After Effects

Shows how to create a bumper graphic and an identity spot that are animated to music, and transition the tools and techniques to your own projects.

Learn to add motion graphics and color effects to your footage, and retime the results.

Delve into the world of motion graphics, keying, and compositing in After Effects CC.

Learn to master Trapcode Form and create stunning visual effects and motion graphics.

Create significantly more professional footage with tools that do everything from removing noise to performing high-end color grading.

Learn about all the exciting motion graphics and visual effects features coming up in Adobe After Effects CC.

Remove an unwanted building from a live-action plate and replace it with a new matte painting that is motion-tracked.

Motion graphics artist Eran Stern shares techniques for using After Effects to create an eye-grabbing sci-fi visual effect.

Harness the power of the CINEMA 4D MoGraph module to create complex animations with only a couple of keyframes.

Walks you through the Element 3D third-party compositing plugin for After Effects.

Shows how to build complex composites with After Effects and mocha, where motion graphics are mapped to live-action footage of an actor's face.

Leads you through the creative and technical process of building an opening title sequence from scratch in After Effects, from working in 3D space to creating type and shape layers to writing expressions.

Simulate a large crowd using live-action footage of a small group of people, 3D renders, and Photoshop artwork.

Pulls together skills taught in the previous After Effects Apprentice installments to create a real-world video promo, from building artwork to assembling 3D precomps and setting the project to music.

Learn how to shoot and edit green screen footage and images.

Shows how to create and animate vector-based artwork directly inside After Effects.

Shows how to use Photoshop to perform video editing tasks, such as lens correction, color grading, and more.

Takes a creative tour of the Paint, Puppet, and Roto Brush tools in After Effects.

Learn two key visual effects skills: motion tracking and keying.

An introduction to 3D space in After Effects, plus advanced 3D workflows involving Photoshop.

Demonstrates several ways to manipulate time in After Effects.

Shows how to create simple but very useful expressions in After Effects that can be put to work on a wide variety of jobs.

Learn how to use multiple compositions to group layers, accommodate client changes, and rewire the internal render order in After Effects.

Capture footage of everyday objects and combine it with effects in popular postproduction tools like After Effects and Premiere Pro, resulting in rich, abstract backdrops for your project.

Shows how to set up a parenting chain, discusses what makes a good parent, and demonstrates several techniques using parenting.

Learn how to create professional-looking type plus sophisticated type animations, including timing to music.

Demonstrates the most common techniques for adding selective transparency to layers in After Effects.

A tour of editing and enhancement techniques for After Effects layers.

Learn how to create sophisticated animations in After Effects with the minimum amount of effort.

An introduction to creating a first animation in Adobe After Effects.

A whirlwind tour of Adobe After Effects for new users and those who may need a refresher.

Discover how to transport your photos into a three-dimensional world using Adobe Photoshop and After Effects.

Explores Trapcode Particular, an industry standard third-party After Effects plugin for generating particle effects.

Offers guidance on project and file management and best practices for sharing media and creative work between applications.

A series of creative techniques featuring short projects using After Effects and CINEMA 4D.

Learn key techniques that can help you build compelling broadcast graphics and tell a short story with huge impact.

Discover how to create render passes in Maya, recombine the passes in After Effects, and motion track the passes to live-action video footage that contains a moving camera or a moving character.

Shows how to turn a daytime summer scene into a nighttime winter scene using Photoshop and After Effects, with illustrator David Mattingly's production-proven matte painting techniques.

Introduces After Effects CS6 and the world of animation, effects, and compositing.

Takes an in-depth look at the new and enhanced features in After Effects CS6.

Veteran After Effects user Chris Meyer gets you up to speed quickly with the new features in After Effects CS6, including 3D camera tracking and the new 3D rendering engine for ray-traced 3D rendering

Breaks down the process of creating, rigging, and animating the arm of a character in an opening title sequence in After Effects—a task traditionally performed using rigging or skeleton tools available in 3D programs.

Explores the world of documentary storytelling, using various techniques in Adobe Photoshop and After Effects to transform damaged photos into brand-new works of art.

Teaches you advanced techniques for roto painting, motion tracking, multipass mattes, multiple keying layers, simulated lighting effects, painting on video background plates, and more.

Demonstrates creating refined lower thirds for Premiere Pro using After Effects.

Master the art of combining text and motion to express ideas in the form of animation designed to accompany spoken word or music.

Create and animate highly controllable characters using After Effects.

Understand the complete workflow involved in creating stereo 3D, from setting up a stereo 3D rig, to compositing footage and adjusting settings, to adding finishing touches like depth of field and motion blur.

Optimize Premiere Pro, After Effects, your operating system, your computer, and your workflow for maximum speed and performance.

Covers all the tools and techniques used for motion tracking and image stabilization in After Effects, including the point tracker, the Warp Stabilizer effects, and mocha-AE.