Visual Effects (989 Tutorials)
Create a Cinemagraph with After Effects & Particle Illusion
February 12, 2021
Create a cinemagraph by adding bubbles to a photo of a glass of bubbly using Particle Illusion + After Effects. Download Particle Illusion.
Creating A 16-Bit Retro Video Game Look,
February 9, 2021
Hashi shows you how to make your modern footage look like an old video game with After Effects, Universe, Magic Bullet Colorista. Super fun!
In Depth: Particle Plugins for After Effects within your Budget
February 4, 2021
Learn about creating particles in After Effects with plugins including Particle Illusion, Trapcode Particular, Rowbyte Plexus, and more!
Ebberts + Zucker LayerMonkey Tutorial #gettingstarted
February 4, 2021
Learn how to use LayerMonkey for After Effects to arrange and animate your comp’s layers in time and space. It also creates a camera and generates a master control layer that makes timing and global adjustments a piece of cake.
Stupid Raisins Panel Pop #gettingstarted
February 4, 2021
Watch this tutorial to learn how to create transitions that break your video into panels and animate them to reveal the incoming clip using Panel Pop from Stupid Raisins.
Stupid Raisins Block Pop for FCP X
February 4, 2021
Learn how to break up footage with customizable block transitions using Block Pop from Stupid Raisins, available now through FxFactory.
Stardust: 3D Laser Scan Animation in After Effects
January 26, 2021
This tutorial from Noble Kreative is part of their Stardust Tutorial series. It will show you how to create a 3D Laser Scan animation in Adobe After Effects using Superluminal Stardust. The project files are also available, so you can easily follow along.
Scarlet Witch Energy Powers with HitFilm
January 19, 2021
Fxhome posted a fun tutorial on creating Scarlet Witch Energy magic effects, featuring special guest Zach Alan. Project files too!
Boris FX Final Effects Complete – Transitions
January 17, 2021
Kevan O’Brien walks you through some of the subtleties of the transitions found in Final Effects Complete Version 7. See how flexible the transitions are to use from within Avid editing systems and how they can be easily tweaked to give the desired effect.
Dune the Best We Can, Holtzman Sheild VFX + Advanced Expression Controls
January 7, 2021
Hashi shows you how to recreate the Holtzman Shield VFX from Dune. Download a free template of Holtzman shield too!
Luca Visual FX Lo-Fi Look Tutorial
January 5, 2021
Learn how to create unique, moody and surreal atmospheres with a vintage feel using Lo-Fi Look from Luca Visual FX in this tutorial.
Burning Question: How do I make Whip Pan and Crash Zoom Transitions?
December 29, 2020
Whip Pans, Swish Pans, and Crash Zooms are stylish transitions that add energy and cause and effect to a scene. Learn more about them!
In Depth: Render Farms / Network Rendering / Distributed Rendering
December 16, 2020
The idea of network rendering is to distribute your render over a network, or farm, of computers, to speed up your render times.
Burning Question: What in the heck is OFX? #OFX #openfx
December 16, 2020
OpenFX, or OFX, plugins are exploding on the market with hosts like DaVinci Resolve, HitFilm, Vegas, Flame, Baselight, and others. Learn more!
Setting Up A Render Farm in Cinema 4D with Team Render
December 16, 2020
Who wants to render faster? Everyone!! With Team Render for Cinema 4D, you can set up a render farm quickly and easily. Tutorials from Maxon and Greyscalegorilla.