Red Giant Trapcode Suite (42 Tutorials)

In Depth: Gunfire and Muzzle Flash (Updated 18 January 2019)
January 18, 2019
If you’re planning on making an epic action film like Max Max: Fury Road or Rambo, you’re going to need lots of fire power. Here is a rundown on how to add spectacular muzzle flash and gunshot effects to your films in your host of choice. I’ve also included info on 3D models of weapons and some sound effects.

Red Giant Trapcode Form 4: New Features Tutorial
January 2, 2019
Trapcode Form 4 came out at the end of October. In case you haven’t upgraded and want to know more, here is a walk through of all the new features including the new Dynamic Fluids physics engine, Designer and more.

Cinema 4D and Octane Render
September 11, 2018
Today we’re doing a gathering of tutorials about third-party renderers for Cinema 4D. Enjoy some tutorials about Cinema 4D and Octane Render.

C4D Live SIGGRAPH 2018 Rewind – Round 2
September 11, 2018
This is the second round of videos from SIGGRAPH 2018, held earlier in August in Vancouver, Canada. Watch the fantastic presentations from Tim Clapham, Athanasios Pozantzis, and Orestis Konstantinidis, all presenting with Cinema 4D Release 20.

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.

Wakanda Form-ever! by Action Movie Dad | Red Giant Cheap Tricks
June 6, 2018
The second episode of Cheap Tricks is up at Red Giant! Hashi from Action Movie Kid dives into creating the Vibranium sand effects from the end title sequence of Marvel’s Black Panther, created originally by the team at Perception. He uses Trapcode tools including Form, Particular, and Shine, as well as Red Giant Universe and Magic Bullet Looks. Check it out!

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.

Cheap Tricks – It’s Wrinklin’ Time (VFX tutorial)
April 30, 2018
Daniel Hashimoto (creator of Action Movie Kid) walks through how to re-create some of the VFX and motion graphics from “A Wrinkle In Time, with special guest Lyric Wilson, who played Young Meg in the film.

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!

Trapcode Mir: Seamless Tunnels
December 5, 2017
Learn how to create seamless tunnels using Mir in this tutorial from Aharon Rabinowitz.

Create a Tunnel with Trapcode Mir
September 5, 2017
This is an oldie but a useful tutorial from Aharon Rabinowitz at Red Giant. He explains how to shut the mesh to create a seamless wormhole in Trapcode Mir. Use it on your next time travel journey!

Tutorial: Stitch Effect with Trapcode Particular
August 1, 2017
To celebrate the launch of the updated Trapcode Suite and the fact that it’s Tutorial Tuesday, we’re showcasing a few tutorials for Trapcode products. In this tutorial, Michael Park demonstrates how to create the look of jeans being stitched using Trapcode Particular.

Liquid Water with Trapcode MIR
April 18, 2017
VinhSon Nguyen from Creative Dojo always puts out great content and in this tutorial, he shows how to create liquid water (not that solid kind!) with Trapcode MIR in After Effects.

Red Giant | DOCTOR STRANGE Portal Effect with Trapcode Particular
December 20, 2016
Daniel Hashimoto (also know as Action Movie Dad) shows you how to create the DOCTOR STRANGE portal effect with Trapcode Particular.

After Effects: Create a Space Scene in Trapcode Particular
November 29, 2016
Learn how to make a cool nebula-esque space scene in After Effects using Trapcode Particular.