Particles (146 Tutorials)
Burning Question: Is it Possible to Make Atmospheric Effects in Cinema 4D?
August 21, 2018
Of course, it is! Whether you want to make clouds, fog, smoke, or other atmospheric effects, there are many elements to it…. particle effects, lighting, rendering, and more. Here are some tutorials to get you acquainted with some of the techniques.
New: Mettle Flux for After Effects and Premiere Pro, Updated Mettle Suite + Flux Tutorial
June 28, 2018
Mettle Flux has harnessed the beauty of fractals, made them 3D Volumetric, GPU accelerated, with Ray Marching and Force Fields. Watch the tutorial!
Trapcode Form 3 Training Series
June 19, 2018
Red Giant has released a free 12 tutorial series for Trapcode Form 3, taught by Chad Perkins. Here are the first 3 tutorials in the series.
Burning Question: How do I Create Glass in Cinema 4D?
June 12, 2018
Glass… One of the first paid projects I had in Cinema 4D was to create glass. Let’s say that I did things the hard way! Here are some tutorials so that you don’t make more work for yourself and tutorials to give you specialized looks with your glass.
Premiere Pro: Idustrial Revolution Volumetrix and Particlemetrix Tutorial
June 7, 2018
This tutorial shows how to get the volumetric rays, glows, glints and distorts with Volumetrix and also how to convert video into particles with ParticleMetrix. Both the filter and transition versions of the plugins are used.
Using Trapcode Particular with Master Properties in After Effects
May 29, 2018
Harry Frank that explains how to use Particular with After Effects new Master Properties feature, which allows you to easily create tons of variations from a single comp.
RealFlow | Maya: Installation Tutorial, Plus Next Limit Release Information
May 23, 2018
High-end Multi-physics Simulation Inside Autodesk Maya®. We’ve also included a RealFlow | Maya: Installation video if you want to try the demo.
Trapcode Particular 3 Training Series
April 3, 2018
Red Giant has a nice little 14-part series on Particular to get you up and running fast with your plug-ins. Learn all about emitters, physics, and everything else!
Remove a Person from a Scene with Mocha Pro
March 27, 2018
Learn how to remove a person from a scene using the Mocha Pro Remove Module. Plus this tutorial also shows you how to create a disintegrate/transporter beam effect à la Star Trek using VFX in Sapphire and Continuum. It even comes with the project file and footage.
Chroma keying, Masking, and More Using Vegas Pro and Continuum
March 26, 2018
Boris Continuum 11 came out recently and in this tutorial, Dan Harvey gives an overview of how the keying and masking tools work in Vegas Pro.
Medical Animations & Tutorials Roundup for Maya, Cinema 4D, After Effects
March 26, 2018
The human body is still such an enigma and there are so many technical, yet beautiful, 2D and 3D animations that help to visualize those microscopic mysteries. We had a question about some methods of creating cells and other microscopic elements. First, we have some gorgeous examples to inspire you, followed by a few tutorials for various host applications.
Cinema 4D: Animate Growing Foliage with X-Particles
March 13, 2018
Want to populate your scenes with animated growing vegetation? This step-by-step tutorial from Rob Redman shows you how, using X-Particles in Cinema 4d.
Procedural Growing Frost Cinema 4D & X-Particles + Creating a Realistic Ice Material in Arnold 5
December 26, 2017
Daniel Danielsson is a Freelance Director / Motion Designer who is based in Hertfordshire, which is north of London, England. I’m not sure how much snow and ice they get there, but Daniel has some fantastic Cinema 4D tutorials on creating frost and ice.
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.
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.