New to After Effects? Here Are 10 Must-Know Keyboard Shortcuts

Adobe After Effects is a versatile piece of software. Here are ten useful keyboard shortcuts you'll need to get started with this app.

Basic Screen Replacements (with Reflections) in Adobe After Effects

In this tutorial, we'll take a look at one of the most common VFX techniques — the screen replacement. Let's see how it's done in After Effects.

How to Create and Change a Solid Color Layer in After Effects

Learn about the many interesting and effective ways you can work with Solid Color Layers in After Effects. If you’re a seasoned editor or designer still feeling ...

Using Motion Graphics Templates for More than Lower Thirds and Titles

There's more to mogrts than lower thirds and titles. In this round-up, see how to implement motion graphics templates in new ways.

Create Seamless Background Loops in After Effects

Learn how to create seamless background loops in Adobe After Effects. This tutorial also includes free project files. Follow through and practice!

HPA Awards Announce Call for Entries in Creative Categories

The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA®) has opened the call for entries in creative categories for the 2020 HPA Awards. Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, the HPA Awards shine a light on the creative brilliance of the HPA community, honoring artistry in color grading, editing, sound, and visual effects in feature film, episodic, and commercials. ...

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DejaSoft releases DejaEdit 3.1

  DejaSoft supports in-house hosted S3 server in DejaEdit 3.1 For Immediate Release, 2 July 2020, Gothenburg, Sweden – Hot on the heels of the launch of DejaEdit 3, and in direct response to client requests, DejaSoft announces the release of version 3.1 to support private cloud environments using the open source MinIO object storage ...

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How to Customize App Icons (and Get Your Classic Adobe Icons Back)

Four simple steps to add custom icons to your PC or Mac, or how to change your Adobe apps back to old logos so you can tell ...

Free Design Elements for Motion Graphics Artists

Heads up, motion designers: Here’s a handy, up-to-date roundup of some of our very favorite motion graphics freebies. Look, everyone loves free content and assets. How could ...

Removing Logos in Adobe After Effects

After Effects makes it easy to remove unwanted logos and trademarks from your footage. Here’s how it’s done. There are lots of reasons to remove logos from ...

How to Create Data-Driven Animations in Adobe After Effects

In this tutorial, we’ll take a step-by-step look at how to create some basic data-driven animations using Adobe After Effects.

Dear Adobe, Please Change the App Icons Back to Their Individual Colors

Meet Adobe’s latest update — the most baffling design choice in recent memory. Let’s take a look at why it’s the complete opposite of optimal. If you ...

How to Create a Retro Sci-Fi Disintegration Effect in After Effects

Always wanted to create that sci-fi disintegration scene? It's easy. Follow these steps to create your own disintegration effect scenes in After Effects.

10 Minute Crash Course: Newton 3 After Effects Plugin

Newton is a 2D physics simulator plug-in for After Effects. The plug-in makes text, shapes, and masks behave like real-world objects. Let's take a look.

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Exploring the New Lens Distortion After Effects Plugin

In this video tutorial, we'll take a look at the new Lens Distortion plugin from Red Giant for After Effects. Let's see it in action right here.

Top 10 Paid and Free Scripts and Plugins for After Effects

Utilizing the functionality of After Effects scripts and plugins is one of the best ways to improve your motion graphics skills. Here are our top ten.

Short Film, Big Ideas: Combining 2D and 3D to Visualize a Complex Issue

For his latest film, "Disorder," Director Robert Grieves utilized a multi-media approach to tell a multi-dimensional story. Here’s how he did it.

Hardware Accelerated Encoding Coming to Premiere and After Effects

GPU hardware acceleration within Adobe Premiere Pro, Media Encoder, and After Effects could be right around the corner for PCs.

Red Giant VFX Suite 1.5: Lens Distortion Plus More Tools for After Effects

Red Giant released a supercharged update to their VFX Suite which includes some very helpful new tools for editing in After Effects. Let’s check them out.

10 After Effects Plugins Every Motion Designer Should Have

These are the 8 After Effects plugins that you should have in your motion design arsenal!

Take a Look at gridRig, a Plugin from Ordinary Folk

Let's examine the advantages of gridRig, a plugin from Ordinary Folk. It's an impressive tool for complex animations, allowing for some serious time-saving.

RSP Education Delivers Swift, Innovative Solutions for Teaching During Pandemic

Visual effects school adjusts classes and curriculum to help it through the current crisis and facilitate future growth. Adelaide, South Australia—The corona virus pandemic has impacted people and businesses world-wide. The strict quarantine restrictions have made it difficult for educational institutions to continue to operate. However, Rising Sun Pictures, whose core business is to problem ...

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Splitting Focus: Secrets of the Split-Field Diopter

The split-field diopter is a practical lens attachment that can add an unusual and visually exciting effect to your movie. Here's what you need to know.

Record and Catalog Sound Effects While Stranded at Home

While we all have some down time, this is the perfect opportunity to start creating your own library or catalog of sound effects — right in your ...

The Visual Styles of the Synthwave and Vaporwave Video

We're going to explore the visual art style of two retro genres — Synthwave and Vaporwave — and how to incorporate them into your own video project.

Boosting Creative Teams’ Productivity on Adobe Workflows with the new MAM4PRO for Digital Media Production

Comprehensive turn-key production solution MOG Technologies, a worldwide supplier of end-to-end solutions for broadcasters and professional media, announces today a new turnkey integration of MAM4PRO software for Adobe® video editing tools, including Adobe Premiere® Pro, Adobe Audition® and Adobe After Effects®.  MOG has been collaborating with Adobe since 2012, accelerating media workflows and creating future-proof tapeless broadcasting infrastructures, both for SD and HD environments.  Now, with MAM4PRO, users can ...

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