Particles (189 Tutorials)
Create a Realistic Water Fountain Simulation with thinkingParticles
February 25, 2021
Create a realistic multi-level water flow simulation of a Water Fountain with 3ds Max and thinkingParticles Subscription Drop 9 and newer.
cebas thinkingParticles Wall Destruction with Joe Gunn
February 25, 2021
Learn how to destroy a wall with a 3ds Max and cebas thinkingParticles Rigid Body simulation tutorial by Joe Gunn.
Create a Cinemagraph with After Effects & Particle Illusion
February 12, 2021
Create a cinemagraph by adding bubbles to a photo of a glass of bubbly using Particle Illusion + After Effects. Download Particle Illusion.
In Depth: Particle Plugins for After Effects within your Budget
February 4, 2021
Learn about creating particles in After Effects with plugins including Particle Illusion, Trapcode Particular, Rowbyte Plexus, and more!
Stardust: 3D Laser Scan Animation in After Effects
January 26, 2021
This tutorial from Noble Kreative is part of their Stardust Tutorial series. It will show you how to create a 3D Laser Scan animation in Adobe After Effects using Superluminal Stardust. The project files are also available, so you can easily follow along.
Christmas Tuts & Freebies Roundup: Tinsel, Santa Hat, Ugly Sweater
December 15, 2020
Create fun Christmas themed projects in Cinema 4D and After Effects. Freebies from Pixel Lab, CG Shortcuts, CG Terminal, Ratemyfuneral, more!
How To Turn Your Kids Into Super Heroes (After Effects Tutorial)
December 2, 2020
Ben Eshagpoor of beMotion.dESIGN shows you how to turn your kids into Super Heroes. He uses After Effects and Boris Sapphire in the tutorial.
Maxon 3D & Motion Design Show – November 18, 2020
November 18, 2020
The schedule for Wednesday, November 18, 2020, is jam-packed with goodness, including EJ Hassenfratz, Athanasios Pozantzis, and Paul Babb.
In Depth: Rain Generators
October 14, 2020
It has been cloudy here all day and is just starting to sprinkle here so I thought it might be a good time to update this article with some new information. Added June 13, 2016: Next Limit Realflow, Insydium X-Particles, a Boris tutorial, and more examples.
Bill & Ted 3 VFX-cellent tutorial
August 28, 2020
Hashi, The Action Movie Dad, “travels the circuits of time to show you how to create the visual effects of Bill & Ted Face the Music!”
Bifrost Visual Programming Masterclass for Autodesk Maya
July 27, 2020
Watch the Bifrost Visual Programming Masterclass from The Maya Learning Channel. Create a disintegration effect on production assets…
Introduction to Particle Illusion + Free Standalone Particle Illusion
July 7, 2020
John Dickinson shows how to create a slick mograph look using the new free Particle Illusion Standalone application, together with the plugin version.
Sugar Stacks: Working with the Granular Solver in RealFlow Cinema 4D
May 5, 2020
Simulation Theory’s Sugar Stacks tutorials explain how to use the Granular Solver in RealFlow, along with Cinema 4D and Redshift.
Bryan Coleman | Maxon NAB 2020 Rewind
April 28, 2020
Bryan Coleman in his Maxon NAB 2020 Rewind, shows Redshift Lighting, rendering, and displacement maps in Cinema 4D, creating bump maps, and more.
How to make a Self-Isolation Forcefield Effect
April 14, 2020
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a self-isolation forcefield in the real world right now? Aharon Rabinowitz of Red Giant shows you how to make a self-isolation forcefield in After Effects with Red Giant plugins.