Easy Flying Logos with AE + C4D Lite (+ Illustrator)
One of the most common, bread-and-butter motion graphics jobs you’re going to get is to take your client’s flat,...
Motion Graphics for Business – Part 1: Inspirational Films
The New Year is traditionally a time for lists, and as many of the articles I published during 2014...
Quick Tour of mocha AE CC 2014
We recently added several movies to our After Effects CC Updates course on lynda.com, covering the new user interface design,...
The case of the white t-shirt
In an earlier article I said that when I began my career, I found business issues more difficult to...
Tools and free models for Element 3D
Topher Welsh is back with his takes on After Effects, VFX, and motion graphics at VisualFXtuts. It's also a...
Preparing for Cinema 4D Lite v2.0
Adobe pre-announced many of the new features for the next version of After Effects CC 2014 at the just-passed...
Z-Depth from 3D After Effects layers
I recently posted a video tutorial that demonstrates how to generate a z-depth map from Particular, and then use...
Z-Depth compositing with Particular – Part 2
Trapcode’s Particular is probably the most popular 3rd party plugin for After Effects, and amongst its many powerful features...
Z-Depth compositing with Particular – Part 1
Trapcode’s Particular is probably the most popular 3rd party plugin for After Effects, and amongst its many powerful features...
Digital beauty treatments: Cosmetic fixes, blemish removal, and skin retouching in post-production
Digital beauty treatments and cosmetic fixes in post-production often involve isolating skin with tracking and mattes for color correction...
