After Effects tutorial: Animate a 'falling-to-earth' zoom effect
Use Google Earth with Adobe After Effects to make thrilling ‘falling-from-space' sequences.
Tutorials
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After Effects tutorial: Animate 3D camera moves
Sam Hampton-Smith shows you how to give your still images the appearance of motion using After Effects’ lighting tools
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After Effects tutorial: Create a mini-planet using Photoshop and After Effects
Give your footage a fresh perspective with mini-planet techniques
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After Effects tutorial: Animate 3D waveforms using After Effects
After Effects ships with a couple of basic audio effects that create motion graphics based on the audio levels of an imported file. These work fairly well for the standard application of hi-fi levels, but don’t offer much in the way of customisable options, beyond the range of frequencies and colours displayed within the effect.
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After Effects tutorial: Master particles in After Effects
Shatter and Card Dance are two of After Effects CS4’s most underrated particle effects. Both were created by Brain Maffitt’s Atomic Power Corporation, before being bought by Adobe to include in After Effects.
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After Effects tutorial: Make an animated 3D pop-up book
Design a stylised, 3D-looking pop-up book using 2D elements and Adobe After Effects
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After Effects tutorial: Animate a dance-off for a music video
Create a cool repeating echo effect with After Effects wizardry by Sam Hampton-Smith.
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After Effects tutorial: Make explosive animated titles in After Effects
Use After Effects’ useful built-in effects to generate a title sequence.