Fairytale Lighting in After Effects

In this quick tutorial you’ll learn how to take video and turn into something straight out of a fairytale. You’ll learn how to set up a down-and-dirty 3D track, add volumetric light and dust to a live action shot, and then finish it with some simulated camera lens blur.
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Fractal Noise Fade Effect

Learn how to use Fractal Noise to create a textured fade on a layer in After Effects. Then add some more effects and elements to finish up the title effect.
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AE ILLUSTRATION

• Create Glossy menu in After Effects
• We will create shapes out of solid layers with the help of masks

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Keep Your Eye on the Ball … 3D in After Effects

Animating your After Effects design in 3D space is fun and, for the most part, easy to achieve. However, the camera and objects can have their own agendas in some instances, but a few tricks can change a seemingly uncontrollable camera animation into pure, cool cinematography…

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Car Light Trails After Effects Tutorial

• Create car light trail effect in After Effects
• Play around with 3d stroke effect to achieve great results

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Running Man Latest After Effects Tutorial

• Generate particles in After Effects with Trapcode Form Plugin
• Apply Trapcode Form Plugin to a real footage to generate 3d particles

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Shampoo Advert Tutorial in 3ds Max and After Effects

• Graphical insert for a Shampoo Tv advert
• We will use AE & 3ds max to achieve it

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Create A Heart Rate Monitor in After effects

 

Learn how to create a cool heart rate monitor.

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Animate a cellphone in 3D space and custom space

• Learn powerful expressions for animating objects

• Animate a cellphone in 3D space and custom space

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Running Water in After Effects

• Learn how to create realistic running water in After Effects...
• Use particles to drive an image map displacement effect based on a background still image...
• You will learn how to use CCGlass to achieve a Specular highlight for added realism...

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Green Smoke After Effects Tutorial

Create a cloudy smoke title with real footage

Combine video elements with a particle system

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After Effects - Auto-Creating Compositions

When working in Adobe's After Effects, you can get footage from just about anywhere, and in most cases, you don't have the time to figure out what the client gave you, as in most cases, they don't even know. This quick tip will show you how to match your composition to a clip in your project to get you animating in no time flat.

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Particle World Transitions: Part 2

Rob Mize further develops the techniques demonstrated in Part 1 of this tutorial. He applies the Particle World Text to Sand effect to 3D text created using the Shatter Effect, and composites that onto a background. He then reverses the effect, changing sand into an onscreen character who finally, blows away as dust in the wind.

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Ipod Commercial Lighting Streaks

In this tutorial we will create lighting streaks like you have seen in the latest commercial of Apple Ipod Nano. To accomplish the project we will you a third party plug-in called Trapcode Particular. This is a wonderful plug-in for After Effects which generates particles and help in creating various effects. 

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3D Light Casting

• Create an energy-ball that re-lights the road surface

• Use reverse-tracking and build a volumetric point light

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Fancy Title Plate Adobe After Effects

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Cloudy-Moonlit Night in After Effects

• Learn how to design and create this fully animated, classic, cloudy, moonlit night scene, from scratch in After Effects...
• Create a cloud system using Trapcode Particular, including animation and color treatment...
• Build a starfield background using "Fractal Noise" and create a moon element using the CC Sphere effect...

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Animated swirls in Adobe After Effects

Animated swirls are all the rage in the motion graphics world, and there are some pretty cool things that can be done with them. But creating and animating such elements is really not as difficult and time-consuming as it would seem, even if the shapes are detailed and intricate. Bring on the swirls!

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Creating A CC Bubbles using After Effects

IGuest host James Zwadlo returns to the After Effects: Effects A-Z series with some creative uses for After Effects’ CC Bubbles effect.

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Compositing: The Perfect Integration After Effects Tutorial

In this comprehensive tutorial, author Hugo Tromp will take you through the whole workflow of integrating computer generated three dimensional animation with real life footage. This tutorial covers a wide range of subjects such as motion tracking, footage processing, Maya techniques for compositing, 3D in Nuke and color correction. The first day of the tutorial covers the process of preparing footage for motion tracking and doing the motion tracking itself. Hugo will also explain the workflow of a visual effects shot. Enjoy!

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