After Effects (739 Tutorials)
Why AE Might Be Better Than Photoshop for Tileable Textures
August 12, 2013
Tutorial Tuesday is upon us once again. Frederik Steinmetz at AE Tuts+ explains how to use AE to create tileable textures, using non-destructive Adjustment Layers and Curves to get the correct lighting.

Simulate a Basic Dilating Iris in Adobe After Effects
August 12, 2013
Post by Joshua Lester at AEtuts+: “This Quick Tip will show how to manipulate footage of an eye to create the illusion that the Iris or Pupil is dilating. Using the Bulge Effect and simple motion tracking, the final product is quick and demonstrates how to use these simple tools.”

Cinema 4D Cloth Unroll Effect
August 12, 2013
Post at Motion Squared: “In this short tutorial, we take a look at how to create a cloth unroll effect /animation using the cloth dynamics tag in Cinema 4D. Enjoy!”
mocha AE rotoscoping with Mary Poplin
August 6, 2013
In this live demo from Siggraph 2013, imagineer systems product specialist, Mary Poplin, shows you how to cut your roto time in half using mocha AE inside of Adobe After Effects. Simply go to animation>track in mocha AE and follow along with a shot of your choice at home.

Creating a Disco Party Animation with C4D and After Effects
August 6, 2013
“In this tutorial you’ll be creating a full motion graphics 3D animation for a disco party. You’ll start by creating some basic models and deforming them. We’ll dig quite deeply in shading to achieve some detailed and organic textures. Finally, we’ll animate all the elements in an attractive way and create a rotating camera to follow the whole scene. We’ll finish up in After Effects where we’ll add some sexiness to the animation.” – Daniel Lorenzo of cgtuts+

How to Set Up AE for Network Rendering on Multiple Machines
July 22, 2013
“In this tutorial we’ll discuss how to setup a network for multi-machine rendering in After Effects and how we can take advantage of watch folders to help automate the process.” – Post by James Whiffin of Aetuts+
Getting Started with After Effects CC and CINEWARE
July 16, 2013
Mathias Mohl from Mamoworld shows how to create and animate a logo in CINEWARE and finish it in After Effects CC.
Multicam Setup in Cinema 4D and Import Into AE CC
July 16, 2013
By Vic Garcia. Create a Chase Scene in C4D using Multiple Cameras, Stage Object and importing into After Effects CC using the Cineware plugin.

Creating a Custom Burn Map
July 10, 2013
This short tutorial shows how to create a custom Burn Map, using Photoshop, and Nattress Film Burn Through transition from Nattress Film Transitions for Final Cut Pro, Motion and After Effects.
Installing After Effects CC render engines with Adobe Creative Cloud
July 9, 2013
One of the changes in After Effects CC (12.0) regards when activation occurs, and this affects how you install render-only instances of the After Effects application, known as render engines. Todd Kopriva of Adobe goes into detail on the new process.
5 Handy Effects in Adobe After Effects You Should Know
July 3, 2013
As we continue with Tutorial Tuesday at Toolfarm, here are 5 Useful effects that every AE artist can pull from their arsenal time and time again!
Hollywood Movie Titles Series – The Great Gatsby
July 3, 2013
We’re going to be looking at the animation style of “The Great Gatsby”. We’ll make this title style using Cinema 4d for the modeling of the logo and After Effects for the final composite. The real core of this tutorial is how to get the logo from a 2d drawing to a complex 3d model. Once you know the secrets of how to get the logo with all its molding, the remaining design of the background come naturally.
Sparkler for Trapcode Particular with Motion Sketch Tutorial
July 3, 2013
Sticking with our July 4th Independence Day theme, check out this free preset from Greyscalegorilla’s Nick Campbell.
Tutorial: How to Get Better Control of Warp Stabilization
July 2, 2013
Jorrit Schulte of AETuts+ explains how to convert stabilization from the Warp Stabilizer to regular After Effects keyframes. His technique will work for the position, scale, rotation, and perspective methods. Learn how to manipulate the keyframe data to achieve better results.
Planar Tracking HUDs and 3D Camera Solving – mocha v3
June 30, 2013
An advanced tutorial covering mocha v3’s 3D camera solver and Adobe after Effects. Mary Poplin creates a HUD style graphic in 3D space.