Physical Test Overlay
Dan Wood has released an interesting test video in which he recreated a real domino path as an overlay using 3ds Max and After Effects.
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Matte Painting Demo Reel
Margarita Kopaneva is a freelance digital matte painter from Russia and has released an impressive demo reel.
OBJ Importer for After Effects
The OBJ Importer plug-in makes it possible to import 3D low-poly models in .obj format into Adobe After Effects.
Shockwaves with Trapcode
Daniel Brodesky has created an effect similar to Video Copilot's ready-made Shockwave effects using Red Giant's Trapcode Particular in After Effects.
Showreel with Forces of Nature
VFX artist Martin Mirola has published his reel featuring work from 2014 and 2015. It predominantly shows impressive natural spectacles such as volcanic eruptions and tornadoes.
City Destruction Tutorial
This new Video Copilot tutorial is extremely practical in times of apocalyptic films. Kramer explains how to create a destroyed city backdrop with After Effects.
The Trends in the Explainer-Video Scene
Cut-out animation videos are out; too many companies have already commissioned them. Here is an overview of which videos agencies may soon be requesting from studios.
Element 3D Version 2 Tutorial
The new year has only just begun, but Video Copilot is already going full throttle: Here Kramer explains how to create a 3D car title with a vintage look using Element 3D V2.
Old-Fashioned Polygon Tutorial
Video Copilot has published a new tutorial in which Andrew Kramer explains how to create a cascading polygon with an old-school look in After Effects.
Free Transition Plug-in for Premiere
Transition Designer, the plug-in for clip transitions, is now available in a stripped-down but free version for Adobe Premiere Pro CC.
Sapphire 8 Released
GenArts describes its Sapphire as a "Swiss army knife for effects". Version 8 adds several more practical ready-made effects to the package.
Meteorite from Oklahoma
Digital Tutors caused confusion with a fake meteorite video on the social-news website Reddit. They have now published a free After Effects tutorial about it.
Element 3D V2 Tutorial
First render scene and an immediate hit: D.L. Watson created an impressive CG spaceship with the new version 2 of Element 3D and reveals how in a tutorial.
AE Plug-in for Preview Before Rendering
The After Effects plug-in Compression Preview from Zero VFX allows sequences to be tested for artefacts or other errors in the compressed version before rendering.
Mocha Customer Showreel 2014
In the customer showreel, Imagineer Systems presents the best work by users who worked with the Mocha Pro and Mocha AE tracking tools.
Element 3D V2
Video Copilot released version 2 of Element 3D for After Effects today. Andrew Kramer previously released a half-hour video showing new features.
Broken CG Glass in AE
Here is an overview of the best tutorials using Shatter and Element 3D for a broken-glass effect in Adobe After Effects.
Plexus Tutorial
Plexus 2 is a plug-in for Adobe After Effects that can be used to generate 3D particle systems in After Effects. This tutorial explains how to use it.
Element 3D V2 Features Revealed!
Andrew Kramer has published a video in which he presents the new features of Element 3D version 2.
Adobe Tip for Slow Render Times
Since the 2014 release, the render time for After Effects compositions in Premiere Pro CC 2014 sequences has slowed down enormously. Kevin Monahan reveals how to avoid this.
Element 3D V2 on the Way
The Element 3D plug-in from Video Copilot has been well received in the After Effects community. The tool's next major release appears in November.
Pixel Screen Experiment by VC
Video Copilot has published a new experiment in which Andrew Kramer creates an LCD pixel effect using plug-ins included in After Effects.
3D Pre-Compose Script
With this free 3D Pre-Compose script, you can save yourself a lot of work in After Effects – in a tutorial, the Video Copilot boss shows how to use it.
Win C4D Competition
In Maxon's Win C4D competition, entrants must create a knock-out animation with Cinema 4D Lite and AE CC by the end of September. The grand prize is a Cinema 4D Broadcast package.
New Mocha Versions
Imagineer Systems has presented version 4 of Mocha Pro as well as Mocha Plus, which was previously known as Mocha AE.
AE Ocean Preset
Artist Douglas Stahl is making an Ocean Preset for Adobe After Effects available as a free download.
New Short Film from Video Copilot
Andrew Kramer's new short film “Lock & Load” is more entertaining than quite a few of the feature films currently coming out of Hollywood.
After Effects Preset
Of interest to motion graphics artists: the AE preset Ouroboros can be used to create various trimmed strokes on a path.
HitFilm Plug-ins Available
FxHome had already announced HitFilm's plug-in package at NAB; it has now been released and is available for 499 US dollars.
MovieType for Element 3D
MovieType for Element 3D from Motionworks includes Element 3D presets and After Effects tools that can be used to create dynamic letter graphics in the style of film trailers.
Sci-fi weapons video from Video Copilot
Mr Video Copilot, Andrew Kramer, has released a sci-fi weapon video. He used plug-ins in AE, design elements from ShockWave and the new Sound FX Library.
HitFilm Plug-in Package
FXhome announced the HitFilm Plugins at NAB. Until now, the effects and compositing software was only available as a standalone version.
“Star Wars” in the Down Under Version
That is what you call true fan devotion—the Australian team worked on this 30-minute "Star Wars" fan film for ten years.
December Update for Adobe Creative Cloud
With Creative Cloud, Adobe customers receive updates immediately and always have the latest version on their workstation. These are the new features in the December update.
Tool Update in the Adobe Cloud
Adobe has released a comprehensive tool update with more than 150 new functions for the video products and Adobe Anywhere in Creative Cloud.
Faster Slow Motion with Twixtor 6
The slow-motion tool Twixtor has been released for Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro in version 6. GPU support is intended to provide significantly faster calculation.
Turning a 2D Still into a 3D Space
Premiumbeat.com shows how to create a 3D room in After Effects from a still photo of a room in one of its video-editing tutorials.
Submit a Building of the Future
Since yesterday, buildings can be submitted to Video Copilot for the Future City Pack—until September 15.
Free Vintage
Not retro, but Vintage Paper Textures: Andrew Kramer may not impress any hipsters with them, but certainly many artists, because they are free and in 4K.
Glowing Subsurface Skin
Video Copilot's new tutorial is inspired by "Iron Man 3": Andrew Kramer shows how to create subsurface illumination with After Effects.
Music Video Made with Element 3D
Artist Thorsten Hary created a music video using After Effects, Element 3D and the Metropolitan City Pack, much to Video Copilot's delight.
4K Video Cards from Matrox
Matrox's new DSX LE3 4K and Mojito 4K cards provide 4K video output and real-time monitoring.
Adobe Preview Page
Adobe published numerous NAB sneak-peek videos for its new software packages, collected on a single online page.
A First Look at After Effects
Adobe's upcoming After Effects release promises exciting features. Initial sneak-peek videos reveal the new possibilities.
Cinema 4D and After Effects Move Closer
The cooperation between Maxon and Adobe has produced two new technologies integrated into the new After Effects.
Element 3D 1.6 Update
Element 3D 1.6 adds a World Position Pass intended to improve integration of 3D particles within scenes.
New Physical Newton Features
The Newton plug-in, the physics engine for After Effects, is available in version 2 – with new physical features.
Explosive Tutorials
Video Copilot has published a free tutorial series for creating explosive effects in After Effects and 3ds Max.
Update for Element 3D
Video Copilot has announced the release of Element 3D version 1.5 for this week—and a new footage pack with 3D buildings for tomorrow.
More Light!
Knoll Light Factory is available in version three, which redesigns the engine and editor.
FilmConvert for AE and Premiere
After the FilmConvert plug-in was previously available only for Final Cut and Apple Motion, After Effects and Premiere users can now also use the colour grading tool.
Final Effects Complete 7 AE Announced
Boris FX announced Final Effects Complete 7 AE for After Effects and Premiere Pro at this year's IBC.
Fusion from an After Effects Perspective
Chandan Kumar presents a nine-part video series on the CGArena portal intended to make it easier for After Effects users to get started with Fusion.
After Effects: Better Organization with GM FoldLayers
Goodmotion gives After Effects the ability to organize layers in compositions better. The GM FoldLayers plug-in provides users with collapsible groups for this purpose.
Ginger HDR as an Alternative to EXR
With Ginger HDR, 19Lights gives filmmakers the ability to avoid large EXR image sequences when using Magic Lantern by means of small Ginger datasets.
Not a Space Station, but an AE Plug-in
A new plug-in for AE has been added to Red Giant's Trapcode Suite 12, and it bears the name of a well-known space station: Mir 1.0.
Car Explosion with Element 3D
VFX artist Andrew Kramer demonstrates in a new clip what is possible with Element 3D for After Effects – with plenty of fire and "boom."
Voice Dubbing Made Easy
The Auto Lip Sync tool from aescripts.com helps make objects speak in compositing software with just a few work steps.
New Version of the Manifesto Plug-ins Available
Noise Industries released a new version of the free Manifesto plug-in package to make titling more efficient.
Tutorial: 3D Gunshot Effects
Mike Gentilini, founder of VidMuze, shows in a new tutorial how to stage scenes with exchanges of gunfire impressively.
New Tutorial on Element 3D
In a half-hour tutorial, VFX artist and After Effects trainer Andrew Kramer shows the options of Element 3D's Particle Replicator.
Element 3D Plug-in for After Effects
The new Element 3D plug-in released by VFX artist Andrew Kramer enables the import and animation of 3D objects in AE and makes them dance like particles.
RED Camera Plug-In Update for CS6 Products
With the latest RED Camera Plug-In update, Adobe enables support for the latest firmware of RED Digital Cinema cameras. The plug-in is available through Adobe Labs for the CS6 products Premiere Pro, After Effects, Media Encoder, Prelude, and Encore in the PC and Mac OS versions.
New After Effects Update(11.0.1) Available
The newly available update for Adobe After Effects, Version 11.0.1, includes support for GPU acceleration using GeForce GTX 680 Kepler technology for the 3D Windows ray-tracing renderer.
Free Project Templates for After Effects
Todd Kopriva offers a free package of project templates for Adobe After Effects Versions CS 3 and later on the Adobe homepage. The project templates are templates that were supplied on an extra DVD or were difficult to find on the Adobe homepage as "Functional Content."
EFX Render Elements ZDepth Tools
The EFX Render Elements ZDepth Tools plug-ins for Adobe After Effects are intended to enable the greatest possible use of a ZDepth pass.
Footage for Free
The expanding footage portal Pond5 is offering German users free data until the end of the month – so download and save it!
New Exchange Plug-in for After Effects and Cinema 4D
Adobe has released a new free plug-in that allows projects to be exported directly from Adobe After Effects to Cinema 4D R13.
Free Converter from Automatic Duck
Free is always good: Automatic Duck's video conversion program, which allows projects to be exchanged between Adobe After Effects and Final Cut Pro, is now available as a free download.
New Subscription Advantage Pack for 3ds Max 2012
3ds Max subscribers can now download a new Advantage Pack for 3ds Max 2012 and 3ds Max Design 2012.
NAB 2011: Adobe Rents Licences
Adobe begins offering monthly and annual subscriptions for individual applications and Creative Suite editions.
NAB 2011: Adobe CS 5.5
Adobe adds essential new features to After Effects and Premiere Pro in Creative Suite 5.5.
After Effects Render Manager
With After Effects Render Manager, you can use the full power of the workstation to render projects – the command-line tool requires hardly any resources, and the After Effects interface would only place an unnecessary load on it anyway. Unlike previous ways of rendering without the program, Render Manager is enormously easy to operat, integrates with Backburner and can manage various jobs on a single computer even without a dedicated render farm. And the best part? Render Manager is absolutely free.
Custom Buttons via Script in After Effects
Turn commands in constant use into custom buttons? François Tarlier’s script for Adobe After Effects CS3, 4 and 5 makes it possible.
After Effects Rescue Script
Adobe After Effects on Mac OS X is ahead of Windows computers when it comes to clever features: a tool saves the current project at the moment After Effects freezes.
MAXON Now Supports Adobe After Effects CS5
New 64-bit Exchange plug-in enables data exchange with Cinema 4D at the accustomed high level.
Red Giant Software: Trapcode Horizon
Peder Norrby's product development is aimed at customers creating 3D scenes with animated cameras in After Effects.
Digieffects: New Product “Simulate: Illuma”
Digieffects launches its new "Simulate" product line with the "Simulate: Illuma" package.
Boris FX: Final Effects Complete 5 AVX
With the new AVX version, Boris completes its Final Effects Complete product family, which already includes FEC AE for Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro and FEC FxPlug for Apple Final Cut Pro and Motion.
NAB 2008: MainConcept and Ambric Accelerate High-Definition Video Compression
Ambric Integrates MainConcept's Acceleration SDK and the H.264 and
MPEG-2 Encoders into Its Am2045 GT Video Reference Platform
Red Giant Software Presents Primatte Keyer 4
Primatte Keyer 4 adds Final Cut Studio and Adobe CS3 support, performance improvements, and automatic setup.
Digieffects Presents Damage
After the company was acquired by an ambitious entrepreneur in 2007 and initially worked hard on updates to its classic plug-ins, Digieffects is now presenting the new product Damage, whose name says it all.
Red Giant Software: Frame-Rate Conversion and Deinterlacing with Magic Bullet Frames
Magic Bullet Frames is Red Giant's latest tool for creating a film look.
Boris FX Releases Final Effects Complete 5
Boris FX has released Final Effects Complete 5 AE, a complete overhaul of the Final Effects Complete filter collection.
MW: Pyro AV Announces Kompressor HD for High-Quality HD Video Compression
With the new Pyro Kompressor HD, a PCI Express-based accelerator, HD MPEG-2 and HD H.264/AVC content can be compressed at up to eight times the speed.
Digieffects Ships Universal Binary Betas
Universal Binary beta updates for Aurorix 3, Berserk 2 and all Delirium versions are available for After Effects and Final Cut Pro.
Winners of the Adobe/DP competition have been decided
The winners of the major Adobe competition that DIGITAL PRODUCTION conducted online have now been decided.
IBC 2007: Automatic Duck Shows Pro Import AE 4.0
Important update for the Timeline Translation Tool that, among other things, takes the update to After Effects CS3 into account
Adobe Ships Creative Suite 3 Production
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium and Master Collection are now available in German.
Automatic Duck Releases Pro Import AE 4
Pro Import AE 4 expands timeline conversion from Avid, Final Cut Pro and Motion into After Effects.
Boris Continuum Complete 5 Expands Effects
Boris Continuum Complete 5 adds editing and compositing tools for Avid, Final Cut Studio 2 and Adobe hosts.
NAB: Adobe – Creative Suite 3, Public Betas, Its Own Player
Creative Suite before a large audience for the first time / Public betas of Premiere Pro, After Effects and Soundbooth / Adobe Media Player presented / Avid Unity servers support Adobe formats
Adobe Officially Presents Creative Suite 3
Updates for almost all important applications / Suites newly assembled / extensive support for Intel Macs / "Production Premium" for editing and effects
Adobe Plans Cross-Platform Production Studio
Adobe's next Production Studio will run on Mac and Windows, adding Mac versions of Premiere Pro, Encore DVD and Soundbooth.
Eyeon Begins Limited Fusion Linux Release
Fusion for Linux enters selective release with Windows-equivalent rendering, plug-in compatibility and support for mixed-OS studios.
ProSieben Schedules animago Short Films
ProSieben plans to broadcast two animago Award 2007 competition films, including Football Toys on 25 December 2006.
Upscaled: Resizer 2.1
Digital Anarchy's conversion tool scales SD up to HD / now native for Final Cut Pro and Motion