After Effects (808 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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Create a Scribble Text Effect in After Effects
August 23, 2016
Caleb Lancaster demonstrates a simple way to create a scribbly look with text masks, no 3rd party plugins required.