It’s time to get down with some visual effects! This time, we’re going to start off with the basics: compositing muzzle flashes. I remember the first time I hopped into After Effects and started visual effects, muzzle flashes were one of the things I was…
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…
Creating and Compositing a Meteor Strike
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…
The Sky is Falling
Here’s a quick sneak peak at my upcoming tutorial, a basic meteor composite. This will actually be my first ever visual effects tutorial as opposed to the normal motion graphics stuff, so we’ll see how this goes. We’re going to construct everything from scratch and…
Creating “The Trailer” in After Effects Part II
Welcome to part two of “The Trailer” tutorial, today we will take a look at how to really enhance and polish off our Cinema 4D render from part one. In After Effects, we’re going to do some color correction and grading to set the mood…
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…
Corridor Digital’s Laser Effect Using Trapcode Form
Sam from Corridor Digital contacted me through Twitter and Email and we were discussing about Trapcode Form and how he was going to implement it into his upcoming video as a visual fx rather than motion graphics. A few days after the launch of their…
