming - 24h only!

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  • VIDEO: The Red Giant Summer 2019 Sale is coming - 24h only!
  • In addition to 40% off products in the Red Giant online store, every 24 hours for the next seven days leading up to the sale, Red Giant will be giving away its complete tool set comprised of VFX Suite, Trapcode Suite, Magic Bullet Suite, Shooter Suite and Universe.
  • Starting at 8am PDT (11am EDT) on July 30, 2019, visit redgiant.com and use the code found on the homepage to activate major savings on purchases made in the Red Giant online store.
  • *The discount on Universe subscriptions is for customers who have never purchased an annual subscription of Red Giant Universe.