Visual Effects (1143 Tutorials)

After Effects: Create an Ocean using Native Tools

September 26, 2017

Caleb Ward shows you how to create a cool ocean simulation using only the built-in tools in After Effects.

FUI (Fake User Interface) Examples, Tutorial, tools

September 20, 2017

FUI, or Fake User Interface, Fantasy User Interfaces, are everywhere from sci-fi films to commercials. Learn how to make your own!

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Cinema 4D: Model a Low Poly Wolf Part 2

September 12, 2017

Here’s is part 2 to the C4D Low Poly Wolf tutorial, by Jonathan Lam. Here he shows you how to model the neck, legs and paws, how to add lights and render.

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Cinema 4D: Model a Low Poly Wolf Part 1

September 12, 2017

This step-by-step tutorial by Jonathan Lam is a great way to learn Cinema 4D quickly while creating a character that can be used in video games, graphic design and more.

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DDO Painter for Characters

September 6, 2017

Learn the nitty gritty of high quality texturing in Quixel Suite 2 with this video by Georgian Avasilcutei. He shares his workflow with DDO Painter while texturing his latest character.

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Creating C4D Cinematic Scenes with Volumetrics

September 5, 2017

In this live presentation from Siggraph 2017, Mitch Myers shows how Octane volumetric effects can help to create cinematic environments. Part of the Maxon Rewind of presentations from SIGGRAPH 2017.

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VR and Character Animation Workflow in C4D

September 5, 2017

In this presentation, digital artist Steve Teeple shares how he uses Virtual Reality for faster more expressive modeling and Cinema 4D’s Procedural workflows in order to create new work through a process of experimentation. Part of the Maxon presentations at SIGGRAPH 2017.

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3D Motion Tracking and VFX in C4D

September 5, 2017

Eric Smit, master Cinema 4D artist from the MAXON headquarters in Germany, visits us today to show the best ways to use the Motion Tracker tools inside Cinema 4D for VFX shots.

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Getting Started with Mocha: Camera Solve – Parallax Changes

September 5, 2017

Ben Brownlee of Curious Turtle walks new Mocha users through the basics of creating a 3D Camera Solve using Mocha Pro’s planar tracker and calculate the parallax camera movement.

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Animate a Character in Cinema 4D

September 5, 2017

EJ Hassenfratz from eyedesyn animates a simple sushi character in Cinema 4D. He uses Pose Morph to animate the face and then adds some secondary animation to make it more dynamic. As usual, EJ’s characters are beyond cute!

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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!

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RealFlow | Cinema 4D 2.0: Elastic Solver

September 5, 2017

The new Multiphysics solver includes Granular, Viscous, Viscoelastic, Rigid, and Elastic. Today’s tutorial is about Elastic.

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Tutorial #6 – Curvature Node & Layering Noise by Saul Espinos

September 5, 2017

In the video, he references the Redshift 2 Maya – Tutorial #6 – Curvature Node & Layering Noise by Saul Espinosa. It is below.

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Easy 3D Title Animations with Title Studio

September 5, 2017

Kevin P. McAuliffe uses Boris Continuum’s Title Studio to quickly create a 3D animated title in this edition of Let’s Edit with Avid Media Composer,

Inspired by “The Lego Batman Movie”, Kevin dives into extruded text, adding lights, and the easy workflow from the standalone to the plug-in version of Title Studio, all inside Avid Media Composer.

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Superluminal Stardust Particle Earth HUD in After Effects

August 29, 2017

Learn how to create a rather complex particle earth HUD using the Superluminal Stardust plug-in in After Effects, in this tutorial by Roland Hartmann from graphicINmotion.

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