So Digieffects have had a few new products out this month, one which is quite a useful tool in working with still imagery and 3D space, and the other which can give you some nice looking old film effects, as if it were from the Super 8 era. Both of these plugins are quite useful in their own ways, and even better than that… we got some copies of them to give away to YOU! That’s right, check out my review on CameraMapper and Aged Film, leave a comment down below with your Twitter username, and you will be entered in to win a DigiEffects Bundle with the two plugins in today’s review!
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Everyone please join me in congratulating D-Sign for being VideoHive’s featured author!
D-Sign comes from Germany and has been with VideoHive since July 2009.
D-Sign, like our last featured author, has not been an author for a long period of time. But in the short few months he’s been with us, he’s made some big leaps towards maintaining a high-quality portfolio. Offering 3 projects at the moment, that are all broadcast worthy, this is one author you should be following! Expect to see a ton of great stuff from him down the line!
Here are a few stand out files. But be sure to check out D-Sign’s full portfolio!
Yes, you heard me correctly! Each month, we’re going to give away one free file on each marketplace (VideoHive, FlashDen, ThemeForest, AudioJungle, and GraphicRiver). Here on VideoHive we’re starting this program out with a bang! Please welcome this fantastic Project File video display titled Steel Shadows by Plamencvetanov!!
Author: Plamencvetanov
File: Steel Shadows
Description:
What we have here is a fast-paced Project File, perfect for displaying images/videos in a modern, yet easy to watch manner. This project has an appearance of brushed metal, matching the name Steel Shadows of course, and doesn’t fail to provide tons of video/image displays along with corresponding captions, and a perfect closing slide that can display text, images, and a logo if you do so choose.
Main features:
- High Definition composition
- Included video tutorials to quickly learn how to customize
- Plenty of placeholders for video or images
- Text captions for every image/video
- Smooth camera movements
Usage:
You are granted ONE free usage of the item in a project, either commercial or non-commercial. You may not use the file in multiple projects unless you purchase additional licenses in the usual way. You may not redistribute the item in any way. If you need a different license for this file, you may purchase it here.
A big thanks for the free file, Plamencvetanov! Here are some of Plamencvetanov’s other great files:
Don’t Forget the Other Marketplaces! More Free Files
So, obviously it’s hard to get your film picked up by a distributing firm, or if you haven’t entered it into any film festivals yet, most people don’t know who you are, or even what your film is about. Truth is, they get hundreds of submissions and approaches each day to distribute some kind of DVD, product or whatever. Well, what if I told you it was possible to distribute your films without the help of big business or large amounts of inventory and e-shopping carts… and little to no effort on your part? Well that time has come, my friend, and it’s gonna be good.
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Red Giant has another awesome plugin out called Magic Bullet Mojo! Developed by the ingenious Stu Maschwitz, the creator of the famed Magic Bullet line of products (Frames, Looks, Steady, etc…) Stu and his team have yet again developed an amazing extension for your favorite editing and vfx applications. The plugin works in After Effects, Motion, Final Cut Pro, Avid and Premiere systems, and provides an easy set of presets and control to replicate some of the looks that you see in hit blockbuster movies.
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A lot has happened within the last twenty four hours, and, understandably, there’s a lot to take in! If you have a few moments, why not view this screencast and learn about some of the new features in the marketplace redesign that we’re all really excited about? When finished viewing, don’t forget to leave a comment, via the forums, and let us know your thoughts!
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Everyone please join me in congratulating Xandros for being VideoHive’s featured author!
Xandros comes from Serbia and has been with VideoHive since July 2009.
Xandros, has only been with VideoHive for a few months, but he already has quite an impressive portfolio. Specializing in Stock Footage, Xandros has been pumping out tons of files one would expect to see in a commercial on TV, or in a film on the big screen. Equipped with a Red One, and some other fantastic equipment, his portfolio is filled with larger than life shots, and some brilliant high frame rate shots making for perfect super slow motion footage! This is one author you SHOULD be following!
Here are a few stand out files. But be sure to check out Xandros’ full portfolio!
In the last three years our Envato Marketplaces (FlashDen, ThemeForest, GraphicRiver, AudioJungle and VideoHive) have grown like gangbusters, with big communities, huge libraries of files and lots of activity. So when we set out to redesign them earlier this year everyone on the team knew it was going to be big. What we didn’t realise was HOW big it would eventually get! Today it gives me great pleasure to show you …
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Sometimes it happens. You are thrown a project and you got weeks to finish it, but you just cannot seem to muster the ambition to make something awesome. Maybe you’re having a bad day, maybe you’re mind is elsewhere, or maybe Heroes is on that night. Whatever the reason may be, you need to find a way around that wall. There are some things that I do to get the creative juices flowing, to get my brain thinking the way it needs to, so hopefully they can help you out when you get into that funk.
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So the Halloween season is upon us, and the superstores have opened their doors. This is perhaps my favorite holiday of the year, because I love gore, scariness, and of course candy, but it is also the time that I stock up on the prosthetics and fog juice that I use for my random movies throughout the year ahead. It is the one time of the year that makes it a breeze for horror and action movie film making aficionados to get the stuff they need to make some cool on set special effects.
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