In this tutorial, we’re going to take a look at how to create a very basic “meteor” fireball effect and composite it into our shot. We’ll take a look at some basic compositing techniques such as fake shading, shadows, reflections, and other fine details that…
Free Light Leaks Pack
Free Light Leaks Ever need some quick and easy light leaks for your projects? Here’s 16 light leaks I’m giving away for free in my Light Leaks Pack! It’s the least I could do to give back to the awesome supportive community I have here…
CS6: Quick Overview of After Effects’ Ray Traced 3D Renderer
In this really quick video, I’ll show you an overview of After Effects CS6′s new 3D Ray Traced Renderer allowing you to extrude shapes/text layers natively. Stay tuned for more in-depth tutorials on the new 3D features found in After Effects CS6. To my surprise,…
Glossy 3D Particles with Particular
Yes, we’ve seen many cool custom particles for Particular, whether it’s smoke, fire, leaves, or vines. I’ve tried many custom particles before, but oddly enough I never did try HDRI images with Particular. With a bit of experimenting, you can achieve some pretty convincing objects…
Abstract Designs with Mettle’s ShapeShifter
ShapeShifter is an awesome plugin for After Effects, you can do so much with it. The plugin comes loaded with tons of parameters that you’ll have to explore similar to Trapcode Form. Aside from deep extrusions and mind blowing organic animations, you can also create…
Free Ink Drop Footage: Ink Chamber
So every once in awhile, I like to do a few posts showing off neat things from other people. Besides, there are plenty of great content aside from the ones here by myself! Jake and Dan over at Creatogether released a really nice pack of…
Video Footage as Custom Particles in Trapcode Particular
Using images and footage as custom particles in Trapcode Particular isn’t something new, in fact, it was done even in the earliest versions of Particular. Although I have used images as custom particles countless times, I haven’t really used footage as particles other than for…
Need Some Free Sparks?
In a recent experiment, I needed a ton of sparks to fill the frame but I couldn’t find an easy alternative. Although using Trapcode Particular was a popular option, it wasn’t a ‘fast’ option, not something I could just slap on. I didn’t need total…
