The folks at Imagination Creations just posted a great tutorial on making a write-on logo that fades into a finished logo. This one requires a hands-on approach including printing, drawing and scanning but the end result is worth it!
http://www.toolfarm.com
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Get your AE layers swinging – and – CC Flo Motion exposed!
Florian Füger of FloMotion.eu shows you how to get your After Effects layers swinging “in an organic way, and how to connect them so that it looks like they are interacting.”
Florian is also the latest guest host for Motionworks‘ After Effects A-Z series. Here he explains his website’s namesake the CC Flo Motion effect.
Continuous animation without keyframes
EJ Hassenfratz shows you a few ways to gets things moving in After Effects and then Cinema 4D without the need for keyframes.
Build a satellite tracking display in After Effects
ShortFormVideo.com has posted a new tutorial showing you how to create a game-style satellite tracking display. The project file is also available for download.
Maintain Velocity in After Effects
Motionworks‘ John Dickinson shows you a couple of ways to stretch out your keyframes without slowing down the action!
BCC Rays and Damaged TV
John Rofrano explores volumetric lighting and bad reception with two effects from Boris Continuum Complete on Boris TV.
Add extra realism to your night aerial shots
Ryan Connolly gives a quick walkthrough on how a few extra steps will help sell an evening aerial shot using stock photos and Trapcode Particular in After Effects.
Making particles with Boris Continuum Complete 8
John Dickinson demonstrates the creation of a logo reveal using Boris Continuum Complete 8 and its new Particle Emitter 3D effect.
Stylized Flames in After Effects
Vinhson Nguyen from CreativeDojo.net shows you how to create a stylized flame look using only native After Effects effects.
Using displacement maps for glassy look transitions in After Effects
Eran Stern‘s new Artbeats tutorial shows you how to use Displacement Maps in After Effects for “glassy look transitions”. In this tutorial he uses a logo created in Cinema 4D to drive the transition, but you can still use these techniques sans the 3D.
Watch it at Artbeats.com.
