...This effect has been used to in movies like Sliding Doors and videos like Enigma's Return to Innocence, not to mention on The Benny Hill Show (though we doubt that they used After Effects ;-)...

Category: The Basics       Version: AE       Skill Level: Beginner

...In this Quicktime clip from Total AE, Brian Maffitt creates the effect of 'running lights' around a letter, using a Photoshop file imported as a Composition. The exercise provides an excellent example of when to use Hold Keyframes rather than Linear Keyframes, as well as showing various ways of creating them....

Category: The Basics       Version: AE 6.0       Skill Level: Beginner

...Have you ever had to work with footage that was lit harshly and not too kind to the actors, shot outside with no reflectors? Could it benefit from some softening? Probably....

Category: The Basics       Version: AE       Skill Level: Beginner

...This explains how to gather your photos together and prepare for a photo montage video....

Category: The Basics       Version: AE       Skill Level: Beginner

...This is an excerpt from Inside After Effects training from DMTS. It is also included in the set, Inside Adobe's Video Collection....

Category: The Basics       Version: AE 6.5       Skill Level: Beginner

...This tutorial teaches you two ways to make tv snow two ways, one totally within AE, the other using Photoshop and AE. You will learn the following AE skills - how to import a series of files and how to use the interpret footage dialog box....

Category: The Basics       Version: AE       Skill Level: Beginner

...An excerpt from After Effects 7 PowerStart DVD, the ultimate After Effects learning experience. This clip will show you have to make 3-D layers. Click on Clip 1....

Category: The Basics       Version:       Skill Level: Beginner

...An excerpt from After Effects 7 PowerStart DVD, the ultimate After Effects learning experience. This clip will show you how to use the Ripple Tool. Click on Clip 3....

Category: The Basics       Version:       Skill Level: Beginner

...An excerpt from After Effects 7 PowerStart DVD, the ultimate After Effects learning experience. This clip will show you how to make Track Mattes. Click on Clip 2....

Category: The Basics       Version:       Skill Level: Beginner

...An excerpt from After Effects 7 PowerStart DVD, the ultimate After Effects learning experience. This clip will show you how to use the Motion Blur. Click on Clip 5....

Category: The Basics       Version:       Skill Level: Beginner

...Exploring ways to direct a viewer around a map with effects, text animators, and other tricks using Adobe After Effects....

Category: The Basics       Version:       Skill Level: Beginner

...From studiodaily.com. In this tutorial, instructors Seth Gordon and Luis Lopez show how to add an Alpha Matte in After Effects 7....

Category: The Basics       Version: AE 7+       Skill Level: Beginner

...Shows you how to quickly make text with depth that moves in 3D space, and then add lights and a drop shadow to the scene....

Category: The Basics       Version: 7       Skill Level: Intermediate

...How to Edit a Trailer That Will Get Your Film Noticed...

Category: The Basics       Version:       Skill Level: Beginner

...From studiodaily.com. In this tutorial you will learn how to use blur, median, and levels to make individual pieces of art blend together to look natural, as well as get pointers for starting character animation....

Category: The Basics       Version: AE 7+       Skill Level: Beginner