Creating underwater explosions
Andrew Kramer‘s latest vfx tutorial Depth Charge! will show you how to composite underwater explosions using stock elements. You’ll also learn about simulating underwater volumetric lighting and shadows, bubbles and debris and a look at a typical 3D/AE workflow.
Optical Flares gets native Motion Blur
This just in: Video Copilot‘s Optical Flares plugin for After Effects now supports native motion blur! If you already own Optical Flares you can get a FREE update to version 1.2.132 here. The update also has a few minor bug fixes.
BREAKING: Free News Templates from Andrew Kramer
Andrew created some templates for AE CS3 that look like the news network pages with text and graphics all over the screen. They look really realistic, eh! Thanks for the nice freebie, Andrew! Download here.
Stay Glassy After Effects
Andrew Kramer has a new tutorial on his site, Video Copilot, Stay Glassy After Effects. It is a fun method for creating translucent glass frames in After Effects.
