Effects (341 Tutorials)
Final Cut Pro X: Idustrial Revolution XEffects Rips Tutorial
June 7, 2018
In this tutorial we look at using XEffects Rips within Final Cut Pro X. The plugins are highly customisable with controls for rip direction, rip angle, rip depth, and edge type. We look at the onscreen controls for the rips and advanced control in the Inspector.
eyedesyn Pixelate It for After Effects
June 7, 2018
Learn how to use Pixelate It to quickly and easily pixelate your After Effects animations.
Ebberts + Zucker MonkeyBars Quick Start Tutorial
June 7, 2018
Learn how to use MonkeyBars to procedurally generate animated text boxes quickly.
Ebberts + Zucker EditMonkey Quick Start Tutorial
June 7, 2018
Learn how to use EditMonkey to create complex multi-layered edits in seconds.
DigitalProducts669: Freeze Frames Comic Pack Tutorial for FCP X
May 8, 2018
Learn how to use Comic Pack to create comic and cartoon style freeze frame transitions quickly and easily.
Cinema 4D Octane Tutorial: Dramatic Lighting Tip
May 1, 2018
Joren at The Pixel Lab has a C4D quick tip for creating dramatic, moody lighting using the Octane for C4D Daylight Tag, plus what to do when your HDRI doesn’t show up when using the tag.
Cheap Tricks – It’s Wrinklin’ Time (VFX tutorial)
April 30, 2018
Daniel Hashimoto (creator of Action Movie Kid) walks through how to re-create some of the VFX and motion graphics from “A Wrinkle In Time, with special guest Lyric Wilson, who played Young Meg in the film.
Red Giant Universe: Getting Started with Universe VHS
April 24, 2018
Harry Frank walks you through the new features and UI changes in Universe 2.2 VHS.
Mamoworld Squash & Stretch with Tutorial from Creative Dojo
March 26, 2018
VinhSon Nguyen has a tutorial that went up last month on the free Squash & Stretch extension for After Effects. Here are his tutorial and links to download. Plus, some information on how the concept of squash and stretch, a tenet of animation, will help you give your animations and characters personality.
Bao Layer Sculptor for After Effects
March 26, 2018
Draw a mask exactly where you need it and warp it with perfect precision. Plus, there’s a tutorial showing you how to use Layer Sculptor in After Effects.
Colorful Glitch FX! 100% AE! from Video Copilot
March 6, 2018
Andrew Kramer, from Video Copilot, teased us about this tutorial last week, and it’s finally here. In this new tutorial, he shows us how to create a stylistic glitch effect, inside after effects without any 3rd party plug-ins.
Burning Question: How Do I Make a Hologram Effect in After Effects?
January 30, 2018
Holograms have been a popular implement in science fiction films for years, from Princess Leia in Star Wars to Joi in Blade Runner 2049.
Tutorials: Stranger Things Titles and VFX – Recreating the Open, Upside Down Look
October 31, 2017
In honor of Halloween and the recent release of season 2 of the popular Netflix Series “Stranger Things,” we thought you might like another look at these tutorials. Learn how to recreate the 80’s-styled opening sequence in After Effects, and the “Upside Down” world Look – from Red Giant’s Seth Worley.
Yanobox Mosaic from Eran Stern
October 17, 2017
Trainer Eran Stern gives a great overview of a cool plug-in from Yanobox called Mosaic. It’s great for pixel texturing & ASCII effects with adaptive tiling.
Boris FX | Let’s Edit with Media Composer: Day for Night with Continuum & Sapphire
October 17, 2017
Editor Kevin P. McAuliffe shows Media Composer editors how to take day time footage and transform it into night using Continuum’s Color & Tone tools and sister product Sapphire’s Night Sky and Luna.