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animating text along a path in after effects

By lesterbanks | Published: September 3, 2010
Diana Hughes demonstrates how to animate text along a path in After Effects for AEtuts as part of their After Effects Basics series… seriously I am not using the X in basics, thats ridiculous! Have you seen those animated adverts, where the text seamlessly moves along path? In this tutorial we are going to learn [...]
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slow motion effect using still photos & after effects

By lesterbanks | Published: September 3, 2010
Michael DeVowe creates a super slow motion effect from images in After Effects with two or more photos using Pixel Motion and Time Remapping. We have seen this kind of thing before, however Michael points out some best ways to acquire source photos for the project for best success with this technique. Slow Motion From [...]
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parenting possibilities in after effects

By lesterbanks | Published: September 1, 2010
In this After Effects Creative Cow Tutorial author Mathew Fuller covers cascading parenting for layout and animation in After Effects, as well as parenting of 3D layers, some basic stuff here however Mathew does throw out a lot of tips you may or may not know along the way!
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3d animated wings in after effects

By lesterbanks | Published: August 30, 2010
Iaenic demonstrates how to create animated wings in After Effects of the angel variety, using After Effects 3D layers, and Trapcode 3D Stroke. Also the tutorial covers using a compositing trick to have it look like the wings wrap around the character they are on. Advanced 3D Wings in After Effects from Iaenic on Vimeo.
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old school movie intro with after effects

By lesterbanks | Published: August 26, 2010
Lyndon Alvarez with a tutorial creating an old school type film intro with after effects. Lyndon notes: “we’ll combine basic shapes to make a camera silloutte in Photoshop before bringing it over to After Effects. We’ll learn how to directly select font layers in combination w/ the paths tool to create unique shadows and pick up [...]
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digieffects depth for after effects intro tutorial

By lesterbanks | Published: August 26, 2010
Dustin Kkein from Digieffects shows off the Digieffects plugin for After Effects called Depth. Depth will create a depth map in After Effects with just one click, which can them be used… well for anything really. Digieffects Depth Intro Tutorial from digieffects on Vimeo.
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simple tracking in mocha and after effects

By lesterbanks | Published: August 25, 2010
Guru Vaidya from Adobe Systems India with a simple little tutorial covering tracking in Mocha and its interoperability with After Effects CS5. This is a great tutorial if you are just getting started with Mocha tracking to be used in After Effects. Mocha and After Effects from Guru Vaidya on Vimeo.
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after effects color correcting by the numbers

By lesterbanks | Published: August 25, 2010
This Michael DeVowe fellow, has a pretty great little tutorial on color correcting by the numbers using curves in After Effects and in Photoshop. “An in-depth tutorial on color correction using Curves inside of After Effects and Photoshop. This method explains how to color correct most any footage “by the numbers”. It’s a bit of [...]
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free 3d matchmoving alternative for after effects

By lesterbanks | Published: August 24, 2010
Hugo Tromp doing a camera tracking tutorial using the beta Voodoo Camera Tracker to solve a camera move which he then brings into After Effects to complete the shot. The Voodoo Camera Tracker works very much like commercial available products such as boujou, syntheyes, or 3dequilizer, however its still largely in beta, and only for [...]
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after effects glowing wire sphere tutorial

By lesterbanks | Published: August 24, 2010
Coyote from DreamPicture with this tutorial where you will learn how to create a rotating graphical lighting sphere in after effects with no third party plugins. 01. Lighting sphere tutorial. from coyote37 on Vimeo.
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