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After Effects

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"How to Work with 3D cameras and lights in After Effects CS4" cover image
Oct 3, 2008

Rich Harrington explores the new realistic behaviors of light and shadow in After Effects CS4. In this software video, Rich concentrates on creating and positioning light sources and creating shadows. ...

"How to Animate 3D effects in After Effects CS4" cover image
Oct 3, 2008

This After Effects CS4 tutorial shows you how to animate 3D effects. After opening and then saving a 3ds file in Photoshop Extended, bring it into After Effects CS4 for some 3D animation. The new CS4 ...

"How to Create cartoon effects in After Effects CS4" cover image
Oct 3, 2008

This motion graphics software tutorial shows you how to create cartoon effects in After Effects CS4. Experiment with the settings of the cartoon effect to give your video a unique look and combine tho ...

"How to Create a meteor crash landing in After Effects" cover image
Oct 1, 2008

Check out this instructional video that demonstrates how to create a meteor crash landing effect using After Effects software. Using a skylight is an easy solution to soften shadows, but for faster re ...

"How to Chromakey in After Effects" cover image
Sep 28, 2008

This video editing software tutorial shows you how to remove green screen backgrounds using the chromakey tool in After Effects. Removing backgrounds from footage is a common function in After Effects ...

"How to Animate highlights in After Effects" cover image
Sep 28, 2008

Sometimes you don't always get perfect lighting when shooting an object or scene. If you need more highlights to define your objects, this After Effects tutorial can help. Learn how to create animated ...

"How to Create cartoon blood effects in After Effects" cover image
Sep 28, 2008

This software tutorial shows you how to create cartoony blood effects in After Effects CS3. This isn't going to be realistic looking blood, but if you want to learn how to create a blood or fluid effe ...

"How to Create realistic animated smoke in After Effects" cover image
Sep 28, 2008

This video editing software tutorial shows you how to create animated smoke in After Effects. You will learn how to create authentic smoke for any special effects purpose such as fires and action sequ ...

"How to Create snow, rain and weather effects in After Effects" cover image
Sep 28, 2008

It doesn't matter what type of weather it is outside when you shoot your film footage. Why not? Because you have After Effects! In this After Effects tutorial you will learn how to add precipitation a ...

"How to Use Adobe Photoshop 3D objects in After Effects CS4" cover image
Sep 23, 2008

Get ready for a whole new way to work in After Effects CS4! Adobe is finally releasing Creative Suite 4 and a new tool that will allow you to integrate 3D objects from Photoshop 3D in After Effects. M ...