After Effects (793 Tutorials)

After Effects: 16 Expressions You Should Know

November 8, 2016

Sergei Prokhnevskiy, of Ukramedia, has created a list of 16 expressions he feels all After Effects users should know. He explains which ones and why, in this tutorial.

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Case Study: The Cleansing Hour Main Title Design – Sapphire for Motion Graphics Designers

November 2, 2016

John Dickinson from Motionworks has a walk-through tutorial breaking down how he made the main titles for the short horror film “The Cleansing Hour.”

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360/VR Round-up with Mettle, Mocha, and Adobe

November 1, 2016

After seeing all of the VR at NAB in April, VR is still hot! Here are a few tutorials and resources for working in VR in Premiere Pro, After Effects, and other hosts.

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Tutorial: Halloween Themed Tutorial Round Up

October 25, 2016

Demons are rising, ghosts are haunting and blood is flowing with these Halloween themed tutorials that we have collected to help take the horror out of making frightening creations. Updated: October 25, 2016.

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American Horror Story Virgin Mary

October 25, 2016

Learn how to make a scene similar to the creepy Virgin Mary scene from American Horror Story in which the statue changes expressions.

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Cinema 4D and After Effects: Advanced Compositing Tips

October 18, 2016

Joren from the Pixel Lab has a couple of quick tips to help you set up your C4D scenes so you can get a more realistic composite in AE.

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Michele Learns Cinema 4D: Episode 6: Toolfarm’s NAB Survival Video Open

October 12, 2016

If you’ve had a chance to check out our NAB Survival Video, you should! It’s lots of fun. I dove back into Cinema 4D to create the open animation. Here’s how I did it.

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Michele Learns Cinema 4D: Episode 3: After Effects & Cinema 4D Integration

October 12, 2016

Michele Yamazaki of Toolfarm continues her journey learning Maxon Cinema 4D, this time focusing on the plug-ins for After Effects that connect the two programs. She also talks about more resources for getting started with Cinema 4D, downloading models at TurboSquid and the Content Browser within Cinema 4D, which can help new users get going.

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Create Ghostbusters Style Visual Effects

October 11, 2016

Director Seth Worley takes you behind the scenes and shows you how he created the visual effects in “Busted,” his Red Giant Film Team Experiment. Watch “Busted” here and follow the link to the tutorial.

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Tutorial: Creating Ghosts Using Practical and Visual Effects

October 4, 2016

Ryan Connolly from Film Riot shows you how to create classic horror style ghosts, combining practical and visual effects with Premiere and After Effects.

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After Effects – How to Effectively Remove Video Noise and Film Grain

October 4, 2016

Learn how to use After Effects to effectively remove video noise and film grain without the need for 3rd party plugins.

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After Effects: Supernatural Demon Eyes

October 4, 2016

Ever wanted to create the full black demon eyes effect from the TV series ‘Supernatural’? Austin Newell takes you through the process in AE, step by step, to create this creepy yet cool effect. Just in time for your spooky Halloween videos.

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12 steps to make After Effects faster

September 13, 2016

Mark Christiansen from Frame.io has create a list of the 12 essential steps you can take to optimize your system and workflow to make AE speedier.

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X-Wing Hologram using Cinema 4D and After Effects

August 31, 2016

Dennis Wei explains some of the techniques he used to create an X-Wing Hologram animation using Cinema 4D and After Effects, using the awesome free X-Wing model from videocopilot.net.

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