Create A School of Fish Underwater Scene
Here’s a quite elaborate multi-part motion graphics tutorial that shows you how to create an underwater scene from scratch, then add in an animated school of fish using the Particular plugin for After Effects
UV plugin to add or create 3D Textures in After Effects
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This amazing plugin for After Effects let’s you add or change the texture of any 3D element that you have a Normal render pass of. You can change the lighting or add a texture or reflections to any footage rendered from a 3D package such as 3d Studio Max, Maxon Cinema 4D, Lightwave, etc. etc.
Yes I know, the rule around here is that usually only free plugins get mentioned, but this is quite a beauty and at only $30 it can be easily slipped into your next client invoice. Who knows, maybe maltaanon will give away a free Youveelizer license to one of you readers.
Random Binary Number Stream Tutorial
Random numbers are one thing, but how does one create the effect of a stream of random binary numbers? It’s not hard to do, but you have to know where to look. This tutorial will teach you a technique to create the effect in After Effects.
RotoBrush Tool in After Effects CS5
For anyone who does a lot of rotoscoping, this is an exciting new tool in Adobe After Effects CS5 The RotoBrush is a tool that helps automate the tedious task of rotoscoping or cutting out moving objects for your footage. While one will always have to intervene and do some manual labour, the tool will be a huge time-saver. Here’s a look at how powerful the tool can be.
Text Reveal (Write-on) Effect Tutorial
This tutorial teaches a method to create the ever popular write-on text effect. The tutorial uses After Effects, Illustrator, Trapcode 3D Stroke and Particular but it’s worth watching even if you don’t have all of them.
Smoke Trails Tutorial
Learn how to create smoke trails using Particular and After Effects in this motion graphics tutorial. The tutorial also uses Video Copilot’s excellent optical flares plugin but you could just as well use the standard After Effects lens flares instead.
Using Expressions in After Effects
This is a good motion graphics tutorial for anyone looking to learn how to use expressions in After Effects to speed up repetitive animation setups.