Visual Effects (1108 Tutorials)
Create a Halloween Animation from a Still Image
October 29, 2013
Creative Cow leader Kevin P. McAuliffe returns with a second Halloween-themed episode filled with quick tips and shortcuts for both MAC and PC users with BCC 8 AE and Adobe After Effects CS 6 or higher.
Learn how to create a quick show animation from a still image — add flickering lights to a jack o'lantern and generate atmospheric lighting. Filters used: BCC Film Glow, BCC Linear Luma Key, BCC Rays Puffy, and BCC Stagelight.
Free Project file available.
Video Copilot JetStrike Flight School
October 29, 2013
VFX Flight Instructor Andrew Kramer teaches you how to use After Effects & JetStrike to create intense aerial photography through dynamic compositing & animation.
HitFilm Tutorial #9: Procedural Chromatic Texts
October 22, 2013
As we continue our HitFilm Tutorial Tuesday, enjoy another great tutorial from MajahrPictures, showing how to create procedural chromatic text effects in HitFilm Ultimate.
HitFilm Tutorial #12: Starfield Reloaded
October 18, 2013
We’ve been doing this whole Tutorial Tuesday thing for a couple of months and here’s a sneak peek of what we’ll be featuring next Tuesday… a Tutorial Tuesday dedicated to HitFilm tutorials!
Advanced Spin FX Tutorial from Video Copilot
October 15, 2013
A new one from Andrew and Company, just in time for Tutorial Tuesday at Toolfarm. He shows how to create a dynamic spectral animation without using any party plug-ins.
Tutorial: HitFilm Tutorial #11: Text To Particles
October 14, 2013
We’re getting Tutorial Tuesday started a bit early. This week we’re going to showcase tutorials for fxHome HitFilm, who will be releasing a Mac version very soon, after their crazy successful kickstarter.
Optimizing your scene to render faster in CINEMA 4D – GSG
October 4, 2013
Post by Nick Campbell / Greyscalegorilla. Some great tips on speeding up the render process regardless of machine.
How to optimize your scene to render faster in CINEMA 4D
October 4, 2013
Post by Nick Campbell / Greyscalegorilla: “An expensive new computer may make your renders 2-8X faster. But learn how to optimize your scene, and it can speed up your renders 10-100X. In this video, I show you some ways to optimize your scene in Cinema 4D for faster rendering so you can hit that deadline and still make it look great.”
Boris Continuum Optical Flow Tutorial
September 26, 2013
Boris FX recently posted a tutorial on manipulating time in your video projects via BCC Optical Flow. Check out this article to learn the ropes!
How to Create a Parallaxing Background Without a 3D Camera
September 23, 2013
We continue with Tutorial Tuesday with this fun video tutorial from AE Tuts+. Shawn Sheehan demonstrates the Offset effect combined with comp-to-comp expressions, plus a little time-remapping to create a parallax effect, without a 3D camera or Z-depth of any kind.
3D Printing with Cinema 4D and Makerbot
September 19, 2013
3D printing has become more and more popular these days. Thanks to companies like Makerbot you can purchase your own 3D printer small enough to fit on your desk. In this tutorial we'll show you how to model an alien space craft in Cinema 4D then take it into Makerbot's Makerware software to create a 3D print.
This tutorial was created for the awesome team over at thehivecentral.com – Posted by Ryan Boyle
Tutorial: Work with New Images in Brushes in Adobe Illustrator CC
August 27, 2013
Rufus Deuchler, Adobe worldwide evangelist, explains how to create a painting with a brush made from a photo to create complex organic designs quickly.
Tutorial: Speed Up After Effects Rendering Tutorial
August 27, 2013
Welcome to Tutorial Tuesday. AE Tuts+ has a new tutorial on speeding up renders in After Effects.
CoreMelt SliceX Powered by mocha for FCPX Tutorials
August 26, 2013
We’ve compiled a bunch of SliceX powered by mocha, tutorials for your learning convenience. These tutorials will show you how use SliceX with any effect, cut holes in masks, combine tracking and keyframing and how to combine tracking with stabilization.
Camera Tracking In AE and C4D – Tracked Ship
August 21, 2013
Chris Martin, Freefxtutorials.com, one of Toolfarm’s affiliates, shows how to motion track footage using After Effects CC’s powerful new camera tracker to get a 3D solution, then send it back to AE for compositing and final render.
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