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Model a human head with great edge flow in Maya

How to model a human head with great edge flow in Maya

One of the hardest things to replicate in Maya are human heads. But this makes the whole process seem like child's play. Even if you don't use Maya, this is still a pretty interesting video to check out. See ...

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Create 3D anaglyph images with Photoshop

How to create 3D anaglyph images with Photoshop

Have a pair of 3D glasses leftover from the latest Disney fare? Well, don't throw them away just yet. You can use them for more than just 3D films, thanks to Photoshop. Just decide what you want to turn into ...

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Make ghosts in Photoshop

How to make ghosts in Photoshop

So this is how they do it? All of those ghost hunters out there? They use Photoshop? Or are they really real ghosts? With these PS skills, who cares if they're real or not… it's too hard to tell anymore ...

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Create a realistic leaf in 3ds Max

How to create a realistic leaf in 3ds Max

This is a great beginner's tutorial for opacity mapping of leaves in 3D Studio Max. It's hard to believe it's this easy to create a realistic leaf with a piece of software like 3D Max (ahem… we're talking ...

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Make a crowd with Particular in After Effects

How to make a crowd with Particular in After Effects

Hiring tons of extras to fill a room to capacity for your next music video may not be feasible, so what do you do? Hire only a few and green screen, then use After Effects. Using Particular, it's easy to turn ...

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How to create cartoon effects in After Effects CS4

Create cartoon effects in After Effects CS4

This motion graphics software tutorial shows you how to create cartoon effects in After Effects CS4. Experiment with the settings of the ...more

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How to create compositions in After Effects CS4

Create compositions in After Effects CS4

This software tutorial shows you how to create and use compositions in After Effects CS4. Learn how to create and name compositions, select ...more

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How to create digital cinema in After Effects

Create digital cinema in After Effects

In this After Effects tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Grant Swanson will explain how to simulate many elements to enhance your DV ...more

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How to create flickering text in Boris Title Toolkit for AE

Create flickering text in Boris Title Toolkit for AE

Boris Title Toolkit gives Adobe After Effects users advanced titling ...more

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How to create lightsaber effects in After Effects

Create lightsaber effects in After Effects

For all you Star Wars fans, or George Lucas wannabe's, you can finally learn how to add lightsabers to all your movies. Watch this tutorial ...more

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How to create mystic text in After Effects

Create mystic text in After Effects

Creative Cow contributing editor Grant Swanson will take you through an effective way of tracking Mystic Text onto a wall or screen. This ...more

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How to create smoking letters in After Effects

Create smoking letters in After Effects

Creative Cow contributing editor Eran Stern demonstrates a quick, easy way to make a smoky title effect.

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How to create the Matrix raining code effect in After Effects

Create the Matrix raining code effect in After Effects

This Adobe After Effects tutorial shows you how to create the Matrix ...more

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How to create water droplets on the lens in After Effects CS3

Create water droplets on the lens in After Effects CS3

This After Effects tutorial from Andrew Kramer shows you how to create ...more

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How to get started with Trapcode Form After Effects plugin

Get started with Trapcode Form After Effects plugin

This After Effects tutorial shows you how to work with the Trapcode ...more

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How to get started with Trapcode Lux After Effects plugin

Get started with Trapcode Lux After Effects plugin

Lux is an After Effects plug-in that simulates the "visible light" ...more

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How to reflect images in water waves with After Effects

Reflect images in water waves with After Effects

This video tutorial will show you how to reflect images in water waves ...more

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How to reveal text in fire in After Effects

Reveal text in fire in After Effects

This software tutorial shows you a very easy way to reveal text in fire using After Effects. There are so many effects you can do with text ...more

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How to rotoscope using After Effects CS4 and Photoshop CS4

Rotoscope using After Effects CS4 and Photoshop CS4

This tutorial shows you an example of how to rotoscope footage using ...more

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How to simulate air flow over an object in After Effects

Simulate air flow over an object in After Effects

In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows ...more

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How to turn a sunny day into a cloudy day using After Effects

Turn a sunny day into a cloudy day using After Effects

In this three part After Effects tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you ...more

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How to use a fractal field in Trapcode Form in After Effects

Use a fractal field in Trapcode Form in After Effects

This software tutorial takes a look at how to use the fractal field in ...more

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How to use After Effects CS4 Mocha

Use After Effects CS4 Mocha

Mocha is a cool new piece of software that is included in the After Effects CS4 bundle. Mocha is a planer tracking system that works as an ...more

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How to use basic animation controls in After Effects

Use basic animation controls in After Effects

In this tutorial you will learn some basic usage of the properties ...more

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How to use Colorista plugin for After Effects (introduction)

Use Colorista plugin for After Effects (introduction)

This software tutorial shows you how to use the Colorista plug-in for ...more

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How to use guides & device controls in After Effects CS4

Use guides & device controls in After Effects CS4

Rich Harrington demonstrates how to use After Effects CS4’s guides and ...more

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How to use keylight with green screens in After Effects

Use keylight with green screens in After Effects

This software tutorial explains how to use the keylight plugin with ...more

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How to use layer maps in Trapcode Form in After Effects

Use layer maps in Trapcode Form in After Effects

This software tutorial shows you how to use layer masks in Trapcode ...more

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How to use Photoshop layer styles in After Effects CS3

Use Photoshop layer styles in After Effects CS3

Aharon Rabinowitz introduces you to Layer Styles in After Effects CS3 ...more

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How to use Radium Glow plugin in After Effects

Use Radium Glow plugin in After Effects

This software tutorial shows you how to use the Radium Glow plug-in for After Effects. Radium Glow is also available for Final Cut Pro ...more

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How to use shape layers in After Effects

Use shape layers in After Effects

In this Ater Effects video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use shape layers to easily create that ...more

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How to use the cartoon effect in After Effects CS4

Use the cartoon effect in After Effects CS4

The cartoon effect is brand new to After Effects CS4. It works by creating edge and fill areas that give footage a cartoon, painterly, or ...more

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How to use the echo effect in After Effects CS3

Use the echo effect in After Effects CS3

Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shares some tips and tricks for working with the Echo effect and animated layers in After Effects.

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How to use the XML project file format in After Effects CS4

Use the XML project file format in After Effects CS4

After Effects CS4 allows you to save any After Effects project in an ...more

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How to use Trapcode Echospace After Effects plugin

Use Trapcode Echospace After Effects plugin

This software tutorial shows you how to use Trapcode Echospace, an After Effects plug-in. Trapcode Echospace speeds and automates the ...more

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How to use Trapcode's Shine in HDR mode

Use Trapcode's Shine in HDR mode

Here Peder the creator of shine shows us the benefits of Floating Point HDR processing. Float gives many more layers of subtle color and ...more

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How to visualize audio with Trapcode Form in After Effects

Visualize audio with Trapcode Form in After Effects

This software tutorial teaches you how to use Trapcode Form, and After ...more

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How to add a shape in After Effects CS3

Add a shape in After Effects CS3

In this video tutorial, you will learn how to add a shape in Adobe After Effects CS3.

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How to add depth to fractal noise in After Effects

Add depth to fractal noise in After Effects

In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a cool tip for adding depth to your Fractal Noise animations with ...more

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How to add text in After Effects CS3

Add text in After Effects CS3

In this video tutorial, you will learn how to add text in Adobe After Effects CS3.

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How to animate a signature in After Effects

Animate a signature in After Effects

Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to animate a signature appearing on screen, and a few tricks to make it look more realistic. What a great ...more

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How to animate highlights in After Effects

Animate highlights in After Effects

Sometimes you don't always get perfect lighting when shooting an object or scene. If you need more highlights to define your objects, this ...more

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How to animate photos with the puppet tool in After Effects

Animate photos with the puppet tool in After Effects

Want to learn how to turn photos into animation? It is possible, in ...more

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How to animate text in After Effects CS4

Animate text in After Effects CS4

This software tutorial gives you an overview of how to animate text in After Effects CS4. Learn how to employ manual and automated text ...more

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How to animate the camera with expressions in After Effects

Animate the camera with expressions in After Effects

Animating a Camera: Tracking to a Null Object. Rick Gerard presents a ...more

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How to animate transforms in After Effects CS4

Animate transforms in After Effects CS4

Most of the time that you are working in After Effects CS4, you are working with the five basic transforms: anchor point, position, scale ...more

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How to animate with the puppet tool in After Effects CS3

Animate with the puppet tool in After Effects CS3

See how to easily animate raster images and vector graphics using ...more

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How to apply effects to a scene in After Effects

Apply effects to a scene in After Effects

This video shows you how to use basic effects in After Effects and apply them to your scene.

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How to apply effects to footage in After Effects CS4

Apply effects to footage in After Effects CS4

This Adobe CS4 tutorial is geared for beginning After Effects CS4 ...more

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How to be creative in Adobe After Effects with Steve Holmes

Be creative in Adobe After Effects with Steve Holmes

Steve Holmes is the creative director of the award-winning motion ...more

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How to begin to use Adobe After Effects

Begin to use Adobe After Effects

Learn how to use Adobe After Effects video compositing software in this free computer software video from a video production expert.

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How to bounce particles in Particular After Effects plugin

Bounce particles in Particular After Effects plugin

Trapcode's Particular is a powerful 3D particle system AFter Effects ...more

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How to build and animate a CG snake in After Effects

Build and animate a CG snake in After Effects

In this video tutorial, Jerzy Drozda Jr demonstrates how to create a ...more

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How to build and light a 3D scene in After Effects

Build and light a 3D scene in After Effects

n this video tutorial, Creative Cow Contributing Editor Eran Stern shows you a how to build a 3D scene using Photoshop CS3 Vanishing Point ...more

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How to chromakey in After Effects

Chromakey in After Effects

This video editing software tutorial shows you how to remove green screen backgrounds using the chromakey tool in After Effects. Removing ...more

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Holiday Cookies: Lab Mice, Chocolate Atoms & Gingerbread Scientists

In spirit of the recently posted brightly frosted cupcake periodic table, here are some equally clever, beautiful science-themed holiday cookies from Not So Humble.  The creative cooking blog ...

Deliverance Style Old Dude Creates Fully Automatic Crossbow

I have to say, this thing is pretty awesome. I find the smooth movement of the apparatus mesmerizing. However, I also have to say, the inventor totally gives me the creeps (no offense, old man). Known ...

Horsesurfing (Swear, No Photoshop Used!)

The Brits have contributed a new sport to the world, coined Horsesurfing. Yes, it is just what it sounds like: the combined skill of horseback riding and surfing. According to the Daily Mail ...

New Super Hybrid Kicks Tesla Motors' Butt

Capstone's CMT-380 stealth looking prototype can hit 150mph, compared to Tesla's 125. Tesla better step it up. Says Engadget: "Rather than mixing batteries and a conventional engine, this whip ...

Super Robot Has Powers of Levitation

This robot hasn't levitated any humans yet (especially not pictured Days of Our Lives star Deidre Hall), but it looks like the sky may be the limit with the Robo-Air Jet System. Developed by Aaron ...

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