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How to make a quick vignette in After Effects

John Stanowski — Wed, 23 May 2012 17:19:27 +0000

John Dickinson shows you a quick way to add a vignette using Curves, Circle and CC Composite. (This looks a lot better than the way I’ve been doing it!)

An introduction to Trapcode Echospace

John Stanowski — Thu, 17 May 2012 07:36:32 +0000

Here’s an introduction to Trapcode Echospace from The Pixel Lab that shows how this plugin lets you create and manipulate arrays of duplicated layers in After Effects. If you use Cinema 4D, you’ll appreciate the comparisons to the Cloner Object.

Create a Laser Security Sweeper effect in After Effects

John Stanowski — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 05:17:25 +0000

Learn how to create a Laser Security Sweeper like this one. CS6 not required!

Red Giant TV latest tutorial comes from Seth Worley (of Plot Device fame). Inspired by an effect in Ridley Scott‘s upcoming Prometheus, Seth shows you how to build your own Laser Security Sweeper in After Effects. He uses the Foundry‘s Camera Tracker, Particular and more.

Motion tracking with Mocha

John Stanowski — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:16:18 +0000

Flomotion shows you how to use Mocha to blend in your green screen footage with a moving background plate. He also throws in touch of Keylight, motion blur and lens blur.

Casting Cinema 4D shadows in After Effects

John Stanowski — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:07:26 +0000

Joren Kandel from The Pixel Lab has posted a two-part tutorial on getting your Cinema 4D shadows integrated into After Effects. In the first part he talks about bringing your AE background into C4D so that you can have your shadows cast realistically on the right plane.

In part two, Joren tells you how to render your footage, Object Buffers and your Shadow Pass. Finally, he shows you want to do with all those new layers in AE.

Handwriting logo reveal in After Effects

John Stanowski — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:00:12 +0000

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!

Get your AE layers swinging – and – CC Flo Motion exposed!

John Stanowski — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:52:34 +0000

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

John Stanowski — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:01:33 +0000

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

John Stanowski — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:41:03 +0000

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

John Stanowski — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:39:56 +0000

Motionworks‘ John Dickinson shows you a couple of ways to stretch out your keyframes without slowing down the action!