The 'Pan Behind' Tool – Keyfra ...

Keyframing the pan behindSo now everything should be set up in your project, and it’s time to perform the pan behind. So, to begi …

The 'Pan Behind' Tool – Adding ...

Adding an expression to the backgroundThat’s the basic setup. But I’m going to be panning the foreground layer while leavin …

The 'Pan Behind' Tool – Basic ...

Basic project setupFor our sample project, we’ll create a composition that simulates a magnify on a layer, in this case magnifyin …

The 'Pan Behind' Tool in Adobe After ...

The ‘Pan Behind’ Tool in Adobe After Effects Keyframing content beneath a mask to create a magnify effect This is a somewha …

Casting Shadows in After Effects 6.5

Casting Shadows in After Effects 6.5 Different types of shadows in 3D space
To make a truly believable 3D space in Adobe After Effects, …

Position lights and layers

Position lights and layers
From this point, we will be working in several views on our scene to help us position our lights and layers: …

Parent the layers and add text

Parent the layers and add text
Now we will connect the two halves of the film reel so they will move in sync with each other.

Select …

3D layers in motion

3D layers in motion
Excerpted from “After Effects and Photoshop, Animation and Production Effects for DV and Film” by Jeff Foster.
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Choose light settings

Choose light settings
The options available in the Light Settings dialog box depend on the type of light you’re using. They cont …

Create a light

Create a light
To create a light:

Do either of the following:

Choose Layer > New > Light.

Press Shift-Option-Command-L ( …

Get illuminated with lighting effects

Get illuminated with lighting effects
Excerpted from “Adobe After Effects 6.5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide” by …

Panning and Zooming with After Effects 5.5

Article Focus:Pan and Zoom. In this tutorial, Matt Dallos will cover the preparation of your images, the basic theory behind making the …

CHANGE YOUR RAMP

CHANGE YOUR RAMP

Go back into your ramp composition and change the ramp shape from linear ramp to radial ramp:
In your shatter c …

BRING IN THE GRADIENT LAYER

BRING IN THE GRADIENT LAYER

From your Project Window, drag the ramp composition into your shatter composition. Turn off the visib …

Adjust The Shatter Settings

Now that we have applied the effect, we will adjust the effect’s settings, as well as use our ramp composition as a gradient laye …

Set Up The Shatter Comp

SET UP THE SHATTER COMP

We will nest both the ramp and the text compositions in a new composition:

Make a new Composition (Composi …

Introduction to the Shatter Effect in After ...

Article Focus:Now that Shatter is included in the filter set of After Effects 5.5, many users are asking how to use this effect. In thi …

Randomizing Your Animations With The Wiggler ...

Article Focus:One of the problems that may plague animators is that their animation is too perfect ~ too clean. In this article, Jim Ti …

Create Nice Reptile Texture

1. Create New Document 200x200px with white background.2. Set Foreground Color to #007A29, Background Color to #000000 and apply Filter …

Time Displacement in After Effects

Time Displacement

Like Displacement Mapping, Time Displacement uses the values of one image to manipulate the pixels of another image. …