After Effects (832 Tutorials)
After Effects: Liquid Drip and Splash Simulation
June 6, 2017
Mike from MOBOX Graphics explains how to create a hand drawn water drip and splash effect in After Effects.
Video Copilot Electricity Tutorial for Adobe After Effects
May 10, 2017
Andrew Kramer shows you how to direct lighting movement, create dynamic reflections, and more, all completely inside Adobe After Effects.
After Effects: How To Connect Effects with Expressions in After Effects
May 9, 2017
Learn how to connect effects and effect parameters in After Effects by using expressions making it easy to simplify keyframes and workflow, in this tutorial from Sean Frangella.
After Effects: Hotkeys – Parts 1-3
May 2, 2017
Being able to work quickly is important in the world of mograph. Boost your speed in working with After Effects by learning these essential hotkeys, compiled by School of Motion.
Animated Counter Numbers in After Effects
March 28, 2017
Animating a counter was one of the first things I ever had to create in After Effects, and it wasn’t tough, but there are a few “gotchas”.
AE/C4D: Tips for Compositing Cinema 4D Renders into Footage
March 28, 2017
EJ from Eyedesyn gives some great tips on compositing your 3D work into After Effects.
Medical Animation Tutorial: Create Villi using Maya 2017 MASH Motion Graphics
March 27, 2017
In this tutorial, Emily McDougall shows you a quick and easy way to create animated villi using Maya 2017 and the MASH toolset.
This is suitable for people with a basic knowledge of Maya. Featured in Maya Monday: Maya for Motion Graphics and MASH.
Maya: Motion Graphics Workflow with MASH | MASH – The Time Node
March 27, 2017
“In this movie, Scott explains the MASH Time node. The Time node is a core component of a MASH network and gets created automatically when you create a MASH network. The Time node allows for animation looping and offsetting to create ordered or randomly influenced timing offsets for animated elements that are being distributed and replicated in the MASH network.” Featured in Maya Monday: Maya for Motion Graphics and MASH.
Maya 2017 – Low Polygon Modeling – Parts 1 & 2
March 27, 2017
This covers tutorial covers so much including loop and ring selections; shortcuts like the G key to repeat the last command; components like Bridge, Extrude, and Bevel; Extract; Outliner; and so much more. The second part of low polygon modeling. take the lighthouse from last week and learn to add additional detail with more tools and kit bashing. Featured in Maya Monday: Learning to Model in Maya.
Cut Smooth Holes Without Boolean in Maya Easy in Maya
March 27, 2017
In this video, 3DGameArt shows Maya users the method of cutting smooth holes in your mesh without boolean easily. Cutting holes is so important when modeling. Featured in the article, Maya Monday: 5 Modeling Tutorials for Beginners
Maya Monday: mental ray vs. Arnold for Maya + Other Renderers
March 20, 2017
In Maya 2017, Autodesk has replaced NVIDIA’s mental ray with Arnold for Maya software. mental ray is no longer being licensed by Autodesk. This is really only a problem if you’re opening older projects or want to follow an older tutorial that uses it.
Animating Cartoon Characters in Adobe Software
February 28, 2017
Tutorials on Animating Cartoon Characters with Adobe Software including After Effects, Adobe Character Animator, and Adobe Illustrator.
Sky Replacement in After Effects
February 21, 2017
I always love the content from Film Riot and here's a nice tutorial on Sky Replacement in AE. He stresses that Sky Replacement isn't a paint-by-numbers technique, and will vary with every shot.
Eclipse – Behind the scenes – Sky Replacement
February 21, 2017
This is some beautiful work for the film Eclipse. They replace a flat sky with a gorgeous eclipse. This is very similar to the technique I use in the tutorial above.
Bring out details in the sky with ease in After Effects
February 21, 2017
This was made for After Effects 6, but everything still applies to the current version. Replace your bland skies in After Effects.
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