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I am a 19 year old student from England who studies Media by day and After Effects by night. I have been using Adobe Photoshop and 3DS Max since the year 2001, and After Effects Since 2007. I am self-taught in all of these applications.
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Put Out An Eerie Blood Dripping Logo

Put Out An Eerie Blood Dripping Logo

Robert Holtby on Oct 14th 2010 with 18 comments

Ever wanted to make inanimate objects bleed? No?… oh, hmm… nevermind then. Come on! Of course you have… and now you can! In this tutorial you will learn the basics of how to create a flowing trail of blood using Trapcode Particular. In addition, you will learn how to change and use this is in other situations. I will teach you how to create the basic setup in After Effects as well as how to achieve some of the examples, which you can then incorporate with other tutorials on this site, to motion track, create divergence or just to enhance it in your own unique way.

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Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Titles Series: Harry Potter

Robert Holtby on Aug 24th 2009 with 101 comments
This entry is part 3 of 25 in the series Hollywood Movie Titles

You don’t have to be a graduate of Hogwarts to create cool titles! In this tutorial you will learn the simplicity of creating an amazing looking Harry Potter “The Half-Blood Prince” introduction, using only four photographs and the power of After Effects. So quit your Quidditch and have a seat. It’s gonna be magical!

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