Render / Generate (249 Tutorials)

Create a Valentine’s Day Themed Animation in Cinema 4D & After Effects
February 14, 2013
Post by Stefan Surmabojov at CGtuts+ : “In this tutorial we are going to create a Valentine’s Day themed animation in Cinema 4D and After Effects…. Use particles and forces in Cinema 4D, as well as MoDynamics and Effectors to put everything together to create our final animation. Finally we’ll add materials, light and render the scene before finishing it up in After Effects with some compositing and post effects.”

Snow Mountain Titles with Element 3D and Cinema 4D
February 13, 2013
By VinhSon Nguyen at Creative Dojo. “In this in-depth tutorial, we’re going to explore how to quickly create a motion graphics style mountain titles using primarily After Effects and some Cinema 4D. We’re going to cover all sorts of things, from creating a basic landscape, to creating camera rigs and incorporating 3D elements within our scene. This is one of the longer tutorials I’ve done which was a rough run through, so I hope you’ll take your time and tweak it to perfection!”

Tempo: Up in Flames – Realistic & Slow-Motion Fire Effects
December 18, 2012
In this episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz walks you through the workflow used to create realistic fire for the film Tempo. He’ll be using a combination of real fire footage, Trapcode Particular, and some 3rd Party plug-ins from RE:Vision Effects.
Using Advanced fractures with Pulldownit in MAYA
November 26, 2012
Showing how to control the way an object fractures with pulldownit plugin in MAYA.
Create Cool Lighting Effects in Avid with BCC Lens Flare 3D
November 21, 2012
Using Boris Continuum Complete’s powerful Lens Flare 3D filter, Kevin P. McAuliffe shows you how to set up lighting effects in your favorite Avid video editing system. First, Kevin demonstrates how to create multiple lights that blink automatically. Then, he combines BCC Extruded Text with BCC Lens Flare 3D to create a starting title sequence.
Create Complex Particle Effects in Avid- BCC AVX
October 10, 2012
Kevin P. McAuliffe harnesses the power of Boris Continuum Complete v8 AVX's Particle Emitter 3D filter to create engaging particle effects directly from within Media Composer, giving his Avid titles a “particle overhaul”.

Simulating A Campfire With 3D Studio Max, Thinking Particles & FumeFX
August 7, 2012
Madhan at CGTuts+ shows you how to create a campfire with 3ds Max,Thinking Particles,FumeFX, and Adobe After Effects. Who brought the marshmallows?
Video Copilot Element 3D Particle Replicator
July 23, 2012
Video Copilot has a new tutorial out about how to use the replicator options in Element 3D.

Creating Realistic Dust Hits with Trapcode Particular
July 5, 2012
Post at Red Giant TV: “In this tutorial, John Einselen shows you how to create realistic dust hits with Trapcode Particular. He also covers some very advanced compositing techniques for 3D animators working with Particular.”