Add rounded corners to mask in After Effects
Ever wished you could smoothly round the corners of a Mask Path like you can with a Shape Layer? Now you can with a simple…
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Star Wars Hyperspeed Tutorial: The No-Echo Method in After Effects
The Echo Effect to create long streaks is normally the way you’d recreate the jump to lightspeed, but I think I’ve found a better, more…
The Secret Master Adjustment Layer Hack in After Effects
Trish Meyer (who literally beta-tested the original After Effects) dropped a workflow hack that will completely change how you manage multiple compositions. If you’ve ever…
Which USS Defiant Pulse Phaser effect is better?
Aargh, ever since ‪@DarkRavenProductions‬ posted a comment asking about how to do Defiant style phaser cannons, I’ve been trying to figure out the best way…
VFX History: the origin of After Effects
Before it was Adobe, it was CoSA. This is the VFX history of Adobe After Effects. The industry-standard motion graphics and visual effects software started…
How to Run the Original 1993 After Effects
How to the original After Effects v1 in an emulator, and you don’t have to install anything on your computer to do it. In my…
How to Recreate the Star Trek TNG jump to warp in After Effects
In 1987, John Knoll at ILM had to use labor-intensive, 3D slitscan photography to make the Enterprise-D stretch into warp speed. In today’s tutorial, we’re…
Star Trek VFX: Recreating John Knoll’s Iconic Warp Stars without a Slitscan Camera
While ILM’s John Knoll originally used physical slitscan photography to create the Enterprise-D’s warp jump, we can achieve that same organic, colorful trailing look using…
Recreating Doug Trumbull’s Slitscan VFX – After Effects Mastery
In this After Effects tutorial, I’m diving into the legendary slitscan effect. While Doug Trumbull used a massive mechnical righ and long-exposure photography to create…
Recreating the 1974 Doctor Who Time Tunnel in After Effects
The “Time Tunnel” from Doctor Who titles is one of the most recognizable pieces of VFX history. While the original was created using physical slitscan…