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After Effects

Join our community of FX specialists to give and get help on one of the world's leading motion graphics software for creating cinematic visual effects—Adobe After Effects.

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Jun 24, 2010

Heard about the word 'rotoscoping' but not sure what it's about or what to use it for? This clip explains the basic concepts on how and why to rotoscope in this Adobe After Effects CS4 tutorial. Wheth ...

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Jun 24, 2010

In this Illustrator/After Effects CS4 tutorial, Dennis Radeke shows you how you can build your very own light show. It's easy and fun so come along and find out how! Whether you're new to Adobe's popu ...

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Jun 22, 2010

Working with sounds in Premiere Pro is just as important as working with video. This video will show you how to use some basic techniques to adjust your sound effects in Premiere Pro CS3, including ho ...

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Jun 22, 2010

Creating cool background for videos is just one of the many awesome things that you can do using Adobe After Effects to do your effects editing. This three-part video will teach you how to create anim ...

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Jun 22, 2010

People like shiny things. Especially titles it would seem, since so many modern titles seem to have had shine effects put on them using After Effects. Now you can do so at home! This two-part video wi ...

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Jun 22, 2010

Shine effects are one of the cooler and more popular effects that you can add to a title in After Effects. Many people use Trapcode's Shine plugin to accomplish this quickly and easily. But that costs ...

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Jun 22, 2010

If you've seen the 2005 film Sin City, you most likely remember how most of the film was black and white, but some objects were rendered in livid color. This video will teach you how to create the sam ...

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Jun 22, 2010

Masking and keying are two of the more basic and important functions of Adobe After Effects. This video will teach you how to use them quickly and easily, using a little Counter Strike video as an exa ...

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Jun 22, 2010

Does a fishing rod seem like a boring thing to hold to you? Would you rather it be a lightsaber? Well now it can be, at least for the WoW characters that you are making a machinima with in After Effec ...

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Jun 22, 2010

World of Warcraft, or Wow as it is affectionately known, is the most popular MMORPG of all time. In the wake of all of this popularity, WoW characters have become a popular subject for machinima, movi ...