In this intermediate tutorial, Mocha Product Manager Martin Brennand takes you through smoothing the horizon in a Samsung Gear 360 shot using the Reorient Module in Mocha VR. Jittery 360 video footage can be made more watchable by stabilizing with Mocha's planar tracking tools.
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Posted in Tracking After Effects Tutorials by Imagineer Systems on June 5, 2017
Create a magic particle trail using Stardust
Posted in Animation Particles After Effects Tutorials by Lendon Bracewell on May 31, 2017
How to create isometric grids in After Effects
Posted in After Effects Design Tutorials by mamoworld on May 30, 2017
10X Faster Object Removal with Mocha Pro and Mocha VR
Posted in Tracking After Effects Mocha Tutorials by Imagineer Systems on May 23, 2017
Create a globe FUI element using Stardust
Posted in Animation Particles After Effects Tutorials by Roland Hartmann on May 22, 2017
Roland Hartmann of graphicinmotion.com shows how to create stunning Earth HUD elements using Stardust Grid emitters, Fields, Replica Turbulence and more.
Read MoreHow to add 2D character to a 3D roller-coaster using Paint & Stick
Posted in After Effects Tutorials Cinema 4D by Content Creatures on May 16, 2017
Learn how to add an organic hand-drawn texture to a roller-coaster scene and then add people in the 3D model in After Effects using Paint & Stick
Read MoreWorkflow Show: 30 Essential Keyboard Shortcuts in After Effects
Posted in After Effects Tutorials by School of Motion on May 10, 2017
Keyboard shortcuts aren't sexy, but they can shave literally days off of your motion graphic projects. In this video masterpiece we take a look at a few of our favorite keyboard shortcuts in After Effects.
Read MoreCreate your own Animated Typeface in 5 minutes
Posted in After Effects Design Tutorials by Alex White on May 8, 2017
Learn how to use Font Manager to create your very own animated typeface from scratch in just 5 mintues.
Read MoreWorkflow Breakdown - The Descent
Posted in Animation Tutorials by aescripts + aeplugins on May 3, 2017
A simple workflow breakdown for Adam Turnbull's traversal animation, "The Descent"
Read MoreAutomatic Walk Cycles with DuiK and iExpressions Tutorial
Posted in Animation After Effects Tutorials Automation by Ben Pohl on April 27, 2017
In this tutorial, Ben Pohl shows you how to use the automatic, procedural walk cycles of iExpressions with an After Effects character rigged with DuiK.
Read MoreAnimate to the wave of sound in After Effects
Posted in Animation After Effects Tutorials Automation by crunchy on April 19, 2017
Learn how to animate your clones synced to the audio spectrum in After Effects using Cloners+Effectors.
Read MoreLiquid Water with Trapcode Mir Tutorial
Posted in Particles After Effects Compositing Tutorials by aescripts + aeplugins on April 14, 2017
Workflow Show | Flow for After Effects
Posted in After Effects Tutorials by aescripts + aeplugins on April 12, 2017
360/VR Post Techniques
Posted in After Effects Compositing Tutorials by James Markham Hall on April 4, 2017
James Markham Hall, Co-Founder Gold Creek VR, shows us how to take care of some common 360° post-production tasks in After Effects. He uses the View-based Edit in SkyBox Studio V2 to place a 2D video window over 360° footage, covers the Nadir with a logo, and removes unwanted shadows. The tutorial uses footage from a 360 shoot at the home of Anthonio Brown, of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Read MoreSimple Character Rigging with Joysticks 'n' Sliders
Posted in Animation After Effects Tutorials by TipTut on April 3, 2017
Workflow Show: Ray Dynamic Texture
Posted in After Effects Tutorials by School of Motion on March 31, 2017
In this School of Motion Workflow Show, we'll show off Ray Dynamic Texture, a killer plugin for After Effects that can save you hours of tedious texturing on your layers. Download all the assets from this video and find show notes here: schoolofmotion.com/ray-dynamic-texture/
Read MorePlanar Tracking Tips with Mocha Pro 5
Posted in Tracking After Effects Mocha Tutorials Live Action by Imagineer Systems on March 29, 2017
Stardust Particle Dancer Redux Tutorial
Posted in Particles After Effects Tutorials Cinema 4D by Eran Stern on March 20, 2017
Eran Stern shows us how to create this awesome particle animation using Stardust and a Motion Capture dancer. Also check out the Simon Bronson/Chris Vranos version of this that also uses Plexus.
Read MoreCreate your own script from any comp or preset
Posted in After Effects Tutorials by After Effects Tutorials w/ Mikey on March 15, 2017
There are few must have tools for after effects. For me its the tools that bring new functionality that I can't achieve with the built in first party plugins. Like Newton, or Element 3D. compCode is one of those tools!!!! compCode will take your composition and turn it into a script file, its like actions for photoshop, or macros, or super presets. All of the limitations that presets have compCode overcomes these.
Read MoreHow to create Stereoscopic 360º/VR content in After Effects
Posted in After Effects Compositing Tutorials by Charles Yeager on March 10, 2017
Stereoscopic support is available in “SkyBox Studio V2“, for After Effects, and Charles Yeager guides us through the features. Charles shows us how to level the horizon on stereoscopic footage, as well as add text and a logo. We also see how to apply “SkyBox 360 Post FX” which has monoscopic and stereoscopic support. We can easily add a “Blur”, “Glow”, “DeNoise” and “Sharpen” onto our stereoscopic footage.
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