Here’s a roundup (ok, list) of AE Portal topic roundups on PVC. Many of them have been updated since their initial release.
- ASCII Art & After Effects
- Decent cheap earphones: backups and stocking stuffers
- ProRes 4444 XQ in Creative Cloud
- Cineform in Creative Cloud: render quality settings + more
- ‘Gone Girl’ workflows with Premiere & After Effects
- Tools and free models for Element 3D
- Shatter glass in After Effects
- Comparing 3D type options for After Effects
- Cosmetic fixes, blemish removal, and skin retouching in post-production
- Optical Kerning preference in After Effects
- Using CycoreFX plug-ins in Premiere Pro and After Effects
- “Unmult” with and without special plug-ins
- Alpha channels: premultiplied vs straight
- Fold and unfold layers in After Effects
- Using the Math.round expression in After Effects
- White balance in After Effects and Premiere
- Nebula construction in After Effects
- After Effects for print: Making GAEA
- Nebula construction in After Effects
- Easter eggs in After Effects: a new hunt
- Halftone techniques for After Effects
- Chromatic aberration: creation and fixes with After Effects
- Long shadows: adding body to flat design in After Effects
- Kinetic type in After Effects
- Fly around CC Sphere in After Effects
- Optimizing performance in Premiere & After Effects
- 3D from 2D images: After Effects + beyond
- Driving Plates and Composites in Premiere Pro and After Effects
- 3D printing in Photoshop CC
- Flowchart tools in After Effects
- Secondary animation and the principles of animation
- Tracking gestures on iOS for After Effects
- Circles in After Effects
- Spirographs in After Effects
- Spirals in After Effects
- The Ray-traced 3D renderer in After Effects
- Brainstorm in After Effects
- User interfaces in the movies and beyond
- TypeMonkey: a kinetic type tool
- Fractal Noise in After Effects
- Typewriter effects in After Effects
- Headphones: a few resources
- How to shoot car videos inside & out
- Whip (swish) pans in After Effects & Premiere
- HUD and UI graphics in ‘Oblivion’ + titles
- Slideshows in After Effects
- Charts and graphs in After Effects
- Vignettes in Premiere & After Effects
- Sunbursts or radial rays in After Effects
- Set Matte: a 32-bpc node for After Effects
- Volumetric lighting in After Effects
- The Matrix effect in After Effects
- Muzzle flashes in After Effects
- Creating Fire in After Effects
- Using and creating After Effects scripts
- Lip Sync in After Effects
- Remove banding in After Effects
- The Shatter Effect in After Effects
- 3D Text in After Effects
- Lens wacking, free lensing, and light leaks
- How to Light Wrap
- LED and Casino light text effects in After Effects
- Creating snow in After Effects
- Animate a Photo Mosaic in After Effects
- Lens Flares in After Effects
- Seamless edits for jump cuts
- Adding motion blur in After Effects
- Light Strokes and Streaks
- Reflections in After Effects
- Free Lower Thirds plus Additional Resources
- Animate a character in After Effects
- Sky Replacement with After Effects
- Bleach bypass, cross-process, and other looks for After Effects