| Meet Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon)
Creative COW Web Writer, Contributing Editor
My name is Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) and I'm a multimedia, motion graphics and vfx artist from Poland. I've been in the business since 1997. During this time I've created tons and tons of graphics, software, flash applications, websites, videos and other things that involve creative thinking and approach.
In 2006, my friends and I started an advertising agency called Polygon Studio. We deal with 3D graphics, animation, web solutions, DTP, postproduction and compositing for film, commercials and video clips. If you need a professional assistance in any project involving creative thinking in any area of multimedia make sure to get in touch with us.
My tutorials are meant to help other artists find their way around most commonly used applications - that is Adobe After Effects, Adobe Audition (formerly Cool Edit Pro), Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premiere. I truly hope that my tutorials will be very useful to you, regardless if you're a professional, or if you're just starting your adventure with visual effects and motion graphics.
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Adobe After Effects
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Studying Shape Extruder
After publishing his ShapeExtruder, Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) got tons of emails asking for further explanation, so in this follow-up tutorial, Jerzy answers the most commonly asked questions.
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Adobe After Effects
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Particle Playground on Ice
In this After Effects video tutorial from Creative COW you will learn how to generate snow using particle playground and also how to make the snow stick to other layers in your composition.
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Adobe After Effects
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CE ColorCorrector
In this video tutorial from CreativeCOW.net you will learn how to change the look and feel of your footage easily with his new, useful Custom Effect for color correction.
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Adobe After Effects
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Particle Playground on Fire
In this video tutorial you will learn how to generate fire and smoke particles from live action footage without using any keyframes or expressions.
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Adobe After Effects
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CE Shape Extruder
In this video tutorial, Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) demonstrates how you can extrude any vector based layer to give it a real 3D look inside After Effects.
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Adobe After Effects
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CE Pixel Sampler
In this video tutorial from Creative COW you will learn how you can simplify the keying process, trigger expression events to control layers of your choice, and even do an automatic collision detection. The possibilities are endless.
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Adobe After Effects
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Volumetric Lights
In this short After Effects video tutorial from Creative COW you will learn how to create some cool volumetric lights without any plug-ins.
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Adobe After Effects
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CE Time Shuffle
In this video tutorial, Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) demonstrates time jittering effects using one of his presets. You may have seen this effect in movies like The Ring, The Cell, or Fight Club. You may still create this kind of effect simply by playing with the TimeRemap function, but its much easier using this preset.
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Adobe After Effects
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Simple Object Removal
In this After Effects video tutorial from CreativeCOW.net you will learn basic techniques for removing unwanted objects from your footage.
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Adobe After Effects
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Photoshoping in After Effects
This video tutorial from Creative COW is designed to help all you Photoshopers out there by preparing few presets that will enable you to work in After Effects the same way you work in Photoshop.
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Adobe After Effects
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Radio Detection and Ranging
In this video tutorial from CreativeCOW.net you will learn how to create a radar that really works! You will draw the radar, animate the target over it, and watch how the radar detects the object by itself, marks it on the grid and even makes a beeping sound.
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Adobe After Effects Expressions
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Building and Animating a CG Snake
In this video tutorial from CreativeCOW.net you will learn how to create a dynamic animation based on a chain rig. You will also learn how to animate one layer using keyframes, expressions, or both, and make other layers follow the leading layer. The rest of the tutorial is about texturing and making the final look.
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Adobe After Effects Expressions
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Using Expressions to Create a Volume Meter
In this video tutorial from CreativeCOW.net you will learn how a smart way of creating dynamic a sound reactive Volume Meter using Expressions in After Effects.
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