In this two-part tutorial, J. Schuh demonstrates how to animate a layered image of a butterfly using After Effects CS4.
In this tutorial J Schuh creates some flaming chrome text in After Effects using the glow and liquefy effects.
Animated swirls are all the rage in the motion graphics world, and there are some pretty cool things that can be done with them.
Using After Effects’ Shatter Effect to simulate a baseball going through a glass pane.
In this tutorial, Corey uses the rotation and position controls in After Effects to animate some text layers and create an eye-catching effect.
Using After Effects 3D layers and light sweep effect to create this text that moves in 3D space.
This tutorial starts with a code-driven animation, takes it from Flash, and turns it into a video file that can used with an application like After Effects
Corey Barker demonstrates a technique for animating text using the stroke effect in After Effects.
Tom Green exports the rain effect out of After Effects and adds it to the still image in Flash to create an animated Flash video
Tom Green opens up a picture of the Swiss Alps, re-sizes the image in Fireworks, and creates a rain simulation in After Effects
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