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Animating The Camera Rick Gerard presents a five minute tutorial movie as the first in a series that teaches basic After Effects Camera animation. In this first example you'll learn how to simplify animating a camera over a still image and how to control where the camera is looking by tracking the movement of a null with a simple expression. Adobe After Effects

Displacement Mapping in AE Two of the less well known features of After Effects' Production Bundle are the Time Displacement Filter and the Displacement Filter. Both use the values of one image to affect the target image. In this tutorial, Philip Hodgetts first looks at the affect of the Displacement Filter first, then moves on to Time Displacement before discussing a source of gradient images suitable for Displacement and Time Displacement Mapping. Adobe After Effects

An Introduction to how Nesting Works in AE In this tutorial, Ben Unguren gives AE newbies a simple introduction to the concept of nesting. He assumes you have an understanding of what keyframes, layers and compositions are. Adobe After Effects

Getting Jiggy with the Wiggler One of the problems that may plague animators is that their animation is too perfect ~ too clean. In this article, Jim Tierney demonstrates how to add in a little randomness to your animation with the Wiggler tool in After Effects 5.5. Adobe After Effects

Basic Shatter An Introduction to the Shatter Effect in After Effects 5.5 Now that Shatter is included in the filter set of After Effects 5.5, many users are asking how to use this effect. In this tutorial, Ben Unguren demonstrates a few very simple techniques to help get you started with Shatter. Adobe After Effects:

Panning and Zooming with AE 5.5 A Beginner's Course After Effects 5.5 Pan and Zoom. This is still a quandary for many a beginner to AE. In this tutorial, Matt Dallos will cover the preparation of your images, the basic theory behind making them move, real world examples, and a few ideas about how this effect can be extended to other and more advanced applications. Adobe After Effects 5.5

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