Tutorials

**Paul Moran** · January 7th, 2003,03:33 AM

This is where we will build a huge list of After Effects Tutorials

Please email or pm me or the moderator for this forum to add to this list....enjoy

AE 5.5 Demo Version Download

If there are any tutorials on here that either don't exist (broken link) or are just not very good tutorials, please do get in touch with me or the moderator, and we will remove them from the list. We have not personally been through every single one of these tutorials. Thanks.

3DBuzz After Effects tutorials

FXGuide.com After Effects tutorials (added by Hugh)

CreativeCow.net After Effects tutorials (added by Hugh)

TIEMdesign After Effects tutorials (added by Hugh)

**BlackKnight** · January 10th, 2003,04:48 PM

Watch this space!

I shall soon be working on a greenscreen tutorial using After Effects 5.5. It will mainly focus on keying and finishing.

BK

**Hugh** · January 12th, 2003,03:15 PM

I've got one that I wrote a while back (for PostProductionForum.com) on corner-pin tracking - I'll re-write that and post it on here at some point...

**Paul Moran** · January 12th, 2003,03:51 PM

thanks guys for your time and efforts

...

now, how does one go about attracting new members

<-- Spell cast upon all digital compositors (you shall all register at VFXTalk.com)

**Hugh** · January 12th, 2003,06:09 PM

One thing that we do NOT want to do is post in other forums - we don't want people to feel that we are stealing people away from their forum.

Newsgroups may be a good way of getting to people, as well as mailing lists - if we can get a good (small-scale) start, we may be able to get some of the bigger sites to mention us (places like CGChannel, etc...)

Some contact with professional compositors would make a big difference, too....

Anyone?

**ValHallen** · January 24th, 2003,03:27 AM

OK, I have a HUGE amount of "kinda" tutorials that I wrote and used when I was teaching effects and comping, I can dig all that shite out and convert it from shorthand into something that people will understand, when I get a life back anyway .. hopefully not too long ....

Only thing tho is that they are mid-to advanced level tutorials ... umm things like "How to create realistic fire" and "How to make 3d redundant by doing good FX" and stuff like that ... definitely not beginners stuff, my students were all medium-to-advanced kinda thing

Also, attracting members .... just let the site do it guys, cos it's lookiing pretty damn good now! Keep the news current and the style, humor and info flowing and they will come ... yes, if you post it, they will come ......

ValHallen, signing off, rodger breaker effects barbeque out ...

*sigh* I keep editing this

**Hugh** · January 24th, 2003,04:16 AM

Thanks for the offer of tutorials!

If you've seen the tutorial system, you'll know the format that they are in - small(ish) 'steps', each one with an image (or not)

As I keep promising, the tutorial submission system will be up soon (it will DEFINATELY be up before the launch this time next week).... If you get something done before then, do e-mail it to me.

**ValHallen** · January 24th, 2003,05:57 PM

Watch this space/My name, been thinking about tuts and I will write some simple assed ones to start with, more theory and information rather than "how to build a robot" kinda of things ... eventually I will post the high-end AE tuts I have, but I thought that, looking at some of the posts over at 'Buzz that things like "Pixel Aspect" and "Codecs" might be a goodd place to start ....

Thoughts Guys?

**Paul Moran** · January 26th, 2003,12:44 AM

hey val,

yeah...thats fine...just kick off the AE tutes with some basic things and ease people into the good gear...sounds good!!!

paul

**ValHallen** · January 26th, 2003,08:42 AM

OK, it looks like draft .0001 has gone up .. take a squiz and let me know what you think/what needs to be changed .. it's not so much an After Effects tutorial, as more of a general theory .. in fact it dowsn't mention any comping package by name at all .. not bad huh

Anyway, it's almost 4am, so I'm posting and then off to sleep.

Have a peek, let me know, catchya later.

http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/uwd/tutorial/pixel/

**Hugh** · January 26th, 2003,08:55 AM

Just had a read through it - it's very clear and easy to understand. I've never been entirely clear on pixel aspect ratio myself before....

I couldn't see anything that felt it really needed to be changed - it seems to cover all of the basics.

Thanks for that!

**ValHallen** · January 26th, 2003,04:15 PM

Well I guess that begs the question of how do you want it? Want me to leave it there and link it, or do you wanna grab it and whack it up here ... up to you guys

**Hugh** · January 26th, 2003,04:21 PM

It's got quite a nice layout at the moment, so let's leave it where it is for now (I'll put a new tutorial in the system with a link to it) - the tutorial system will (hopefully) be somewhat easier to use soon, and then I'll have another think about that....

**ValHallen** · January 26th, 2003,04:23 PM

Cool.

Hugh, dude, DO YOU SLEEP?!?

**Paul Moran** · January 26th, 2003,10:03 PM

Originally posted by ValHallen
Cool.

Hugh, dude, DO YOU SLEEP?!?

Val, i often ask myself the same question

...Hugh has been the champion of champions for VFXTalk...constatly improving upon the way things are done/handled ... Here's to hugh

paul

Also, your pixel aspect tute is very nice

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