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9 07, 2010

After Effects Tutorial – Faking a CCTV security video

By |July 9th, 2010|Tutorials|0 Comments

In this quick and easy one-part tutorial, I'll be showing you how to fake a CCTV video using the stock presets and tools in After Effects.
8 07, 2010

After Effects Tutorial – Desecrated Cathedral

By |July 8th, 2010|Tutorials|0 Comments

In this four-part tutorial series, I show you how to take a photograph of a building and turn it into something much creepier.
23 06, 2010

After Effects Tutorial – The Sands of Time

By |June 23rd, 2010|Tutorials|0 Comments

Here's a fairly long After Effects Tutorial showing you how to create realistic engraved text, a text-to-sand reveal and a bunch of other effects.
17 06, 2010

After Effects Tutorial – Freaky flaming face of fire!

By |June 17th, 2010|Tutorials|0 Comments

Everyone knows that you don't get taken seriously as a motion graphics tutorial guy until you've done at least one facial deformation technique.
9 06, 2010

After Effects Tutorial – 3D motion matching / tracking

By |June 9th, 2010|Tutorials|0 Comments

I'm a big fan of Fringe and there's an embedded title technique that's used pretty heavily in the establishing shots. If you've seen the series, you'll know what I mean. It's massively popular in car adverts as well.
7 06, 2010

After Effects Tutorial – Quick sexy, glitzy title

By |June 7th, 2010|Tutorials|0 Comments

How to create a glitzy title using simple text, layer styles, blending modes and the cell pattern effect.
27 05, 2010

After Effects Tutorial – Create an animated box shot from a photograph

By |May 27th, 2010|Tutorials|0 Comments

If you've ever been handed a box shot by a client and wished you could do something to jazz it up a bit, maybe this tutorial will help.
25 05, 2010

After Effects Tutorial – Corner pinning with Mocha for CS5

By |May 25th, 2010|Tutorials|0 Comments

Now that I've got CS5 installed, it seemed like a good time to get to grips with this advanced motion tracking tool for After Effects.
6 05, 2010

After Effects Tutorial – Nightvision city flyover

By |May 6th, 2010|Tutorials|0 Comments

Here's another After Effects tutorial - this time using Trapcode Form and fractal noise to create a combination of mountain or cityscape terrains. Very useful for cockpit composites, sci-fi, action sequences, technology, military-style pieces.
5 05, 2010

After Effects Tutorial – Creating a looping particle animation

By |May 5th, 2010|Tutorials|0 Comments

In what will hopefully be the first of many tutorials, I'll be showing you how to create a looping motion background using After Effects and Trapcode Particular. If you've ever wondered how to get your particle generator to loop, you'll find the secret in here!