Wow… there was a lot to cover this past month… Motionworks really stepped up and Video Copilot’s Blog Show packed full of tips and tricks, along with all the newcomers to the tutorial scene these guys are going to make sure you don’t get any work done today!
Create A Comic Book Style Animation
Nov 4th in Workflow by Lyndon AlvarezThere are many ways to make yourself look cool like rescuing babies, planting trees, or even hiring someone with consistently bad breath to hang out with you so you become the social favorite by comparison… it does work. But I think the comic book super hero method ain’t too bad either and so today you’ll learn some helpful workflow tips integrating Photoshop along with how to take your footage and give it that comic book style.
VideoHive and Rerendered Merge! Plus an Interview with Justin McClure
Nov 3rd in News by Collis Ta'eedOver the last year we’ve been getting really serious about Adobe After Effects here at Envato. Since our double launch late last year of VideoHive and Aetuts+, the two sites have been growing really quickly! Aetuts+ has grown into a stellar library of After Effects tutorials bringing a half million visitors a month, and VideoHive has rapidly grown into THE place to get After Effects project files with popular items selling as much as $12,000 worth and traffic exceeding 1.5 million pageviews a month!
Today I’m extremely happy to announce that we’re joining forces with another industry powerhouse: Rerendered.com and visionary After Effects producer Justin McClure. We have combined our inventory, providing you quick access to content from two of the leading sites in the AE Project Files game! The merge brings hundreds of new project files, many of which are already migrated over into our Project Files category. With our powers combined we are continuing to make VideoHive THE marketplace for Adobe After Effects! Continue Reading
Writing With The Clouds
Nov 2nd in Basix by Remington McElhaneyI think at some point everybody has enjoyed trying to point out shapes of animals or other random things while looking up at the clouds. Well today you get to decide what that cloud shape will be! Without using any 3rd Party Plug-ins, I’m going to show you guys a simple way create clouds from shapes, text, a logo… anything you want! In this tutorial the main focus will be on track mattes and working with masks.
AEtuts+ Logo Photo Contest!
Oct 30th in News by Adam Everett MillerWe are excited to announce a new contest on AEtuts+ for the next 2 weeks. We wanna see what some of our regular site viewers look like so we’ve decided to give you the chance to show us! Follow the directions and have a good time!
Top 40 Tuts+ Tutorials in September
Oct 29th in Inspiration by SkellieIn this Best of Tuts+ roundup you’ll learn how to simulate a sniper scope, design and code a flexible website, create an intense movie poster, create a golden vector compass, build a minigolf game with ActionScript 3.0, take sports photos like a pro, create a rocky video game terrain in Blender and get a useful introduction to home recording–among many other things! Let’s take a look.
Get Your Disco Groove On
Oct 28th in Motion Graphics by Ramesh RaoI hope you got the funk in your trousers!… ok, that sounded better in my head. Today we are going to create a full disco club scene. There are a number of elements involved so hopefully you can moonwalk away with something groovy!
40 Spectacular Typography Videos
Oct 26th in Roundup by Topher WelshIt’s been a long time since we had a typography roundup, and frankly my type tastes were a bit dried up. I got 40 or so pieces for you today, from title sequences to commercials to idents. Make that latte a 24 ouncer because you are gonna be busy for a while.
Use Lights To Project Your Logo
Oct 23rd in Motion Graphics by Eddie BogdanovThis tutorial basically involves three things that could be useful – Use of Light Projections (text projected onto white solids), Text Writing with particular and Use of Exported Camera from cinema 4d. There are some good principles you can take from this example.
Exclusive Interview with Harry Frank
Oct 22nd in Inspiration by Satya MekaI had the pleasure of meeting Harry Frank, the founder of Graymachine a resourceful website filled with various tutorials and many articles related to the industry. He is a popular freelancer and a veteran in Motion Graphics and is extremely popular for his training series “After Effects Expressions” and his training series on Trapcode products.






