My name is Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) and I'm a multimedia, motion graphics and vfx artist from Poland. I've been in the business since 1997. During this time I've created tons and tons of graphics, software, flash applications, websites, videos and other things that involve creative thinking and approach.
In 2006, my friends and I started an advertising agency called Polygon Studio. We deal with 3D graphics, animation, web solutions, DTP, postproduction and compositing for film, commercials and video clips. If you need a professional assistance in any project involving creative thinking in any area of multimedia make sure to get in touch with us.
My tutorials are meant to help other artists find their way around most commonly used applications - that is Adobe After Effects, Adobe Audition (formerly Cool Edit Pro), Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premiere. I truly hope that my tutorials will be very useful to you, regardless if you're a professional, or if you're just starting your adventure with visual effects and motion graphics.
After publishing his ShapeExtruder, Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) got tons of emails asking for further explanation, so in this follow-up tutorial, Jerzy answers the most commonly asked questions.
In this video tutorial, Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) demonstrates how to generate snow using particle playground. He'll also show how to make the snow stick to other layers in your composition.
In this video tutorial, Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) demonstrates how to change the look and feel of your footage easily with his new, useful CustomEffect for color correction.
In this video tutorial, Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) demonstrates how to generate particles from live action footage without using any keyframes or expressions.
In this video tutorial, Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) demonstrates how you can extrude any vector based layer to give it a real 3D look inside After Effects.
In this video tutorial, Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) demonstrates how you can simplify the keying process, trigger expression events to control layers of your choice, and even do an automatic collision detection. Possibilities are endless.
In this video tutorial, Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) demonstrates time jittering effects using one of his presets. You may have seen this effect in movies like The Ring, The Cell, or Fight Club. You may still create this kind of effect simply by playing with the TimeRemap function, but it's much easier using this preset.
In this video tutorial, Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) helps all you Photoshopers out there by preparing few presets that will enable you to work in After Effects the same way you work in Photoshop.
In this video tutorial, Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) demonstrates how to create a radar that really works! You'll draw the radar, animate the target over it, and watch how the radar detects the object by itself, marks it on the grid and even makes a beeping sound.
In this video tutorial, Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) demonstrates how to create a dynamic animation based on a 'chain rig'. You'll learn how to animate one layer using keyframes, expressions, or both, and make other layers follow the leading layer. The rest of the tutorial is about texturing and making the final look.
