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Until recently this effect has been created in-camera using specialized lenses. In this tutorial, Richard Bird gives an overview of how the “Tilt-Shift Effect” can be quickly recreated in post-production without the use of 3rd party plug-in…

Hello everyone! In this tutorial we’re gonna show you how you can create 3 awesome circle animations with a few simple steps and default plug-ins such as CC Circle and Radio Waves.

Step 1
Create a new composition clicking by Menu->Compositio…

This is a brief introduction to some of the most unbelievable Visual Effects in Hollywood’s biggest movies. This “Part 2” will describe the making of movies: King Kong, Harry Potter, X-Men First Class and Pirates of the Caribbean.

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Each month, we bring together a selection of the best tutorials and articles from across the whole Tuts+ network. Whether you’d like to read the top posts from your favourite site, or would like to start learning something completely new, this is…

In this tutorial we will be making a network tv style Venetian Blinds Transition Effect. This tutorial includes several expressions used to automate the movement of layers, control dozens of adjustment layers, and control rotation from a gradient laye…

This entry is part 24 of 24 in the series Hollywood Movie TitlesContinuing our Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series, today’s tutorial will explain how to make the The Three Musketeers flying logo. We will make the whole animation within After Effects…

In Part 2 of this interview, Dan Gies shares with Nancy from Mettle about his methodology and the importance of spontaneity to the creative process.

Interview – Part 2

Today’s tutorial will show how to quickly and easily create a tunnel effect using Mettle’s FreeForm Pro. You’ll be able to deform it, stretch it, change its texture, and much, much more. The best part is that even with lots going on, …

In today’s tutorial we’ll be recreating the “Climbing the Billboard Charts” effect similar to the effect used at the beginning of “Get Him to the Greek”.

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You’ve watched thousands of tutorials. You’ve put in countless hours and spent many late nights working on personal projects. You’ve finally come to the conclusion that this may just be something you would like to do for a career. It can seem a l…

Using just a few video elements of torch flames, we composite a burning hand by using a series of null objects and expressions to drive a time lagged displacement effect to simulate fire burning from a moving source. We use the Puppet tool for the dist…

In today’s Quick Tip you’ll learn how to make a “Type-On” preset using only Source Text expressions. After Effects comes with a default “Type-On” preset, but this method allows you to have a blinking cursor on screen…

Nancy from Mettle interviews Dan Gies. Dan is an award-winning animator, coder, illustrator, musician, and above all else, a great storyteller. He is also the author of what some have called the definitive tutorial series on character animation in Afte…

In this tutorial we will be creating a really cool title effect suitable for epic title sequences. The tutorial will explain the steps in order to create a Time Trail effect, and then disintegrate the title to transition out.

You will want to have a r…

This tutorial will walk through how I simulated a cord dragging behind a car. Through using Trapcode Particular with a wiggling emitter, we can create the illusion of a single cord moving. We’ll add shading, motion blur, and a shadow to add reali…

In this tutorial we’ll go behind the scenes of creating one of Videohive’s top selling projects – Space Odyssey. We’ll dive into Trapcode Particular and twist its settings in order to a create visually spectacular particle effec…

Are you looking to start your new year with a fresh set of prints to help promote your design business? Today, our friends at UPrinting are kicking off 2012 by giving away business cards, posters, or postcards to 36 lucky Tuts+ readers. To enter, all y…

This entry is part 23 of 23 in the series Hollywood Movie TitlesContinuing our Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series, today’s tutorial will explain how to make the “The Dark Knight Rises” flying logo. We’ll start by covering the 3D part …

In this final part we add the missing highlights. We use KeyTweak to teach our skateboarder some cool tricks in the half-pipe. If you ever wondered how you can modify animations with hundreds of keyframes without touching each keyframe manually this tu…

In this second part we use the “Roller Coaster” iExpressions to make the Aetuts+ logo move like a skateboarder in a half-pipe. At the end of this part, we also cover another super easy and super useful physics simulation.

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In this three part tutorial series you will learn animation techniques that go beyond the usual keyframing. You can make your animations more believable and realistic using real physics simulations! With iExpressions this can be done easy and quickly w…

Hello everyone! In this tutorial, we’re going to learn how to create a realistic stormy ocean with Red Giant’s Psunami. It’s a very powerful plug-in for creating realistic water surfaces directly within After Effects.

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In this tutorial we’re going to go over the principle functionality of CameraTracker from The Foundry, learning basic workflow, optimizing results, aligning the ground plane and exporting this data from After Effects to Cinema 4d.
After exporting…

In this tutorial we’re going to go over the principle functionality of CameraTracker from The Foundry, learning basic workflow, optimizing results, aligning the ground plane and exporting this data from After Effects to Cinema 4d.
After exporting…

It seems like just last year I was having a birthday around this time… hmm… I thought I’d do a something fun for my birthday and hook up my favorite people in the world here on Aetuts+! I don’t have a massive Videohive.net por…

Wes Kandel is back to show us how to combine geometric shapes made in Illustrator and then imported and animated in After Effects to create his very cool Geometrika piece.
May of 2009

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In today’s tutorial I’ll show you how to create a very simple rig that you can use to simulate a shower head perspective or garden hose sprayer. For less then $5 you can add a new dynamic shot to your arsenal of possible camera angles. **On…

Learn what techniques were used to create this fast, music matching, dynamic Motion Graphic project. I will show how to create everything (except the 3D Inserts) within After Effects and how to keep everything organized and editable. With some intentio…

In this 3 part tutorial, we’ll take a look at compositing this “Sci-Fi Gas Refinery”. The shot is completely CG and contains no live footage elements. Using photographic layers, 3D renders and effects, we will explore the process of compositing t…

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Pixel StormPart 3 concludes the 3D Pixelstorm series. Nancy covers the deformation features in ShapeShifter AE. She’ll shows Mettle’s take on deformations which prove to be quite powerful and versatile. N…

Each month, we bring together a selection of the best tutorials and articles from across the whole Tuts+ network. Whether you’d like to read the top posts from your favourite site, or would like to start learning something completely new, this is…

As we optimistically welcome in a New Year, I can’t help but look back at all the experiences from this past year. I’d love to highlight a handful of my personal best memories that I know I’m going to take away from 2011.

Working wi…

This is a Basix Quick Tip on how to import a 3d file (.3DS, .DAEm, .KMZ, .U3D, .OBJ) into After Effects so you can rotate and manipulate the model right without having to ever leave AE.

Tutorial

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I doubt there is a person on earth who has actually memorized every single hot key in After Effects… this said, everybody still has something to learn, right? Today’s quiz will test your knowledge on a few of the intermediate level hot key …

In this tutorial we’ll be creating a Time & Space Vortex (like that used in Doctor Who) completely inside of After Effects. We will be using Trapcode Particular and Trapcode Shine to create the vortex. I will then teach a vital Expression that …

Ever wonder how to get smooth footage from your video camera? Today you will learn how to build a Camera Dolly that will help you acquire this type of footage. Get out those dusty power tools, buy some cheap supplies at your local hardware store, and y…

The holidays are upon us, and we’re feeling festive at Tuts+ this weekend! We’d like to take this opportunity to say a huge Christmas thank you to all our readers, and wish you a very Happy Holiday. Read on for a video message from the HQ t…

Twice a month we revisit some of our reader’s favorite posts from back in the archives of Aetuts+. Today we’ll look at this tutorial posted back in Aug 2009. This tutorial will teach you how to recreate the “My Paper Mind” effect done b…

In this tutorial we will see how to create and animate a candle flame inside After Effects using simple expressions and a few easy steps.

Tutorial

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Today we have a Premium Pack of 19 pre-matted motion graphics elements recorded at 720HD. Just drop them into your next project and they’re ready to go. In the Premium download, you’ll find 7 Splatters, 3 Drips, and 9 Runs along with Vector…

This entry is part 22 of 22 in the series Hollywood Movie TitlesContinuing our Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series, today’s tutorial will explain how to make the The Avengers flying logo. We’ll start by covering the 3D part as we model and create …

Hey everyone, today we take a look at how to create a quick basic title inspired by the upcoming The Darkest Hour movie. Although very simple and rough, it does sell the effect and probably sells it better than the actual trailer itself!

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In this tutorial we are going to take a look at a simple, but interesting idea. The main point will be to show you how to work with footage that is out of focus making if difficult to track. After we track it we are going to attach the camera interface…

In this shot we’ll be creating a disintegration transition effect of a woman’s silhouette that falls into dust while morphing into a falcon flying away. We’re going to prepare our single plates needed for the shot in Nuke, as the whol…

In this tutorial, we will be creating a futuristic transparent iPad using After Effects and some green screen footage. Don’t feel limited to creating a stationary tablet. If you want to create a promo for an app or a website, here is an awesome w…

In this Quick Tip I’m just gonna share a few things you can do to achieve a better looking end title slate. I’ll specifically show you how to throw in a mouse clicking a website URL that you can use to bring attention to a website. The cont…

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Pixel StormIn Part 2, Nancy focuses primarily on ShapeShifter AE‘s built-in Generator. Some have called it a mini built-in Mo Graph (a la C4D), others say it’s closer to a particle system… we ju…

Twice a month we revisit some of our reader’s favorite posts from back in the archives of Aetuts+. Today we’ll look at a Quick Tutorial I posted back in May 2009. I was playing with the good ol’ built in CC plugins and came up with a fun tech…

In this Quick Tip we are going to focus on using simple text layers and combine them with layer styles to get a cool looking logo design. This technique is pretty simple yet powerful for creating wide variety of designs. You can use as many layers of t…

In this tutorial we’ll be creating fusion-like effect for text in After Effects. It is an interesting combination of the built in text animators and some of the integrated AE tools. We’ll be adding different passes of layers to achieve rand…