Exterminator Liberation: Theater Style Animations Using Compositor’s Toolkit 2
Compositor’s Toolkit – Apple Motion & After Effects Training, hosted by Kevin P. McAuliffe, Pro Editing @ Home
In this tutorial learn to create a really cool theater style animation reminiscent of a big budget block buster film. Instructions are provided for both After Effects and Apple Motion. While the final look is impressive, no visual effects other than drop shadows are used thanks to the power and versatility of Compositor’s Toolkit.
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Secret Santa: BCC 3D Spinning Snowflake Tutorial & Project Files
Today Michele Yamazaki from Toolfarm shares a tutorial and project for creating a gorgeous 3D spinning snow flake completely in After Effects and use Boris Continuum Complete 6.0. 3D Objects is the focus here – an amazing new set of plug-ins in v6.0. The project files are AE CS4.
Boris Continuum Complete was used on this one, so if you don’t own the plug-ins, you can download a free 14 day unwatermarked file here. If you love Continuum Complete as much as we do, buy it here.
I created a quick walk through of the template so you can see how to replace the images with your own photos, or even video, if you are so inclined. The video was captured and edited very quickly and easily in Telestream ScreenFlow, which is fantastic. Try a free demo here.
Tutorial: FreeForm AE ‘Metal Man 2′ by Chris Heuer
In the second tutorial of this series, we will go a step further and add a little "punch" to our displacement mapping by combining it with Freeform’s other main feature, Mesh Warping. By adding Mesh Warp, our stamped in effect will do a little more damage by creasing and buckling the entire sheet of metal. We all know Digieffects loves "Damage", so don’t miss this one! We’ll also tweak our lighting to add a little mood to the scene.
Toolfarm :60 Ep 11: Ghost Effects
Alicia VanHeulen of Toolfarm walks you through how to make a spooky ghost effect. It’s very easy!
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Expression To Drop Every 10th Frame In After Effects by Brad Chmielewski
Brad Chmielewski, who I follow on Twitter has posted a new tutorial. I didn’t know this trick!
Expression To Drop Every 10th Frame In After Effects from Brad Chmielewski on Vimeo.
In this After Effects tutorial I show you how to add an expression to your footage that will drop every 10th frame. Here is the expression used;
f= timeToFrames();
p = Math.floor(f/1);
framesToTime(p*1.1)
For more information on expressions in After Effects check out aenhancers.com and the tutorials by Harry Frank over at graymachine.com.
CoreMelt Sky Replace Tutorial
Nice video tutorial by Mikey Bouchereau. Try the CoreMelt plug-ins with a free demo. It runs in Final Cut Pro/Express, Apple Motion and Adobe After Effects.
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Tutorial: Shape Layer Basics
Chris Meyers talks about Shape Layer Basics in After Effects, in an excerpt from After Effects Apprentice Lesson 11: Shape Layers.
Custom render sounds in After Effects
AE Portal has some info on creating Custom render sounds in After Effects. What would be a good sound? Hmmm… they mention the Happy Happy Joy Joy sound, so how about the that song from Ren & Stimpy? Okay, I know I’m digging way back through the cobwebs of your mind.
Tutorial: Using Sonic Fire Pro with Final Cut Pro
Tutorial: Using Sonic Fire Pro with Final Cut Pro from Michele Yamazaki on Vimeo.
Michele Yamazaki from Toolfarm shows you how to create a custom soundtrack for your video in Final Cut Pro using SmartSound Sonic Fire Pro.
You can pick up SonicFire Pro in Toolfarm’s store. It really is so much fun to play with and so easy to use and you’ll be able to create incredible soundtracks amazingly fast.
Tutorial: AE 3D arrows with Trapcode Particular v2
Twitter is such a great resource. This one popped up on my radar today. It’s from Being Studios and it’s really cool. Don’t have Particular v2 yet? Download a free demo here.
AE 3D arrow Tutorial from Being Studios on Vimeo.
Create a 3D arrow using Trapcode Particular within AE.
