Got After Effects? You've probably heard of Red Giant Software then. You may not be aware of their Misfire plug-in which, as Toby Pitman shows, does anything but what its name suggests.
You've likely seen the popular motion graphics effect of video playing inside or behind a text layer. Clay Asbury pops open Adobe After Effects and reveals the steps needed to create it.
13 is unlucky for some, but certainly not for all of you After Effects users out there! Clay Asbury, Adobe After Effects expert trainer, reveals 13 of his tastiest tips for working in 3D.
When you think of video effects, you're likely to consider iMovie, Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro or After Effects'¦ Think again! Toby Pitman shows how to rip up video in Photoshop CS5.
Did you know you can create 3D environments in Photoshop from 2D images? OK. What about then taking those into After Effects so you can literally move through them? Richard Lainhart shows how.
It doesn't take long to create some truly interesting and immersive liquid backgrounds using shape layers in Adobe After Effects. Toby Pitman dives in.
Displacement Mapping might sound like a concept from a Sci-Fi novel, but in After Effects you can use it to create interesting distortion techniques right now! Richard Lainhart maps out the basics.
In the first part, we showed you how to create the basic stencil layer and paint on the spray paint in real time. In Part 2 of this tutorial, we'll be setting up the masking for the spray paint stenci
What's with the turkey, you say? It's from the video we're using to introduce you to the concept of Time Remapping, a very powerful but somewhat obscure feature in Adobe After Effects that lets you ke