Saturday, 27 July 2013

Advanced After Effects Tutorials

Here are some links to advanced VFX tutorials for Adobe After Effects. The first link is to a site containing several different visual effects tutorials with some not for After Effects. It's more about cinematic effects but still has some After Effects tutorials down the list.

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/05/04/best-tutorials-for-cinematic-visual-effects/

 This next link goes to a site containing some training resources, basic to advanced tutorials. There are ten altogether and are either website or podcast links.

http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/after-effects-training/

 Next link is to Video Co Pilot. It contains several tutorials on making various visual effects, basic to advanced.

http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/

 This last link is to another site full of tutorials, ranging from basic to intermediate and followed by advanced.
There are fifty in total and are all very beneficial in getting a good grasp on making various effects.

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/adobe-after-effect-tutorials-beginners-intermediate-advanced-users/

After Effects VFX Videos

Here are some sweet looking effects made in After Effects which I found on YouTube. The first video link is a montage and part of a series.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOK8s2ASxgI

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ08JhSjm4Q

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv7ayM0mrls

Sunday, 21 July 2013

Some snazzy looking effects!

Here's some links to special effect I watched on YouTube. :) They're worth checking out especially Stardust.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6kax0ol8_8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYolsnIbU-w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0RnnwQh0a4

Introduction and useful links

Hi there. This is my digital effects blog, which will contain work in progress, references and some useful links.
Here is a link to a beginners tutorial for Adobe After Effects. This tut is for an older version CS4 but still has useful information on the basics.
http://ae.tutsplus.com/tutorials/workflow/after-effects-for-beginners-getting-started/
Here's another link on YouTube to another beginners tutorial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmg63QK2bps