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.
Nightclub Motion Graphics Tutorial
Follow this tutorial to learn how to create this exciting rave night club using After Effects.
Morphing From Map to Map
More of a morph-like transition than a morph in the true sense of the word, but a useful effect nonetheless. This Tutorial shows you a simple technique to morph-transition from one map to another using fractal noise. The effect could be applied to just about any monochromatic image or even text.
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How to Create a Glossy Menu in After Effects
You’ll be amazed by what you can accomplish using only Solid Layers and Masks in After Effects. This tutorial will show you how to create the above glossy style menu using shapes and Masks. There are some very valuable tips on using and manipulating masks that have many other applications.