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.
Stu Maschwitz has updated the free scripts which were included in his book DV Rebel’s Guide. This collection “creates a tool palette that turns After Effects into a full-featured onlining tool.” Watch the tutorial and head to Stu’s blog Prolost to download them for free.
Eric Escobar has new Looks to download for free for Magic Bullet Looks. Washed Super 8 at RED GIANT PEOPLE.
Cassidy ‘Cass’ Bisher is a freelance motion graphic designer and a Final Cut Certified Pro. He has worked with high-profile clients including Verizon and AT&T, and his work is seen on the Discovery Channel, History Channel and various TV commercials. Cass is also the owner and mograph designer at DropDrop.com, which designs and sells high quality After Effects templates.
It’s been said that the visuals in a motion graphics project are only half the final product; that it isn’t truly complete until it’s been fitted with music, whooshes, hits, beeps and beds. Taking a break from whizzing your After Effects layers through 3D space and turning on your speakers to find appropriate sound effects will help make your final product be all it can be. We’ve caught up with Cassidy Bisher from DropDrop.com to see what we could glean from his experience.
A couple of new entries from John Dickinson‘s After Effects: Effects A-Z post series have sprung up on Motionworks.com. This is a terrific series as it lifts the hood on some of the more obscure effects built into the program that most of us wouldn’t even have known were there had there been no tutorial on them.
At first glance the Blend effect doesn’t really do anything that a twist of a layer’s opacity setting couldn’t accomplish on its own. But looks can be deceiving. Check it out here.
Next up is the Block Dissolve effect. Also appearing equally simple to fresh eyes, its true potential is fully revealed in John’s video tip.
Hopefully there will more A-Z coming from Motionworks.
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