Tutorial: Imagineer Mocha for AE v2
Check out this amazing Horizon Replacement tutorial by Carl Larsen using Imagineer mocha for After Effects v2 with Mocha Shape. Try a free demo of mocha for After Effects v2 here. Seriously I’m flabbergasted about how well he was able to pull this off.
Find more videos like this on MyToolfarm
Red Giant TV Trapcode Form Training Video
Maltannon has put out the latest episode on Red Giant TV. Create a slick push pin toy effect as seen in the Radiohead ‘House of Cards’ video. This tutorial shows you how to combine regular footage with Trapcode’s popular Form plug-in to create an eye-popping 3D effect.
- View tutorial
- Download project files
- View sample of the effect
- Dowload a free demo of Trapcode Form
- Buy Trapcode Form
After Effects Apprentice Video Tutorial #3
Check out this new tutorial video An Introduction to Typesetting in After Effects from Chris and Trish Meyer in support of their After Effects Apprentice book. Quality stuff, as always.
Pixel Aspect Ratio Tutorial for CS4
Check out this free video tutorial from Lynda.com, AE CS4: New PARs (Pixel Aspect Ratios). He gets pretty technical, but man, this explains a lot.
Tutorial: Use Expressions to Speed up Text in AE
Harry Frank has a video up at Studio Daily about Using expressions to speed up lower third creation in After Effects. He explains how to create a document that links to the text document with corresponding scene numbers… a very cool way to speed up simple but tedious work. It’s not difficult, but this is definitely not something you’d figure out yourself, unless you’re a javascript programmer, or a whiz with expressions.
Also, Harry’s Complete training for Trapcode Particular from Class on Demand is half price this week. (DVD | Download), during our One Day Sale. Also, if you haven’t heard, Trapcode Suite is 50% off today only!
Free Holiday footage
Ko Maruyama posted this free holiday footage link on his blog Ninja Crayon. You do have to pay the $9 shipping and handling for the DVD, but what a deal, man. This is great for those quick holiday projects and family holiday photo reels that your grandma has been begging you to make for her.
You can also download some of these by joining the DVProfessionals group.
New Photoshop Tutorials from Digital Anarchy
Digital Anarchy is fully focused on their Photoshop plug-ins and have some new tutorials on their site which use Knoll Light Factory for Photoshop.
Creating Volumetric Light – We all know the look of a beam of light bursting through the clouds or coming from the top of a dusty (and otherwise dark) cave. Usie Knoll Light Factory in conjunction with some of Photoshop’s built-in filters to create this look very easily.
Blurring Elements – On high resolution images, Knoll’s light flares sometimes show thin lines that don’t look realistic. This tutorial talks about ways to deal with this problem and produce natural looking lens flares. This movie may take a few minutes to load.
How to make a split screen without a green screen
Bill Cammack, an internet friend and New Yorker, shows you how to create a duplicate of yourself, sort of like the Parent Trap or Patty Duke (wasn’t it Patty Duke who had the identical cousin?) The tutorial shows you how to do it in FCP, but it’s exactly the same method in After Effects.
Okay, I found the Patty Duke Show open so all you youngsters don’t think I’m crazy.
Velocity Control in After Effects
A quick video tutorial on using the graph editor in After Effects to control the velocity of keyframes.
Velocity Control in After Effects Tutorial from Go Media on Vimeo.
Some AE Fun with Trapcode 3D Stroke from Dennis Radeke
Trapcode 3D Stroke = Fun in my opinion. Visit The Genesis Project for the article and project files. If you want to play along, but don’t have 3D Stroke, you can download a trial version here. If you love it (which I KNOW you will), here’s where you can buy it. It’s a bargain at $99 and one license will work in several host applications on the same computer. And it’s fun. Whee!
Here is his video:
