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After Effects Links
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Hot Tip
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On a PC, After Effects will play the following files instead of the default
.wav files if these files are placed in the \After Effects\prefs directory.
rnd_okay.wav
rnd_fail.wav
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After
Effects 7.0 Features
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Read
about the new features in
After Effects 7.0
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AE
Enhancers
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A
forum for AE Scripts, Expressions
and Presets
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Adobe
Exchange
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Adobe Xchange is your place for actions, plug-ins, extensions, tutorials, and
other helper files that allow you to easily add new features to Adobe products.
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| Adobe Scripting |
Blog about everything Adobe Scripting |
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AE
Flame
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Free After Effects plugin for making animated flame fractals.
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After
Effects - Effects Documentation
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This is a direct link to a 3.2MB PDF file. It is for AE5.5 but still applies
to all of the AE6 effects.
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| After Effects Scripts |
Tips, tricks and tinkering in After Effects CS3.
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After Effects Paint Tutorial
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Artbeats sponsors an After Effects Paint Tutorial
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After Effects Portal
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An "After Effects Portal" is a resource for newer users of After
Effects--with information on resources online, tutorials, plug-ins, links and
tips.
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After Effects
Freemart
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Acquired by ToolFarm.
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After Effects In Depth
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Adobe - Online PDFs of the Effects Documentation. Also found on the CD, but
if you are on the road with a laptop this could come in handy. (I am almost
always on the road with a laptop!)
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| Alpha Plugins |
Photoshop and After Effects plugins. Check out the free ones and then see if you need any they charge for. |
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Article - Cycore FX in After Effects 6.5
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DV.com article - Written by Trish and Chris Meyer
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ayato@web
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After Effects Tips. Almost tutorials, but really just tips and examples.
Great stuff.
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CameraPOV
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Through-the-lens photo and video camera simulation effects. From Profound
Effects
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Computer
Training Software
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After
Effects 6.0 Training - check
out the free samples.
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| Conoa |
Plug-ins for After Effects, Premiere Pro and FCP |
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Creation Engine
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After Effects 6.0 Tutorials
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Creative
Cow Podcasts
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After
Effects Podcasts hosted by
Aharon Rabinowitz
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CreativeCOW Special Series
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"25 Cool Things about AE 5.5" may be the greatest contribution to motion
graphics education ever. I now own 5 books on After Effects (including the
manual) and yet these tutorials are the best inspiration if only because they
are written for us, by the best of us.
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CreativeCOW Tutorials
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Come learn some really cool stuff. There isn't a better place to learn After
Effects than with the people who use it every day.
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Cult Effects
Tutorials
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These are old tutorials, but if you believe that they have value, please use
them.
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CyberMotion
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Trish and Chris Meyer, well known for their books on After Effects. (I just
bought "After Effects in Production".) Note that the URL is not
www.cybermotion.com, but instead, it is http://www.cybmotion.com/
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Dan Ebberts' Expressions
Lab
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The master of After Effects Expressions shows you how it is
done
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Dean Velez
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Dean Velez has created quite a few After Effects tutorials for the Creative Cow, and his web site provides free AEP files for you to tear apart and analyze. There are also 57 free animations that you can customize. With Dean's permission, I have posted the PAL version of the free animations.
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De-Interlacing the COW
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Barend Onneweer describes the how, what and why of several methods of
de-interlacing video-footage using Adobe After Effects.
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Digital
Anarchy
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Digital Anarchy was created to develop high quality
effects at a reasonable price. Investigate the 3D Assistants. |
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Digital
Media Net - After Effects
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News, features, reviews, techniques, and forums
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Digital Producer
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After Effects Tutorials, many by Stephen Schleicher
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Digital Tutors
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After Effects, Photoshop and Maya tutorials
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DragonFly
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Free Plug-ins for AE and Photoshop
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DurbnPoisn
Films
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Special Effects tutorials and inspiration - Blasters, Superfast running,
Cloning
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DV
Garage "The Lab"
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Tutorials (A place for experimentation)
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Expressions in
After Effects
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Expressions are similar to Motion Math, but maintain
‘live’ relationships. |
| FXHome |
After Effects plug-ins. Check out MuzzlePlug and PowerPlug. |
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Gak
Pak
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Effects for animated background and structural elements. From Profound
Effects
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Graphic
Xtras
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After
Effects Plugins
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Gray
Machine
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After
Effects and Maya tutorials
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Inspiration
Sites
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This link is to my collection of sites that are inspirational for Motion
Graphics creators.
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Mail List
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Subscribe to the After Effects mail list. You can subscribe in digest or
index mode.
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Motion Graphics Los
Angeles
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Motion Graphics Los Angeles (MGLA) is an association for professionals
creating imagery for video and film using desktop tools.
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NYC Visual
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Serge Hamad's site was created to illustrate some
explanations that he posted at the CreativeCow AE forum answering some "how to"
questions. He intends to place an AEP and some explanation for each movie on the
NYC-VISUAL site in the near future. In the meantime, it is interesting just to
browse. |
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ObviousFX
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Free After Effects Plug-in. A simple utility that copies the current
composition image to the Windows Clipboard, allowing easy pasting into other
image applications (such as Photoshop). It bypasses the task of saving the
current frame to an image file and then reopening.
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Particle Illusion Links
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I don't have a particleIllusion page yet, so here are some links that will
eventually go there
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Pete Warden
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Free After Effects Plugins
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The Pixel
Farm
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Cost effective DV tracking application for Mac and Windows
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Pluginz.com
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Digital Tools for Digital Artists
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Ryan-W.com
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Special
Effects tutorials and more.
Read "The chronological Ryan story".
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Scripts
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After Effects Scripts Page - donations accepted
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Stephen
Schleicher
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Tutorials for After Effects, Photoshop, Lighting and FCP.
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The
Anvel
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After
Effects tutorials, AEP files
and training
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The Plugin
Site
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Your guide to Image and Video Effects
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TIEM
Design
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After Effects tutorials by Jacquelin Vanderwood
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Trapcode
People
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The
natural place for motion
graphics and vfx people to
meet and share tips, ideas
and resources.
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Tool Farm
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Toolfarm's mission is to provide a product and service solution for digital
media professionals.
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Tutorial - Render Farm
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How to set up an After Effects render farm
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Video
Copilot
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A
resource for visual effects
artists and talented
visionary's seeking all
the benefits of digital
post production. After
Effects Tutorials, resources,
and helpful products.
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Walker
Effects
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The Walker Effects plug-ins have been designed to solve
specific production needs and are an indispensable tool set for serious
compositors. Two free and the rest are under $20 each unbundled. |
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Wes
Plate
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AE (and Avid) Tips and Techniques
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Xtreme-Is-Back
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AE tutorials. Basic stuff, but a good place for a
beginner.
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