In this video, I wanted to show you how important compositing is for your 3D renders. A 3D render is never finished straight from Cinema 4D or any 3D package. Every shot needs and deserves some sort of compositing and color correction before it’s ready for prime time. Uploading a render straight from 3D is like uploading a raw image from your digital camera without any color correction. Rich Hinchcliffe was kind enough to allow me to show you his compositng file for this excelent animation for the latest Five Second Projects. I will show you how Rich used After Effects, color correction, blurs, RSMB Motion Blur, Frischluft Lens Care and Lens Flares to turn his simple grey primitive 3D animation into a beautiful, atmosphere rich finished composite.

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Galactic Orb

• Create an infinite galactic zoom through particle energy
• Build the orb from scratch and animate in 3d space

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How To Create Stereoscopic 3D Motion Graphics

This tutorial covers creating a stereoscopic 3D animation using Adobe After Effects CS4 or higher. Skills covered are animating in the 3D space using standard AE techniques, creating stereoscopic animations using a dual camera virtual rig and displacement mapping for stereoscopic animations. The tutorial is split into two parts, today for the basic animation and tomorrow for the stereoscopic creation.

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3D Set Extensions

• Create a 3D set extension with fog using Stock Footage
• Use Camera Tracker to matchmove inside of AE

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Lights and Colors: Poetic Typography

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• Cast realistic shadows from a 3D Particle System
• Includes work-flow tips and setup for custom sprites

• Create a cloudy smoke title with real footage
• Combine video elements with a particle system

Hello everyone! This new video tutorial will be devoted to After Effects and Trapcode Particular 2.0! We will learn through 45min of video how to set this fabulous plugin to get an experimental space scene, in which thousands of particles will be in action.

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Glow in the Dark – Spheres of light lines with layers of forms

Following a request on the Facebook page of Samuel, who wanted to reproduce a photo of Blaison, we’ll learn how to recreate a 3D sphere, composed of dozens of rows of lights to bring the best of the spirit of this light painting in the reference image.

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Cutting videos into strips for a cool 3D transition

Hello to all in this new video tutorial Free After Effects, we’ll see how to make a nice transition between two dynamic compositions, videos, 3D-based blades, masking, lighting and expressions.
The graphical output, although interesting, is not the most important in this training. The main objective will be to improve your workflow, how you manage the effects and multiple elements at once to improve your working speed!

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Text Effects Flip-Flap, Particles, Triangles and color effects

In this new video tutorial, we’ll create an animation of 5s, which can be used as an intro video with a text Effect Flip-Flap with a colorful and modern dress.
We will cover several different topics, such as animation of text characters per character, the management of a system of particles under CC particle world, and other effects to dress up the whole.
This tutorial does not require third party plugins, and works from version CS3 for animation character of text.

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How To Make The Cherry 7up Look With Cinema 4D

In this tutorial, I go though the process of making this Cherry 7up Animation. First, I show you how to model a simple cherry to use for the particle. Then I show you how to use the Mograph Cloner Object, Dynamics, Spline Effector, Global Illumination, and Linear Falloff settings to animate the scene. This is a long one. Over an hour. So go get a coffee, get comfy, and I’ll see you in the tutorial.

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How to make the the Discovery Channel Rebrand Cube Transition Effect

In this tutorial, I show you how to recreate the Discovery Channel Cube Effect that is the main part of a recent Discovery Channel Rebrand made by Royale. I have been trying to figure this out for a while now and I always had trouble controlling the boxes in such an organic, yet specific way. It wasn’t until I started playing with the shader effector that it dawned on me that this was the solution. Anyway, check out the tutorial where I also use a Cloner Object, the Plain Effector, Object Buffers, Ambient Occlusion and Specular Highlights to get this animation ready for composite.

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How to make a Simple Spin Logo Animation

In this tutorial, I use Cinema 4D, Mograph and the Random Effector to animate a simple logo. I also show you how to texture your text with different textures for the front and sides. Finally, we animate a camera using CS Tools Easy cam and prepare our animation for render.

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After Effects CS5: Color Finesse

This effects plugin that comes with After Effects CS5 will let editors take better advantage of the higher quality 32-bit color space.

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Car Light Trails

• Create car light trail effect in After Effects
• Play around with 3d stroke effect to achieve great results

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Discover How To Recreate the Sherlock Holmes End Credits Effect

After Effects, my dear Watson! This tutorial uses hand drawn elements, textures, and pre-matted motion elements to recreate a look that is similar to the Sherlock Holmes credits. It gives you basics to build on. The great thing about this effect is that it is made to look organic and not 3D and effects heavy, but it still turns out looking really professional. It does not require very much expertise in free hand drawing seeing that all you have to do is trace a still image. Take this tutorial and build upon it to create something awesome.

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• Add fake movement to a still and animate moving smoke
• Create a real camera movement with a rack focus

TUTORIAL NOTES:
Turning on the Motion Blur switch for CC Particle world applies to AE CS5 only.

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• Integrate 3D with Live Action footage using 2D tracking
• Includes steps for 3D Max & Cinema 4D or use AE only

I’m finishing up some work on my 3D ledge presentation and more ideas came to mind (after watching The 5th Element) and I wanted to include some tips for possibly creating a futuristic scene as well. We’re going to have a busy couple of weeks ahead including the Shatter tutorial coming out on Monday and this 3D Ledge soon after. Stay tuned and have your multi-pass ready!

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• Create 3d coins in After Effects
• Use a simple technique to stack them on top of each other

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As you may know, when you get a grasp on particles in CG, the possibilities of what you can accomplish are nearly limitless. In this 3ds Max based Particle Flow tutorial, you will learn an easy method of dispersing a logo into particles using materials.

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• Create a progressive shatter effect in After Effects
• Composite with Glows and add subtle camera shake

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In this tutorial we will learn a technique to offset the animation of the CC Ball Action effect to create a cool transition. This effect uses only built-in plug-in and offers creative flexibility for a variety of looks. The project file also includes a script for offsetting the layers by 1 frame to make the process easier. The tutorial is about 25 minutes but the time will fly by!

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Motion design in After Effects can be as complex or simple as you desire—that’s down to your own design aesthetics and execution, and of course, the project at hand. Whether you need thousands of intricate layers forming rich and beautiful tapestries of color and detail, or a handful of elements creating bold and striking images, a few simple tips and tricks in After Effects can help you achieve the desired look and feel. The complexity… well, that’s up to you. This tutorial, created to showcase a number of new clips from Artbeats, will show you some of the techniques we used here in the Energi Design studio on a recent title design for a foreign documentary called L’automne à Paris.

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I know we all have busy schedules with lots of things to do during the day…. and ya know, that’s the very reason we stay open late here on AEtuts+! Ok, it’s a website so that doesn’t really work, but if we had a store front we would stay open late just for you… you and the date you brought who doesn’t think it’s gonna work out…. sorry, they told me not to tell you… hmm… awkward… Here’s how to create an “Open Late” sign yourself.

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In this tutorial we’ll use Particular and a single smoke picture to create pretty realistic smoke trails in After Effects. As a bonus I will also be using Optical Flares to add the bright lights.

• Create realistic smoke trails with Particular particles
• Randomize the look of a cloud texture with 3d turbulence

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• Sure Target 2 is a plug-in for controlling the AE Camera
• Features Inertia, Auto-focus, Camera Roll and more!

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In this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz introduces you to the features of Knoll 3D Flare – the new FREE add-on for Knoll Light Factory Pro from Red Giant Software. This add-on for Knoll Light Factory (2.5) in After Effects includes fantastic features like Edge flare-ups, color linking, Z-depth intensity, and full 3D obscuration.

Hello everyone! After a long absence, the “tutorials” will be revived too! And it starts right away with a new free video tutorial on After Effects!

We will learn to recreate a 3D pyramid wired, interacting with the cameras in After Effects, using expressions. We will also use layers of forms through several practical examples and numerous tips & tricks to add color and pep’s in your compositions. We will also use layers of forms through several practical examples and numerous tips & tricks to add

color and pep’s in your compositions. All this in just over an hour of video Fomation All this in just over an hour Fomation video;)
This is the first recorded since montpellier tutorial, I hope I have not lost too much time hand since the tutorial is the first recorded since montpellier, I hope I have not lost too much hand since the time) It was a pleasure to record at least, I hope you will like! It was a pleasure to record at least, I hope you will like!