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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Adobe After Effects basics
AE Basics 37: Animating Source Text Play Video AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 37: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis starts to show how to do basic source text animation in the timeline including changes in fonts and other parameters and how that text is then linked to the keyframes created so that it can be re-arranged as needed.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis |
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Adobe After Effects basics
AE Basics 35: The Character Panel Play Video AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 35: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows all the options in the character panel and how to use them to create good looking text. Also included in this tutorial are some more hidden options that can make a big difference to the look and feel of your selected font.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis |
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Adobe After Effects basics
AE Basics 32: Creating Motion Backgrounds with Shapes Layers Play Video AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 32: In this tutorial Andrew Devis takes some of what has been learnt over the previous AE Basics tutorials on shape layers and puts them together to create a motion background for text. In this tutorial Andrew covers shape creation, shape duplication, working with multiple shape layers at a time, pre-composing multiple shape layers etc. Andrew also introduces "Adjustment Layers" to create a blurred vignette and to use as a color adjustment layer while showing how to move between comps to get the best possible look.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis |
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Adobe After Effects basics
AE Basics 19: Shape Layers Part 3 - Text & The Pen Tool Play Video AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 19: In the third tutorial looking at Shape Layers in After Effects, Andrew Devis shows how to use both the Text tool and the Pen tool to create shapes in After Effects. For the Text tool, Andrew demonstrates methods to animate the shapes created as well as how to group shapes so that although still all being able to be animated individually, they can also be animated together as a group. For the Pen tool Andrew shows how to use RotoBezier and how to create Bezier handles with each point created for better custom shape creation as well as how to break those handles when needed.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Adobe After Effects basics
Part Four: Creating Cogs and Gears in AE
This tutorial from Chris Zwar is a bit of a one trick pony, but its a trick thats worth knowing. Cogs and gears are nice looking design elements and are popular in all sorts of backgrounds. If you do a search on the internet, its easy to find a range of techniques for creating cogs in Photoshop and Illustrator, and Illustrator even comes with a few included.
Tutorial Chris Zwar |
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Adobe After Effects basics
Extras: Creating Cogs and Gears in AE
This tutorial from Chris Zwar is a bit of a one trick pony, but its a trick thats worth knowing. Cogs and gears are nice looking design elements and are popular in all sorts of backgrounds. If you do a search on the internet, its easy to find a range of techniques for creating cogs in Photoshop and Illustrator, and Illustrator even comes with a few included.
Tutorial Chris Zwar |
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