Effects (387 Tutorials)

Avid Media Composer 7

September 2, 2014

Get assistance, answers, and insights and start editing now—watch Avid’s 5-part tutorial series dedicated to the success of new users.

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Add Shine in NewBlueFX Titler Pro

August 19, 2014

In this 60 Second Studio, Rafael shows you how add dimension to your titles with shine.

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Adobe After Effects Titles: Dracula Untold

August 18, 2014

Here’s a tutorial for creating titles inspired by the “Dracula: Untold” movie trailer. Bats, smoke, lighting effects, all made completely with in After Effects with first party plugins.

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Polar Coordinate Space Tunnel with After Effects

August 12, 2014

Here is day 2 of the School of Motion’s 30 Days of Motion. This one was inspired by GMUNK’s sci-fi ORA Prophecy piece and shows you some of the powerful options of the often overlooked Polar Coordinates filter.

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Lightwave to Faceshift and back

July 25, 2014

3D Artist Fabio Annunziata shows how to animate a LightWave model in FaceShift and bring it back into LightWave!

In this tutorial, Fabio Annuiziata gives you a thorough explanation of how to:

set up a model with all the morph you need to be used in faceshift
import a custom model into faceshift
perform a face track
use this animation back in LightWave

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Shockwave by Video Copilot

July 25, 2014

Andrew Kramer uses 100% After Effects, no third-party plug-ins, to create this shockwave effect using Fractal Noise.

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Alien Planet

July 25, 2014

Ben Watts has a new tutorial up showing how to create an otherworldly rocky terrain in CINEMA 4D and After Effects. Ben says, “In this tutorial we'll build up a displaced surface using layered noise maps. After that we'll create a wet looking surface & water shader for the deep section. Finally we'll take care of some basic lighting & colour correction in After Effects.”

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In Depth: Skin Retouching and Digital Makeup, Part 1

July 25, 2014

Do you need to make some small fixes to the skin of your actor, like fixing a blemish or blotchiness? Here’s part 1 of a 2 part series on Skin Retouching and Digital Makeup to get you started!

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Creating A VFX Rainy Scene

July 25, 2014

Mustapha Fersaoui shows how to create a realistic rain scene with Photoshop and After Effects using a lot of plug-ins that ship with AE, plus some Optical Flares and Red Giant Mojo.

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Choosing the Correct Focal Length for Cinema 4D Cameras

July 25, 2014

When Nick Campbell posts a tutorial then you know it’s bound to be gold. Check this one out that discusses different focal lengths and their primary uses!

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Sci-Fi Weapon FX Tutorial from Video Copilot

July 25, 2014

Andrew Kramer of Video Copilot shows you how he made this cool sci-fi muzzle flash in with distortion in Adobe After Effects. The awesome shooting effects were created with the Video Copilot's Shockwave pack in After Effects. The high tech weapon sound effects are from the new MotionPulse sound package from Video Copilot.

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Boris RED & EDIUS 7 (v3)

July 25, 2014

Learn how to create a corner pin using Boris RED in Grass Valley Edius Pro.

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Motion Blur for X-Particles

June 23, 2014

Mike Batchelor shows a couple of ways to create motion blur using X-Particles default material and objects.

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MotionMonkey and Slice It Up Tutorial

June 10, 2014

In this tutorial Orrin Zucker will teach you how to create a cool effect with sliced up images by using MotionMonkey and Slice It Up in Adobe After Effects!

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Video Copilot Sci-Fi Weapon!

May 27, 2014

Andrew Kramer stars in his own video showing how he took a Nerf gun and converted it into a dangerous intergalactic weapon, then added effects in post.

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