TUTORIALS FOR VFX & MOTION GRAPHICS
Free After Effects Tutorials & More Hosted By: Andrew Kramer
May 14, 2007 | 6mins.
• Create a semi-realistic water surface in 3D
• Use a pre-composed displacement map layer
 
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May 07, 2007 | 8mins. 45 secs.
• Enhance 3D reflections with watery refraction
• Make surface appear wet and displaced
 
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Apr 30, 2007 | 12mins. 19 secs.
• Animate a thin particle system in 3D space
• Use expressions to enhance particle control
 
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Apr 23, 2007 | 14mins. 25 secs.
• Control speed from slow to fast like film 300
• Use pixel motion and frame blending options
 
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Apr 16, 2007 | 6mins. 21 secs.
• Simulate a blow back action from a small firearm
• Recreate the barrel and add motion blur to slide
 
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Apr 09, 2007 | 13mins. 50 secs.
• Construct a 3D room from still images
• Animate camera down a hallway with titles
 
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Apr 02, 2007 | 9mins. 29 secs.
• Create an easy earthquake expression with controller
• Generate 32bpc motion blur from 8bit footage
 
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Mar 26, 2007 | 15mins. 15 secs.
• Use light streaks with live action footage
• Enhanced coloring method and 3D layer control
 
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Mar 19, 2007 | 13mins.
• Learn how to make blood stick to things
• Use masks to composite blood behind actor
 
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Mar 12, 2007 | 14mins. 24 secs.
• Create flowing light streams using a fractal noise
• Add 3D particles and a nice camera move
 
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Mar 05, 2007 | 15mins. 15 secs.
• Create ink spatter elements and composite in 3D
• Use Particle World to generate fake ink
 
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Mar 05, 2007 | 5mins.
• Make a muzzle flash actually light up your scene
• Use for saber hits, lighting or even explosions!
 
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Jan 22, 2007 | 12mins. 35 secs.
• New Light Saber preset with enhanced motion blur
• Obscure the Light Saber when behind Objects
 
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Jan 29, 2007 | 11mins.
• Use Custom Preset to generate instant Light Sabers
• Change color and size Setting Globally with ease
 
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Jan 22, 2007 | 16mins. 32 secs.
• Convert frame rates from PAL to NTSC to PAL
• Change 60i footage to 24p and much more
 
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Jan 08, 2007 | 19mins. 45 secs.
• Use Trapcode's Particular to generate light streaks
• Use an expression to generate random movement
 
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Jan 01, 2007 | 19mins. 45 secs.
• Create easy 3D reflections with no plug-ins
• Simulate reflective falloff and blurry reflections
 
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Dec 18, 2006 | 18mins. 17 secs.
• Create a page peel animation effect
• Use time-remapping to adjust speed
 
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Nov 06, 2006 | 7mins.
• Create depth of field with live action footage
• Take advantage of the new lens blur effect
 
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Oct 23, 2006 | 3mins. 30 secs.
• Use simple tools to create a great bleach bypass
• Can be done with earlier versions of AE
 
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Jul 04, 2006 | 13mins. 20 secs.
• Learn a great rotoscoping technique
• Composite digital blood burst & a muzzle flash
 
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Jun 26, 2006 | 17mins. 26 secs.
• Automatically resize images in Photoshop batch
• Sequence layers quickly in After Effects
 
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Jun 12, 2006 | 13mins. 7 secs.
• Use camera raw images & create HDRI in Photoshop
• Create blooming and realistic motion blur
 
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May 14, 2007 | 10mins.
• Use Keylight to achieve great green screen work
• Learn basic color correction techniques
 
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May 15, 2006 | 11mins. 40 secs.
• Set up low resolution proxies in AE to work faster
• Manage render settings and templates more efficiently
 
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