Visual Effects (1136 Tutorials)
White Walker Eye Animation – Game of Thrones
October 7, 2014
This isn’t so much a tutorial as it is a walkthrough of the steps you can take to recreate the eyes of a White Walker from Game of Thrones!
Doctor Who Inspired Titles
October 7, 2014
Paul Ezzy explains how to create some Doctor Who inspired titles with Boris Continuum Complete
Create Water Drops With Splash Ripples MAXON Cinema 4D
September 30, 2014
Learn how to make water drops with splash ripples using C4D. No additional 3rd party plugins required.
81 Trapcode Particular Tutorials
September 30, 2014
The guys and gals over at VFXER.com put together a database of Trapcode Particular Tutorials for your learning pleasure.
Back to the Future Time Slice Effect #tbt
September 25, 2014
Shanks FX and PBS Digital Studios recreates the lightning effect with practical effects, and composited them in After Effects. I had no idea they did the effects this way. Genius!
How to dent a Garage Door VFX with Mettle FreeForm Pro
September 23, 2014
Mettle offers up this tutorial regarding real-world 3D displacement with Freeform Pro. Mike Sevigny explains how to track the footage with Adobe After Effects and project it back onto a plane. He then shows you how to align the FreeForm Pro layer to that geometry and displace it in 3D space. Using these techinques allows you to “dent” any footage, not just a garage door.
Adobe After Effects Pixel Screen Experiment
September 23, 2014
Video Copilot offers up this great tutorial on how to make an LCD pixel screen with the CC Ball Action effect in AE. Plus learn how to create a realistic depth of field with just Camera Lens Blur and a depth map. The CS6 project files are included.
Broken Glass in Adobe After Effects
September 23, 2014
Learn how to make floating glass shards with After Effects to create a unique looking title sequence.
Alex Dow of Zaxwerks on the RFShow
September 23, 2014
Alex Dow of Zaxwerks, the ProAnimator Guru, lets his talent run rampant on for RFShow.TV! Watch Alex display the power and simplicity of ProAnimator 8!
Boris Red Advanced Text Fill Options
September 16, 2014
Originally posted by BorisFX, this tutorial for Boris RED is “based on an inquiry regarding gradient on text in the Avid forum. Senior Product Manager, Dirk deJong, shows you how to add gradient with bevel and 3D looks across entire words using a texture track.”
Top 5 3D Camera Tips for Adobe After Effects
September 16, 2014
Get tips and techiniques from Sean Frangella for “working with 3D cameras in After Effects, including changing focal length, parenting cameras to nulls, cutting between multiple cameras, roving keyframes, and linking depth of field.”
Animated Cartoon Roto Shapes with mocha and After Effects
September 14, 2014
Mary Poplin, the Imagineer Product Specialist, shows how to make a cool animated cartoon look with Roto Shapes in mocha and After Effects. The tutorial uses a free script and the download link is below the video.
Benefits of Morph-O-Matic over 3ds max’s Morpher
September 14, 2014
Discover the benefits of Morph-O-Matic. This was included in the article In Depth: The Morph – Elastic Reality, Old School Examples, Plug-ins
After Effects Liquify Morph
September 14, 2014
In the tutorial below, Mikey Borup explains how to create a morph with the After Effects Liquify tool and no other third-party plug-ins.
Morphing with RE:Vision Effects RE:Flex
September 14, 2014
RE:Flex creates visually stunning morphs and warps with an easy-to-use interface RE:Flex is also available for Shake, Fusion and Autodesk Sparks. Download a free trial of RE:Flex.