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One of the more interesting text animation techniques is a paint-on effect where brush strokes reveal a title on the screen. To create this effect we will use Boris RED 4.2 for its comprehensive paint features…

Read the tutorial: Create a Title Paint-On Effect With Boris RED 4.2

While we’re talking about Boris Red, I should mention that v4.2 came out not too long ago. Try a demo today!

Learn more about Boris Red in our Plug-in Finder

Big Mike has a new tutorial on his site and it looks very cool. Super Text in Cinema 4D tutorial.

BIGMIKEDESIGN: Super Text Tutorial from Mike on Vimeo.

Dennis Radeke’s The Genesis Project (Abacab?) has a fun new tutorial where he adds the moon to a rotating earth. Here is the movie:

Visit the site for the tutorial and project files.

I really need to show this to my students. I have two students working on an alien invasion of Earth. I know they would find this useful.

There has been some questions and confusion about how exactly to install plug-ins for After Effects CS3 on Windows Vista. If you put the plug-ins in the right place, plug-ins can also be used with Premiere Pro CS3… that is, if the plug-ins are Premiere Pro CS3 compatible.

Zaxwerks ProAnimator Training: Making it Look Great 1 currently the most popular product in our store. Toolfarm is hosting the newest clip from John Dickinson, everyone’s favorite Aussie trainer. The new training clip shows you how to work with Zaxwerks ProAnimator and 3D Invigorator Pro.

…and then buy the training. It’s great. You won’t regret it.

I’ve recently uploaded a tutorial to Toolfarm: Getting Started with the 3D Camera and Layers- 2. It’s for After Effects 7.0 and higher. I go into a little more detail about camera blur and depth of field, as well as other ideas for bringing life to still images. If you haven’t viewed the first tutorial, you can find it here.

If you have any questions about the projects and the technique, please post to Toolfarm’s Expert Forums and I’ll do my best to help.

I’ve been working on this tutorial for a week but stuff keeps coming at me - email problems, quick sales (speaking of which, the Wondertouch sale expires in an hour!) but I’ve finally gotten it done.

I show you how to make a skeleton dance with the Puppet Tool in AE CS3. It’s fun stuff and you’ll be surprised at how easy it is.

Dennis Radeke’s The Genesis Project has a new tutorial Tracking 101 in After Effects.

For some odd reason, tracking has come up in conversation about 6 times today. We were talking about the best trackers out there. What do you think? Leave a comment and tell us!

Ko has updated a cool old tutorial about how to make a pumpkin in C4D… both the modeling and texturing. View the tutorial.

Hey, did you hear that Maxon Cinema 4D r10.5 came out a couple of weeks ago? It’s a great upgrade.