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After Effects

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"How to Use layer blending modes in After Effects" cover image
Aug 12, 2007

This After Effects tutorial by Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use layer blending modes and offers some really good work flow hot key tips for the blending modes. This is a great video for beginner ...

"How to Animate a TV turning on and off in After Effects" cover image
Aug 12, 2007

In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz revisits one of his first After Effects tutorials (the Old TV Look) and shows you how to animate a TV turning on and off. ...

"How to Recover corrupt After Effects files & import projects" cover image
Aug 12, 2007

In this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shares tips on the many uses of importing After Effects Projects, and how you can recover corrupt AE files. ...

"How to Create multi-color gradient ramps in After Effects" cover image
Aug 12, 2007

In this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create simple and complex multicolored gradient ramps in After Effects. No need to open Photoshop just to do your ramps ever ag ...

"How to Create a magnifying glass effect in After Effects" cover image
Aug 12, 2007

In this tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a technique for creating a magnifying glass effect in After Effects. ...

"How to Work with audio in After Effects" cover image
Aug 12, 2007

In this After Effects video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shares helpful hints about working with audio, including avoiding a major pitfall, as well as better methods of timing video ...

"How to Create a frozen time effect in After Effects" cover image
Aug 12, 2007

In this video tutorial, Andrew Kramer demonstrates how to create 'Time Freeze'. This effect is currently being used in 'Heros' and other popular TV shows. Learn about masking and time remapping. ...

"How to Remove objects from footage using After Effects" cover image
Aug 11, 2007

In this video tutorial, Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon), will show you basic techniques for removing unwanted objects from your footage. The footage comes from the movie "Wywiad" so there is no proj ...

"How to Create a Star Wars lightsaber in After Effects" cover image
Aug 9, 2007

This tutorial creates several authentic lightsaber effects. Kramer has created a simple technique to make sabers with a breeze. ...

"How to Create 3D text in After Effects" cover image
Aug 7, 2007

In this video tutorial, animator Traylor Woodall demonstrates how to create 3D text or logos in Adobe After Effects without 3rd party plug-ins. ...