Adobe MAX, a ‘creative conference’ where Adobe shows off new stuff in their applications as well as techniques and ideas, is going on right now and the biggest hype this year is the Creative Cloud. Their updates to Photoshop and other applications are fantastic, but…
New Tutorial: Trapcode Mir Basics & Abstract Objects
Finally, after much request, we’re going to be talking about some of the practical uses of Mir, what the plugins is all about, and how to achieve some cool abstract elements and fluid motions. Trapcode Mir is extremely fast, which makes it easy to experiment…
New Tutorial: Creating a Snow Mountain Title
Hey folks, there’s a new tutorial available to watch! This time, we’re creating mountains, camera rigs, and windy atmospheres. We’ll also take a look at Z depth maps, compositing tips, and the Landscape object within Cinema 4D. This one is definitely a long one, but…
Galaxy Nebulas with Trapcode Particular
In the last tutorial we took a look at creating planets and asteroids, today we’re going to play mother nature and create some galaxies to add to our creations! We’ll primarily use Trapcode Particular to create the elements and top it off with a nice…
Shoot for the Stars and Galaxy
Here’s a quick update on what’s cooking at the Dojo. First off, there’s going to be a new tutorial tomorrow on the galaxy nebula you guys were so interested in. We’ll create it entirely in After Effects using primarily the Trapcode Suite and it will…
Creating an Asteroid Field & Planet Using Element 3D
Today in this lesson, I’m going to go over how to create a fairly interesting 3D asteroid field using After Effects and Element 3D from Video Copilot. We’ll also take a look at lighting the scene, building the planet, and creating an atmosphere. With some…
Fracturing Objects in Cinema 4D for Element
Today in this brief tutorial, I’ll go over how to break up and fracture objects in Cinema 4D and bring it into Element for some animated shattering goodness. Something to keep in mind is that this isn’t just for Element, you can use the same…
Foldable Groups in After Effects with GM FoldLayers
Ever wanted to have organized groups for your After Effects layers? The good folks from Goodmotion developed this really neat plugin that allows you to do just that called GM FoldLayers. It allows you to have foldable and collapsable group “folders” for your messy composition…
