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Friday, February 27, 2009

After Effects Tutorials Series: The Dancing Can – Part 4

Motionworks | 02/27- 02:19 AM

Add finishing touches that bring the look together

In the final part of this series learn how to use After Effects’ Color Link effect to integrate the can into the background, work with various Layer Styles, create a 3D text animation and add other finishing touches.  Watch tutorial

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Friday, February 27, 2009

After Effects Tutorial Series: The Dancing Can – Part 3

Motionworks | 02/27- 02:15 AM

Add detail using organic, pulsating shape layers

In part 3 of this series learn how to use After Effects Shape Layers to add dynamic and organic, self-animating elements to the background.
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Thursday, February 26, 2009

Tiling Strategies In The 21st Century

Alan Shisko | 02/26- 12:08 PM

And I’m not talking kitchens!

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Seamlessly tileable images are an important part of motion graphics design. If you’re looking for a way to create your own using Adobe Photoshop, then this short video tutorial is for you. I cover two different methods for creating the tiles using two very different source images. I then show you how to quickly and easily use the images in Adobe After Effects. Click below to watch the tutorial (duration 9:12).

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Saturday, February 07, 2009

After Effects Tutorial Series: The Dancing Can - Part 2

Motionworks | 02/07- 03:02 AM

Use Shape Layers and effects to create background elements that pulse to the beat

In part 2 of this series learn how to use After Effects Shape Layers, Fractal Noise and Grid effects to create background elements, then animate them using the Convert Audio to Keyframes feature.  Watch tutorial

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Saturday, February 07, 2009

After Effects Tutorial Series: The Dancing Can - Part 1

Motionworks | 02/07- 02:57 AM

Use the Puppet Pin Tool’s Motion Sketch feature to animate a can to music

In 2008 I did a series of roadshows for Adobe where I presented a neat little animation of a dancing can. In this series of tutorials I’ll walk you step-by-step through various After Effects techniques for creating this spot. This section deals with Puppet Pin tool basics and how to use the cool motion sketch feature to animate to music.  Watch tutorial

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