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…
Changing Multiple Render Output Modules at Once
So I recently had multiple items in the render queue that I needed to change the output module for. At first, it was a little tricky to select and change multiple items at once, but at last! A solution! Basically, you need to select all…
Automated Light Spills for Muzzle Flashes & Lightning Using Expressions
So I recently came across a really neat article by Mark Shingleton where he automated the exposure of a layer with the exposure of another layer. This type of automation could be a huge timesaver, especially when creating light spills from a lightning storm or…
Tuts+ Premium: Introduction to Motion Graphics
Hey folks, as you all may have known I’ve been working on a “Getting Started with Motion Graphics” course for Tuts+ Premium. After a few months and many hours of work, the course is finally live! Now, the course is a premium course (as part…
Decaf Expressions: Variables, Axes, and Evolution
Welcome to this new ‘series’ where I will be talking about the basis of expressions. Expressions may seem daunting at first (trust me, I thought the same), but they’re actually very useful and more people should learn to use them! Rather than boring you with…
Learning Cinema 4D: Test Render
CreativeDojo is primarily a tutorial based site, but it’s also my personal design blog where I post up some stuff I’ve been working on and learning. Although this may not be something you guys are all dying to re-create, I thought I’d share my progress…
Creating a Glitch Effect in After Effects
In this tutorial, we’re going to be covering how you can achieve a nice ‘glitchy twitch’ effect within After Effects without any 3rd party plugins or scripts. We will only be using the built in tools in After Effects as well as a few basic…
Glitchy and Twitchy
Aside from lens flares, we’ve all probably tried creating the mograph abstract ‘glitchy’ or ‘twitchy’ effect, whether it’s for your abstract blob render from Cinema 4D or your sci-fi trailer. Whatever the reason is, there are plenty of awesome tools out there to help you…
