Adam Everett (from AE Tuts Plus) guest hosts Motionworks‘ After Effects A-Z tip series with a look at CC Ball Action. If, like me, you just keep forgetting that effect is even there, you’ll see plenty of potential – and diverse – uses from 3D effects, text transitions and background design. Click here to watch.
Adam also mentions two other places to go for more Ball Action. A previous tutorial he’d done called Give Your Type Some Ball Action, and Video Copilot‘s 3D Ball Dispersion.
Kyle Cooper (Imaginary Forces, Prologue) is the mastermind behind over 150 film title sequences. Notable examples of his work include the titles for SE7EN, Iron Man and Dawn of the Dead. Kyle spoke for over an hour last November at the College of Fine Arts School of Visual Arts. He showed several examples of his work and spoke about his thought process when starting a new job. He talked about using After Effects and Cinema 4D for the opening titles for Spider-Man as well as taking the practical route with SE7EN and Dawn of the Dead. Watch it here.
In this oldy but goody, David Torno uses AE’s Add Grain effect to composited elements to better match up with the underlying source footage.
John Dickinson posted a new tutorial/walk-through on creating a dolly into a spooky 3Dish hallway using Photoshop‘s vanishing point filter. Besides being a great review of what’s possible with .vpe files in After Effects, John also makes extensive use of stock footage to add layer after layer of eerie atmosphere. One particularly interesting effect is the way he uses 2 different pieces of stock footage for a single logo reveal. So dim the lights, sit back and click here.
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