Filmstrip animations in After Effects

@AdobeAE noted a Roland Kahlenberg tutorial that shows the use of Digieffects FreeForm to create a filmstrip. It's a new text tutorial on a Toolfarm database that teaches how to make the filmstrip and much more along the way.

There are several more filmstrip tutorials, mostly with different looks, and a free Mac plug-in:

• There's a more recent movie tutorial by Chris Heuer (part embedded below) on Mettle (QT), Toolfarm, and Digieffects -- FreeForm Filmstrip Part 1 of 2. This one uses the Mesh Warp feature in FreeForm.

• A nice use of the CC Page Turn filter by Fabio Cunha in Splice Together A Quick Filmstrip Animation (video) for AEtuts

• Creating a 3D Filmstrip or Flowing Ribbon with Zaxwerks Invigorator (older text) by Serge Hamad

• While not a filmstrip Hypoly shows you an effect that might be handy, how to create a 3D Ribbon / Wire in AE with Trapcode Particular and a few expressions.

• Filmstrip: Creating Film Loops with ForgeFreeForm (older text) by Chris Bobotis

• Image Filmstrip is free in the After Effects version of ImageFlow (Mac OS X only) by CoreMelt

• AE Freemart noted a New Video Tutorial by Rob Birnholz using CC Repetile to make a film strip and Twirl to give the film movement

FreeForm Filmstrip Part 1 of 2 Tutorial 1/3 from Chris Huer on Vimeo.

Torn cardboard texture tutorial + letters

Shortformvideo has another quick and easy texture tutorial and project for After Effects, Torn cardboard texture, which creates a torn corrugated cardboard texture using just the standard tools in After Effects (CS3, CS4 or CS5).

Related tutorials include the original one from Brian Maffitt of Total Training, the free AE project from Aharon Rabinowitz -- Page Rip, a turorial by John Einselen -- Dynamic Paper Cutouts (with Turbulent Displace effect), and a kinda fuzzy Paper Rip Effect in After Effects from Michael Szabo. The last one, embedded below, uses Photoshop and After Effects (CC Page Turn) filter. The recent "Burning Edges" tutorial seems related too, but there don't seem to be AE tutorials using scans of ripped or torn paper.

BIGMIKEDESIGN: Paper Rip Tutorial from Mike on Vimeo.
Update: Laurance returns quickly wih a sequel, Torn-out cardboard letters,

Paper rip: free After Effects project + tutorial

Via @MotionDesignLuv and @juanmiguelsalas, lasted year Aharon Rabinowitz posted a free After Effects project that may come in handy, Free After Effects Project File – Page Rip.

I forgot how Brian Maffitt created his, so here's a tutorial from Big Mike Design, Paper Rip Effect in After Effects, which uses Photoshop and After Effects, alpha channels, track mattes, precomposing, and CC Page Turn or a similar.

BIGMIKEDESIGN: Paper Rip Tutorial from Mike on Vimeo.