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This is a series of 4 video tutorials which cover many of the different ways you can use motion tracking inside of After Effects.  Hopefully, you will find they move in a sequencial fashion.  I need to credit Andrew Kramer at Videocopilot.net for the technique used in the reverse motion tracking tutorial at the bottom.  Check out his zombie face tutorial to see another application of this very useful technique. (more…)

This video tutorial will show you how to use one of the most commonly used expressions, the wiggle expression.  We will use the wiggle expression to drive a 3d camera in After Effects to create the poplular camera shake effect.  Then we will learn how to control the effect using expression slider controls, which allow us to keyframe when the effect starts and stops and how intense the shake is. (more…)

We’re starting to get into our video projects now!  This video tutorial covers using After Effects for greenscreening.  Be sure to try this out!  It’s importat that when you shoot your greenscreen footage that your screen is as evenly lit/colored as possible.  We will then show how to use Keylight to key out the background, use masks to create a garbage matte, and we’ll even begin to cover lights to help compose the two shots together with a realistic, moving shadow! (more…)

This video is super!  Its my new favorite video.  I might switch networks just for this video (more…)

We’re starting to learn some good stuff!  In this video tutorial, we will continue to explore uses of the fractal noise plugin, as well as learn how to combine it with the CC Glass effect.  We will also learn how to precompose layers and show one reason why you would want to do that.  We will also combine fractal noise with a gradient transition to create a transition that is a bit more interesting than your average cross dissolve. (more…)

We’re getting into the good stuff now!  This video tutorial show how to apply effects in After Effects, and also gives a brief introduction into transfer modes or blending modes.  There are so many effects that we cannot begin to cover them all, but I’ll demonstrate how to start using them so you can play around on your own!  Try combining effects for some amazing results!  Blending modes are very useful.  I’ll show you where to access them and you can start playing with them! (more…)

Before you can even create something in After Effects, you need to set up what kind of project you will create.  There are many presets in After Effects that you can choose from, and to a beginner, this can be a little confusing.  In this After Effects video tutorial, I will go over key concepts such as NTSC, PAL, aspect ratio, frame size, and other features of the compsosition settings window. (more…)

Heres a fun project! I created this for the Samoan club to preceed our performance at the BYU Hawaii culture night. The videos purpose was to show that no matter where you are from, you can be a part of the Samoan club. We also hoped to inspire people to join the Samoan club. Finally, we just wanted to blow people’s minds away and get the crowd going before we came on stage! It seemed that such was the case last night! (more…)