Digital Billboard Tutorial
Particles, reflections, flares and more. This motion graphics tutorial delves into all this and more to produce the electronic billboard look seen above.
Creating a 3D look in After Effects
This tutorial by the very talented Chris Zwar, shows how one can create elaborate ‘3D’ scenes in After Effects using nothing but flat 2d images. Chris takes us through a lot of his process and shares many tips in this multi part tutorial, you can also Download the After Effects project files
Destroyed Planet Motion Graphics Tutorial
Great tutorial on creating a burning planet from 2D image maps using the CC Sphere plugin in After Effects
Four Free Motion Graphics Elements
If you hurry, you can download four ‘curve’ motion graphics elements for free ($20 value) This offer ends this Wednesday August 29 2011. These clips are 1500 x 1500 pixels making them perfect for HD 1080p projects and all have alpha channels for compositing.
Create a 3D Scene – After Effects Tutorial
This After Effects tutorial gives a good look into creating a 3D scene from 2D elements (thus the 2.5D referred to in the post title)
The Future of Automatic Motion Tracking
While not a tutorial, from Adobe Labs, here’s a fascinating look at what the future may hold in motion tracking and all it could do in After Effects.
Colour Correction Compositing Tutorial
This quick video tutorial teaches a few tips and tricks to make your elements meld properly when compositing CG with live action by using color correction.
