Visual Effects (977 Tutorials)
In Depth: Render Farms / Network Rendering / Distributed Rendering
September 11, 2019
The idea of network rendering is to distribute your render over a network, or farm, of computers, to speed up your render times.
In Depth: 3D Renderers (Updated 10 September 2019) #3drenderer #redshift
September 10, 2019
There are so many renderers available out there, and how does an artist know what to choose? Although they really do the same thing, they work differently and have different results. Here is a breakdown of what the different renderers offer, not reviews, so you can decide which renderer is right for you.
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.
Boris Continuum Premium Filter Motion Blur Tutorial #gettingstarted
August 28, 2019
This series of tutorials shows you how to use the Continuum Premium Filter Motion Blur to simulate realistic motion blur or interesting stylized effects, in After Effects, Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, and DaVinci Resolve.
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.
Game of Thrones VFX Parts 1 & 2: Cheap Tricks with with Hashi
August 22, 2019
Red Giant has a fun new tutorial from Hashi of Action Movie Kid. Parts 1 and 2 walk you through several great tricks to make your VFX look spectacular.
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…
Burning Question: Where Can I Find Training for The Pixel Farm PFTrack & PFClean?
August 12, 2019
The Pixel Farm has its own training called PF Academy, where users can learn PFTrack and PFClean for free! With this resource, you’ll learn everything you need to know to be proficient with PFTrack and PFClean.
Webinar Replay: Particle Illusion for Colorists
August 8, 2019
UK-based colorist, Dan Harvey, leads Resolve users through an introduction to Particle Illusion — and why colorists will want to use it.
Burning Question: What is Reverse Stabilization?
August 5, 2019
Reverse Stabilization is a compositing workflow where you stabilize the shot, then composite, and finally, you bring the motion back into your shot.
PremiumVFX Lightspeed Transitions Tutorial
August 1, 2019
Learn how to use PremiumVFX Lightspeed Transitions to add fast motion and energy to your Final Cut Pro X projects.
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…
Boris FX Webinar Replay: 2019.5 Releases (SIGGRAPH Preview)
July 31, 2019
In this webinar replay, learn about all the new features inside Sapphire, Continuum and Mocha Pro 2019.5, from Ben Brownlee, the new Director of Learning and Content at Boris FX. You may remember him from Curious Turtle training videos.
Stupid Raisins Tube Pop Tutorial #gettingstarted
July 30, 2019
Learn how to make attention grabbing content for YouTube and other video sharing sites with Stupid Raisins Tube Pop for Final Cut Pro X, with this tutorial.
Stupid Raisins Pointer Pop Tutorial #gettingstarted
July 30, 2019
In this tutorial, learn how to use the animated pointers, pins, indicators and markers in Stupid Raisins Pointer Pop to callout out certain parts of your Final Cut Pro video.