Creating a Countdown Timer Using Expressions in Adobe After Effects
Making a countdown timer using expressions in After Effects gives you more control. In this short tutorial video, I’ll show you how to create a…
Category: Tutorials
VFX Side Quest: “Take On Me” Music Video VFX Tutorial
This VFX Side Quest is a blast from the past as Hashi converts regular videos into the iconic sketchy hand-drawn styling of a-Ha‘s “Take on…
How to Film a Car Commercial with a $50 Budget
Covering the latest gossip and techniques about filmmaking and photography, Premiere Pro scholar Sean Alami is back to break down the making of a high-end…
Turn Day to Night in After Effects
Why day for night? Filming in the pitch black, it can be difficult to pick up details in the shadows. To preserve all those beautiful…
The Mosquito Coast Cinematography with Alex Disenhof
THE MOSQUITO COAST on Apple TV+ is a gripping drama with a spectacular, colorful yet gritty cinematic approach. Director of photographer Alex Disenhof gives us…
How to Light a Film Studio with Novas: Stage Lighting Explained
Valentina and the Aputure team visit EVS Studios in Los Angeles to figure out two things – how many Novas it takes to light a…
Erik Messerschmidt ASC: A Labor of Light
Mank could have easily been a parody of old school Hollywood, but Erik Messerschmidt and David Fincher weren't going to let that happen. They went for…
In The Heights Cinematography with Alice Brooks
IN THE HEIGHTS is the masterful musical movie of the summer! Cinematographer Alice Brooks shares her cinematic approach adapting Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit broadway show to…
Briar Patch-style nebula from Star Trek Insurrection
An After Effects tutorial showing how to use free and included effects to recreate the look inside a sc-fi nebula. This tutorial takes a different…
The Conjuring 3 Cinematography with Michael Burgess
With terrifying and haunted scenes, jump scares, exorcisms, and more, THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT does an excellent job standing up against…