After Effects Public Beta Overhauls 3D Navigation
Adobe’s After Effects public beta introduced automatic scene cameras, revised orbit, pan and dolly controls, and new 3D transform gizmos.
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Adobe Updates Premiere Pro and After Effects
Adobe’s September 2020 updates added Scene Edit Detection and Quick Export to Premiere Pro plus new 3D controls and faster EXR previews in After Effects.
After Effects Tutorial: Liquid Reveal Animation
Ben Marriott demonstrates a liquid reveal animation in After Effects using an illustration by Pierre Kleinhouse.
After Effects Tutorial: Create Realistic Fire
Ignace Aleya demonstrates a 15-minute After Effects workflow for adding a realistic forest-fire effect to live-action footage.
Assimilate Webinar Explores Modern DI Finishing
Leonardo Marini’s 2020 webinar examined modern DI workflows, client review and integrating After Effects with Assimilate Scratch.
After Effects Tutorial: Animated Gradient Backgrounds
Peter Arumugam of Move Shapes demonstrates a concise workflow for creating animated gradient backgrounds in After Effects.
After Effects Warp Stabilizer Tutorials
Four After Effects tutorials cover Warp Stabilizer defaults, parameters, advanced settings and workarounds for difficult footage.
CamTrackAR Records Camera Tracking
CamTrackAR records iPhone or iPad footage with 3D camera-tracking data for export to Blender, HitFilm or After Effects.
DP Collection: Free Assets for Everyone
A production-focused archive of free 3D assets, meshes, materials, HDRIs, VFX footage, textures and sound resources.
Particle Illusion Standalone Goes Free
Boris FX released a free Particle Illusion standalone with GPU-accelerated 2D emitters, 8K projects, presets and ProRes alpha export.
Roto Brush 2.0 Previews ML Masking
Adobe previewed Roto Brush 2.0 for After Effects, using Sensei machine learning to propagate masks through occlusion and difficult backgrounds.
Palette Mapper Visualises Film Colour
The free Palette Mapper plug-in turns an After Effects sequence into a frame-by-frame vertical colour-map visualisation.
Nitrate Adds Final Cut Pro X Support
FilmConvert Nitrate added Final Cut Pro X and Motion support with Metal acceleration, Cineon Log emulation, curves and grain controls.
Act Now Mixes Illustration and Motion
Robert Hranitzky and DXTR combined 45 illustrated and animated tiles using Adobe Stock, Illustrator, Photoshop and After Effects.
Red Giant’s 2020 Webinar Archive
Red Giant's 2020 webinar programme covered motion graphics, 3D workflows, compositing, colour correction and grading.
Coronavirus and CG Software: Free Access
In the context of the current coronavirus situation, several software providers are now offering their tools free of charge for a limited period – including Adobe, Foundry, Autodesk and Avid.
Premiere Pro “Productions” Released
Adobe releases the new “Productions” feature and gives all Premiere and After Effects users access to Team Projects.
Adobe Introduces Public Beta Versions
Adobe introduces public beta versions of its Creative Cloud video and audio applications that install separately from release builds.
Apple ProRes RAW for Windows | Beta
A new ProRes RAW beta is available: Apple’s video codec now also comes with support for Windows.
Cavalry: New Version Released
The procedural motion-design tool gets a major update with video import, a new Graph Editor, Sequence element and more.
Maxon Cineware for Unity
Cineware for Unity: the new free plug-in for Unity is here and supports geometry, materials, lighting and camera features!
Universe 3.2 Adds Five Motion Tools
Red Giant Universe 3.2 adds Typographic, Reframe, Warp, Multitone and Socialize, plus more than 100 presets and templates.
Cavalry Beta: Das neue Motion Design Tool?
More competition for the motion design software landscape? Cavalry is a promising tool - now in open beta.
Download | 40 Free Blood Textures
For anyone entering a blood frenzy at the start of the contemplative Christmas season: here are 40 free blood textures!
AE Lockdown: Warping Surface Tracker
Want to simplify clean-up and beauty work? The new "Lockdown" plug-in promises to simplify the work.
Physics Simulations in After Effects
Physics for After Effects: the integrated 2D engine offers various ways to teach your layers a few laws of physics.
Video Copilot | Nebula 3D
New plug-in announcement from Andrew and his team: real-time volumetric lighting & VDB sequences in After Effects with Nebula 3D!
AE: Using Content-Aware Correctly
The new feature from the latest After Effects 16.1 update is here - how do you now get the desired results? Robert Hranitzky knows the answer!
Content-Aware Fill for After Effects
The April update for After Effects is here and includes, among other things, the new Content-Aware Fill for videos!
Tilt-Shift Blur for After Effects
A nice free tool for After Effects: The familiar Tilft Shift Blur recreated with shape layers, Camera Lens Blur and null objects.
Video Copilot: Tutorial & Live Show
Andrew Kramer with a new effect: On February 9 there is also a live show in Berlin with more artists from the motion-graphics scene!
“Ingenium”: Creating Big Cinema with Limited Means – Part 2
How do you master the post-production of an independent mystery thriller that was shot over several years with a total of eleven different camera models without blowing the already small budget?
“Ingenium”: Creating Big Cinema with Limited Means – Part 1
Over five years, director Steffen Hacker worked on an independent mystery thriller and had to solve a series of tricky post-production tasks.
Survival Guide in the Software Jungle
Anyone who can no longer see the forest for the trees has either got lost or, like so many people by now, simply can no longer keep track of such a huge mountain of software.
Glitch for Free!
Glitch until the doctor comes—with the motion graphics template from AE for Premiere. Free to download!
Happy Birthday After Effects!
25 years have passed since the first version of the universally known program was released.
A Glitch at Video Copilot
A glitch in the Matrix? - Video Copilot is back: new blog posts, an apology and plenty of news. And there is a new tutorial right away.
Allan McKay: Decay VFX Training
New free VFX training from Allan McKay: This time there's a ten-hour session on how to realise this decay effect.
Three Days of Video Editing and Motion Design with the Pros.
Moving images are booming – so it is time to get started with video or pick up the latest trends, workflows and tips. At the next edition of Adobe Live, professionals will show real projects with video, motion design and animation in a live stream for three days from December 12 to 14. Premiere Pro and After Effects are included, including new features such as VR and time-saving functions such as Motion Design Templates.
25 Tips for Adobe After Effects
If you are new to Adobe After Effecs: No Film School gives you 25 tips and tricks so that you have an efficient and smooth workflow in no time.
AE Plugins: Free OLM Blurs
Free After Effects blur plug-ins from OLM Digital. The studio is releasing the plug-ins as part of the OLM Open Tools.
Master Artists Motion Graphics Templates
The free Master Artist Motion Graphics Template Collection is available for Premiere Pro CC: Adobe offers the templates free of charge via Adobe Stock.
Adobe MAX 2017: 11 future technologies
A look into the future: At Adobe MAX 2017, there were insights into tools for upcoming releases - including Scene Stitch, Deep Fill, Project Cloak and more.
The Big Creative Cloud Update Is Here!
The big creative all-round update: Creative Cloud now with VR tools, a new cloud Ligthroom, the new 3D application “Dimension” and many software innovations.
VFX Plug-ins: Sapphire and Continuum 11
A major round of updates at Boris FX: the VFX plug-ins Sapphire and Continuum with many new features. For a small plug-in overview, there are also free articles from DP!
21 Free 4K Fog Overlays
Just in time for the start of autumn, Premium Beat is giving away 21 fog overlays. In stylish 4K resolution, they are ideal for making footage more autumnal or for motion graphics.
New Adobe CC Update Around the Corner
Just in time for IBC, there is a glimpse of the next major update round for Adobe’s Creative Cloud apps. Including VR/360, motion graphics and more for Premiere, After Effects and Audition.
SynthEyes Update: VR Support Expanded
Andersson Technologies has released version 1708 of the 3D camera-tracking software SynthEyes – now also with export to After Effects, Fusion and HitFilm.
OctaneVR for After Effects and Nuke!
Otoy releases free versions of Octane for Adobe After Effects and Foundry Nuke - for all OctaneVR subscribers.
Ten Practical After Effects Scripts
These ten scripts can significantly speed up the After Effects workflow – some are even available free of charge.
Spectracal Calman 2016
Why calibrate monitors? Our most important tool in the production of media content is the monitor, as a control tool in the first instance of production via the reference monitor in post-production during finishing and as a presentation tool in the final use of the content.
Adobe acquires Mettle SkyBox Suite
VR tools for the Creative Cloud: Adobe acquires the Mettle SkyBox Suite and plans seamless integration with Adobe products. CC subscribers can receive the plug-ins early via email support.
15 Hours of Fireball VFX Training
Free training: In this session, supervisor McKay provides 15 hours of training on creating a fireball shot from start to finish.
RheinMain seeks a film laboratory engineer
Archive: RheinMain University sought a film production and postproduction laboratory engineer for a 50% position starting in October 2017.
Tutorial: Videocopilot Electrified
Andrew Kramer is back with a new tutorial: After Effects techniques for electricity effects with reflections and illumination of clouds are shown.
Adobe After Effects: April Update
The update for Adobe After Effects comes with interesting new features, including a Motion Graphics Panel, new Deblur effect, Lumetri Scopes and more!
C4D Tutorial: Ghost in the Shell HUD
In this tutorial, you learn to use Cinema 4D and After Effects to create renderings inspired by the HUD effects in Ghost in the Shell.
Bounce & Drop: Free AE Preset
Free After Effects preset from ukremedia: It lets you create fluid Bounce & Drop animations in just a few clicks.
From Houdini to After Effects
New bridge construction: This plug-in lets camera and locator data be exported from Houdini 15.5 and 16 to Adobe After Effects.
Perfect Sugar World
Sulkybunny from Bristol created this delightfully animated music video for the song "Perfect World" by Katie Melua.
After Effects Tutorial: Zordon Effect
In preparation for the Power Rangers film: In this tutorial you will learn how to create the modern version of Zordon with After Effects.
Iron Man HUD with After Effects
Attention Iron Man fans: In this tutorial, you learn how to create an interesting Iron Man HUD design with Adobe After Effects.
The Power of Nature
In his visually extremely impressive short film “Natural Attraction”, Marc Zimmermann shows which landscapes are created through the interplay of sky and earth. The full-CG work is now online in full, including a breakdown clip.
Adobe Update: After Effects 14.1
After the major update from Adobe in November, the 14.1 update for After Effects follows with bug fixes and changes for team projects.
360° VR Stabilization
One of the problems with VR and 360° videos is shaky footage. Here, you learn an approach to stabilizing the horizon with After Effects, Mettle Skybox, and Mocha.
Tutorial: From Mograph to After Effects
Export Mograph 3D data to Cineware After Effects—anyone who wants to know how this works should watch this tutorial.
After Effects for Newbies
For anyone who has never launched the motion graphics and compositing program After Effects: 3dtotal offers you a detailed tutorial to make getting started easier.
After Effects: A Look Inside the New Effects Housing
After Effects CC 2017 was released in November and offers a range of new features. We give you an overview of the most important innovations.
Sharp as a 4K Raindrop
Digital Anarchy has released a new plug-in for improving blurry footage.
Adobe Creative Cloud 2017
Adobe has released the next major update. We provide a brief overview of the most important innovations.
Workflow Power
Video Copilot with a new free plug-in: workflow improvements for After Effects users!
Create the Dolly Zoom Effect in Post
The dolly zoom, or Vertigo effect, can also be created afterwards in post with After Effects. This tutorial shows you how.
Free Network Kit
Creating networks with Cinema 4D Lite without Mograph? No longer a problem from now on!
experimenta seeks 2D and 3D motion designers
Archive: experimenta Heilbronn sought 2D and 3D motion designers for motion graphics, 360-degree films, fulldome, compositing and animation.
What’s New for After Effects CC
What will the next major update bring for After Effects? Adobe has revealed it.
More AE with Modo
The Modo After Effects I/O Bridge connects the two tools for a seamless workflow. And the best thing about it: the useful bridge is available free of charge.
Update for Fayin
Fayteq has released update 2.3.1 of the matchmoving tool, making it compatible with Adobe After Effects CC 2015.3.
animago Still Gallery: Still Lifes
Every year, the best CG stills are honoured at the animago AWARD. But the other entries also deserve to be presented. From an art-historical perspective, still lifes are highly significant, and modern digital artists still like to choose this image genre.
New Adobe Creative Cloud Features
Adobe had already presented the new Creative Cloud features at NAB in April; they have since been intergrated into the cloud tools.
animago Still Gallery: Robots
Every year, the best CG stills are honoured at the animago AWARD. Of course, many more entries from around the world also reach us and deserve to be presented. Here are the most beautiful robot stills.
Skin Retouch for After Effects CC
Aescripts + Aeplugins and Mamoworld released Skin Retouch for Adobe After Effects, meaning beauty for everyone. Best of all, it is free!
NyxVoltron for a Max/AE Workflow
NyxVoltron now allows 3ds Max and After Effects to communicate with each other without problems.
animago Still Gallery: Archviz
The animago AWARD honours the best CG stills each year. Many more entries from around the world also deserve to be presented, like these archviz works.
What’s New for After Effects
At NAB, Adobe showed upcoming Creative Cloud features. These videos cover AE performance improvements and new Character Animator functions.
New Cineversity Tutorial Series for AE Users
In this tutorial series, After Effects artists learn the basics of Cinema 4D Lite so they can then add 3D elements to their compositions.
Saber Plug-in Finished!
After several night shifts, Andrew Kramer has released the free After Effects plug-in Saber for creating lightsabres, neon lights and more.
fayIN for Fast Matchmoving
Fayteq AG has released a new After Effects plug-in for Windows and Mac that simplifies and accelerates the matchmoving workflow.
Mini-Planet in After Effects
Charles Yaeger explains in the tutorial how to create a tiny planet in After Effects with SkyBox Studio and Element 3D - from the 2D outline to the finished globe.
Update for the Color Vibrance Plug-in
Video Copilot has updated its free Vibrance plug-in for After Effects colour effects and fixed several crashes.
Camera Presets from “Deadpool”
Want a camera look as cool as “Deadpool”? Adobe offers the camera-shake presets for Premiere Pro as a free download.
Cineware 3.0 and AE Update
After Effects CC 2015 update 13.7 adds Maxon Cineware 3.0 for improved C4D workflow integration and more, including a free article PDF.
Home Video with “Star Wars” Effects
With these plug-ins, anyone can decorate their footage with simple lightsaber and lightning effects.
Free BB8 Model
He is the new android hero of the current “Star Wars” installment: BB8. Mac Mave Studios created a 3D model of the android and is making it available as a free download.
Automatic Markers Right on the Beat—with a New Premiere Pro Plug-in
Just in time for the Adobe Video World Conference, which begins tomorrow, mamoworld presented BeatEdit for Premiere Pro today. BeatEdit automatically detects the beats in a piece of music and places markers directly in the timeline. This makes placing cuts on beats child’s play. In addition, fully automatic editing—such as for quickly creating slideshows—to match the music is also possible.
With Element 3D Power
For the crowdfunding campaign of XTI Aircraft Company, which is developing vertical takeoff and landing technology for aircraft, director Joe Sill created CG elements for a clip using Element 3D for After Effects.
Trapcode Suite 13
Trapcode is an incredibly practical collection of AE plug-ins for motion designers that saves time. The tool is now available in version 13.
Useful Tricks in After Effects
In a three-part video series, Sergei Prokhnevskiy reveals some useful tricks for working more efficiently with After Effects.