After Effects (808 Tutorials)

Create a Liquid Metal Logo Animation with FreeForm Pro
November 25, 2014
Chris McFall explains how to create a liquid mercury logo animation right in After Effects using mettle’s FreeForm Pro plug-in. Chris also reveals a few clever uses with filters that ship with After Effects, and some of his finishing techniques.
After Effects Layer Control and a Free Repeater Preset
November 18, 2014
Download the free Repeater preset from Cinemaspice and then watch the tutorial from Mikey Borup explain the Expression Controller in After Effects.
Create a Mask Morph with Rowbyte Plexus
November 18, 2014
Gardner Raymond shows how to do a Mask Morph between different mask shapes and making it look cool with Plexus, inspired by a video by Yen Hung Lin (Jeff).
How Set-up a Wacom Tablet for AE or CINEMA 4D
November 17, 2014
Jeff Foster, aka Pixelpainter, explains setting up the Wacom Intuos tablet for the time consuming and often tedious job of rotoscoping in After Effects. If you are rotoscoping or painting in AE (or any program), I’d highly recommend using a Wacom. It will save your sanity! And, here’s an older tutorial from yours truly about setting up a Wacom tablet for CINEMA 4D.
Workflow between LightWave and After Effects #lightwave3d
November 17, 2014
If you work with both Adobe After Effects and Newtek LightWave, here are a few tutorials that may help with your workflow between the two programs.
Tiffen Dfx v4 – Using DFX in Video Applications
November 17, 2014
The focus is on the video and film plug-ins in Adobe After Effects (but the plug-in works in other video hosts as well). Lens distortion, color grades and blurs are covered, and a lot more.
Tiffen Dfx v4: Installation & Activation
November 17, 2014
Learn about installing Tiffen Dfx 4… the standalone, the video plug-ins and the photo plug-ins. The video also walks through activating the software.

Digieffects: Wave Displace from Damage #digieffects
November 6, 2014
Learn how to create a video transmission disruption effect using Wave Displace, one of the tools included in Damage.

Digieffects: Vanghouist from Tweak #digieffects
November 6, 2014
Learn how to create artistic, painted brush stroke effects using Vanghouist, one of the tools included in Tweak.

Digieffects: Stargate from Tweak #digieffects
November 6, 2014
Learn how to create a hyerdrive, warp speed, slit scan look using Stargate, one of the tools included in Tweak.

Digieffects: Specular Lighting from Aura #digieffects
November 6, 2014
Learn how to use Specular Lighting, one of the tools included in Aura, to create a plastic, shiny, or liquid look.

Digieffects: Skew from Damage #digieffects
November 3, 2014
Learn how to add visual noise or static to your footage to simulate a weak signal using Skew, one of the tools included in Damage.
Digieffects: Schematic Grids from Tweak #digieffects
November 3, 2014
Learn how easy it is to make a custom grid using Schematic Grid, one of the tools in Tweak.

Digieffects: Rainfall from Phenomena #digieffects
November 3, 2014
Learn how to make it rain using the particle system Rainfall, one of the tools in Phenomena.

Digieffects: Perspectron from Tweak #digieffects
November 3, 2014
Learn how to create an fun, warping, acid trip or funhouse mirror look using Perspectron, one of the tools included in Tweak.