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Adobe launches collaboration platform for video pros

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Adobe Anywhere for video aims to make your life easier

Create dripping metal sparks in After Effects CS6

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Sometimes you need heavy sparks to drip from the ceiling. Christopher Kenworthy shows the shortcuts to perfecting this particle effect

Adobe video reveals the future of After Effects

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http://tv.adobe.com/embed/1149/16771/ After Effects is 20 years old this year (yes, really!) and in that time it has evolved hugely in order to make rotoscoping much less of an eye-bleeding task.

Breathtaking fluid simulation showcases power of RealFlow

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Get ready to stare in awe with this RealFlow creation from 3D artist Paulo Wang. We couldn't believe it was his first attempt!

Speed up your workflow in After Effects

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Things can often get out of hand when working in After Effects. Alex Donne-Johnson shows you how to maintain a good workflow

Sharpen soft footage without artefacts

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Christopher Kenworthy shows you how to control contrast and colour in soft footage to create the illusion of sharpness

Dark and mysterious short showcases Cinema 4D

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Swedish animator Rickard Bengtsson's first foray into 3D is an epic, cinematic experience. We take a look behind the scenes.

Use stills to create a dynamic 3D landscape

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With a 3D package and some decent 2D landscape photographs, you can create a full-motion fly-through sequence. Michaeljohn Day reveals how

Intricate 3D animation explores inner space

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Visual artist Markos Kay’s stunning CGI animation takes a voyage through the bloodstream. We chat to him and find out how it was made.

Produce a hand-drawn aesthetic in After Effects

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Dylan White shows you how to process digital animation so that it appears to have been handcrafted

Infuriatingly good interactive music game from Sehsucht

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Sehsucht has developed their recent animated spot for MTV into a brilliant – if maddening – new browser game

8-bit character wreaks havoc on quiet street

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See dubstep producer Xilent cause panic in the streets as his robotic alter ego

Stunning short film uses After Effects to the max

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'November Növelet: Useless' is a brilliant use of some of the best-loved designer tools including After Effects and Blender.

A big hand for Elijah Wood

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The director who gave Frodo Baggins a weird, animated prosthetic limb made of inanimate objects tells us how it was done

Clean up thumbnails for animation

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Dylan White reveals how to smooth and prepare rough storyboard drawings for use in a comic-style animation

Quirky animation throws some shapes

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Geometric craziness brings electronic music to life in this quirky creation by animator Robert Wallace.

Video tutorial: Pull focus for cinematic depth of field

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Christopher Kenworthy demonstrates how to pull focus from the foreground to the background of footage using one adjustment layer

Extrude a logo in 3D space

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Alex Donne Johnson explains how to use the 3D ray-tracing feature in After Effects CS6

Video tutorial: Perfect your shots with digital makeup

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With a few simple steps, Christopher Kenworthy shows you how to smooth skin and remove blemishes in After Effects while keeping footage sharp