Shape Layer Wave in After Effects
Here’s a quick way to make a wave shape by essentially just drawing a straight line. First, create a shape layer with just a stroke…
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I bought a Stream Deck+ for After Effects, should you?
I decided to spend some of my hard earned your generous donations on a Stream Deck+ (or is it StreamDeck Plus) by Elgato. I’ve been…
Creation Effects Releases Solaris for Adobe After Effects
Adding to its collection of visual effects templates, Creation Effects has just released “Solaris” for Adobe After Effects. Solaris allows users to create realistic animations…
How I made my Star Trek battle in After Effects
For my earlier tutorial showing how to create a photon torpedo and have to automatically explode on impact (or rather “at the second keyframe”), I…
Adobe Fast Tracks Artificial Intelligence to All Creative Applications
Adobe has jumpstarted a sweeping movement to artificial intelligence — now including major new generative AI technology into its video, audio, photo and 3D creation…
Whip-Swish Pan in After Effects
Use After Effects to create your own transitions between clips. One interesting transition is a whip pan, or swish pan. This is when the camera…
Photon Torpedoes Which Explode on Impact
In this video, I start by showing how to use Shape layers to recreate the iconic look of the Star Trek’s photon torpedo. But that…
Copy & Paste Layer Order in After Effects
Frustrations on the order that layers appear when copy/pasting in After Effects are usually apparent in forums. However, the remedy is quite simple. Select the…
Images as Particles Transition in After Effects
Add a customisable chapter screen to your videos with this easy to reuse transition. Sorted Food are a food channel here on YouTube producing high…
Smoke Creation with Particle Playground in After Effects
One way to create smoke within After Effects is by using Particle Playground. Add Particle Playground to a solid layer by going to Effects –…