If you do any kind of character animation or any type of work that requires a speaking mouth, you know how difficult it is to not only create a great looking mouth, but to animate and sync it up with the narration. Behold, a new…
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…
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…
Creating an Underwater Ocean Scene Using Trapcode Form
In this very special tutorial for RGTV, I will demonstrate how you can create a pretty unique underwater ocean scene for your motion graphics designs. We will be taking a look at some displacement maps, fractal noise, how to building the environment, and of course…
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…
Breathe Life Back Into After Effects Lens Flares
The default Lens Flare effect in After Effects looks hideous, outdated, and very basic. Today, we’re going to be taking a look at how we can breathe some life back into the default Lens Flare and how we can enhance it by adding more to…
Realistic Bounce Movement with Expressions
Today, I’m featuring one of my very own exclusive tutorials for CreativeDojo. We are going to be taking a look at creating a realistic bounce movement without any serious keyframes. With the use of expressions from Dan Ebberts’ Motionscript, the process becomes a lot easier…
