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Artbeats recruits top experts in the design industry to create these educational video tutorials for you. Whether you're a novice wanting step-by-step instruction, or a veteran just looking to expand your creative possibilities, Artbeats video tutorials will help you build your own masterpiece using stock footage. Be sure to check back often for new videos.

Hdr_toning

software: Premiere Pro

length: 19:33

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HDR Toning

by Eran Stern (www.sternfx.com)

Learn to mimic the high dynamic range toning effect in Premiere Pro. Using a few special techniques and blending mode, Eran will show how you can harness the effect of the Mercury Playback Engine on both nature landscape footage and portrait or people stock footage shots.

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Sporthd

software: Illustrator, Cinema 4D, After Effects

length: 19:22

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SportHD

by Eran Stern (www.sternfx.com)

Once again Eran Stern offers up terrific tips for integrating stock footage into your projects. In SportHD, you'll learn how to actually make the footage become the message, using the displacement map effect. After Effects and Cinema 4D project files are included to help you complete the look yourself.

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Rock_the_street

software: After Effects

length: 27:14

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Rock The Street

by Eran Stern (www.sternfx.com)

In this tutorial, Eran first takes you through the steps of distorting footage to match your source, in this case a city scene shot with a fisheye lens. Then follow along as Eran creates a title which appears to burst from an explosion, ending with the individuals letters burning out. With a few clips from Artbeats, your own music, and After Effects, you can make this cool sequence come to life.

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Compositing_stereo_3d_footage

software: After Effects

length: 02:29

Compositing Stereo 3D Footage

by Angie Taylor (www.angietaylor.co.uk)

In this video you'll learn how to correctly incorporate the left and right video footage created in S3D into your After Effects Stereoscopic 3D scene.

Find out more about buying this complete workshop here Stereoscopic 3D Motion Graphics Workshop

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Basic_concepts

software: After Effects

length: 03:36

Basic Concepts

by Angie Taylor (www.angietaylor.co.uk)

It's important to be aware of the basic concepts involved in depth perception before diving into the tools required to create stereo 3D. This video looks at how our eyes and brains interpret distance.

Find out more about buying this complete workshop here Stereoscopic 3D Motion Graphics Workshop

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Anything_you_want_part_2

software: After Effects, Mocha

length: 34:34

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Anything You Want (Part 2)

by Eran Stern (www.sternfx.com)

In this final installment of a two-part video series, learn how Eran uses AE's crash zoom effect and mocha's easy tracking capabilities to complete this unique and entertaining project.

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Anything_you_want_part_1

software: Photoshop, After Effects

length: 36:14

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Anything You Want (Part 1)

by Eran Stern (www.sternfx.com)

Follow Eran from concept to creation, as he shows you the steps of envisioning a witty and entertaining idea, drawing a storyboard, searching out the perfect footage, and designing a final piece. This first installment of a two-part series is packed with tips such as masking, creating shadows, and using After Effects CS5.5's new warp stabilizer effect.

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Text_particles

software: After Effects

length: 25:06

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Text Particles

by Eran Stern (www.sternfx.com)

In this new tutorial, Eran uses the text tool in After Effects, along with several text animators to create rings of particles, making for a magical transition for any footage you choose.

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Lower_thirds_in_half_the_time

software: After Effects

length: 31:55

Lower Thirds in Half the Time

by Steve Holmes of Energi Design (www.clickenergi.com)

To coincide with the release of the brand new Lower Thirds HD collection, Steve Holmes shows how you can create rich, layered and impactful lower third designs, using just three HD clips from Artbeats, and some time-saving masking, adjustment and animation techniques in After Effects. The finished result is truly stunning, looking like it took three times longer to design and create than it really does!

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Lights_shadows_action

software: After Effects

length: 31:07

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Lights, shadows, action!

by Steve Holmes of Energi Design (www.clickenergi.com)

Break the boundaries of 3D work in After Effects. Learn from award-winning designer Steve Holmes how to take your textured Photoshop images and layer them with Ribbit Films footage from the Artbeats FootageHub, along with Magic Bullet Looks plug-in from Red Giant Software to create the impression of true 3D space.

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