Tutorials

After Effects tutorial: What are the best After Effects render settings?

Discover the different rendering options available with After Effects CC – and learn which one is best for your next motion graphics, VFX or animation project.
After Effects tutorial: 5 tips for creating an amazing logo animation

Learn how to improve your animated logos with these 5 tips for amazing motion graphics in After Effects
After Effects tutorial: How to create hand-drawn animation effects in After Effects

Learn how to produce cartoons with the look of cel animation – without the hassle of drawing each frame by hand.
After Effects tutorial: Create 3D animated icons in After Effects

Animate icons in 3D and learn how to create slider controls in After Effects using Expressions.
After Effects tutorial: Fake the tilt-shift look using After Effects

Create an animated toytown effect using a crafty tilt-shift effect in After Effects.
After Effects tutorial: Create an indie-style animation

Lois van Baarle details how she brought Julian Hanshaw's graphic novel The Art of Pho to life online.
After Effects & Photoshop tutorial: Animate your drawings into a beautiful cartoon

Vida Vega shows you how to animate a traditional matte painting techniques using blending modes in Photoshop and After Effects.
After Effects tutorial: Animate a 3D camera move

Sam Hampton-Smith shows you how to give your still images the appearance of motion using After Effects’ lighting tools
After Effects tutorial: Animate 3D waveforms

Move beyond After Effects’ built-in audio waveform effects with Sam Hampton-Smith
After Effects & Maxon Cinema 4D tutorial: Add a 3D object to a comp in After Effects using CineWare and Cinema 4D Lite

Discover a simple way to automate the process of cutting a sequence of comps together on the Timeline in After Effects, and apply 3D lights, cameras and effects to all of them.
After Effects tutorial: Automate cuts to sequence comps in After Effects

Discover a simple way to automate the process of cutting a sequence of comps together on the Timeline in After Effects, and apply 3D lights, cameras and effects to all of them.
After Effects tutorial: Create a 3D animation of folding paper

Build a paper-folding trick animation from still images in After Effects.
After Effects & Photoshop tutorial: How to animate a multi-layered Photoshop artwork in After Effects

Take your first steps into After Effects with this beginner’s guide to motion graphics.
After Effects tutorial: Create a TV bumper in After Effects

Create a cool TV bumper – using mattes in Adobe After Effects and this handy tutorial.
After Effects tutorial: Remove moving objects from video

How to seamlessly remove a multitude of moving objects from a piece of footage with camera movement.
After Effects tutorial: Particle effects for handmade animation

Vida Vega explains how to draw on the creative practices of pre-digital animation to give your work a hand-fashioned look.
After Effects & Maxon Cinema 4D tutorial: Create stunning 3D graphics

Jean Pichot demonstrates how to add dynamic geometric shapes and slick typography to 3D scenes
After Effects tutorial: Master puppet animation

Learn the process of designing a shadow puppet that looks as though it’s made of paper.
After Effects tutorial: Papercut animation techniques revealed

How to produce a 2.5D scene that appears to be made out of paper, creating elements in Illustrator and then animating them in After Effects.
After Effects & Maxon Cinema 4D tutorial: Create a fluid plastic type animation

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create fluid-based type animations where the letters are formed from liquid.

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