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…
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…
Knoll Light Factory 3: Overview
So Knoll Light Factory 3 was just released today and I got a chance to test drive this legendary lens flare machine thanks to Aharon Rabinowitz. So what’s new and added in the ‘so longed’ industry standard lens flare plugin? Let’s find out. The…
Total Recall Titles Using Element 3D
Today in this tutorial, we’re going to look at some basic features of Element for creating 3D titles. We’ll explore creating and extruding 3D text, some simple animation, and some tips on making the title look pretty good. The title is inspired by the movie…
