There’s been a lot of stir in the AE community lately about After Effects feature requests, probably due to Todd Kopriva’s recent article and Andrew Kramer’s latest blog post. While I’m not a hardcore AE professional like some, I thought I’d share some of my…
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…
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…
Pouring Roses with Trapcode Mir
Here’s a quick animation I did using primarily the new Trapcode Mir plugin from Trapcode. When I had the chance to beta test Mir I did share with you guys a few still frames, but this is actually my first time popping out something with…
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…
