How to get Uniform Scale Wiggle in After Effects
An Expressions tutorial. The wiggle expression is a great way to introduce randomness to your image, solid or shape in After Effects, but when applied…
Category: After Effects
Marco Solorio reviews: RE:Vision Effects, ReelSmart Twixtor with FieldsKit Deinterlacer
Originally published December, 2002 Not even Einstein could have made a time machine as good as this one! Looking at traditional methods of time-remapping, frame-rate…
Animating a Walk-Cycle Using Loop Expressions
Originally published in 2002 With version 5.5 of After Effects, Adobe has included some new keyframe-looping expressions that can be very useful for cyclic animation…
Generating Random Motion Using AE 5.5’s Expressions
Originally published in 2002 In this tutorial, Dan Ebberts demonstrates a method of generating motion that is random in both time and space and allows…
Building the World’s Greatest Cameraman Using After Effects 5.5 Expression Controls
Originally published in 2002 With version 5.5 of After Effects, Adobe added the wonderful world of the powerful new Expression Controls. In this tutorial, Dan…
How I used AI to generate a Mission Impossible scene – Adobe Firefly & After Effects VFX tutorial
In this vfx tutorial, I show you how to recreate Tom Cruise’s rock climbing scene from Mission Impossible. You will learn how to use Artificial…
A journey through grief at the Tribeca Festival: Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop bring “The Secret Art of Human Flight” to life
Hero image: Scene from “The Secret Art of Human Flight”, image source: Markus Mentzer. The death of a loved one is a common but difficult…
Need a 3D Phone in your After Effects comp?
In this video, I’ll show you how to use the @AEJuice plugin to add a free 3D phone, (with your footage) to your After Effects…
Filmmakers Georden West and Russell Sheaffer discuss their inspirations for Tribeca’s “Playland” and its creation using Adobe Creative Cloud
Hero image source: “Playland”/Georden West, Russell Sheaffer Enigmatic and subversive, “Playland” combines archival imagery, historical audio clips, and stylized vignettes to tell the story of what…
Building Your Own 3D Particle Generator
Originally published in 2003 In this tutorial, Dan Ebberts explores how you can use expressions in After Effects 5.5 to build a fairly sophisticated 3D…