Making It Look Great 5
A massive 7 Hours of Kick-ass Design, Production and Workflow Techniques for Adobe After Effects
Work along with After Effects expert Jerzy Drozda Jr. (aka. Maltaannon) as he guides you step by step through a wide range of motion graphics and visual effects looks and techniques. Learn how to harness the power of expressions in After Effects to make beautiful, complex animations and save time. Whether you’re an After Effects beginner or expert you’ll learn valuable techniques that will make your work look great. Included with the 10 video tutorials are 3 bonus video tutorials (Gyro Extended, Butterfly Man extended and Working with the Presets) plus free plug-ins and presets discussed throughout the lessons. Work fast, work smart, look great with Making It Look Great 5.
Create a cool-looking gyroscopic element completely within After Effects. This tutorial
includes extensive use of Shape Layers, parenting and simple expressions to create a
technical look using almost no keyframes.
Create a slick push pin toy effect as seen in the Radiohead “House of Cards” video. This tutorial shows you how to combine regular footage with Trapcode’s popular Form plug-in
to create an eye-popping 3D effect.
Create a reusable retro-style computer terminal animation. Harness the power of
expressions, including some undocumented features to change the text content and
look on the fly. Learn how to turn a simple typewriter effect into realistic DOS-style
computer readout.
Create a realistic and detailed Jumbotron-style video screen. This tutorial includes
must-know keying techniques, tips on creating volumetric lights and presets, and ingenious
workflow for creating complex looks on a single layer using the CC Composite effect.
The advanced CE Screenify effect is also included in the download exclusively for Making
It Look Great 5 viewers.
Create the stylish effect where a character suddenly bursts into hundreds of butterflies.
In this lesson learn how to create a smart butterfly rig using Trapcode 3D Stroke, control Trapcode Particular particles using dispersion maps, build volumetric backlighting using Trapcode Lux and automatically track a layer’s alpha channel.
Master fast and precise color correction techniques using standard After Effects tools
including Colorama and CC Composite. In this tutorial learn how to fine tune a look
using the Colorama effect as a range selection tool, allowing adjustments to specific
aspects of the footage.
Create an infinitely zooming spycam look. This tutorial starts with basic techniques for
creating a simple slide show then covers amazing, time-saving techniques for automating
transitions between layers using expressions.
Create automated subtitles based on layer markers. This short tutorial demonstrates
how to automate subtitle creation.
Create a realistic dripping blood effect without using keyframes or expressions.
This lesson includes a great study of precomposing and demonstrates how to use a
Photoshop-style brush with the CC Time Blend effect to paint text onto the screen.
Create a funky disco-style animation based totally on sound. This lesson includes a slick technique for creating running lights using Trapcode Form together with the Colorama
effect, basic camera movement, techniques using the CC Time Blend and Wave Warp
effects and plenty of simple expressions.
About your Host: Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) is a motion graphics and visual effects artist based in Warsaw, Poland. Well known in the motion graphics industry through his popular website maltaannon.com, Jerzy’s extreme creativity, razor sharp technical skills and relaxed teaching style, make him one of the top After Effects trainers in the world today.”
DOWNLOAD ONLY (2.08GB as 12 files) - after purchase you will receive an email with download details.
Finally!!
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Hooray!
Im looking forward to MILG 6 already…
YES!!!Butterfly is my favourite I am sure we will see this effect often these days:) What about the bonus` tuts - no explanation? One big fault: the guy at the end is not Maltaannon, I see no cigarettes!
man! this is a must have…
congs on the release to John and Maltaannon
Bonus tutorials extend two of the main tutorials discussing things that I didn’t mention in them for some reason, or something that occurred to me after recording and editing the tutorials. Third bonus tutorial is simply about the presets and CustomEffects included with the training.
I’m sure you’ll enjoy the training.
Happy AfterEffecting.
well let say this is a simple dvd with some cool tutorial and huge price. i think the 4 other’s dvd’s are better because it contains a real world project in adition to that ther’s a much more better tutorials for free.
thanx
goooooooood
WOOOOW
It’ looks wonderful
Butterfly tutorial looks awesome!
@zak
the tutorials in the training are in fact excerpts from 10 real world projects, but instead doing the things you already know how to do (like animating the camera for 15 minutes, or trying different blend modes, etc) I decided to focus on the essence of each project, to focus on the very thing that made it what it was.
that allowed me to create 10 tutorials that cover very very wide range of tasks you might have to face and problems that might occur. it allowed me to show you common problems and give you out-of-the-box solutions. it’s a bit about reinventing the wheel. doing things in a much better way, the way you never thought possible.
Happy AfterEffecting.
Really I like JD tutorials …
It’s Really really Wonderful & it’s Top …
Have a good Life John ..
Hey John,
I just purchased MILG 5; hats off to Maltaannon and you for another great product.
Since this is the first MILG tutorial that is download only - how about providing artwork for a disc label, so it can look as professional as the other discs in the series in my collection.
Thanks,
J
Finally, im very happy to find this page. I’m an after effect beginner user and i would like to say thanks about your site. it’s too helpfull for guys like me.
thanks again.
Cheers!
This training is a must have, beginner or advanced user it will teach you so much, I have watched the tutorials twice and there is still information I haven’t quite picked up on yet. The great thing about Maltaannon’s teaching style is, not only does he show you how to make it look good, he also show’s you all of the pitfalls of the different techniques (even if it sometimes is unintentional) and he show’s you how to plan against those pitfalls in future projects. I am already feeling this on my own workflow, thinking more about the process towards the final outcome, and making it functional while making it look great. I consider myself a somewhat advanced user, and quick to learn, but this DVD just keep’s having more to come back for, I’m far from finished with it yet! Great training
very good. thank pro
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I do like what i see very much. But just an idea for naming the software. If you call it “Making it look Kool” the abreviation will be MILK… sounds Kool to me
I feel like this is going to take a few watches to digest properly, great work guys, excellent as per usual, very high standard and lots of useful expressions tips. TOPS
You suck at drawing butterfly =))
I do, don’t I?
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Nice , excelent , your work show how you take place with the experts.
still working!
i have buy the dvd 5 and i have some many problem with footage for exempl the footage butterfly man i dont have the image !!!!!!! sorry for my bad english but that very bad for my the .
platforme widows vista 64. 8 Go ram . Q9550 . nvidia GTx 280 where is the problem ??!!!!
Really great DVD i have to say!
I don’t know anything better i could have wished for Xmas
Nice work! Only a simple DVD Menu is missing, that is the only point i would like to criticize.
But it’s still worth it!
@yacine: you are probably trying to view the footage in QT player or any other QT compatible video player, and since the footage contains a black silhouette over a transparent area (interpreted and black) all you see is a black image. but when you put it in your AE project and turn the transparency switch on in your comp window everything will become clear. hope that helps.
AWESOME. I’d rather have 10 tutorials with a greater variety of techniques than a single project with loooong over-detailed explanations. I support the current format. The ultimate goal of training is to inspire creativity rather than pushing you towards being just a mechanical expectator. Congrats