In this handy tip, guest host Tim Clapham demonstrates a must-know and surprisingly simple technique for creating custom scripts in Cinema 4D. The example Tim shows where he zeros all coordinates will save you a bunch of time! Watch Tip
Broadcast Terminology Roundup
As a broadcast designer there are many terms one must understand in order to know what the hell a client is asking for. The problem is people use different names for the same thing. When I was first asked for a Clusterbuster I thought the guy wanted some kind of chocolate bar. So once and for all I’d like to create a list of broadcast terminology Read more…
In this Adobe After Effects: Effects A-Z tip, special guest host 
In this Adobe After Effects: Effects A-Z tip, special guest host 
Design skills are important but good workflow is also critical when working with Adobe After Effects. In this tip learn how a seemingly simple technique can be simplified further, saving keyframes, expressions and, most importantly, time! 
In this Adobe After Effects: Effects A-Z tip, special guest host Topher Welsh demonstrates 
In this Adobe After Effects: Effects A-Z tip, I demonstrate 
In this Adobe After Effects: Effects A-Z tip, special guest presenter 
Motion Sketch is one of those Adobe After Effects tools that is often forgotten (at least by me) but is still a handy addition to the After Effects toolset. In this quick tip we look at how you can use Motion Sketch to add natural, organic motion to your layers. 
In this short tip, learn how to set up your Adobe After Effects composition to rotoscope footage imported with fields. (Note: please excuse the room ambience included with the audio, my regular microphone failed during this recording). 
In this Adobe After Effects: Effects A-Z tip, special guest presenter 
In this Adobe After Effects: Effects A-Z tip, special guest presenter 
In this Adobe After Effects: Effects A-Z tip, special guest presenter Harry Frank of 
In this Adobe After Effects: Effects A-Z tip, special guest presenter 
In this Adobe After Effects: Effects A-Z tip, special guest presenter 
In this Adobe After Effects: Effects A-Z tip, special guest presenter 
Have you ever looked in the Adobe After Effects Effects menu and wondered what some effects are used for? In this extended series of tips take a voyage of discovery as we uncover every default effect that ships with Adobe After Effects. Each week myself and other guest presenters from around the globe will take you on a whirlwind tour through an effect, starting right here with the Add Grain effect. 
In this video tip learn how to work faster and smarter when using duplicated text layers. 
In this 4 minute video tip learn about precomposing, versioning and the must-know shortcut for copying and pasting. No more pasting layers the hard way.
In this 3 minute video tip learn how to import footage with an alpha channel, apply it to an object in your scene, and have it play back in the timeline. 
In this 2 minute video tip see how the vibrate tag can be used to add automatic animation and save time when working in Cinema 4D.
In this 3.5 minute video tip learn how you can look through a camera linked to a light and see exactly what the light is pointing at, making lighting your After Effects scene easier and more intuitive.
In this 2 minute video tip learn how you can use the Link Active Object command to take control of lights and make lighting your Cinema 4D scene easier and fun.
Title and action safe guides are used to ensure that important content isn’t placed outside the viewable areas of a television screen. If you’re creating a project that will be seen on both 4:3 and 16:9 televisions, the best way to ensure that 4:3 viewers don’t miss any of the action is to use guides with a 4:3 safe zone. Up until After Effects CS4 I used a Photoshop file 
Sometimes After Effects does some crazy things that only deleting the AE preference file will sort out. Finding that file can take time but there is a much faster way. Restart AE while holding down the Command + Option + Shift keys (Mac) or Control + Alt + Shift (Windows), and you are presented with an option to delete the preferences. 
In this 2 minute video tip, check out how to use After Effects’ Leave Color effect to create the look where you footage is made black and white, leaving only a single color, made popular by the film Pleasantville.
