Free Video Tutorials for Adobe After Effects: AE.TUTSPLUS.COM - Vol.7
142. Double Stuffed Tracking Walkthrough We’ve
seen lots of tutorials on how to do basic planar tracking, but we’re
gonna take it to a hole notha level. This tutorial demonstrates how to
use 2D planar tracking and 3d tracking together to create graphics that
pop off a board that you can hold and walk with.
Author: By Jacob Owens It
all began when Jake was 6-years-old when he started making films with
his uncle’s video camera. Throw in the fact that he had hamsters as pets
all of his life; it was inevitable for Jake to create an epic trilogy
about Copain The Hamster and his journey from Paris to Halifax. With a
collection of effects-driven shorts, Halifax began taking notice of his
specialization with compositing, green screen work, on-set FX direction
and motion graphics. Jake was soon snatched up by Hatch Post to shine a
light on Halifax in the world of visual effects and the advertising
scene.
143. Give Your Video A Pencil Sketched Look I
think we all used to create little cartoons in school by drawing on
each page of your text books and flipping through them to animate. Well,
lets all save a tree. In this tutorial we’ll be creating a similar
looking animation in AE using Trapcode Particular’s Aux Particles. From
there we’ll bring it over into Photoshop and learn a little bit about
how to apply filters to video with the help of Filmstrip format.
Author: By Eddie Bogdanov I'm an aspiring digital artist from Latvia mainly concentrated on motion graphics.
144. Generate a Dynamic Morphing Background Design with Sinedots In
this tutorial you will learn how to work and use the free plug-in
Sinedots, which is a very powerful tool for creating interesting
abstract motion background. There haven’t been many good tutorials for
this plug-in so I hope you find this useful!
Author: By Stefan Surmabojov I'm
a 21 years old motion graphics designer from Bulgaria. I have 2 years
of professional experience behind my back. Most of my time I spend
working for a small TV company. In my spare time I work as a freelancer
and create video tutorials related to After Effects for our site.
In
this tutorial you will learn how to work and use the free plug-in
Sinedots, which is a very powerful tool for creating interesting
abstract motion background. There haven’t been many good tutorials for
this plug-in so I hope you find this useful!
145. Get Brilliantly Better Balcony Backdrops This
tutorial explains how to do basic compositing using After Effects. We
will be covering how to do sky replace and get a matte using Luma Keys
and add 3D layers of elements to build a basic composite.
Author: By Mohamed Hafeez I
am a Software Manager in Cisco. Visual Effects and Motion Graphics is
my passion and I intend to start a small VFX shop in the future. I am
self learned from the internet. I work mostly in the graveyard time
after my day job. After Effects, Nuke and Maya excite me more than my
current day job :-)
146. Track Your Golf Swing Form Like A Master Use
Motion Tracking to create a motion swing path behind a golfer’s club
head. This effect would work perfectly to show your friends how bad they
need to work on their form… just a thought. But honestly, this simple
principle can be used to create endless effects and could really spice
up any sport-themed projects you work on.
Author: By Kerry Murphy OddOne
is a young creative unit that generates audio visual and graphic design
work. While specializing in motion graphics, we offer a complete
package of high quality design, film and custom sound. We are a
multidisciplinary collaborative with a videographer, graphic designer
and sound engineer which means that each member brings something special
to the table. In addition, the unique compilation of different
nationalities ensures an international flair.
147. Create A Beach Themed "Water Writing” Look This
tutorial is about how to Write with Water inside After Effects without
any using for the 3d party plug-ins. So if the Summer heat gets to you,
just go inside for a while and watch this tutorial to cool down. Don’t
forget your sunscreen and enjoy Writing with Water!
Author: By Heba Hawas Hello,
I’m a VFX freelancer from Cairo, Egypt. Check out my website where I
make Arabic tutorials for After Effect and soon will make tutorials for
cartoon animation also with my brother. We are also working together
here to establish a small studio as well.
148. Generate Your Own Splendid Spirographical Designs Today,
we’re going to resurrect a classic drawing toy in After Effects using
an expression tied into a few custom sliders. I used Trapcode Particular
2.0 to display the resulting animated patterns but CC Particle World
could be used almost as easily and the results can be used in a myriad
of ways for your projects. Or you can just experiment and see what kind
of unique shapes you can generate just by changing a few numbers.
Author: By Christopher Kirkman For
the past 15 years, Christopher has been a professional web designer
with a passion for animation and visual effects. It's only been in
recent years that motion graphics has become a large part of his daily
work and he brings over a decade of experience in Photoshop to the
table. Not to mention a mental database chronicling hundreds of hours of
behind-the-scenes featurettes to inspire and enlighten the techniques
of his work. Though not yet in the big leagues, Christopher lives a
stone's throw from Tinsel Town and works hard to one day find his name
scrolling by on the big screen, even if it is only for a few seconds.
149. Use Color To Control Your Textures – Part 2 In
the second part of this tutorial you will learn how to animate the
cubes bounce in a realistic manner. using only expressions linked to a
custom made "control panel”. A very useful, and time-saving technique to easily control and manipulate expressions.
Author: By Ran Ben Avraham Ran
Ben Avraham is post production artist working mainly in the fields of
motion design and visual effects. He is a freelancer from Israel, and
also runs tophateffects.com/, an AE templates website, designated for
the visual effects industry.
150. Discover How To Recreate the Sherlock Holmes End Credits Effect After
Effects, my dear Watson! This tutorial uses hand drawn elements,
textures, and pre-matted motion elements to recreate a look that is
similar to the Sherlock Holmes credits. It gives you basics to build on.
The great thing about this effect is that it is made to look organic
and not 3D and effects heavy, but it still turns out looking really
professional. It does not require very much expertise in free hand
drawing seeing that all you have to do is trace a still image. Take this
tutorial and build upon it to create something awesome.
Author: By Aaron Wimberley I
have been working with video since 1999, when I was a teenager and
worked on a Videonics Titlemaker™ connected between two VCR’s. I have
been a professional since 2004 and work on many kinds of projects,
mostly for non-profit organizations. I am eager to learn and happy to
share my experience. I hope you learn something from the information
provided.
151. Welcome CS5! An Intro To The New "Roto Brush” A
HUGE welcome to After Effects CS5! In this tutorial, I’ll be going
through and explaining the new "Roto Brush” tool included within CS5. It
isn’t a "keyer”, it’s not quite a "magic wand”, I wouldn’t even call it
a "pen”. You’re just gonna have to watch the tutorial to find out what
this amazing new feature is made of!
Author: By Adam Everett Miller I
am the editor of Aetuts+. Originally from Minnesota, I moved to
Virginia in 2004 where I am the media director of a marketing company.
152. Animate An Underground Map Without Keyframes In Motion 4 In
this tutorial you will learn how to create and animate the map of your
favorite city underground with Apple Motion 4. Behaviours will be our
friends to avoid the use of keyframes. They are one of the most powerful
tools in Motion to speed up your work.
Author: By Thomas Prinzivalli French
guy living in Spain, I'm a 27 years old video editor, motion graphics
lover, web and graphic designer. I also wanna learn 3D and web
programming soon.
153. Create A Realistic Glass Reflection Transparency
is an important element to reflect in one’s relationships and if we can
help you in that area it’d be our pleasure! In this tutorial you’ll
find out how to create a realistic glass reflection on a 3D object,
created within After Effects. We’ll then simulate a normal pass and have
it reflect the environment with the "normality” free plug-in.
Author: By Ran Ben Avraham Ran
Ben Avraham is post production artist working mainly in the fields of
motion design and visual effects. He is a freelancer from Israel, and
also runs tophateffects.com/, an AE templates website, designated for
the visual effects industry.
154. Make A Stop At An Old Deserted Motel Learn
how to composite a multi-purpose short scene using still pictures and
.vpe files. We will be using the 3d resources in AE to make the pictures
blend together. In addition, a new technique to achieve a different
neon text effect and more compositing tips. Lets hit the road!
Author: By Carlos Batllo Hello,
I am a freelance motion designer and film student living in Barcelona. I
do custom work for companies and individuals, some short films, and I
am also an author at VideoHive. See more at my website.
155. Give Your Title A "Gamer” Like Glitch In
this tutorial we are going to make a distortion effect, similar to the
intro titles in ‘Gamer’. We start of by creating a stylized text in
Photoshop, and making some cool distortions with Photoshop filters.
After that we go into After Effects to animate the photoshop layers into
a sequence, and stylize the sequence to make it look even cooler.
Author: By Tim Schiphorst I
am 1/3 of a shortfilm production team called BITMOTION. The 3 of us
fulfill all the roles in our filmcrew. Among other things, such as
directing, filming and editting, I generally do all the After Effects
work for our films. I learned using After Effects by practicing a lot in
my own time, playing around with different effects and doing a lot of
tutorials.
156. Workflow In Zaxwerks ProAnimator Part 1 3D
movies, 3D televisions, 3D on the desktop. Everything cool these days
is in 3D! For an animator, there is no faster way to create professional
3D animation than with the Zaxwerks ProAnimator. Everyone’s heard of
it, and in this 32 minute tutorial Rob Birnholz will teach the basics of
how it works. This is not a sales pitch, but an actual workflow. For
the basics, After Effects is not required, but the tutorial steps are
same for both the standalone ProAnimator application and the AE plug-in
version. A trial version of ProAnimator can be downloaded from
www.zaxwerks.com.
Author: By Rob Birnholz Rob Birnholz
has 30 years experience in video and film, beginning with 15+ years as a
director/cameraman and more than 25 years in post as an editor and
motion graphics artist. He is a nationally recognized Adobe After
Effects expert, skilled Final Cut Pro editor and a popular speaker and
demo artist at user groups and industry trade shows.
157. Workflow In Zaxwerks ProAnimator Part 2 In
this tutorial you’ll learn how to use the Zaxwerks ProAnimator After
Effects plug in to open an existing Zaxwerks project inside After
Effects and use the Layer Maps feature to add animated texture maps and
filter effects to a 3D model. To view Part 1 Click Here.
Author: By Rob Birnholz Rob
Birnholz has 30 years experience in video and film, beginning with 15+
years as a director/cameraman and more than 25 years in post as an
editor and motion graphics artist. He is a nationally recognized Adobe
After Effects expert, skilled Final Cut Pro editor and a popular speaker
and demo artist at user groups and industry trade shows.
158. Create A Techie Math Animation In
this tutorial we are going to make a create an animated web-like
animation that you can use for any tech-oriented project you may have on
the horizon. We’ll be using basic shapes, precomps, and a quick
expression. The process is simple, but the options are endless…
Author: By Brock Nordstrom Brock
(Brawk on MoGraph and among other places) is a freelancer currently
working out of Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. When he's not doing motion
graphics, he is usually involved in video and photography.
159. Soak Your Logo With CC Glass Somebody
grab a towel cause we got a damp tutorial on our hands. We’ll be using
inverted mattes to create a sopping wet logo that’ll leave you drenched.
Author: By Abem I started to learn After Effects
around two years ago because I found the software quite rich with graph
manipulation. I have created a few other tutorials that you can see on
my site.
160. Build Some Sturdy Steel Structures – Day 1 In
this two part tutorial we’ll explain how to make a logo with a 3D
simulation of a steel structure using Cinema 4D and establish the
movement. Tomorrow we’ll be bringing our renders over into After Effects
to put it all together.
Author: By Antonio Cerri This author has yet to write their bio.
161. Build Some Sturdy Steel Structures – Day 2 In
this two part tutorial we’ll explain how to make a logo with a 3D
simulation of a steel structure using Cinema 4D and establish the
movement. Today we’ll be bringing our renders over into After Effects to
put it all together. You can watch part one here.
Author: By Antonio Cerri This author has yet to write their bio.
162. Audio Reactant Time Remapping In
this tutorial, we’ll learn how to do some experimental animation on a
footage based on music. For this effect we’ll dive into learning time
remapping, waveform and a bit about expressions as well.
Author: By Francois Tarlier Matchmover / VFX artist freelance and TD Artist for video game company
163. Recreate The Matrix Chopper Scene In
this 3ds Max/AE combo tutorial, you will learn how to make a stream of
raining bullets using PF source in 3DS Max and then combine all the
elements together in AE to give a stunning "Matrix-like” effect.
Author: By Chandan Kumar Chandan
Kumar is a VFX artist from India with having more than 6 years of
experience in both production and education. He runs his own website
www.vfxrider.com where he produces video tutorials on After Effects.
164. Composite A Live Action Jet Flyby – AE Part In
this 2 Part, 45 minute tutorial we’ll go over the process involved with
compositing a jet, helicopter, or even a UFO into your live actions
scenes. You can watch Part One over on CGtuts+ before you watch Part Two
below.
Author: By Clinton Jones Hey my name is Clinton
Jones and I'm currently 18 years old. I got into VFX and Motion
Graphics about 3 and half years ago and have been learning ever since!
You can check out my work at www.youtube.com/pwnisher
165. Enter A 3D Samurai Chamber – Day 1 In
this tutorial, we will build an entire 3D samurai chamber entirely
within After Effects. From there we’ll animate a camera to fly through
it as we light the whole scene. Finally, we take a look at depth of
field. So there is a lot to cover!
Author: By Adnan Hadi I am Digital Artist from Germany working currently as a Freelancer. In addition, I am a student in mechanical engineering.
166. Enter A 3D Samurai Chamber – Day 2 In
this tutorial, we will build an entire 3D samurai chamber entirely
within After Effects. From there we’ll animate a camera to fly through
it as we light the whole scene. Finally, we take a look at depth of
field. So there is a lot to cover!
Author: By Adnan Hadi I am Digital Artist from Germany working currently as a Freelancer. In addition, I am a student in mechanical engineering.