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After Effects Tutorial – Underwater title (Deep Water)

laurence — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:47:47 +0000

Similar to a tutorial I produced a while ago, this effect uses the standard toolkit in After Effects CS3 or later to create a sinister, mysterious title sequence that would be great for horror movies, or even diving sequences. You can download the project file for it from here.

After Effects Project File – Deep Water

laurence — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:21:33 +0000

Here’s the project file that goes with this tutorial. Uses the standard toolkit in After Effects (mainly Fractal Noise and Shatter) to create a sinister-looking underwater title. Remember – while this file is free for you to download and use in your own projects (including commercial work), you’re not allowed...

After Effects Quick Tip – Creating custom animation presets

laurence — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 03:09:13 +0000

If you’ve spent ages tweaking that huge stack of effects and plug-ins to get exactly the look you’re after, it’s a good idea to save it for future use. Here’s how you can quickly create your own animation presets in After Effects so that they can be instantly applied to...

After Effects Tutorial – Automating Outline Effects

laurence — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:12:47 +0000

A while back, I produced an After Effects tutorial showing how to create a Laser Etched Metal effect, which has become one of my most popular tutorials to date. If you’ve followed this particular tutorial, you’ll know that it involves a significant amount of manual keyframing, and at the time,...

After Effects Tutorial – Diablo III intro logo

laurence — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:18:42 +0000

With Diablo III’s release (finally!) just around the corner, I thought I’d throw together a tutorial series showing you how you can create a Diablo III-style intro logo that would be ideal if you’re creating a clan video, gameplay footage or fan film. As usual, it relies entirely on the...