TUTORIALS FOR VFX & MOTION GRAPHICS
Free After Effects Tutorials & More Hosted By: Andrew Kramer
Oct 07, 2008 | 24mins.
• Use 3D Max to create a crater over live action footage
• Create a high quality crater with the displace modifier
 
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Sep 30, 2008 | 20mins.
• Use Boujou to solve 3d camera movement from footage
• Export camera data for After Effects and 3D Max
 
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Sep 19, 2008 | 20mins.
• Composite 3D Debris and create meteor smoke trail
• Add dust atmosphere and street cracking
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Sep 19, 2008 | 29mins.
• Create ground destruction in 3D Max using particle flow
• Render motion blur and shadows for AE compositing
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Aug 02, 2008 | 6mins.
• Cast 3D shadows onto live action footage
• Use shadow diffusion and special material options
 
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Jun 30, 2008 | 20mins.
• Create a complex energy scene with CC particle world
• Animate particles in 3D with multiple instances
 
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Jun 03, 2008 | 35mins.
• Create a realistic vehicle collision with body damage
• Discover Keying tips, the puppet tool and much more
 
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Apr 12, 2008 | 20mins.
• Learn advanced techniques for stabilizing footage in AE
• Composite realistic smoke behind vehicle with paticular
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Jan 17, 2008 | 27mins.
• Use 3D Max to create growing 3D vines
• Composite Z depth pass in After Effects for DOF
 
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Feb 25, 2008 | 18mins.
• Create a healing effect as seen by many super heroes
• Cover advanced motion tracking tips and compositing
 
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Jan 29, 2008 | 11mins.
• Create the illusion of cold breath on a warm day
• Use color correction to cool the mood of the scene
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Jan 09, 2008 | 17mins. 18 secs.
• Make a 3D eyeball that can look around the room
• Use CC Sphere to create a material of the eyeball
 
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Jan 07, 2008 | 20mins. 20 secs.
• Create creepy eye effects by replacing eyeball
• Use Motion tracking to link parts together
 
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Nov 26, 2007 | 13mins. 43 secs.
• Make a planet explode using the shatter effect
• Composite explosion and add motion blur
 
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Nov 26, 2007 | 13mins. 30 secs.
• Create a dying planet with visible lava and cracks
• Render with built in transparency to QuickTime Movie
 
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Oct 31, 2007 | 25mins.
• Simulate the look of bugs crawling under the skin
• Use displacement mapping and color correction
 
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Oct 15, 2007 | 25mins.
• Create the illusion of camera passing through glass
• Fade out reflection and add slight glass distortion
 
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Oct 01, 2007 | 13mins.
• Composite blood render with live action footage
• Animate camera into 3D skin layer to reveal blood
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Oct 01, 2007 | 22mins.
• Import blood render and create 3D particle system
• Use particular to stream particles with depth of field
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Oct 01, 2007 | 15mins.
• Create a complex microscopic view of inside a body
• Model a blood cell and integrate with After Effects
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Sep 10, 2007 | 13mins. 40 secs.
• Turn a 2D picture into a 3D virtual scene
• Create a clean plate and composite elements
 
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Jan 27, 2007 | 30mins.
• Extend a live action set with custom matte painting
• Link several motion trackers into one null object
 
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Jul 30, 2007 | 18mins. 19 secs.
• Transform daylight footage to night footage
• Add artificial lights and illuminate windows
 
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Jan 23, 2007 | 24mins. 2 secs.
• Add face warp using reverse motion tracking
• Warp face using liquify & texture skin with shadows
 
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Jul 16, 2007 | 15mins. 4 secs.
• Use procedural mattes to remove a blown out sky
• Track background and create custom mattes
 
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