Render / Generate (250 Tutorials)
Cinema 4D: Generate Realistic Random Tiles with Blemish Pro
June 23, 2020
Joren from the Pixel Lab and Alessandro Boncio from Renderking have a collaboration tutorial on how to use Blemish Pro in Cinema 4D to generate realistic random tiles.
Daniel ‘Hashi’ Hashimoto | Maxon NAB 2020 Rewind
April 28, 2020
Daniel “Hashi” Hashimoto creates a quick and easy CGI character in his Maxon NAB 2020 Rewind. He composites a giant monster onto the Las Vegas Strip!
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.
Ephere Ornatrix for Maya: Hair for Games: Texturing and Shading
March 10, 2020
This tutorial explains one of a few methods to render hair textures for real-time hair rendering using Ornatrix for Maya. Plus, learn how to create a hair shader using V-Ray.
Make a SUPER REALISTIC Weather in After Effects Tutorial
February 18, 2020
Ignace Aleya walks you through how to create and composite natural-looking weather scenes in Adobe After Effects. Create snow and rain with these tutorials.
Sonic the Hedgehog Effects, Cheap Tricks with Hashi
February 13, 2020
In this tutorial, Hashi dives into the effects of the new Sonic the Hedgehog film, covering 3D, compositing, and color correction. Create cool looking VFX!
PaintX: Creating Animated Outline Glows with PaintX
February 11, 2020
Create a glowing animated outline with PaintX, using tracked paint elements in Final Cut Pro X. Download a free demo of CoreMelt PaintX today.
Rise of the Dark Side Star Wars-Inspired Tutorials | HitFilm
January 2, 2020
If you just can’t get enough Star Wars, FxHome created a trailer, Rise of the Dark Side. Learn how to make Star Wars-inspired visual effects in HitFilm.
Create an Ugly Sweater in After Effects #tutorialtuesday
December 17, 2019
Workbench shows you how to create an ugly sweater in After Effects. Indeed, it’s a very clever tutorial that is built procedurally using the built-in Mosaic plugin.
Red Giant Tutorial Roundup
December 10, 2019
Check out these great tutorials from Red Giant. Get started with Universe and VFX Reflections, learn “cheap tricks” for re-creating cool Frozen II and Game of Thrones effects and even learn how to create a Star Wars style Force push.
Creating the Star Wars Force Push with Red Giant & Trapcode Tools
September 6, 2019
Seth Worley creates Star Wars Force Push effect with VFX Supercomp, Optical Glow, Trapcode Particular, Universe Camera Shake, Magic Bullet Suite.
Creating Components in e-on PlantFactory, Tips & Tricks
August 27, 2019
Daniel Seebacher shows you how to use the create components for your own preset brushes to make tree trunks, leaves, branches, and more.
Black Veins Effect From Stranger Things (After Effects Tutorial)
August 13, 2019
Yannick and Jordy at Cinecom.net have a super fun copycat tutorial explaining how to make the black veins on Billy in Stranger Things. There’s a lot of tracking and null objects involved in this process. He uses the Advanced Lightning Effect to make the veins and masks them on. These are attached to the actor’s…
Recreating the Mind Flayer from Stranger Things
August 1, 2019
Seth Worley shows you how to recreate the scary Mind Flayer from Season 2 of Stranger Things. Below that, check out his previous tutorial for recreating the Upside Down. This is a super fun tutorial that uses Red Giant’s VFX Suite, Trapcode Tao, Magic Bullet Suite, and Universe Camera Shake. There are links to all…
In Depth: What in the Heck is Bokeh?
July 18, 2019
Bokeh is a type of defocus or lens blur where the blur takes on the shape of the lens diaphram. We explain how to pronounce the word, how it is created, and show lots of cool examples. Also, a few plug-ins to create a bokeh in post-production.