Posts tagged After Effects

Tutorial - The Look Of VHS

Learn how to make your footage look like crap! Create the look of VHS in After Effects.

Some shots from the animated short that Micah Lanier and I are working on…

Preset - Bacon Happens
“You can’t just eat bacon in life.” - My dad, circa 1996. Trapcode Particular sizzling and smoke with some other tricks. Get it here.

Preset - Bacon Happens

“You can’t just eat bacon in life.” - My dad, circa 1996. Trapcode Particular sizzling and smoke with some other tricks. Get it here.

Presets - Tons!

HecknicolorA preset for Magic Bullet Looks. Technicolor. Ish.

The Plot SickensMore disgusting particles, for all your projects involving diseases.

Sandstorm - An onslaught of Trapcode particles.

Delta Vega - Trapcode Particular. Casually going.

Cartridge Fire Trapcode Particular blazing across 8 Bits.

Time Station - The exotic look of time travel.

Tutorial - First Issue Credits

Create a 2.5D comic book-style title sequence in After Effects, using stills from Romance Now.

Tutorial - Swarm Of Flies

Unleash a swarm of maneating flies on your actors, without actually doing any of that.

Preset - Mr. Ice Guy
Trapcode Form with Vector Blurring and Shine/Knoll action. Click here to get it.

Preset - Mr. Ice Guy

Trapcode Form with Vector Blurring and Shine/Knoll action. Click here to get it.

I’ve started working on an animated short with Micah Lanier in my pretend spare time. Let’s just say it’s going to kick axe.

I’ve started working on an animated short with Micah Lanier in my pretend spare time. Let’s just say it’s going to kick axe.

Elliott Worley’s The Three Little Pigs - Animated Short

A video I made with my 3-year-old son, Elliott. He wrote the story, drew the pictures, and narrated it. I brought his drawings into After Effects and animated them. Click below for a more detailed explanation of our workflow.

Click here to watch it.