Mattrunks - tutorials Motionographer Adam Plouff: Building Tools for Animators “If I’m known for anything, it’s the utilization of some of the more obscure features in After Effects and a weirdo obsession with mathematical phenomena,” explained Adam Plouff. Recently, the Atlanta-based animator has been expanding his skill set beyond keyframes and diving deep into code. Last week he released RubberHose, an After Effects plugin that makes pliable character rigs a snap. I was interested in how Adam started down the tool-building path, so I asked him a few questions to find out more. How did you get started building tools for After Effects? Since all the way back into college, I’ve had a fascination with people making art with code. Usually, about once a year, I would get the urge to dive into the Processing language for a couple of weeks. Then in the summer of 2014, Sander Van Dijk released Ouroboros. This was the point in my career where I started thinking in terms of building systems and tools rather than a one-off animations done by hand. I do agree with that.
Motion graphics y diseño generativo En este curso te enseñaré distintas técnicas de animación mediante el uso de expresiones en After Effects. Tus animaciones podrán cambiar de forma, color o movimiento usando sencillos controladores. Parece increíble, pero modificando cuatro ajustes podrás generar distintas versiones de un mismo logotipo de forma fácil en un tiempo récord. ¿Qué incluye este curso? Haremos un breve resumen de las posibilidades que nos brinda el uso de la programación en el terreno gráfico. Daremos una pequeña introducción a la programación con algunos conceptos básicos y sencillos. ¿CUÁL ES EL PROYECTO DEL CURSO? ¿A quién está dirigido? Este curso va dirigido a todo aquel que quiera iniciarse en la programación aplicada al diseño, la animación o el arte generativo, así como el que quiera aprender nuevas técnicas de animación en After Effects. Requisitos La verdad es que los requisitos no son muchos, deberas saber utilizar el After Effects (CS5 o superior), Illustrator o Photoshop.
How do I make Whiteboard Write-on Effects? By Michele Yamazaki on Jan 13, 2015 at 10:34 AM Over the weekend, I was asked, “Do you know of any After Effects plug-in that automate the whiteboard drawn on effect?” which quickly evolved into, “Okay, so how do I create this effect?”. I’ll explore the write-on effect in AE and a few other hosts. Here's an example of a whiteboard reveal effect from the RSA. So, is there a plug-in for After Effects? Believe it or not, the write-on effect was one of the first cool things I learned to do back in After Effects 3.1. Create a Write on Effect in After Effects What I've found is that the effect is not a difficult effect to achieve, but it can be very time consuming. Here's the general process that I recommended: 1. 2. 3. Method 1: You could use linear wipes to reveal the elements, layer by layer, if its very simple. 4. An even easier method would be to record yourself writing with a tablet and play that back. AE Basics 30: The Write-on Effect Pencil Write-On Effect Other options for After Effects
MotionScript.com - main page AE Self Resizing One of the coolest parts about the integration between After Effects and Premiere is the ability to edit text templates in Premiere without having to export them out of After Effects. However, you might be surprised to hear that text templates can utilize expressions in addition to text and keyframes. In the following video tutorial After Effects master Evan Abrams shows us how to use expressions in text templates to automatically scale lower third boxes to match the text length. The tutorial covers: Linking Text Inputs to ScaleTitle and Action Safe BreakdownsUsing the Dynamic Link to Create AE TemplatesUsing Monospaced FontsDefining Template Compositions If you are completely unfamiliar with the text template workflow between After Effects and Premiere check out our ‘How to Create Live Text Templates’ post. You can download the project files for this After Effects template by going to Evan Abrams’ website. This video was first shared by Evan Abrams on his website ECAbrams.com.
Daniel Gies -Tutorials ELEMENTED is an original animated adventure story that needs your help to break through the status quo. Please watch and share our concept trailer. Your views count! Find yourself immersed in a world of science, intrigue, and adventure on a curious, beautiful planet where 12 year old Wren, her best friend Ash, and her secret accomplice Memoir investigate the mysterious big and small happenings around them and learn about the periodic table of elements along the way. Although the story and setting are fictional, the applied science is real and vetted by subject matter experts in the field. We call it a universe, because the expanded project involves comic books, paper craft projects, a game, a user generated animation platform, DIY science modules, and infinite possibilities for interacting with the characters, story and world. Music credit: Safe Now (Captain Phillips) Henry Jackman - 2014 Liked what you saw?
Circle Burst Assets Make your motion graphics more dynamic with circle bursts. Download this free After Effects template! Flat shape layer animations are more popular then ever – we’re seeing this graphic style in everything from commercials to infographics. These simple shapes can breathe life into other wise dull projects and compositions….but creating them is time consuming. So, we’ve got a treat for you below! In addition to our premium AE templates, we’ve made it our mission to improve your motion graphics projects by giving away free After Effects templates and tools every month! This month’s free After Effects template (below) is a set of 2D circle burst assets to use in your projects. Want MORE After Effects freebies?! Sign up and we'll send you a FREE project file every month! Given email address is already subscribed, thank you! Oops. Please provide a valid email address. Thank you, your sign-up request was successful! Please complete the CAPTCHA. Please fill in the required fields. Download Here
Peder Norrby on Vimeo Connect Layers - Rope, triangulation, spanning tree for After Effects This script connects the selected layers with segments or triangles created with shape layers. It was originally created to visualize Newton2 joints but as you will see, it can do much more. Rope Creates a single shape layer with a path connecting the selected layers (2D only). Spanning Tree Computes minimum spanning tree and draws each edge with a shape layer (2D and 3D support). Triangulation Triangulates the selected layers and draws each edge with a shape layer (2D and 3D support). Note that for functions that create shape keyframes (Triangulation with Filled Triangles turned on, and Rope), keyframing is done within the comp work area. Quick start guide Compatibility: For AE CS6 or later Current version: 1.08 – Initial release – May 2013 Note: And yes, everything in the promo video has been done in After Effects CS6.
After Effects Expression examples Dan Ebberts provides example expressions and tutorials for learning how to work with expressions on his MotionScript website. For example, Dan provides an excellent page about collision detection. Trish and Chris Meyer provide a series of articles about expressions on the ProVideo Coalition website. Colin Braley provides a tutorial and example project on his website that show how to use expressions to make one layer repel others in a natural-seeming manner. The AE Enhancers forum provides many examples and much useful information about expressions, as well as scripts and animation presets. Rick Gerard provides an example on his website that demonstrates rolling a square object along a floor so that the sides stay in contact with the floor plane. Carl Larsen provides a video tutorial on the Creative COW website that demonstrates how to use expressions and parenting to relate the rotation of a set of wheels to the horizontal movement of a vehicle.