This software tutorial shows you how to work with offsets in the Pro Animator plug-in for After Effects. Learn how to animate a reflection ...more
Creative Cow Leader Jeff Bellune demonstrates how to use the tools available in particleIllusion and After Effects to get a particle emitter ...more
VFX artist Roger Bolton has worked on films including The Lord of the Rings, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory and Kingdom of Heaven. He has ...more
So, you have a Desert Eagle .50 cal handgun, how lucky. But do you know how to disassemble and reassemble the pistol? See how to do it ...more
Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to handle the annoying (and sometimes crippling) boomerang effect, in which a layer moves randomly between ...more
This After Effects tutorial shows you how to clean up a bad key job using the Vector Blur tool. If you have bad footage (bad alpha channels ...more
Instructor Brian Maffitt gives a fast-paced recipe for creating a Saturn-like ring of text around an orange. Brian gives the Stroke, Path ...more
If you've ever wanted to quickly create a simple starfield (with a constellation) in Photoshop, here's how. This is part one, creating the ...more
In After Effects 6.5, Adobe introduced Incremental saves. Rather than waiting for the auto-save to catch the latest revision to your ...more
This is a clever use of the time displacement feature in After Effects. See how to use it to alter the results of races, and ...more
In this Video Tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz helps you understand the practical differences between Straight and ...more
Aharon Rabinowitz discusses one of the most common After Effects mistakes: importing image sequences at the wrong frame rate. Of course, he ...more
Boris Title Toolkit gives Adobe After Effects users advanced titling capabilities for maximum quality, speed, and creativity. Using Title ...more
Do you need to create graphics for video editing systems like Final Cut Pro, Avid, or Adobe Premiere? Are you looking to get more from Apple ...more
In this two-part video tutorial from Adobe Beginner Classes, Join Dennis Radeke as he gives a few of his favorite shortcuts in Adobe ...more
If you know how to use After Effects, you're probably very familiar with the ability to add 3D lights to a scene, and allow them to interact ...more
This tutorial is for users familiar with After Effects 7 who want to start learning CINEMA 4D. It shows you how to take advantage of the ...more
In CINEMA 4D you can "parent" objects in a manner similar to After Effects. This video shows you how to use parenting relationships to group ...more
This tutorial covers looping techniques. Even intermediate After Effects users know about looping basics, but how to get the same in CINEMA ...more
This tutorial covers gathering up all of your data. In AE: Collect Files. You can do the same in CINEMA 4D. If you're not familiar with ...more