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How to learn new features in Adobe After Effects CS4

Learn new features in Adobe After Effects CS4

Learn about new features in After Effects CS4 including how to use the ...more

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Views 4,710

How to write with light in After Effects

Write with light in After Effects

In the first tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use After Effects to simulate the popular light writing effect ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Pigeonchicken | Comments 1
Views 4,362

How to create a bleach bypass effect in Adobe After Affects

Create a bleach bypass effect in Adobe After Affects

In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Grant Swanson ...more

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Curated 5 months ago by tenebrism | Comments 0
Views 280

How to create a mystery text effect in Adobe After Effects

Create a mystery text effect in Adobe After Effects

Learn how to create this mystery text effect by animating layer styles ...more

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Curated 5 months ago by tenebrism | Comments 0
Views 1,227

How to create a simple morph effect with Adobe After Effects

Create a simple morph effect with Adobe After Effects

In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Contributing Editor Eran Stern ...more

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Views 1,496

How to design a static ball in After Effects CS4

Design a static ball in After Effects CS4

In this first part of a two-part project tutorial, instructor J. Schuh demonstrates how to create a static ball in After Effects CS4. To do ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Pigeonchicken | Comments 0
Views 1,384

How to use the Adobe After Effects shattering effect

Use the Adobe After Effects shattering effect

Using After Effects’ Shatter Effect to simulate a baseball going ...more

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Views 629

How to create healing effects in After Effects CS3

Create healing effects in After Effects CS3

This After Effects tutorial shows you how to create a healing effect that happens over time as seen by many super heroes. It covers advanced ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Pigeonchicken | Comments 2
Views 2,463

How to make shimmering glitter in Particular in After Effects

Make shimmering glitter in Particular in After Effects

In this After Effects tutorial, Creative Cow leader, Michael Park ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Pigeonchicken | Comments 1
Views 4,299

How to animate text & handwriting in Adobe After Effects

Animate text & handwriting in Adobe After Effects

Corey Barker demonstrates a technique for animating text using the ...more

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Views 1,597

How to create a chrome logo in Adobe After Effects CS4

Create a chrome logo in Adobe After Effects CS4

Using After Effects 3D layers and light sweep effect to create this ...more

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Views 944

How to create a realistic 3d earth using only After Effects

Create a realistic 3d earth using only After Effects

In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Michael Park shows you how ...more

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Views 1,234

How to create a simulating whip pan in Adobe After Effects

Create a simulating whip pan in Adobe After Effects

In this video tutorial, Creative COW contributing editor Carl Larsen ...more

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Views 410

How to create a transporter effect in Adobe After Effects

Create a transporter effect in Adobe After Effects

In this episode, Chief Engineer Eran Stern works furiously to get his ...more

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Views 442

How to create masks w/ find edges & auto-trace After Effects

Create masks w/ find edges & auto-trace After Effects

In this video tutorial, CreativeCOW contributing editor, Nelson ...more

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Views 577

How to create the Droste Effect with Adobe After Effects

Create the Droste Effect with Adobe After Effects

In this tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Carl Larsen shows ...more

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Views 2,140

How to create "that little gleam" in After Effects

Create "that little gleam" in After Effects

After Effects 6.5 shipped with many Cycore Effects one being the Light Sweep effect for fast and effective light gleams. In this video ...more

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Curated 2 years ago by Pigeonchicken | Comments 2
Views 2,136

How to create a meteor crash landing in After Effects

Create a meteor crash landing in After Effects

Check out this instructional video that demonstrates how to create a ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by WonderDude Mike | Comments 0
Views 2,642

How to create a running numbers effect in Trapcode Form

Create a running numbers effect in Trapcode Form

In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Contributing Editor Eran Stern ...more

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Views 1,949

How to create a Sin City effect in After Effects

Create a Sin City effect in After Effects

Creative Cow contributing editor Grant Swanson will take you step-by-step through the easiest and fastest (and extremely effective) way of ...more

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Views 3,828

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Knit the Periodic Table

Science geeks everywhere: the ultimate knitting pattern. Creator apinnick made this amazing sweater displaying the Periodic Table of Elements for her husband, a microbiologist working in the ...

Ignite Prey and Light Cigarettes With a Laser Burner

Looking for an (explosively) fun Thanksgiving project this week? Something that involves fire and lasers? Check it out. YouTube creator StyroPyro lights ten matches in 9 seconds with a modded laser ...

Repair the World One (LEGO) Brick at a Time

Jan Vorman has installed quick LEGO-fixes all over the world - from Italy to Germany to Israel to Holland. Jan's "Dispatchwork" work creates a contemporary twist: colorful LEGO-street-art ...

DIY Ocular Assault Weapon

The latest in Graffiti-tech: How to write with your eyes. Via Instructables, "Behold the latest ocular assault weapon from the Graffiti Research Lab, openFrameworks, The Fat Lab and The Ebeling ...

Retro Electronics Papercraft For the Brazil '66 Crowd

Dan McPharlin has created some super-sweet retro electronics papercraft models. Click through to Dan's Flickr page to view the entire collection. Beautiful handmade cardboard models. Previously ...

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