After Effects weekly roundup

at PVC shares news on underwater scenes, AE 3D camera, game trailers, a push for better interfaces, and more.

Another week in After Effects

...the latest roundup @ PVC: lots of glitches, the return of Denoiser, a 3D shield, Trapcode MIR, expressions, and more.

Here's the shield in 3D built within After Effects with Mettle and other plug-ins, plus a sample from Data Glitch (after all Captain America is just a cartoon):

Lens wacking, free lensing, and light leaks

Lens wacking, free lensing, or the detached lens effect and light leaks have been well-covered lately. Over on PVC, there's a new mini-roundup of some resources for creating your own, downloading free or stock footage, and using the effect.

The picture is from Freelensing by Luke Roberts, which illustrated the basics in 2009.

Last week in After Effects

...the latest roundup @ PVC.

For those delaying until the last day, EFF posted How to Remove Your Google Search History Before Google's New Privacy Policy Takes Effect March 1. Pictured is Corner Cutters, a collection of utilities from AE Scripts.

After Effects weekly roundup

CC Hair, animation tools, plug-in news, multiplane & camera mapping, expressions, and more can be found in the latest After Effects roundup @ PVC.

Pictured is a frame from 'Create Your Own Little Fuzzy Friends' by Ran Ben Avraham, which leverages the rarely-used CC Hair plug-in and iExpressions physics.

Recently in After Effects

The latest roundup @ PVC samples news on After Effects.

Pictured is a snapshot from tutorials on Xbox Kinect mocap animation in After Effects by Victoria Nece.

The last 2 weeks in After Effects

2 roundups @ PVC sample news on After Effects:

Another week in After Effects (through Feb 6)
Last week in After Effects (through Feb 1)

They won't make me an overnight star

Have You Heard From Johannesburg?: Free at Last on Independent Lens might have put you in the mood for The Specials (or abc). You can hear a few here, though the originals are more interesting:




'Gangsters' was a reworking of a Prince Buster tune. In the same period, The Specials had a talkative baby with The Go-Go's:

And just for fun (choosing sound over visuals), coming full circle with the producer of The Specials 1st album:

Last week in After Effects

There’s another summary of news on After Effects tutorials, plug-ins, scripts, etc at PVC. Someone already modified Grenade Throw, the latest from Kramerica:

After Effects weekly roundup at PVC

There’s another week or so of news on After Effects tutorials, plug-ins, and scripts -- with new tools, tutorials on Mocha tracking, "radar" animations, lens flares, wood patterns, and more. See After Effects weekly roundup at ProVideo Coalition, which includes Genarts flare presets by Mylenium:

Another week in After Effects

A return to the regular After Effects news cycle caught idle hands by surprise, with a promise of a big CS6 release, snakes in AE, tracking offscreen, plug-ins, and more. See the rest at ProVideo Coalition, except for this preview of a new tool for AE:

How to Light Wrap [now @PVC]

This mini-roundup has been updated and moved to Pro Video Coalition, How to Light Wrap.

Recently in After Effects

There's news on a script for MIDI imports, free projects, type, shapes, and more at PVC in another summary of the last week of news on After Effects tutorials, plug-ins, and scripts.

Please note that these roundups are for quick review and comparison, and that there is almost always vital information from the originating authors at the links provided—and often free presets, projects, or stock footage too.

Last week in After Effects

At PVC, there’s another summary of the last week of news on After Effects tutorials, plug-ins, and scripts— including new plug-ins, scribble & write-on, Motion 5, a few “Best of” roundups, and more.

Please note that these roundups are for quick review and comparison, and that there is almost always vital information from the originating authors at the links provided—and often free presets, projects, or stock footage too.

Another week in After Effects

Over at PVC there’s another summary of the last week or so of some news on After Effects tutorials, plug-ins, and scripts -- with lots on color, explosions, ambient occlusion, tracking, and more.