Creative COW | Jim Arco | Activity https://creativecow.net/members/jimarco/activity/ Activity feed for Jim Arco. Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:01:53 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.5.10 en-US 30 hourly 2 d861a8cdc50f6e218d976a92d3177447 Jim Arco replied to the discussion How do I get this look? in the forum Adobe After Effects https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/how-do-i-get-this-look/#post-2443969 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 13:57:19 +0000 Reply to How do I get this look?

This looks like Inverse plus some added grain to me.

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]]> aca2739f1ac38acb38f24ba51d2762ff Jim Arco replied to the discussion Old Adobe CS4 and CS5 Production Premium worth keeping? in the forum Adobe After Effects https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/old-adobe-cs4-and-cs5-production-premium-worth-keeping/#post-2406967 Sat, 27 Mar 2021 12:33:36 +0000 Reply to Old Adobe CS4 and CS5 Production Premium worth keeping?

Disks don’t take up much space, so I keep my old install disks in a CD binder. Keep the activation numbers there, also.

As an example, I recently built a new PC and was surprised to learn that the only way to reinstall Abode Encore was using Adobe’s install disk. If I hadn’t kept the original disks, I would have been re-authoring several older…

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]]> 5efb95677ad4ca87c99fe693b658795c Jim Arco updated their profile https://creativecow.net/news-feed/p/346966/ Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:13:40 +0000 0 d2adc4d353376348179a898fc0bbeca1 Jim Arco changed their photo https://creativecow.net/news-feed/p/346965/ Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:13:26 +0000 0 e59d9028c64842d8624d2abaf34fdde5 Jim Arco replied to the discussion Tips On How To Replicate This Effect? in the forum Adobe After Effects https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/tips-on-how-to-replicate-this-effect/#post-2404810 Fri, 26 Feb 2021 12:25:57 +0000 Reply to Tips On How To Replicate This Effect?

My observation: the grid doesn’t move, and the colors and circles are animated on top of the grid.

So, I would start with a grid, animate a layer filled with random colors on top of it, then block out the round shapes with another (animated) layer on top of that.

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]]> fa534a7e193e703689cb55c19165cec9 Jim Arco replied to the discussion What kind of techniques are used in this Chanel video? in the forum Adobe After Effects https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/what-kind-of-techniques-are-used-in-this-chanel-video/#post-2402948 Fri, 05 Feb 2021 11:49:09 +0000 Reply to What kind of techniques are used in this Chanel video?

Most of the footage seems to be animation of still images in a creative manner. There are likely several techniques being used here that could be accomplished in any number of different types of software.

The line drawings can be made by manually tracing over the image or even using some sort of cartoon effect to generate the edges. Search for…

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]]> b80d3fb69639a69ab5c36aadda697ac2 Jim Arco replied to the discussion Adobe Max Release in the forum Adobe After Effects https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/adobe-max-release/#post-2337943 Thu, 22 Oct 2020 14:17:38 +0000 Reply to Adobe Max Release

Am I imagining that Premiere HAD a speech-to-text option several years ago? Seems like it went away about the same release that eliminated the direct-to-DVD capability inside Premiere.

Adobe discontinued transcription because most folks were very disappointed in the results. Hopefully this one is much better.


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