Lycoming Engines 85th Anniversary
Last year, we were fortunate enough to be able to partner with DH Productions and Loaded Creative to work on the 85th Anniversary video for Pennsylvania’s own Lycoming Engines, the largest manufacturer of general aviation …
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Accurate 3D Dynamics in After Effects Tutorial
A nice way to get some dynamic motion and object interaction wholly within After Effects using data obtained from AEScripts.com Newton 2 applied to Video Copilot’s Element 3D (v1). Download the Project File Sample Video: …
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Accurate 3D Dynamics in After Effects
A way to create accurate 3D dynamics in After Effects using two plugins. Tutorial coming soon…
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Shapes
This is just a “for fun” project, worked on in my spare time to sate my need to create something original. It’s not much, but I learned a few things and that’s really the ultimate …
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Plexus Experiments
Plexus is such a cool and powerful plug-in for After Effects. While you can use it pretty easily to generate really cool imagery and animations, I want to dig as deep into it as I …
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The Art of Flight – Plexus Matte Tutorial
Some people had been asking about how to create the “magnified” effect within a Plexus as seen in The Art of Flight title sequence, so here’s how to do it. I’ve quickly glossed over …
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Background Replacement using a luma matte
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use a luma matte to do a quick background replacement, and in a second example, how to incorporate Set Matte and Matte Choker to further refine …
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Element 3D
Video Copilot is a invaluable resource for anyone who wants to learn After Effects. While host and effects guru Andrew Kramer likes to focus on “fun, guy-stuff” like making explosions, effects for the new Star …
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The Art of Flight – Plexus Titles Tutorial
If you’re into snowboarding, you’ve no doubt heard of The Art of Flight. If not, it’s a film that came out about two years ago that’s a collaboration between Travis Rice/Brain Farm and Red …
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Plexus and Null Swapper
Plexus is a 3D point rendering plug-in for After Effects that can create some really neat and interesting designs. With a few tweaks, you can make some pretty complex animations, though once you dig a …
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