Free After Effects Projects from Dean Velez
Top 10 Final Cut Pro Tips and Tricks for Editors
The following are my Top 10 Final Cut Pro Tips, with many thanks to the talented guru’s over at...
Camera Control, Part 2: Graph Editor & Dolly Rigs
In the previous column, we discussed a handful of tricks and techniques which can be used in different situations...
Camera Control, Part 1: Auto-Orient & Orbit
One of the most daunting obstacles for motion graphics artists making the transition from 2D to 3D is animating...
Map Exploration
A common task is navigating around a map-like image. In this column, we’ll discuss three different approaches to this...
The Hi-Def Checklist
The darker areas to the left and right of these images show what happens when a 16:9 image is...
Visual Rhythm, Part 2: Motion & Cinema Tricks
In the previous column, we detailed a number of techniques for animating multiple layers in Adobe After Effects. In...
Visual Rhythm, Part 1: After Effects Tricks
Rhythm – repetition, with variation – is the backbone of many pieces of fine art, as well as motion...
Motion + MIDI
An intriguing feature introduced in version 2 of Apple’s Motion Apple’s Motion is the ability to control it via...
The Almost Perfect Font
The LoveLetter Typewriter font had a few characters that were difficult to read (top line) until they were modified...
A Different Light: Gamma-Corrected Compositing
The image on the left is a normal computer crossfade; the image on the right uses linear blending –...
An Old Friend Returns: CC Effects
One of the stars of the Cycore FX set is CC Particle World, a 3D particle system that includes...
Managing Moving Masks
In After Effects, each mask vertex (the yellow squares) interpolates in a straight line from old to new positions....
A Track of the Clones
One of the most significant but underused sections of After Effects has to be its vector-based painting engine, introduced...
Between Dimensions: 3D Into AE
The logo was rendered in a 3D program; the walls were created in After Effects. Both use the same...