In this Adobe After Effects: Effects A-Z tip, special guest presenter Maltaannon demonstrates the  Audio Waveform effect.

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Did you know that the first 3rd-party effect to be bundled with Adobe After Effects was “Lightning”? Or that the Psunami water simulation plug-in was originally designed for the military? In Part 2 of the conversation with Brian Maffitt, Brian reveals these little-known facts and plenty more; including an in-depth, frank discussion about Total Training and how Read more…

Beautiful, organic look created in Adobe After Effects using Trapcode Particular 2 and Trapcode Soundkeys. (via @ArtoftheTitle)

This Cinema 4D tutorial by Satya Meka on aetuts+ includes loads of Red Giant Software goodness including Particular, Horizon and Shine. To purchase these Red Giant plug-ins use Motionworks10 for a 10% discount.

In this Adobe After Effects: Effects A-Z tip, special guest presenter Harry Frank of Graymachine demystifies Arithmetic and offers ups some creative uses for this little known effect.

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Adobe has released a new AIR application containing a database of all of the keyboard shortcuts for all of the applications in Creative Suite 4.

Brian Maffitt is co-founder of Total Training and a legend in the Adobe After Effects community. I regard Brian not only as an industry leader but as a mentor, with his Total AE training series the corner stone of my After Effects knowledge. In part one of this two-part, candid interview we discuss Brian’s early years as an actor with a love for technology, leading to Read more…

So often we hear the question asked: how much should I charge clients? In this hard-hitting discussion, we tackle the issue of pricing head-on. An essential commercial skill is to be able to price your work in a way that maximizes your profit. We give you three key questions to help you do just that. Watch Discussion (12min, 32MB)