Scripts and scripting in After Effects

Using and creating After Effects scripts is a collection of some learning and script resources on PVC.

After Effects Lately

AE news was a bit slow last week, even if a few items ended up in the tardy roundup of the previous week. Read After Effects Lately at PVC for assorted tutorials, tips, and scripts & plug-ins new and old.

Please note that AE Portal added several resource roundups to PVC in the past few weeks, including:

• Creating 3D Text in After Effects
• The Shatter Effect in After Effects
• Remove banding in After Effects
• Lip Sync in After Effects

Another week in After Effects

...collects 3D scripts, 3D and rendering, character animation, PointGlue, and more. Read Another week in After Effects at PVC. Pictured is is a new softbox script from AE Scripts.

Here's Adobe on How to use Auto Speech Alignment in Audition:

Last week in After Effects

at PVC collects another week of assorted After Effects tutorials, tips, and scripts & plug-ins new and old.

BTW, Vector Tuts collects 200+ Free Vector Grunge Graphics for Designers and Illustrator, though some of the licenses are more restrictive.

The Shatter Effect in AE

...at PVC collects resources on Shatter, an older 8-bit plug-in that ships with After Effects. Originally developed by Brian Maffitt under the Atomic Power banner, Shatter is mostly used for shattering glass, walls, puzzles, and so forth, but also used to generate 3D text or shape blocks.

...read the rest at The Shatter Effect in After Effects.

Updates: 'Creating 3D Text in After Effects'

The survey of methods roundup was updated to CS6 for PVC.

Here's tutorials on exporting 3D renders from the Photoshop CS6 timeline from Tip Squirrel and Genius DV:

Recently in After Effects

There’s another summary of recent news on #AfterEffects at PVC — with more on CS6 and updates, raytracing (or not), hardware requirements, integrating muzzle flashes, looks, assorted tutorials, and plug-ins old and new.

Here's an impressive scene done in AE by Stu Maschwitz; be sure to read his Ray Tracing in After Effects CS6 too: