Aetuts+ » From the Web http://ae.tutsplus.com Adobe After Effects Tutorials Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:41:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Creating a Summer Blockbuster Film Look http://ae.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/creating-a-summer-blockbuster-film-look/ http://ae.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/creating-a-summer-blockbuster-film-look/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:18:15 +0000 Stu Maschwitz http://ae.tutsplus.com/?p=1856 ]]> Sin City and The Spirit VFX Supervisor Stu Maschwitz shares a wealth of high end insider tips and tricks on how to achieve a hollywood blockbuster film look by using only after effects. He shows how to mimic the looks of this summer’s biggest blockbuster movies: Transformers 2, Terminator: Salvation, and The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3.

If you only watch one tutorial this summer, this has got to be it.

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]]> http://ae.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/reverse-shatter/feed/ 8 Face Replacement with Mocha and AE http://ae.tutsplus.com/videos/tutorials-videos/face-replacement-with-mocha-and-ae/ http://ae.tutsplus.com/videos/tutorials-videos/face-replacement-with-mocha-and-ae/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 17:05:03 +0000 David Torno http://ae.tutsplus.com/?p=1479 ]]> In this two part series, David Torno shows you how to track and composite a face onto another body using After Effects and Mocha AE. Learn some of the tricks and hurdles you may have to deal with when trying to produce this type of effect.


]]> http://ae.tutsplus.com/videos/tutorials-videos/face-replacement-with-mocha-and-ae/feed/ 5 Back To The Eighties With Justice’s DVNO http://ae.tutsplus.com/videos/links/back-to-the-eighties-with-justice%e2%80%99s-dvno/ http://ae.tutsplus.com/videos/links/back-to-the-eighties-with-justice%e2%80%99s-dvno/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 15:21:05 +0000 Yves Peters http://ae.tutsplus.com/?p=1475 ]]> Awesome motion graphics usually have awesome typography so understanding typography is essential for anyone hoping to produce awesome motion graphics. Yves Peters from The Font Feed broke down Justice’s DVNO music video and identified all of the eighties influenced fonts. A great read.


]]> http://ae.tutsplus.com/videos/links/back-to-the-eighties-with-justice%e2%80%99s-dvno/feed/ 5 Build a Car Racing Scene from Photographs http://ae.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/build-a-car-racing-scene-from-photographs/ http://ae.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/build-a-car-racing-scene-from-photographs/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:00:23 +0000 Nick Campbell http://ae.tutsplus.com/?p=1355 ]]> Nick Campbell posted a new 2-part AE tutorial on his Greyscale Gorilla site where he goes though the process of making a stylized scene of cars racing down a road towards camera using only still images.

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]]> http://ae.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/build-a-car-racing-scene-from-photographs/feed/ 4 Mastering the Render Queue http://ae.tutsplus.com/videos/tutorials-videos/mastering-the-render-queue/ http://ae.tutsplus.com/videos/tutorials-videos/mastering-the-render-queue/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:00:36 +0000 Chris Kelley http://ae.tutsplus.com/?p=748 ]]> The render queue in After Effects is like a Blackberry. On the surface, it has a very basic and direct intention. Need to make a call? Dial a number and go. Need to render a composition? Add it to the queue and hit render. But just like a Blackberry, if you dig a little bit deeper the render queue in After Effects has a lot to offer the motion graphics artist. Over at the Mograph Blog, Chris Kelley gives a comprehensive overview on how to become a render queue power user.


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After Effects Tutorial Roundup

  • Greyscale Gorilla: Intro to After Effects

    Nick Campbell has stormed onto the scene with a daily tutorial cast over at his Greyscale Gorilla site, he started with Aperture and Photoshop tuts but we have rejoiced that he started doing AE tuts. Appropriately he is starting with the basics: Intro to After Effects. We are also very happy to announce that Nick will be making a tutorial for Aetuts+!

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  • An introduction to typsetting in After Effects

    Continuing with the introductory training, AE training pioneers Chris and Trish Meyer, announce the release of the second edition of their must have After Effects Apprentice Book with a series of free tutorials over at their Pro Video Coalition blog CMG Keyframes.

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  • Keep Your Eye on the Ball

    When you’re ready to move on from the basics, Layers Mag has an intro to 3D space in After Effects; this fun tutorial shows you how to tame the 3D camera in After Effects.

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  • The Dancing Can

    John Dickinson has been sharing AE knowledge on the web for years and he is still at the top of his game with this comprehensive four part tutorial that covers a wide range of features from the puppet tool to creating 3D text animation

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  • Chromatic Aberration is in the Air!

    We were clearly not the only ones who thought chromatic aberration was cool this month. While we showed you how to add it, Creative Cow’s Carl Larsen did a podcast tutorial on how to remove it.

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  • Et Plus!

    Meanwhile Maltaannon is preparing to release a Pixel Bender plugin to facilitate Separating RGB channels which is essentially the same thing. Read More

    Finally AE Portal News let us know that Forging Fire posted an After Effects CS3 Split RGB Channels project.

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  • Making it Look Great 5: Form Face

    Speaking of Maltaannon, Red Giant Software is hosting the Making It Look Great 5: Form Face tutorial as a free two-part download.

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  • Totally Useless Experiment

    And why not? Let’s mention another great Maltaannon tut! In this tutorial Maltaannon shows us how to encode and decode a video image. Even though he calls it completely useless we found it to be a completely fresh and original tutorial.

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  • Track Greenscreen Data from Mocha

    From the advanced camp, studiodaily.com brings us a great tutorial on how to get tracked greenscreen data from Imagineer System’s excellent Mocha tracker into After Effects.

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  • The Ring

    Finally, no AE tutorial roundup would be complete without mentioning Video Copilot. Andrew Kramer has been leading the high end AE tutorial field for years and in his latest tutorial he dissects the work of Troika in their latest rebranding of the TNT network.

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]]> http://ae.tutsplus.com/videos/tutorials-videos/vfx-tip-compositing-fog-or-mist/feed/ 16 “How to be a motion designer and GET PAID” Presentation http://ae.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/how-to-be-a-motion-designer-and-get-paid-presentation/ http://ae.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/how-to-be-a-motion-designer-and-get-paid-presentation/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:00:13 +0000 Nick Campbell http://aetuts.com/?p=544 ]]> Nick Campbell’s presentation from MGFest 09 about how to get a job as a motion designer. The presentation is geared towards students trying to get into the industry, but the info is relevant to ALL creatives and creators.

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