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  • After Effects Light Wipe Tutorial

    After Effects Light Wipe Tutorial

    After Effects Light Wipe Tutorial

    There was a a question today on Creative Cow about how to create a light wipe effect in After Effects. I wanted to help so I decided to put together a quick After Effects Light Wipe tutorial. This tutorial includes an After Effects project and an eight-minute video tutorial where I explain techniques used.

    Here’s the original question from Danielle Masek;

    Q: I have a vector object (some wings) which is black right now, and I would like a light ray to start bursting through the center, change to a vertical line “ray” and move both right and left concurrently, revealing the wings; however, the wings won’t now be all made up of light, instead the light rays will reveal the wings’ outline, which will now be outlined in a backlit glow. I hope I’m explaining this clearly. Will I need trapcode for this? Something else?

    A: Here’s a little movie that will help you and others I hope. You’ll also find the project files to follow along Wings reveal.aep.

  • Happy Halloween Everybody

    Happy Halloween Everybody

    After Effects CS5 Presets for Halloween

     

    Cartoon castle and bats
    Cartoon castle and bats

    I’ve created some special little Halloween Software Tricks and Treats for you to use in your work. This download contains an After Effects CS5 project and artwork needed to create some spooky Halloween graphics for your projects.

    Pumpkin Particles falling
    Pumpkin Particles falling

    I love creating ideas and techniques for the community. In fact I’d love to dedicate more time to creating ideas, tips and tricks for you and make it a full-time venture. However these things take quite a long time to produce so I’m currently trying to fit these in-between paid freelance jobs.

    I’ve been trying to figure out ways to make this pay without having to charge people a fixed price for these. I’d also like to avoid having advertising on my site to earn income. So, as an experiment, I’ve included a free download link to the project files and a Donate button. I’d dearly love to prove that a business model, where people volunteer to pay what they think something is worth can work.

    If you find these presets useful and would like to support this risky venture please donate what you can afford, even $1 would make a difference and would be gratefully appreciated. This will help me dedicate more time to this project and continue to improve the website’s offerings. Thank you!

    Angie_Taylor_Halloween_Presets folder

    These designs use the Trapcode Suite of plug-ins and Magic Bullet Looks. If you don’t own these plugins you can download free trials here from the Red Giant website

    In the future I intend to provide privileges and special offers to those who contribute to this project.
    Thanks so much for your support!