Until recently this effect has been created in-camera using specialized lenses. In this tutorial, Richard Bird gives an overview of how the “Dollhouse Effect” can be quickly recreated in post-production without the use of 3rd party plug-ins by remapping the depth of field, use of simple colour correction and altering the frame rate.
Terminate Your Footage With Expressions – Day 3
Sep 25th in VFX by Ben McEwan
Terminate Your Footage With Expressions – Day 2
Sep 23rd in VFX by Ben McEwanIf you’re wanting to help to save Sarah Connor then maybe this tutorial will give you an insider’s perspective on what to do. Here is Day 2 of this 3 Part Series by Ben McEwan. You can view Day 1 here.
Terminate Your Footage With Expressions – Day 1
Sep 21st in VFX by Ben McEwanIf you’re wanting to help to save Sarah Connor then maybe this tutorial will give you an insider’s perspective on what to do. Ben McEwan has created a 3 Day Series crammed full of useful expressions to create the UI found in the Terminator. He’ll skim over some of the basics of shape layers, as well as touch on some more advanced stuff like displacement mapping.
3D Paper Crumple with Freeform AE
Sep 14th in VFX by Rob BirnholzNext time you get a frustrating assignment that you didn’t ask for, don’t crumple it up and throw it at your boss’s face. Now you can easily call it quits within After Effects! Rob uses the example of creating a paper crumple transition to show off the Digieffects plugin Freeform AE. Who knows… this tutorial might just save your job.
Put Together a Realistic District 9 Composite
Sep 4th in VFX by Youssef SarhanAdding outside elements into a scene can be a tedious endeavor. Today we’ll be shown a few different compositing tips as we superimpose the space ship from District 9 into our shot.
Creating a Tracked Head Wound
Aug 6th in VFX by Mathias MohlIn this tutorial Mathias shows that corner pin tracking can do much more than just replacing some pictures on a wall. We are going to compose a wound on a moving head and use the Mocha tracker in combination with his script MochaImport. Trust me, this is so much easier then creating a real head wound!
Create Fairly Realistic Fire using CC Particle World
Jul 22nd in VFX by Eddie BogdanovUsing the built-in plugin CC Particle World and a few tricks, learn how to create this fairly realistic looking fire shot
Create a Burning Building VFX Shot
Jun 24th in VFX by Eddie BogdanovStarting with nothing more than a few still photographs, learn how to create this dynamic burning building VFX shot.
Color Grade and Enhance a Horror Shot
May 6th in VFX by James TwymanGood horror isn’t about over the top effects. Its about using effects and colour correction to create a constant and un-nerving sense of fear, suspense and terror as part of an imaginative and horrifyingly well directed film. In this first part James will teach how to create 2 scenes. First how to take a shot of a mansion and give it an intense and scary look through sky replacement and colour correction. Second we will take a shot of a stone gargoyle face and create a subtle yet creepy effect in which it frowns evilly at an oncoming victim. Be afraid…be very afraid.
