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…
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Cool Concentric Text for Cavalry
In this tutorial I’ll show you how to make this popular text effect that is very easily achieved and can be made entirely procedural thanks…
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…
Cavalry: An Array of Fun Stuff
Arrays are a really powerful feature of Cavalry and here we’ll go over some of the basics to create this simple colour picker project. Can’t…
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…
A Simple Introduction to Cavalry: Indexed Circle
In this new introductory tutorial for Cavalry we’re going to learn a whole range of useful techniques including how to harness the power of index…
These DaVinci Resolve Effects Will Make You a More Creative Colorist
Creativity in color grading is not about having more tools. It’s about using the right ones in the right way. In this video, I will…
VFX History: Slit Scan
How did 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars, Doctor Who and Star Trek: The Next Generation create mind-bending visuals decades before CGI? The secret is…
Motion Design Tools – April 2026
Within 2 days, Maxon and Canva announced pro-level motion design apps — Autograph and Cavalry, respectively. Note: Autograph is free only for individuals. Let’s first…
