A couple of new entries from John Dickinson‘s After Effects: Effects A-Z post series have sprung up on Motionworks.com. This is a terrific series as it lifts the hood on some of the more obscure effects built into the program that most of us wouldn’t even have known were there had there been no tutorial on them.
At first glance the Blend effect doesn’t really do anything that a twist of a layer’s opacity setting couldn’t accomplish on its own. But looks can be deceiving. Check it out here.
Next up is the Block Dissolve effect. Also appearing equally simple to fresh eyes, its true potential is fully revealed in John’s video tip.
Hopefully there will more A-Z coming from Motionworks.
