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After Effects

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The Making of Tin Trio
Jan 30, 2008

Get past the intro and then you will get to the actual tutorial. This blending technique was used in the short film Tin Trio. This effect allows you to combine multiple videos shot with a locked off ...

"How to Create a Time Ramp in After Effects" cover image
Jan 30, 2008

This is a basic tutorial teaching time re-mapping / ramping effects in Adobe After Effects. ...

"How to Color correct in After Effects" cover image
Jan 17, 2008

In this video tutorial, Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) demonstrates how to change the look and feel of your footage easily with his new, useful CustomEffect for color correction in After Effects. Hi ...

"How to Create per-character 3D text in After Effects CS3" cover image
Jan 17, 2008

In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz introduces you to the Per-Character 3D Text animation feature in After Effects CS3. Previously, you could only animate characters individu ...

"How to Write with light in After Effects" cover image
Jan 17, 2008

In the first tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use After Effects to simulate the popular light writing effect seen in recent Sprint commercials. The second video shows y ...

"How to Rotoscope in Mocha" cover image
Jan 17, 2008

In this two part tutorial, Aaron Zander takes an introductory look at Imagineer's Mocha and its toolset. Mocha is a rotoscoping software and is often used in conjunction with After Effects. Aaron demo ...

"How to Generate snow using Particle Playground" cover image
Jan 17, 2008

Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) demonstrates how to generate snow using Particle Playground in After Effects. He'll also shows how to make the snow stick to other layers in your composition. The tuto ...

"How to Use Brainstorm in After Effects CS3" cover image
Jan 17, 2008

Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how get the most out of Brainstorm, a new feature in AE CS3 that lets you visualize randomized layer properties and effects. ...

"How to Create an animation in one layer in After Effects" cover image
Jan 17, 2008

In this quick tip for after effects users, CreativeCOW contributing editor, Bob Thompson creates a complex looking animation using only a camera, 3d layer, null object, and some duplicated layers. In ...

"How to Create smoking letters in After Effects" cover image
Jan 17, 2008

Creative Cow contributing editor Eran Stern demonstrates a quick, easy way to make a smoky title effect. ...