Tag Archives: After Effects Tutorials
Fractal Noise Fade Effect
Learn how to use Fractal Noise to create a textured fade on a layer in After Effects. Then add some more effects and elements to finish up the title effect.
Retro Style Graphics
Learn how to create a vintage retro style. Use the graymachine 3D preset to create 3D extruded text and apply the BadTV preset. Create lens flares using standard AE shape layers and effects.
Text Effects with Set Matte
In this tutorial you’ll learn how to use the Set Matte effect with other effects like Fractal Noise, Glow, and TriTone to can create some incredible text effects!
Reverse Shatter
Learn how to use Illustrator to break up a layer into pieces. Use expressions to automatically make the pieces move randomly into place. Click here to view the expression used.
Basic Audio Edits in After Effects
Learn how to do basic audio and music edits inside After Effects when you don’t have time to jump out to another audio application.
Tracking and Replacing
Learn how to use motion tracking and masking to replace an object in a handheld shot.
The Grunge Tutorial
Learn how to use Track Mattes to add texture to your text
Use an expression to trigger a camera wobble on the 2nd keyframe
RGB to HSL Expressions
This was an area that I couldn’t find much reference on, so I researched it myself with the goal of making a lesson about it: the rgbToHsl and hslToRgb expressions. This After Effects tutorial uses Radio Waves to show the usefulness of these powerful expressions.
Pie Charts with Expressions
Pie Charts are tedious. Make them a lot easier with expressions!!
Expressions and External Documents
This tutorial explores how to set up an external text document to drive content for items like lower thirds and interstitials. Many many thanks to my friend Maltaannon for the idea to use the #include statement.
In the tutorial, the expression you see works great in CS3, but not in CS4. I wrote a follow up to this for CS4. Many thanks to Lloyd Alvarez for much help on this.