In this tutorial, regular Aetuts+ author Markus Gustafsson shows us how to use adjustment layers and expressions to create some edgy graphic design.
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( ADD YOURS )Rama June 22nd
pretty cool effect, i’ll try it right now!
( )thx markus, thx aetuts, keep sharing, we love it!
Joseph June 22nd
I saw this in your short animation where’s your head at. Cool Short as well as tut. Thanks Markus
( )vasu June 22nd
great work dude downloading it right now
( )Binggeba June 22nd
Nice looking effect. I’ll sure try it sometime…
( )Diego SA June 22nd
Cool! I’ve already seen this effect in various videos, but using the idea of the tag with a true head is awesome! But this hear is kinda famous! I’ve seen this head before…
( )Anyway, awesome tutorial. Love Basement Jaxxx’s song “Where’s your heat at”!
Diego SA June 22nd
Where’s your head at! Sorry, typed wrong!
( )Martin June 22nd
thanks for the hint! i was thinking about the song name, but didn’t recognized it fully. now i think, i heard that song in a fatboy slim remix!
and to markus: superb tutorial!! thanks!
carig.z June 22nd
Can learn a lot here.
( )John Doe June 22nd
That’s really cool. I like your style a lot. Keep em coming!
( )Raptor June 22nd
I had some trouble downloading the Head.ai. I found a quick fix by just going to the link in Internet Explorer and erasing the “%20″ that appears at the end.
Other than that, great tutorial!
( )Alan June 22nd
Great Tutorial, Thanks a lot!
( )Shadowzproductions June 22nd
What format is: .ai
Nice looking.. Thanks again.
( )Frank Voors June 22nd
.ai stands for Adobe Illustrator.
( )Alex June 22nd
Vector. Illustrator
( )William G June 22nd
Nice tutorial.
Markus, i would also like to add that you have a really nice site.
Keep up the great work!
( )James Wicks June 22nd
Nice.
( )The download link for the Head.ai file is broken.
Needs to be fixed.
Lloyd June 22nd
Thanks for catching that. Link has been fixed.
( )khaled June 22nd
another great tutorial thanks’
( )Martin June 22nd
This is great and exactly what I think we should have more of.
( )ALJ June 22nd
Nice one i like it
( )aniat June 22nd
thx masta!
( )Flo June 22nd
At first I thought lame but I watched it till the end cause I wanted to know why this tutorial is so long. Now I can say the animation is still not my favor but this tutorial has some potential. Very good example and explanation of how to use the wiggle expression. Overall a good tutorial even though I don’t like the outcome.
One think I please every author to consider:
( )Watch your audio level!
Sometimes it was simply to quiet (middle part). I couldn’t hear everything clear with my MacBook build-in speakers at full blast. I had to put on my headphones.
Antônio June 22nd
Perfect! Thanks for sharing.
( )Greetings from Brazil.
Makproductions June 23rd
Cool but nothing really ground breaking. All we can really do is recreate what you have already done. We need more techniques to apply.
( )Chaske June 23rd
Thanks for the tutorial, I appreciated when you put in the array since learning how to more fully control animations with expressions is something I am studying/trying to improve on. I created a similar wiggle-expression driven animation that is somewhat related, http://vimeo.com/5242026 – thanks again for the work and for the tutorial!
( )Håvard Fandrem June 23rd
And, whats so special with this?
( )Jim Hines June 23rd
I enjoyed watching this tutorial and I learned a few things as well. You have a nice presentation style. Keep up the good work.
( )Dave June 23rd
This looks like one of Andrew Kramer’s recent tutorials using a plug-in called twitch or something like that, that he used for a dvd title menu. Still cool…
( )Cavaleri June 24th
Un poco inútil este tutorial, pero en fin…
( )samer June 25th
Great stuff as always by marcus. your work is inspiring & you are a great tutor.
( )god bless
Raoul June 28th
Excuse me but, how do you read the flv ? ^^
Tks for all,
( )R.
Kasper Lau June 29th
Nice tut, and simple
( )ken June 30th
Nice, but can not download.
( )Lloyd July 1st
Download is working for me here, what can’t you download?
( )João Pezão July 1st
very nice… amazing…
( )a hello for Brazil
Yturru July 2nd
Thanks Markus for your tuto, but i don’t remember the music, could you tell me the tittle, i’ve already heard this one, Thanks a lot Yturru
( )nadji August 1st
very nice tuto thanks man
( )trey August 10th
What music is playing there? sorry for my english
( )bresson September 24th
my thoughts exactly – what’s so great about this tutorial?
( )rks November 6th
m agree with u …
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