Video Copilot. Learn to create bump maps from textures and lights. Convert 3D position into a 2D position with expressions....

• Learn powerful expressions for animating objects • Animate a cellphone in 3D space and custom space...

a transition so that when the user clicks the “Play Movie” button on the DVD menu, the menu will animate away to black and then the movie will begin....

In this tutorial I demonstrate how you can use expressions to control a drop shadow to give the illusion of depth. It is a pretty simple concept once you think about it. If an object is casting a shadow, as the object moves further from the background the shadow becomes less pronounced. The opposite happens as the object moves closer to the background....

If you are overwhelmed with all this talk about expressions, but don't want to get too far too fast, watch this tutorial. This lesson discusses how to use those expressions you've found on the internet, what to do when you get errors, how to save and organize them for later. When you are ready for the next step, check out the Toolfarm Expert Series: After Effects Expressions. ...

This is a simple project that shows one example of how expressions can be used to achieve time consuming effects quickly. The aim is to create a stream of binary numbers (ones and zeros) to simulate what every client seems to think the Internet should look like on screen. To do this we are going to use particle playground to produce the stream, the wiggler to add randomness, and finally a simple expression to give the animation realistic depth....

Make your logo glow...

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess you don't need this one. But who knows. Creates a 'spine' by replicating a layer and doing some expression and parenting tricks. What you end up with is a 'object' that bends and curls when you change just the x rotation of the base 'vertebra'. ...

Use expressions to create a Spirograph style animation....