After Effects (822 Tutorials)

Burning Question: How do I create a Walk Cycle?

November 16, 2015

If you’re animating some characters and need to make a natural looking walk cycle quickly and easily, do we have some great resources for you! Here is some reference, tutorials and scripts to make your next walk cycle animation a breeze.

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V-Ray 3.0 Render Elements & After Effects

November 16, 2015

Paul Hatton takes a look at V-Ray’s render elements and how to composite them into After Effects.

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After Effects Flapping Wings

November 16, 2015

This tutorial by Lee Daniels shows an easy way to create flapping insect wings using either the wiggle or loop out expressions and is good for beginners.

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Use iExpressions for an Automatic Walk Cycle in Ae

November 12, 2015

“The latest version of iExpressions for After Effects can automate walk cycles so you can just drag the character through the scene.” – Lester Banks

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Scrolling hacker text for FUI in After Effects

November 12, 2015

Mikey Borup shows us how to create a super fun effect that can be used for a FUI (fake user interface).

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Burning Question: How Can I Background Render in After Effects?

November 12, 2015

We were asked via Twitter: “Is there a plug-in in existence that allows me to render in AE (in the background) while I continue to work in AE?” Here is a great solution for Adobe Creative Cloud users. We also have a solution for those of you who only have After Effects or are working in an older version of the software.

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How do I get started making my own videos?

November 12, 2015

Question: I am very inspired by Andrew McMurry’s work in the Visual Effects/ Media Arts. I’d like to start making my own videos and bringing them to life. I was told by a Visual Effects distributor to ask you some questions on some recommended software, or apps that could point me in the right direction.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Automation in Pro Tools

November 12, 2015

Joe Albano on Ask.Audio has put together an informative primer on using Automation in Pro Tools.

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Video Copilot Twitch Plug-in

November 12, 2015

Learn how to add all sorts of TWITCHES, GLITCHES and other CHAOS effects to your video using Adobe After Effects and the Twitch plugin.

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AE: Mind Trip – Part 1 & 2

November 12, 2015

Follow along as Eran Stern enters the mind of a woman; creating both a tunnel vision effect and a dream like scene, that can be used separately or together, by applying a few After Effects tricks.

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U.F.Oh Yeah Film Short and The Making Of…

November 12, 2015

Film Riot has created a clever short film entitled U.F.Oh Yeah, Directed and written by Ryan Connolly and starring Josh Connolly, the film is about a U.F.O. enthusiast and conspiracy theorist who has an encounter with extraterrestrials that doesn’t go quite as one might expect. After the film, learn about how some of the effects were made. There are a whole series of videos here and they’re fantastic!!

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Time Manipulation in Adobe Premiere Pro… and with Twixtor

November 12, 2015

Want to manipulate time in Premiere Pro? Here are some tutorials to help get it right, with both the built-in time tools in Premiere and with the help of RE:Vision Effects Twixtor.

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The Northern Lights

November 12, 2015

Did you miss the mesmerizing dancing and streaking greens and purples in the northern sky last night? Not only will you get scientific background on the aurora borealis, but today I present some inspiring time-lapse of auroras and methods to make them yourself in Adobe After Effects!

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Make it Rain with Boris FX and mocha AE

November 12, 2015

In this simple After Effects tutorial, Imagineer System’s Mary Poplin shows you how to add realistic rain to a shot with plug-ins from Boris FX and mocha AE.

Mary uses the bundled mocha AE CC for planar tracking and masking and Boris Continuum Complete BCC Rain.

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Recreate the Sin City Look in After Effects

November 12, 2015

Paul Ezzy shows you how to mimic the film noir, graphic novel stylized of Robert Rodriguez’s “Sin City: Dame To Kill” with Boris Continuum Complete 9 in Adobe AE.

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