Category: Tutorials

  • A free tutorial gift for the holidays

    A free tutorial gift for the holidays

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    Angie Taylor

    Well, another year comes to an end and the holidays are about to begin. What better way to spend your time off than sitting back comfortably and allowing me to entertain you with some of my latest After Effects CS5 tutorials? Here’s a free tutorial movie for you, taken from the “Jumpstarts” section of the…

  • After Effects CS5 Learn by Video

    After Effects CS5 Learn by Video

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    Angie Taylor

    This complete training program offers an extraordinary value, combining 14 hours of video instruction with a 120-page full-color guide to teach you the fundamentals of Adobe After Effects CS5, as well as the basic principles of motion graphics and visual effects. You’ll get in-depth coverage of the After Effects interface and the latest features in…

  • Trapcode Particular Free Tutorial

    Trapcode Particular Free Tutorial

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    Angie Taylor

    I’ve just watched a great After Effects tutorial, made by my good friend, the great Peder Norby of Trapcode fame. He’s dome a wonderful job of teaching you how to get the best volumetric smoke effects using Particular. I love this tutorial as it was totally improvised so it shows how he had to experiment…

  • Free tutorial – creating a 1960s retro opening title sequence

    Free tutorial – creating a 1960s retro opening title sequence

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    Angie Taylor

    My dear friend and esteemed and talented After Effects aficionado, Aharon Rabinowitz has posted my 1960’s retro “Pop-art” tutorial up on Red Giant TV. I actually recorded it in the 1960’s but it’s taken this long for technology to catch up to a stage where it can broadcast a whole hour (almost) of FREE After…

  • Adobe After Effects Training DVD and book

    Adobe After Effects Training DVD and book

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    Angie Taylor

    Well, it’s all happening this week! My new book, “Design Essentials for the Motion Media Artist” finally went on sale. As well as the book, I also have a new training DVD on the way which I worked on with the amazing Todd Kopriva from Adobe. As a little taster of what’s to come is…

  • Artbeats Blooming Marvellous Tutorial

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    Angie Taylor

    Blooming Marvellous Angie Taylor takes you through the steps to build an opening title sequence for a TV show using Artbeats footage to create 3D flowers growing within After Effects 3D world. This lesson also provides you with the experience of using scripts within After Effects. Watch Tutorial (right click to download) Watch Final Movie

  • Digital Arts Online Tutorials

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    Angie Taylor

    Free tutorials, created for Digital Arts magazine Master Particles in Adobe After Effects Shatter and Card Dance are two of After Effects CS4’s most underrated particle effects. Both were created by Brain Maffitt’s Atomic Power Corporation, before being bought by Adobe to include in After Effects. Both Card Dance and Shatter allow you to divide…

  • Updates & Fixes

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    Angie Taylor

    Fixes and updates for my Creative After Effects 7 book

  • After Effects CS4 New Features movie

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    Angie Taylor

    Whilst at IBC 2008 I was interviewed by Rick Young of Mac Video regarding the new features of CS4. Here is a link to the interview and a short demo of my favorite new features.