Workflow (450 Tutorials)

MochaImport+ for NUKE in depth tutorial

May 27, 2014

Mathias Möhl of Mamoworld has a tutorial to get you up to speed fast in MochaImport+ for Nuke.

Table of contents:

Corner Pin+ w. Lens Dist. (at 0:30)
Stabilized View+ (at 7:15)
Tracker+ (at 25:40)
Roto+ & RotoPaint+ (at 27:59)
GridWarp+ (at 31:36)
Transform+ (at 35:02)
Full camera rig+ (at 40:54)
Camera and Geo+ (at 43:56)

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MochaImport+ for NUKE in depth tutorial

May 27, 2014

Mathias Möhl of Mamoworld has a tutorial to get you up to speed fast in MochaImport+ for Nuke.

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Tutorial / Freebie: Use the Pixel Grid and Vector Pixel Snapping in Photoshop

April 29, 2014

The Pixel Grid and Pixel Snapping are very useful options in Photoshop. Here’s how to get more control over them. Plus… a free set of Photoshop Actions from Bjango

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First Steps In Krakatoa For CINEMA 4D

April 22, 2014

The team at Thinkbox walks you through how to access Krakatoa in CINEMA 4D for the first time. This tutorial is basic introduction to volumetric particle rendering, demonstrating the creation, lighting and rendering of half a million particles using a simple Sphere primitive and the Krakatoa PRT Volume object. This tutorial covers where the plug-ins are located in CINEMA 4D, how to render a simple spherical point cloud, and how to replace the sphere mesh with a figure. This should kickstart your Krakatoa projects in a hurry!

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Avid Media Composer and Davinci Resolve Roundtripping

April 22, 2014

Here are multiple videos about the round-trip workflow with Avid and Blackmagic Design’s Davinci Resolve.

Managing Resolve/Avid Workflows with Scott Freeman
Avid Media Composer – DaVinci Resolve : Double Round Trip
Round Trip Between Avid Media Composer and Davinci Resolve
Round Trip? AAF Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve/Avid Symphony

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Tutorial: FLOW series from EJ Hassenfranz and Craig Whitaker

April 1, 2014

Welcome to the April Fool’s Day version of Tutorial Tuesday! We’ll start it out with a bang with 3D artists Craig Whitaker and EJ Hassenfranz. They have a multi-part series focusing on workflow for motion graphics in Nuke and CINEMA 4D, focusing on the “how” and “why”.

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Perfecting the Film Post Production Workflow

March 24, 2014

If you’re thinking of doing your own feature length film, Vashi Nedomansky of VashiVisuals knows a bit about feature film post production workflow. He discusses the multiple roles he filled during his five years while working on the film The Grind, including handling footage, color grading, effects and more.

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Chiseled Bevels in CINEMA 4D

March 5, 2014

Ben Watts has a new tutorial that shows how to make a chiseled bevel in CINEMA 4D on a complex letter. He covers a quick VRAY render setup too.

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Create a Cartoon in After Effects (7 Parts)

March 5, 2014

Ryan Boyle of Sketchy Pictures explains the full process from character design, expressions for animating movement, lip-sync, lighting and camera and lots more!

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Create a Smoke Man with 3ds Max Using FumeFX & Krakatoa

March 5, 2014

Post by Vikrant Dalal at CGtuts+ – Create an smoky ghostlike character or object using Sitni Sati FumeFX for 3ds Max and Krakatoa. He finishes in After Effects. Project file with a sample character is included.

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Burning Question: Mac vs Windows tutorials?

March 3, 2014

Check out our new column, Burning Questions, where we will answer questions from newer users that you may be afraid to ask!

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Use CINEMA 4D as Poor Man’s Chrono Sculptor

February 11, 2014

Yader (aka Derya Öztürk) explains how to get a ChronoSculpt like workflow in CINEMA 4D. Very clever! LightWave ChronoSculpt from NewTek is a new standalone product that “revolutionizes working with animation and dynamic simulation cache files from any application by allowing you to use sculpting and transformation tools over time. ChronoSculpt also introduces a radical new geometry engine based on our 'Hydra' technology which allows the deformation and manipulation of 8 to 10 million polygon objects with ease.”

Yader gives a short demo on how you can bring this type of feature into CINEMA 4D using the Rate option on the Matrix Object and the Morph Motion Effect on the Inheritance Object. There's more to it but you'll have to watch the tutorial!

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Create Your Own HDR Day to Night Timelapse

February 11, 2014

Stefan Surmabojov shows how to create a groovy HDR timelapse image sequence with a day for night effect. You'll need a DSLR with a kit lens, a large memory card, a tripod and more. He clearly explains how to set up the camera so that you don't end up with exposure problems and flicker. He takes care of the post production of the HDR sequence in Adobe Lightroom 5, which is now included in Adobe Creative Cloud.

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Driving Plates Composite in Premiere Pro

February 11, 2014

Artbeats and Eran Stern bring you a tutorial showing how to key and composite greenscreen driving plates with scenery in Premiere Pro using Ultra Key and a Track Matte Key.

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In Depth: Optimizing After Effects for the Best Performance

February 4, 2014

If you've been using Adobe After Effects since early versions, as I have, you are familiar with the idea of optimizing your machine and settings for premium performance. Here are some tips and resources to help you create the fastest and most solid After Effects you can. If you don't have a big budget for optimizing your system, where do you put the money for upgrades? That's for you to decide, but here are some suggestions on how to optimize what you have, and about other ways to optimize. If this article can't help you with the speed of After Effects, it will hopefully explain why things aren't running as fast as you would like them to.

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