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In this 3-in-1 Tutorial we get the high-voltage action! This massive 56 min tutorial has so many tips and tricks you are sure to learn something new!
Techniques:
Project files and footage coming up! After I gets some sleep!
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Direction Lightning Movement
Dynamic Reflections with realistic falloff
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Solving some interesting problems with Lightning and Electricity! Watch for the tutorial on Tuesday!
Had a great time at NAB, Adobe has recorded my presentation, will be posting that soon! Thanks to everyone who stopped by, can’t wait to show you all the stuff we’ve been working on!
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Yo Andrew! Where are all the Tutorials!?! A reasonable question actually.
I don’t have a simple answer but maybe I can share a bit of my process with you.
This year I’ve been working on a bunch of amazing content for Video Copilot! My goal was to dig deep into default plug-ins and try to find things that were NEW and interesting!
The cycle begins!
ACTUAL PROCESS From the last couple of weeks:
As you can see, every deviation would evolve into something new. This basically goes on until I feel like I’ve come across something that is new that is innovative and also LOOKS COOL! And while each step of this process would make a formidable tutorial, there is always something that will make it better.
The problem is that everything can be a little bit better. And perhaps this mindset is a bit of a curse for a guy that makes tutorials!!!
The truth is that I care a lot about making Tutorials. Genuinely. I don’t want to create another lightning tutorial, I want to create one that adds something new and challenges my skills as well.
There is a certain satisfaction from trying to use 100% built-in After Effects Plug-ins. And that is what I have been trying to do recently.
But I also get that it’s frustrating to hear “Coming soon” so I’ve been trying not to talk about things until they are done. The madness is not lost on me! But because of my tutorials “process” several weeks go by and THEN I really want to deliver a great tutorial. And now that it’s taking so long I want to make it even better! It’s a viscous cycle! Which makes bouncing back and fourth between projects very hard because if you have ever opened an old project after a while… there’s going to be some notes!
Needless to say, Tutorials are not dead, in fact this process has lead to some incredible techniques and content that I can’t wait to share! I just need to knock them out!
If you are interested, I recently talked a bit about this and other things with my friend Ash on the Collective Podcast!
BTW, If you are at NAB this week, please drop by the Adobe booth!
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I must confess… I was never a big fan of shape layers… we just didn’t get along. I was used to using masks but suddenly (around AE CS3) the same mask tool began creating Red vector shapes.
At first, they seemed cool enough but after accidentally adding shape layers to my comps, instead of masks, I lashed out! I even made a few jokes at the expense of them. It was wrong and I apologize
Since working on a few space movies, I really took the time to learn the tools better and began to realize how cool and powerful they are.
There are some extremely cool things that can be done with layering and ways to randomize path position with a wiggle settings and other cool things that would be impossible to do with masks.
I’m nearly finished with with an unrelated tutorial (See below) but I’m looking forward to incorporating some interesting tips about shape layer creation!
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So we’re working on a new Blog Show and thought this was a good time to remind everyone to be safe!
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Just playing around with a new After Effects experiment without using any 3rd Party plug-ins! I need to refine some parts of the effect but I really want to make a tutorial for it ASAP!
Here are some other projects you may have missed! Using Element 3D bummp mapping to create some Gold coins and building a reactor!
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Create a dripping water displacement map
Simulate realistic camera DOF
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In this tutorial we’ll use After Effects to create a realistic water effect without any 3rd party plug-ins! Great for adding atmosphere to a rainy scene or title. This effect is fully customization and can be used to create many cool FX!
In this tutorial:
Project File: Coming Soon!
Stay tuned for project files and footage, just have to collect it and upload it!
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What is this thing! I’ve basically combined a bunch of stuff into one experiment!
I might have been inspired by the amazing planet explosions from The Force Awakens but wanted to see if I could get a cool version inside Element 3D.
Few Notes on this experiment;
I added smoke elements, shockwaves using CC Sphere, and even used the Saber plug-in to give the beam a nice energy feel!
For the disintegration, I used the multi-object system of Element 3D with a pre-fractured sphere and animated with the animation engine so it would break apart over time.
I even animated an After Effects light to match the death beam to fake reactive lighting.
The Sci-fi Weapon Tutorial has some really cool tips for turning radial shockwaves into other shapes.
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Maybe I just love apertures but this was a fun project to make! Using a few motion design 2 objects I built this animating gear. I just created a collection of models on one group and distributed them using a ring array and then animated the properties!
Sometimes simply projects create amazing results!
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I love using native effects in After Effects to create more realistic effects… Although I love some CC Mr. Mercury, I wanted to try to create something more realistic. Look for the Tutorial soon! In 2017, I’m going to change the meaning of the word soon to actually mean SOON!
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I hope everyone is ready for a great year! Can’t wait to show you all of the cool things we have been working on, from blog shows, to plug-ins & tutorials!
My goal for this year is to help people get involved! More challenges, more interactive content and put the fun back into learning! Making things is the only way to get better!
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Make your own ugly sweater! To celebrate the end of the year, here is the project template you’ve always wanted!
Ugly Sweater Features:
I will admit this project turned out to be more complicated than expected! The trick was combining several different plug-ins together to get the right look. This included CC Thread, displacement mapping, mosaic and more! Ugly sweater stitching typically has two colored strands next to each other so I used half as many samples with the mosaic setting to double the horizontal pixels. Then used a displacement map to distort them at the correct angle.
This project is great for creating other types of fabric and patterns as well, play around with the thread width and shading for many interesting looks!
And as always, happy holidays from the Kramer’s! Let’s take After Effects to the next level!
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Our new workflow enhancement plug-in has been updated with many bug fixes and a few new enhancements!
In V1, you could:
In V1.0.1 we added even more!
After Effects Requirements:
Adobe After Effects CC and above (Including CC2014 Sorry no CS6)
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The console war continues on but this time, everybody wins! Our new After Effects workflow plug-in is now available for free! Speed up After Effects by making it work your way! Manage design progress with the new Snapshot tool and find the effects you need instantly!
Workflow plug-ins can be cool too!
So what does it do?
Watch Tutorial Video
Main Features:
After Effects Requirements:
Adobe After Effects CC and above (Including CC2014)
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Speed up your After Effects workflow
Get stuff done faster!
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I recently did some VFX for my buddy Ryan Connoly! Just in time for Halloween!
There was only 6 visual effects shots but they had some very tricky challenges! I’ll go into some more details later on so I don’t reveal anything yet. But I will say that it was fun to use Element 3D in a unique way and sneak in some unreleased Action Essentials 4K Elements. Check it out!
With FX Console around the corner, it’s nice to start seeing more of these ongoing projects get finished! It’s definitely a relief to lift a few projects off my shoulders so we can really speed up our release schedule and yes Intercept too! The traffic is beginning to clear up!
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Our new workflow utility now has some graphics!
Introducing FX Console our new plug-in for After Effects that has been slowly developed over time as my personal utility to improve my workflow. It offers a variety of small features that make a big difference for people who spend a lot of time working in After Effects!
We look forward to releasing it soon for Free!
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