Motionworks Video Tutorials for Adobe After Effects Eng (by John Dickinson)

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Based in Sydney Australia John Dickinson is a cutting-edge motion graphics artist who is in demand. As Seni Broadcast Designer at Foxtel ambassad and presenter f Adobe Australia and demo artist f Zaxwerks and Red Giant Software John delivers highly creative yet commercially relevant motion graphics solutions.
With Motionwks John combines 12 years of industry experience with a proven teaching ability to provide high quality learning resources that encourage and challenge participants to break through to new levels of excellence and impact in their wk.
01. After Effects + 3D Invigat: 3D Video Wall
In this written tutial learn how to create a 3D video wall in After Effects using Zaxwerks 3D Invigat.
02. After Effects: Interface Navigation
This tutial was created to introduce the unified interface new in Adobe After Effects 7.0 but it’s still useful if you are using After Effects CS3 CS4.
03. After Effects + 3D Flag: Tattered Flag
In this written tutial learn how to use After Effects and Zaxwerks 3D Flag take a clean sharp Illustrat file and turn it into a weathered and tattered US flag. Of course you canreplace the US flag with the flag of your choice.
04. After Effects + Photoshop: Handwritten Text
The look where text seemingly writes itself onto the screen is popular and there are many different ways of approaching it. In this written tutial learn how to create precise handwritten text in After Effects by preparing the text in Photoshop first.
05. Getting Started with Instant HD
This tutial covers the basics of using Red Giant Software’s Instant HD plug-in. Instant HD up-converts DV video into a variety of HD video fmats. You can choose from a list of preset resolutions to make it easy to integrate DV video into your next High Definitionproduction.
06. Getting Started with Magic Bullet Looks
This tutial covers the basics of using Red Giant Software’s Magic Bullet Looks plug-in f Adobe After Effects. This is an easy to use yet powerful piece of software that is well wth the money if you do any kind of col grading.
07. Final Cut Pro: Using Trapcode Shine and 3D Stroke
In this tutial I demonstrates how to use Final Cut Pro to create this motion graphics animation using Trapcode products combined with various Final Cut Pro settings. Yes it was a little strange creating this in Final Cut Pro but overall I’d say it was a good experience. Even if you don’t use FCP you might find it useful.
08. After Effects and ProAnimat: Reflection Maps
In this tutial we look at how to add flare to your graphics by creating the effect of “light” moving across your Zaxwerks ProAnimat 3D Invigat objects inside After Effects. In fact it’s not light at all but an animated reflection map.
09. After Effects and ProAnimat: Impter
You may have been wondering what the ProAnimat Impter plug-in that ships with ProAnimat actually does. It’s actually a great creative tool allowing you to harness the fast and powerful ProAnimat animation features and apply them to your After Effects 3D layers. Theeyeball image is by Martin Walls (
http://sxc.hu).
10. Getting Started with Knoll Light Facty
This tutial covers everything you need to know to get started with Knoll Light Factyone of the must-have Adobe After Effects plug-ins in any motionographer’s toolbox.
11. After Effects: Creative Background Design
In this free introducty video tutial from the Creative Background Design in After Effects series your host John Dickinson demonstrates how to make a simple seamlessly looping Fractal Noise background and variations. John uses innovative techniques and explains several shtcuts that will help your wkflow.
12. Getting Started with Magic Bullet Frames
In this tutial you’ll learn the basic wkflow f using Magic Bullet Frames. Fmerly part of the Magic Bullet Suite this plug-in f Adobe After Effects that allows you to create highquality progressive frames from interlaced footage. Other effects include Opticals f beautiful film-like cross dissolves and fades to black white and De-artifact.
13. Photoshop: Grungy Text
In this tutial you’ll learn a simple technique using grungy brushes in Adobe Photoshop to make some grungy text. If you like this you may like the on-demand e-seminar where I discuss thisand other techniques used to create the graphics f a Saw 4 promo.
14. Getting Started with Radium Glow
In this tutial you’ll learn the basic wk flow f Red Giant Software’s Radium Glow plug-in. This was the first time I’d used the effect and have been pretty impressed with the results;you have a lot of control over exactly how and where the glow appears on your footage.
15. Getting Started with Text Anarchy – Part 1
Text Anarchy is a particle generat specifically f text that allows you to create some pretty detailed text-based looks very quickly. In this tutial you’ll learn the basics of using two of the key effects: Text Matrix and Text Grid.
16. Getting Started with Text Anarchy – Part 2
Text Anarchy includes the GridSquares and GridLines effects previously part of Digital Anarchy’s Geomancy. In this tutial you’ll learn the basics of using these surprisingly useful particle effects.
17. After Effects CS4 New Features: Part 1
In this video tutial series we’ll take a look at all of the great new features in Adobe After Effects CS4 plus many smaller updates and tweaks that you’ll probably never find in the manual. Part 1 includes the welcome screen general interface enhancements and the new searchfeatures.
18. After Effects CS4 New Features: Part 2
Complex projects with many nested comps have always been a challenge to navigate but the new Composition Navigat and Composition Mini-flowchart make it so easy you’ll wonder how you wked without them. In part 2 we take a look at the key techniques f using these new features.
19. After Effects CS4 New Features: Part 3
Up until CS4 the only way to wk with true 3D objects in After Effects was to use a plug-in such as Zaxwerks 3D Invigat. Now thanks to Live Photoshop 3D 3D objects can be impted directly without the need f a plug-in. As you’ll see in this tutial it’s still early days but certainly gives an idea of the direction in which After Effects is heading.
20. After Effects CS4 New Features: Part 4
CS4 introduces us to 3 new effects: Cartoon Bilateral Blur and Turbulent Noise. Bilateral Blur and Turbulent Noise are very similar to the existing Smart Blur and Fractal Noise effects. In this tutial we’ll take a quick look at these new effects and see what makes them different.
21. After Effects CS4 New Features: Part 5
After Effects CS4 includes numerous less obvious features that are great general time savers. In this tutial we’ll take a quick look at the new 4:3 inside 16:9 safe guides Separate Dimensions Centre in View Flip Hizontal and Vertical Shape Layer’s new Wiggle Transfm and me.
22. Bond Classic Bond
In this recded e-seminar I walk through the techniques used in Adobe After Effects and Adobe Illustrat to create the silhouette look used in the award winning Bond Classic Bond teaser. Topics include wking with green screen preparing footage f clean vectization and batch vectization of sequences using Illustrat and Bridge.
23. Getting Started with Primatte Keyer Pro
Primatte Keyer is a popular and powerful keying plug-in that has been used in numerous high profile motion pictures. This video tutial walks you through the basics of using Primatte Keyer Pro in Final Cut Pro but is also suitable f After Effects Motion and Avid users.
24. Photoshop and Illustrat f After Effects
This 1 hour recded e-seminar covers some basic techniques some little-known techniques and plenty of handy wkflow tips f using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrat with Adobe After Effects. Click the thumbnail to view full size images.
25. After Effects: Grungy Text 1
In this sht tutial learn how to use After Effects’ Fast Blur Turbulent Displace Roughen Edges Texturize Displacement Map and Gradient Wipe effects to give text a grungy look.
26. The Dancing Can – Part 1
In 2008 I did a series of roadshows f Adobe where I presented a neat little animation of a dancing can. In this series of tutials I’ll walk you step-by-step through various After Effects techniques f creating this spot. This section deals with Puppet Pin tool basics and how to use the cool motion sketch feature to animate to music.
27. The Dancing Can – Part 2
In part 2 of this series learn how to use After Effects Shape Layers Fractal Noise and Grid effects to create background elements then animate them using the Convert Audio toKeyframes feature.
28. The Dancing Can – Part 3
In part 3 of this series learn how to use After Effects Shape Layers to add dynamic and ganic self-animating elements to the background.
29. The Dancing Can – Part 4
In the final part of this series learn how to use After Effects’ Col Link effect to integrate the can into the background wk with various Layer Styles create a 3D text animation and add other finishing touches.
30. After Effects: The Dark Knight
In this 30 minute tutial you’ll learn techniques and wkflow used in Adobe After Effects and Illustrat to create the dramatic effect of the Batman icon shattering apart revealing a bright light source behind. Plug-ins used include Knoll Light Facty Trapcode Particular and Shine. Thanks to Ko Maruyama and Jonas Hummelstrand f creative input.
31. After Effects: Looking Through Lights
In this 3.5 minute video tip learn how you can look through a camera linked to a light and see exactly what the light is pointing at making lighting your After Effects scene easier and me intuitive.
32. After Effects: Paste at the current time
In this 4 minute video tip learn about precomposing versioning and the must-know shtcut f copying and pasting. No me pasting layers the hard way.
33. After Effects: Leave Col
In this 2 minute video tip check out how to use After Effects’ Leave Col effect to create the look where you footage is made black and white leaving only a single col made popular by the film Pleasantville.
34. After Effects: Modifying a Preset
In this video tip (no sound) you’ll see how I made the background in the TNA spot. Simple stuff but a good reminder not to fget about the presets that ship with Adobe After Effects and how you can save time by modifying them f your own purposes.
35. After Effects: Copying a Mask to a Shape Layer
The simple act of copying and pasting an existing mask onto a Shape Layer in After Effects CS3 can be tricky and frustrating. The key is to only select the Mask Path parameter befe copying and only the Path parameter when pasting.
36. ProAnimat: Reversing an Animation
In this video tip (no sound) learn how to select all segments on a layer and reverse an object animation in ProAnimat. This technique is also f Camera animations but at present there is a bug that prevents it although you can try dragging the poses manually.
37. After Effects: Looping a Precomp
Beginners often ask how to loop layers in After Effects. While looping a footage layer can be done using the Interpret Footage option looping an unrendered comp takes a little me wk but is still easy. In this video tip (no sound) learn how to use expressions to loop a precomp.
38. Introduction to After Effects
In this recded e-seminar I’ll show you how to build a simple yet dynamic type-based animation. Topics include wking with Illustrat files setting up simple relationships using expressions per-character 3D type setting up 3D layers creative use of shape layers Brainstm modifying and saving a preset.
39. Saw 4
In this recded e-seminar I walk through various techniques used in Adobe After Effects and Photoshop f creating the grungy dark look of Saw 4. Topics include sourcing and combining stock images using Photoshop brushes to give text a grunge look and create blood splatter col grading and lighting.
40. Enchanted
In this recded e-seminar you’ll see the techniques used in Adobe After Effects and Photoshop to create promo graphics f the film “Enchanted”. Topics include creating gold text in Photoshop using Layer Styles using custom emitters in Particular creating a light sweep and enhancing the sweep with Shine and col grading.
41. Fox Classics Image Spot
In this recded e-seminar you’ll see some of the techniques and wkflow I used to create the award winning Fox Classics image spot. Topics include creative col grading rotoscoping creative lighting and camera techniques.
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