In this Adobe After Effects walkthrough tutorial we look at some key 3D techniques including seamless scene creation, 3 point lighting, shadows and reflections. I also demonstrate how Digital Juice’s Color Rules plug-in can be used to fast track the colorisation of your comps.

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In this tutorial for Digital Juice learn how I recreated the look of the Kick Ass trailer graphics, with a sports theme, almost entirely from Digital Juice stock footage, photographs and music. As usual you’ll learn a bunch of After Effects workflow tips along the way.  Watch Tutorial [Read more]

Lately I’ve been using one After Effects colour grading plug-in more than most, and that’s Magic Bullet Mojo. Mojo is an easy-to-use plug-in from Red Giant Software, for giving footage the modern blockbuster look seen in films such as Saving Private Ryan, Transformers and Resident Evil. [Read more]

Red Giant Software has released Colorista 2, with some exciting new features and improvements. Use motionworks10 for a 1o% discount.

Stu Maschwitz has a brand new tutorial showing the ins and outs of Mojo. One cool tool! For a 10% discount use the code “motionworks10″.

AEtutsplus has a nifty script by Mathias Mohl, that allows you to link Adobe Kuler themes (and other .ase files) to your Adobe After Effects layers.

Convert your footage from 8bpc to 32bpc with this free plug-in for After Effect from Maltaannon.

Over the coming weeks and months I will be holding informal chats with various plug-in developers, designers and people of interest in our industry. This first interview is with Sean Safreed, the co-founder of Red Giant Software. Red Giant Software offers some of the most popular plug-ins on the planet including Magic Bullet Looks and the various Trapcode [Read more]