FLORIDA FX - Digital & Visual FX Tutorials

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	NEW! Thinking In Layers- PART I - Part I of the laymans guide to understanding the concepts of Z-space, Alpha channels, compositing and other scary terms! FX SKILLS - Learn how to composite actor, shot on bluescreen, onto background plate for "Ledge Hanging" Effect.
	NEW! Thinking In Layers- PART II - Part II of the laymans guide to understanding the concepts of Z-space, Alpha channels, compositing and other scary terms! FX SKILLS - Learn how to composite actor, shot on bluescreen, onto background plate for "Ledge Hanging" Effect then add Saw Blade spinning in front & back of him.
	NEW! History I - Georges Melies - The grandfather of special effects - FX from the magicians point of view. FX SKILLS - Learn "Stop Motion", "Disappearance & Transformation", intro "Forced Perspective" trick shot., "Glass Tank Underwater" trick shot.

	NEW! Scenic Backdrops & Matte Paintings - From The Great Train Robbery to Never Never Land FX SKILLS - Learn "Still & Motion Scenic Backdrops", "In-Camera Mattes (Multiple Exposure)", "Glass Matte Paintings", "Rear Projection", History of "Bluescreen", Intro to how a "Digital Matte Painting" is created step-by-step.
	NEW! Stop-Frame & Stop-Motion - "Now you see it...Now you don't"! And the return of Gumby!. FX SKILLS - Learn the motion picture principles of "The Persistence of Vision & "Eisenstein's Law", "Disappearance & Transformation"FX, intro to "Animation" and "Rotoscoping".
	COMING SOON! Reverse-Mo, Slo-Mo & Fast-Mo - "Warp factor five Captain!"

	NEW! Atmospherics I - Fog - The many faces of fog. FX SKILLS - Learn "Fog & Atmospheric" FX - including "Water, Oil & Chemical Based Fogs", "CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) or Dry Ice Fog", "LN2 (Liquid Nitrogen) Fog", their properties, uses and FX.
	COMING SOON! Pyrotechnics - You just know I've been waiting for the chance to blow something up!
	COMING SOON! Water FX I - Dry for Wet - No Steven you don't need to take your shirt off there is no water... no really... there is no... I said... NO!... I sai.... Oh no... Ewww!

	COMING NEXT! Model Miniature & Forced Perspective - "Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum!"

	COMING NEXT! History II - Oscar G. Rejlander - The Two Ways of Life - "...I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber Danny... Didn't want to do it... felt I owed it to them..." - Judge Smails - Caddyshack
	COMING SOON! Thinking In Layers II - Compositing - Our friend, "The Matte!"

	NEW! Paint I - Cloning - ...The ethical ramifications and legalities. FX SKILLS - Learn "Cloning ", "Cloning" techniques for "Stitching a Panoramic Background Plate , "Digital Addition & Removal", "Creating a Clean Plate" for "2½D Digital Matte Painting" Tutorial.
	COMING SOON! Rotoscoping - ...And the evolution of the Light Saber!
	COMING SOON! Morphing - The science behind the Power Rangers.

	COMING NEXT! Modelling for 3D FX - "Less is more" - Robert Browning
	COMING NEXT! Atmospherics II - Fog - More of "The many faces of fog"
	COMING SOON! Thinking In Layers- PART III - Alpha Channels - "Teaching new dogs old tricks" (Using Alpha channels to do all kinds of amazing stuff the old-fashioned way!) FX SKILLS - Learn how to
	COMING SOON!" Realism I - Chaos - "...Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos! is restor'd..." - Alexander Pope

	NEW! Why 2½D? - The question should be, "Why anything else?!" FX SKILLS - Learn "2½D Digital Matte Creation " ( Flying a 3D object into a 2D scene), Intro to "3D Camera/Scene Matching","Camera Mapping (Front Projection Image Mapping)","3D Object Integration" .
	COMING NEXT! Rotation Matching - All righty kiddies... onto the slip-n-slide!... And you thought parenting was easy?

	NEW! CHECK OUT THE VIDEO! - TUTORIAL COMING SOON! Complex Combination FX - Part I - The "Monster" of all effects... Jonzilla! FX SKILLS - Learn Combination and integration of "Live Action", "Bluescreen", "Model Miniature", "3D CG Objects", "3D Camera/Scene/Lighting Matching", "Stand-in Geometry", adding "Pyrotechnic Gunfire & Explosion Elements", "Adding Environmentals/Reflections","Camera Reaction", "Sound FX" and more!
	COMING SOON! Complex Combination FX - Part II - Putting the "Bullet" into Bullet Time!

	COMING SOON! Planning, Planning, Planning - But..."It's a bad plan that can't be changed..." - Publilius Syrus
	COMING NEXT! FX Cues I - Lighting - "Go into the light!... All are welcome!...All are welcome!" - Poltergeist

	NEW! Bullet Time - Part I - "Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils." - Hector Berlioz FX SKILLS - Learn the details of how to create "Bullet Time" FX, pitfalls, modifications and other "Bullet Time" possibilities.
	COMING SOON! Bullet Time - Part II - Putting the "Bullet" into Bullet Time!