Todd Kopriva—on the After Effects Region of Interest blog—has posted the top requested features from the past year along with his comments on some of them. Check it out to see if your favorite feature requests have hit the radar. Do you want scopes in AE? How about layer groups and variable-width masks? Join the discussion here. And don’t forget to add your thoughts officially on the Adobe Feature Request Form.
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.
The Pixel Lab has released a new video demonstrating some uses for the new Cinema 4D Export plugin for After Effects.
Vinhson Nguyen from CreativeDojo.net shows you how to create a stylized flame look using only native After Effects effects.
Cassidy Bisher of DropDrop.com (a great place to get awesome After Effects templates) has made an AE project with 77 color grades. Just add your footage below his Adjustment Layers and you’re set. To get the file you need to goto DropDrop.com’s Facebook page and Like it. Go now.
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.
Quba Michalski says he can show you how to fake a UFO with After Effects and Mocha in just about 30 minutes. I want to believe.
Last week Andrew Kramer showed us how to put Particular aside and shoot the real thing. This week you can download 15 free HD (720p) clips of what he shot. Included is a tutorial with some ideas on what to do with your new footage. Click here to download the clips and watch the tutorial!
VinhSon Nguyen demonstrates how to make hyperactive laser beams (think Ghostbusters) using Trapcode Form.
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