After Effects (822 Tutorials)
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.
Digital Anarchy Samurai & Beauty Box: Sharpen Eyes and Smooth Skin
February 14, 2017
In this tutorial we use Samurai Sharpen and Beauty Box together to both sharpen and smooth video footage. Often with beauty work you want to sharpen areas like eyes and hair but smooth out skin areas which can show too much detail with HD and 4K. Here we show you how to deal with both problems!
After Effects: Word Morph
February 8, 2017
Joshua Noel of SonduckFilm explains how to create a word morph transition in Adobe After Effects.
Luca Visual FX Light Leaks Tutorial
January 31, 2017
Learn how ease it is to add custom light leaks to your footage using Light Leaks from Luca Visual. Works in FCPX, Motion and After Effects.
ShapeMonkey for After Effects – Getting Started
January 24, 2017
Don't fret over tedious tasks in After Effects – Let the Monkey do it! The new ShapeMonkey will assist you in the creation of complex shape animations in After Effects – Here's How.
Luca Visual FX HUD Elements 4K Tutorial – make a HUD interface from scratch
January 24, 2017
You can make a HUD interface from scratch in less than 30 minutes using HUD Elements 4K from Luca Visual FX. Learn how in this tutorial.
Cinema 4D to After Effects: Working with Nulls
January 17, 2017
If you ever have a problem with nulls misbehaving when you bring a project form C4D into AE, Joren at The Pixel Lab has a workaround that might help.
Tutorial: After Effects: Realistic Rain Drop FX – Video Copilot
January 12, 2017
Learn how to create a procedural water effect with refraction in AE, without using any 3rd Party Plug-ins with this tutorial from Andrew Kramer.
After Effects: Create Cel Shaded 3D Objects Using the Cinema 4D Renderer
January 10, 2017
EJ Hassenfranz from Eyedesyn teaches us about the brand new Cinema 4D renderer included in After Effects CC 2017 & how to create a cel shaded 3D object.
Free Training: Boris FX Continuum Complete Fundamentals – Over 2 Hours of Free Training
January 6, 2017
Get over 2 hours of free Boris Continuum Complete training with BCC Fundamentals. Learn the basics of BCC from titling to transitions, advanced keying to mocha tracking data and more.
After Effects: Freezing Ice Transition Tutorial
January 3, 2017
Voxyde shows you how to create a freezing over / icy transition in After Effects, without the need for 3rd party plug-ins.
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