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Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 47: Creating and Customizing Brushes   Play Video AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 47: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis goes through some of the options for paint in After Effects and especially how to create, customize, save and delete brushes. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 46: Mask Feather Tool (CS6 & above)   Play Video AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 46: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use the long awaited and new to CS6 'Mask Feather' tool. Andrew demonstrates all the options for this powerful tool including the basic functions, a practical example as well as how it could be used as a creative tool in After Effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 45: Additional Range Selectors   Play Video AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 45: In this (more advanced) tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to create and use a range selector within another range selector all within one animator for a single text layer. The use of multiple range selectors can add a great deal of interest and flare to your text. As this is once again a somewhat more advanced option within AE Andrew doesn't go into too much detail, simply showing how to add, modify and use a second range selector within one text animator. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Adobe After Effects AE Basics 44: Shaping Text And Advanced Options   Play Video AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 44: In this (more advanced) tutorial, Andrew Devis shows the options to change the way text moves through its range and explains how to change this from the default smooth animation to a much more 'digital' or abrupt instant change. Andrew then goes on to demonstrate more of the advanced options in the timeline to 'shape' your text so that it can have a more interesting or dramatic look allowing for the type of animation that would be very difficult to achieve otherwise. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 43: Text Animators Part FOUR - Per-character 3D   Play Video AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 43: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis continues demonstrating some of the text animators available in the timeline, concentrating upon the 'Enable Per-Character 3D' option and how to apply it and use it. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Adobe After Effects Introducing After Effects CS6 - Extruded Text and Shapes   Play Video In this introductory tutorial to the new 3D capabilities of After Effects CS6, Kevin P McAuliffe shows the basics of how to extrude text and shapes inside of After Effects CS6, and also shows how tight integration with Adobe's Illustrator will have you creating powerful client logos in minutes, instead of in separate 3D applications. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Kevin P McAuliffe Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 42: Text Animators Part THREE - Tracking & more   Play Video AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 42: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis continues demonstrating some of the text animators available in the timeline, concentrating upon the tracking, character and blur options. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 41: Text Animators Part TWO - Fill & Stroke   Play Video AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 41: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis continues demonstrating some of the text animators available in the timeline, concentrating upon the fill and stoke options. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 40: Text Animators Part ONE   Play Video AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 40: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis begins to demonstrate some of the text animators available in the timeline, concentrating upon the 'transform' type of effects. More to follow in future lessons. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 39: Text Range Selectors Part TWO   Play Video In this second tutorial explaining text range selectors in After Effects, Andrew Devis shows how to add an additional range selector to our already animated text, which works in a completely separate way to the presently applied range selector and animation. The end result shows how different range selectors can work together for excellent results. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 38: Text Range Selectors Part ONE   Play Video Range selectors in After Effects enable many text animation functions that would be quite complex to achieve through the normal 'stop-watch' approach to animation. Range selectors also give us the ability to animate the numerous functions within the character panel, which at first sight, appear not to be animate-able! In this tutorial, Andrew Devis introduces and explains the concept of range selectors showing how they work and how effects can be added to an existing range selector. Part 2 will show how additional range selectors can be created that work in an entirely different way to the original range selector that has been created. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Adobe After Effects Working in 3D Part 3: Simple & Fast Camera Animation   Play Video In this third tutorial in a set of four on working in 3D space in After Effects, Andrew Devis demonstrates a very quick and simple camera animation technique which ensures that your camera will always animate toward your layers in 3D space no matter where you have placed them. In the last tutorial in this series, Andrew will show how to finesse that camera animation for excellent results. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Adobe After Effects Lite Bite for After Effects: How To Animate Text on a Path   Play Video "Lite Bites" are short no-frills tutorials giving quick answers for busy people. In this next AE Lite Bite tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to quickly and easily animate text on a path. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Adobe After Effects RGB Split Effect in After Effects   Play Video In this tutorial, Designer Sean Mullen shows us how to create the well-known RGB split effect in After Effects without the use of any third party plugins. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Sean Mullen Adobe Photoshop Photoshop and AE: Device Central   Play Video In this installment of Photoshop and AE Video Adrenaline, Richard Harrington demonstrates how to combine Photoshop and After Effects to utilize a helper application designed for mobile -- Device Central CS5.5. In 2010, more money was made on mobile phones just delivering text and sms messages than all of Hollywood put together. In the future, getting content to mobile devices will be increasingly important. You're going to want to know how to get content to a wide range of devices. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Richard Harrington Adobe After Effects Quick Tip - After Effects - After Effects Mathematics   Play Video Do you wish there was an easy way to make quick mathematical adjustments to your parameter values inside of After Effects (i.e. - increase your scale by 3.78 times)? Well, believe it or not, there is. This Quick Tip will show you another great way to speed up your AE workflow. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Kevin P. McAuliffe Adobe After Effects Shatter-Mation in After Effects   Play Video Rob Mize introduces "Shatter-Mation", the use of AE's Shatter Effect to animate text, logos and other shapes. Rob demonstrates how the Shatter Effect's Force and Physics parameters can be adjusted to precisely control objects in 3D space for a wide variety of effects and transitions within Adobe After Effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Rob Mize Adobe After Effects Particle World Transitions: Part 2   Play Video Rob Mize further develops the techniques demonstrated in Part 1 of this tutorial. He applies the Particle World Text to Sand effect to 3D text created using the Shatter Effect, and composites that onto a background. He then reverses the effect, changing sand into an onscreen character who finally, blows away as dust in the wind. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Rob Mize Adobe After Effects 3D Sci-Fi Metallic Typography   Play Video Create a cool 3D sci-fi textured type look in Adobe After Effects with Matthew Tompkins, using the Fractal Noise, Texturize and Roughen Edges effects along with Expressions, Luma Mattes, Motion Blur and pseudo 3D Camera techniques. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Matthew Tompkins Adobe After Effects Particle World Transitions: Part 1   Play Video Rob Mize demonstrates how to use Particle World in After Effects to transition text, logos and other images into a variety of particle effects, including sand, dust, smoke, fire...even a melting effect. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Rob Mize Adobe After Effects Extruding 3D Text & Shapes 4: Repousse   Play Video In this final tutorial on extruding 3D text & shapes in After Effects, Andrew Devis has a look at using Repousse from Photoshop as a way of creating quite detailed 3D text. While having some serious drawbacks, if all you have is the Production Premium or Master Suite then this technique can certainly produce high quality results. However, if shadows are required this may just drive you mad! Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Adobe After Effects Extruding 3D Text & Shapes 3: Zaxwerks & 3D Applications   Play Video In this third tutorial on extruding 3D text and shapes in After Effects, Andrew Devis looks at a plug-in specifically designed for the task by Zaxwerks. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Adobe After Effects Out of the Rabbit Hole - Text Transitions   Play Video Learn tips about working in 3D, using cameras, expressions, and the graph editor - all while making a unique Carroll-esque motion graphic title sequence. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Grant Swanson Adobe After Effects Extruding 3D Text & Shapes 2: The Shatter Method   Play Video In this second tutorial on extruding 3D text and shapes in After Effects, Andrew Devis demonstrates how to use the shatter effect to create some stylish and fast rendering 3D text and shapes. In addition to this, Andrew also shows how to apply and animate textures to the extruded items as well as how to create shadows from your creation. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Adobe After Effects Extruding 3D Text & Shapes 1: The Duplication Method   Play Video Extruding 3D text and shapes can be done in a number of different ways in After Effects using either native tools or 3rd party plug-ins. In this first tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use the duplication method which uses numerous layers of the same item to create the illusion of depth. Andrew shows the simple expression to use to make the job quick and easy as well as showing how to change the source layer to animate shapes. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Adobe Photoshop Photoshop and AE: Distressed Text   Play Video In this video tutorial, Richard Harrington shows a technique for distressing text using a photo layer as a texture map. Richard starts the project in Photoshop and finishes working with the layers in After Effects for the final touches. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Richard Harrington Adobe After Effects Laser Writing in After Effects   Play Video Write with lasers. Rob Mize uses After Effects to create a laser effect and controls it with motion paths created from shapes layers. The use of track mattes enables the laser to burn text, shapes and logos in backgrounds. No 3rd party plug-ins required. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Rob Mize Trapcode Creating a 3d Winter Scene with Photoshop and Particular   Play Video In this video tutorial, Michael Park spreads a little Holiday cheer by creating a stylized Winter scene, complete with true 3d text and a forest of trees. Along the way, Mike will demonstrate how to create 3d text inside of Photoshop, and then import and integrate and animate that text in After Effects. Unlike other methods utilizing only After Effects, this method creates true 3d extruded text using Photoshop's 3d capabilities inside of After Effects. In addition, Mike will show how to populate and custom color an entire forest with Particular in a manner of minutes. The only thing you need to bring is the hot chocolate. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Michael Park Adobe After Effects Create a Photo Carousel in After Effects   Play Video In this AE video tutorial, Rob Mize teaches how to use a null object to control photos, video and text and rotate them on a virtual carousel in 3D space. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Rob Mize Adobe After Effects Wiggle Transform & Text in AE   Play Video The wiggle transform effect in Adobe After Effects is not very intuitive to say the least, and powerful though it is, it doesn't work on text! In this tutorial I show you how to use the powerful wiggle transform effect and then, even better, how to use it on text so that you can have exciting wiggling, self-animating text! Enjoy! Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis RE:Vision Effects Slow Motion Stills   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Eran Stern demonstrates how to create extreme slow motion video using few still frames, with RE:Vision Twixtor Pro. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Eran Stern Adobe After Effects Cool Linear Wipe with a Stroke   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Guillaume Charron demonstrates how to add a stroke to a linear wipe. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Guillaume Charron Adobe After Effects Expressions Jack of All Trades, Master of Expressions   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Eran Stern demonstrates how to create a jumpy and squishy animation using the power of expressions. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Eran Stern Adobe After Effects The Pusher   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Eran Stern creates a watery liquid push effect and color corrects the shot using the bundled Color Finesse plug-in. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Eran Stern Adobe After Effects Color Link   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Eran Stern creates a colorful disco tunnel using shape layers and matching the look to a video footage using the color link effect. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Eran Stern Adobe After Effects Markers Leaks   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Eran Stern gives an introduction to custom effects which trigger actions using layer markers inside of Adobe After Effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Eran Stern Adobe After Effects Using BCC6 Text Jitter in AE   Play Video This video tutorial from Dirk de Jong gives you an in-depth look at the Jitter feature of Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE's Extruded Text filter. Basic functionality of the Jitter feature is explained and demonstrated. Then, the Jitter feature is shown in the context of a more developed effect involving audio and After Effects Camera and Lights. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Dirk de Jong Boris FX Using After Effects Masks with Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE Extruded Text   Play Video In this Boris FX video tutorial we show you how to use an After Effects mask to define custom extrusion curves as well as the baseline for text characters in Boris Continuum Complete's Extruded Text filter. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Dirk de Jong Boris FX Map an After Effects Video Layer to Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE Extruded Text   Play Video In this Boris FX video tutorial we show you how to map an After Effects video layer to the surface of Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE Extruded Text. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Dirk de Jong Boris FX Warp, Deform, and Explode 3D Extruded Text with BCC6 AE   Play Video In this Boris FX video tutorial we show you how to employ the power of vertex shaders to warp, deform and even explode 3D extruded text using Adobe After Effects and the new 3D Objects from Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Dirk de Jong Boris FX Create Extruded Text with Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE   Play Video This new video tutorial shows you the basics of using BCC Extruded Text in Adobe After Effects. BCC Extruded Text belongs to the 3D Objects category of filters which is new to Boris Continuum Complete 6. These stunning OpenGL-based filters use vertex and pixel shaders that enable the generation of animated 3D shatter, bulge, bend, taper, twist, ripple, and wave effects. You can also create reflection or texture maps for the generated 3D text - from any image or video clip in the AE timeline. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Paul Ezzy Adobe After Effects Text Trick Part 2   Play Video In this video tutorial, Eran Stern explains how to design a Counting Circle Animation with the After Effects Text Tool. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Eran Stern Adobe After Effects Text Trick Part 1   Play Video In this video tutorial, Eran Stern reveals the first text trick in his series and shows how to design an audio waves animation with the After Effects Text Tool. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Eran Stern Adobe After Effects Bleach Bypass Effect   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Grant Swanson demonstrates a quick, easy and very high quality bleach bypass effect right inside of After Effects. Understand what the term refers to and how to simulate it in the digital intermediate process or on digital video, using After Effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Grant Swanson Adobe After Effects The Bourne Flashback: Creating a Flashback Look   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create the flashback look as seen in the film The Bourne Ultimatum with some extra touches and hints. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects Shape Layer Tip #3: Trim Paths   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use shape layers to easily create that Old-School look where a red dashed line animates over a map to indicate travel destinations. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects Creating the Jumbotron Look in After Effects   Play Video Its game time baby! In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create the look of a giant monitor, such as the kind you might see at a stadium or concert. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects Changing Shortcuts with After Effects   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to be an AE road warrior by changing the keyboard shortcuts to account for missing keys on a laptop - such as the Ram Preview key or the Audio Preview key. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects Creating Digital Cinema   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Grant Swanson will explain how to simulate many elements to enhance your DV footage. Many techniques in this tutorial will show how to create effects similar to those in a popular software package. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Grant Swanson Adobe After Effects AE Quick Tips #6: Remove Color Matting   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz adds to the concepts he covered in his tutorial Straight Vs. Premultiplied. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects Crime and Chaos - Part 2   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Contributing Editor Eran Stern will show you how to project text on the floor using light transmission feature in After Effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Eran Stern Adobe After Effects Shape Layer Tip #2: Complex Shapes   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to combine several shapes to make a complex shape. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects Motion Stabilizing   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Grant Swanson will explain how to use the After Effects Motion Tracker to remove unwanted jitter and movement while still retaining the original motion of the sequence through the use of an expression or manual keyframes in After Effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Grant Swanson Adobe After Effects AE Quick Tips #5: Perspective Offset   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a cool tip for adding depth to your Fractal Noise animations. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects Shape Layer Tip #1: Custom Shapes   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to move beyond the Basic shape tools to create your own custom shapes. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects Sin City Effect part 2   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Grant Swanson will cover important and useful techniques for working with alpha channels that are specifically derived from certain color luminance values. He will explain how to extract the color of a certain area of the image, turn it into an alpha channel, and use it to manipulate the image. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Grant Swanson Adobe After Effects Tornado Text, part 2   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Contributing Editor Eran Stern enhances the 3D ribbon text composition by adding a ripple effect to the floor plus a flock of fireflies that dance around the scene. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Eran Stern Adobe After Effects Tornado Text, part 1   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Eran Stern shows you a very cool way to create 3D ribbon text animation using After Effects CS3 Text tool. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Eran Stern Adobe After Effects Expressions AE Quick Tips #4: Copy Expression Only   Play Video In this video tutorial, CreativeCow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a menu item for speeding up the process of copying expressions to other layers, without typing or altering the current values. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects AE Quick Tips #3: Show Waveform   Play Video In this video tutorial, CreativeCow leader Aharon Rabinowitz returns to the subject of Audio (Workflow tips #8) and shares a tip for working with audio waveforms that he got from an AE user via email. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects AE Quick Tips #2: Preserve Transparency   Play Video In this video tutorial, CreativeCow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you an often-missed feature in AE that can help you when trying to create transparency in an image by using the layers below as the source of that transparency. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects Mystic Text   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Grant Swanson will take you through an effective way of tracking Mystic Text onto a wall or screen. This technique can be used in horror films, commercials, or promos. He will cover the basics of the After Effects paint tools, some basic 2.5D motion tracking, and some simple yet effective compositing techniques. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Grant Swanson Adobe After Effects AE Quick Tips #1: Grow Bounds   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you an often-missed tool that can help you out in a pinch, by expanding the boundaries of your footage. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects Afterista: part two   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Eran Stern continues to animate the vector shapes using After Effects and finalizing the design for our Telenovela opener. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Eran Stern Adobe After Effects Afterista: part one   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Eran Stern demonstrates a cool way of designing a text title for a Telenovela soap opera opener using Illustrator open type font. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Eran Stern Adobe After Effects basics An Introduction to Shape Layers   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz introduces you to Shape Layers, one of the most powerful features in Adobe After Effects CS3. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects Creating the Sin City Effect   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Grant Swanson will take you step-by-step through the easiest and fastest (and extremely effective) way of creating the popular Sin City effect - colorized objects in a black and white world. You will learn basic techniques when working with color, and some useful masking/rotoscoping techniques. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Grant Swanson Adobe After Effects After Effects Text Tips 3   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz explores a few ways to correct some common problems experienced when creating text animators. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects After Effects Text Tips 2   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz explores creating Text animators, and talks about why you might animate properties together or separately. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects Digits Man, part 2   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Eran Stern will continue to finesse the design of the Digits Man promo. Learn how to create a subtle background using the Shape Tool and spice it further with additional effects and Text animations. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Eran Stern Adobe After Effects Digits Man, part 1   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Eran Stern will show you a cool technique for filling an image of a human head with animated numbers using After Effects CS3s Text tool. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Eran Stern Adobe After Effects Expressions Animating Text Reflections with Expressions In this tutorial from Creative COW Contributing Editor Trent Armstrong, you'll see how to use Expressions to animate reflected light across text. You can get great results using only ingredients included free with AE, including track mattes and the AE Camera. Tutorial Trent Armstrong Adobe After Effects basics Per-Character 3D Text   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz introduces you to the new Per-Character 3D Text animation feature in After Effects CS3. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects Creating 3D Extruded Text   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative COW leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you several popular techniques and tools for creating 3D extruded text in After Effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects CE Shape Extruder   Play Video 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. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Jerzy Drozda Jr Adobe After Effects Working With the Scribble Effect - Part 1   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create Scribble-like animation with shapes and text in After Effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects AE Text Tips #1: Working with Photoshop and Illustrator Files   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shares tips on working with Photoshop and Illustrator Text, as well as a few other text-related hints. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects Creating 3D Text   Play Video In this video tutorial, animator Traylor Woodall demonstrates how to create 3D text or logos in Adobe After Effects without 3rd party plug-ins. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Traylor Woodall Adobe After Effects Creating a Custom Wave Form - Part 1   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create a customized, sound-reactive waveform using a stroke, a distortion effect and an expression. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects AE Workflow Tip #2: Rendering   Play Video In this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shares some rendering workflow tips to help you avoid a crash and render a little faster, and discusses an important plug-in for speeding up your renders and previews. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects basics AE Workflow Tip #1: Duplication   Play Video In this Video Tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz helps you improve your workflow through the use of duplication in After Effects. Topics covered include, duplicating layers, render settings, overwriting renders, and creating videotape containing both RGB and Alpha transparency information for archiving. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects Creating a Flock of Birds - Part 2   Play Video In part 2 of this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create and animate a flock of birds from the original bird. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects Creating a Flock of Birds - Part 1   Play Video In part 1 of this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to build and animate a bird in AE 3D. In part 2, it will join a flock of birds. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects Horror Text - Part 2   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to make Horror Movie style text appear on a wall. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects Horror Text - Part 1   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to make Horror Movie style text appear on a wall. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects Creating 3D Ribbon Text In this tutorial Dave Langley demonstrates how to create a 3D ribbon of text that flows smoothly around curves up and down slopes moving around and interacting with other elements using only core tools in After Effects. Tutorial David Langley Adobe After Effects How to make a Text Stream using Expressions In this tutorial CreativeCOW's Joe Chao demonstrates using expressions to create a text stream wrapping around a pillar. The pillar and its background are all completely made in AfterEffects. Tutorial Joe Chao Adobe After Effects Creating and Enhancing Text Wipe On Effects   Play Video In this tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a simple method of creating text wipe-on effects, and ways to enhance them with an updated look. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects Displacement Mapping Part 3: Text and Time   Play Video In part 3 of this 3-part series on Displacement Mapping, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz covers displacement of Text, which follows slightly different rules than normal footage. Youll also be introduced to the concept of displacing time, which follows some of the same principles covered in the first 2 tutorials. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects Text Blur   Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Andrew Kramer shows you how to use the Per-Character Text Blur effect, a new feature in After Effects 7. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Kramer Adobe After Effects Shading Effects In this tutorial, Mylenium will show you how to replicate that stylish MacOS X buttons look. At first sight it will look like an antiquated technique of a time when today's layer effects in Photoshop were also created that way, but after a while you will clearly see the advantages of it. Think of it more as a source of inspiration on how to overcome limitations of for instance the Alpha Bevel effect rather than a tutorial in its classical sense. Tutorial Mylenium Adobe After Effects Building the Logo and Putting it together in AE: Part 5 of 5 In this final lesson of a 5-part tutorial from Motion Graphics Trainer, Dean Velez, we'll build the logo and put it all together. The entire 5 part tutorial explores creating complex backgrounds using a Photoshop still with the 3D properties of After Effects. We'll also create high end transitions using path tools and various effects as well as eye catching 2D animation using parented layers and resolving text using the track matte features. Tutorial Dean Velez Adobe After Effects Building the Spider in AE: Part 4 of 5 In this 5-part tutorial, Motion Graphics Trainer, Dean Velez explores creating complex backgrounds using a Photoshop still with the 3D properties of After Effects. We'll also create high end transitions using path tools and various effects as well as eye catching 2D animation using parented layers and resolving text using the track matte features. In lesson four, we'll build the animated spider. Tutorial Dean Velez Adobe After Effects Building the Animated Stroke in AE: Part 3 of 5 In this 5-part tutorial, Motion Graphics Trainer, Dean Velez explores creating complex backgrounds using a Photoshop still with the 3D properties of After Effects. We'll also create high end transitions using path tools and various effects as well as eye catching 2D animation using parented layers and resolving text using the track matte features. In lesson three, we'll build the animated stroke. Tutorial Dean Velez Adobe After Effects Creating the 3D Space in AE: Part 2 of 5 In this 5-part tutorial, Motion Graphics Trainer, Dean Velez explores creating complex backgrounds using a Photoshop still with the 3d properties of After Effects. We'll also create high end transitions using path tools and various effects as well as eye catching 2D animation using parented layers and resolving text using the track matte features. In lesson one, we'll prepare the Photoshop still. Tutorial Dean Velez Adobe After Effects R:Evolutionary Motion Typography in After Effects 6.0 Every art form has its technological touchstone. Whether it's a million purpura mollusk shells ground up to make the color "purple' or the Korg DX-7 defining a generation of music, technology has had a profound influence on art and design. With the release of After Effects 6.0, designers, animators and compositors have been given a radical new tool to push pixels around: call it Textacy. Alan Shisko talked with Steve Kilisky, Project Manager for Adobe After Effects about Textacy and how it all came about.. Review, Tutorial Alan Shisko Adobe After Effects Text that Blows away like Sand In this tutorial, Emanuel Eriksson uses masks and Particle Playground in After Effects to demonstrate how to blow a text, or any object for that matter, off the screen as if it was made up by small grains of sand. Tutorial Emanuel Eriksson Adobe After Effects Basic Shatter: Introduction to the Shatter Effect 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 very simple technique to help get you started with Shatter. Tutorial Ben Unguren Adobe After Effects MAKING TEXT FLY When Marcus Gedult teaches After Effects, students often ask him if there's a way to make letters fly onto the screen from multiple directions and form a word. They want to avoid animating each letter on a separate layer and can you blame them? In this tutorial, Marcus demonstrates a couple of techniques that will do the job, one of which uses Path Text; the other uses Particle Playground. Tutorial Marcus Geduld Adobe After Effects nesting compositions - 1 In this tutorial, Ben Unguren gives COW members a simple introduction to the concept of nesting. He assumes you have an understanding of what keyframes, layers and compositions are. This is in the Basics of After Effects Series. Tutorial Ben Unguren Adobe After Effects Path Text: Advanced Settings With version 5.5 of After Effects, Adobe has included some new features in the path-text filter that can be quite cool SUCH AS THE ABILITY TO TREAT TEXT CHARACTERS AS INDIVIDUAL OBJECTS, BUT RETAIN THEIR CONNECTION TO A PATH. In this tutorial, Ben Unguren demonstrates how to use the filter to generate a dancing type-on effect. Tutorial Ben Unguren Adobe After Effects Trapcode Shine: Write it with Light Mark Simpson has written this tutorial in response to the many requests for info on a sample movie he posted in the Trapcode Forum using Shine in After Effects. This tutorial was done in AE4.1 using Filters from the Cult Effects Collection and the new Trapcode Plug-in Shine. Here's the rundown of how Mark creates the effect. Tutorial Mark Simpson Adobe After Effects Rork-n-scroll: A Guide to Scrolling Titles with Path Text As part of our Motion Graphics repertoire, we're occasionally requested to perform the traditional right-to-left and bottom-to-top text scrolls. Suffice it to say that it is one of the more frequent client-requests. In this tutorial, Roland Kahlenberg explores a method to add some variation to the conventional look of a scroll while still maintaining a high level of legibility. Tutorial Roland R. Kahlenberg Adobe After Effects Animating the Universal Cow After Effects 5 has some powerful 3D compositing features and some new tools that make complicated animations a snap. In this tutorial we will use parenting, expressions and Boris 3D text to recreate the Universal movie opening (sort' a). A new way of thinking about layers in AE is required. It's easy to grasp once you stand back from the project a little. Let's proceed. Tutorial Rick Gerard Adobe After Effects Evolution 'Shatter': Blowing text off a page Mark Simpson uses Atomic Power Evolution 'Shatter' effect and Adobe Illustrator to simulate text being blown off of a page. Evolution is built into After Effects 5.0. This tutorial should be easily adapted for use with AE 5. Tutorial Mark Simpson

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