One definition of "spotting" audio, as used in the film and video editing business, is the process of marking points in an audio track or region that you want to synchronize with visual events in the
There are several different types of animated smoke effects you can create in After Effects, and several ways to create them. In this tutorial, I'm going to show you a quick way to simulate a dense ca
After Effects CS5 now includes Digieffects FreeForm AE, a powerful 3D distortion plugin that can do all kinds of warps and displacements in true 3D space that have previously been unavailable in After
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