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Digital Tutors – Innovative Uses for Masks and Mattes in After Effects

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Digital Tutors – Innovative Uses for Masks and Mattes in After Effects
English | Size: 301.6MB
Category: Tutorial


In this After Effects tutorial, we’ll learn some unusual and outside-the-box ways to use mattes, masks, and blending modes to create one cohesive project.

Duration 1h 32m Project Files Included MP4

We’ll start by going over the best way to import files to have the most control as you progress through animating and compositing your layers. We’ll learn how to create a cylinder illusion with a few simple steps, how to animate a shape layer to look like a liquid, and also how to use a track matte to confine particles to an area. [Read more…]

CGcircuit – Creating a Broadcast Intro in C4D

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CGcircuit – Creating a Broadcast Intro in C4D
English | Size: 2.1GB
Category: Tutorial


In this intermediate level tutorial we will create a motion graphics animation from start to finish. We will be covering all the aspects of the Cinema4D to After effects workflow. We will start by modeling all the objects that make up scene, we will then go into the materials and lighting, preparing the scene for final render and rendering the different passes that will be used to composite the final animation in After Effects.
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Digital Tutors – Introduction to Fluid Simulations in Houdini

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Digital Tutors – Introduction to Fluid Simulations in Houdini
English | Size: 677.3MB
Category: Tutorial


In this Houdini tutorial you’ll get an overview of the basic concepts used to create and control fluid simulations.

Duration 2h 3m Project Files Included MP4

We cover the particle fluid shelf tools, but we also dive deeper than before into the networks created by the shelf tools to gain control of our simulations. We’ll take a look at fluid emitters, the “Fluid From Object” tool, and the FLIP Tank tool. [Read more…]

Animation & Drawing Excellence – Lesson 1 and 2

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Animation & Drawing Excellence – Lesson 1 and 2
English | Size: 1.2GB
Category: Animations


This series of training DVDs starts from the very basics principals for beginners and moves to the more advanced techniques for professionals.

This particular series focuses on traditional animation techniques which are essential for both 2D and 3D animators. [Read more…]

SkillShare – The Paper Cutout Look in After Effects

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SkillShare – The Paper Cutout Look in After Effects
English | Size: 2.37 GB (2,541,472,943 bytes)
Category: CBTs


In this course I’m going to show you how to create a shadowbox-style paper cutout effect inside After Effects.

In each quick video we’ll cover things like:
Adding textures using track mattes
Customizing colors
Working with 3D cameras, layers, lights, and shadows
Precomposing layers
Parenting layers
Controlling expressions with sliders Blending modes
And much, much more. As always, I’ll be showing you how I use keyboard shortcuts constantly for a more efficient workflow. [Read more…]

Digital Tutors – Creating Publishable Templates in After Effects

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Digital Tutors – Creating Publishable Templates in After Effects
English | Size: 551.1MB
Category: Digitutors


In this After Effects tutorial we’ll learn some really amazing and time-saving workflows for creating templates.

The goal is that by the end of this course you’ll be ready to hand off your project to a colleague who either does not have extensive knowledge or time for After Effects and the painstaking hours it takes to make something look truly great. You could also sell a template you create using these techniques in an online setting, monetizing your skills for a little extra cash!
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Videohive – Dynamic Cartoon FX pack

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Videohive – Dynamic Cartoon FX pack
English | Size: 1.8GB
Category: Cartoon Pack


Dynamic Cartoon FX is the toolkit for motion designers and 2d animators. The pack contains After Effects project with more than 100 cartoon customisable FX-animations. You can change almost all settings and create unique animations.
Also animations are rendered with alpha channel in a QuickTime(PNG) with FullHD/30 fps. You can use all non-linear editing tools that support mattes and compositing like Adobe Premier, Adobe After Effects, Sony Vegas, Final Cut, Edius etc.
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Lynda – Premiere Pro Guru Professional Trimming

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Lynda – Premiere Pro Guru: Professional Trimming
English | Size: 1.4GB
Category: Tutorial


Trimming is at the very heart of editing. The fine adjustments that you make to your edits for timing and precision make a huge if subtle difference to the final product.

This course is a deep dive into all of the tools used to make trim edits and the different ways to utilize them. Professional editor and documentary filmmaker Jason Osder teaches members how to trim on the timeline, perform various kinds of trim edits, trim audio, and incorporate keyboard shortcuts that make the work go faster. [Read more…]