Video tutorial: Perfect your shots with digital makeup By Creative Bloq Staff published 6 November 12 With a few simple steps, Christopher Kenworthy shows you how to smooth skin and remove blemishes in After Effects while keeping footage sharp
Element 3D review: After Effects plug-in By Creative Bloq Staff published 22 October 12 ▲ Element 3D provides good quality shaders plus high-res texture maps. With the right lighting and depth-of-field, beautiful motion graphics sequences are a doddle
Video tutorial: Generate a realistic heat haze in After Effects CS6 By Creative Bloq Staff published 17 October 12 By cleverly adapting a simple filter, Christopher Kenworthy shows how to warm up your footage with a realistic heat haze
Video tutorial: Replace a dull sky in After Effects By Creative Bloq Staff published 12 September 12 Christopher Kenworthy shows you how to create that post-apocalyptic look with a rich, dark atmosphere
Camp Bestival 2012 closes in style By Creative Bloq Staff published 16 August 12 Persistent Peril wows a 20,000-strong crowd at Camp Bestival 2012 with an epic 16-minute animation
3D camera tracking in After Effects CS6 By Creative Bloq Staff published 13 August 12 James Wignall shows you how to use the new 3D Camera Tracker in After Effects CS6
3D camera tracking in After Effects By Creative Bloq Staff published 12 August 12 James Wignall shows you how to use the new 3D Camera Tracker in After Effects.
REVIEW: Plexus - next-gen plugin for After Effects By Creative Bloq Staff published 2 August 12 Plexus is a plugin that promises to turn After Effects into a true hybrid 2D/3D application for your motion graphics projects. Here, Mike Griggs puts it through its paces.
3D ray-tracing in After Effects CS6 By Creative Bloq Staff published 16 July 12 James Wignall shows you how to create a simple scene using CS6’s new 3D ray-tracing feature
3D ray-tracing in After Effects By Creative Bloq Staff published 15 July 12 James Wignall shows you how to create a simple scene using After Effects’ new 3D ray-tracing feature.
Video tutorial: Bring fluid motion and depth to stills By Creative Bloq Staff published 6 July 12 Using camera mapping, Christopher Kenworthy shows you how to convert a still image into a convincing 3D motion movie
Video tutorial: Make colour adjustments using After Effects’ Channel Mixer By Creative Bloq Staff published 25 June 12 Kris Hofmann shares a powerful technique for changing colours radically without losing any subtle details in your footage
Video tutorial: Colour correction in After Effects By Creative Bloq Staff published 29 May 12 Kris Hofmann shows you some expert colour correction tricks to achieve superb results from the powerful tools in After Effects
Create a 3D isometric effect By Creative Bloq Staff published 28 May 12 Daniel Savage shows you how to take advantage of isometric projection in your After Effects projects
Adobe Creative Suite 6 available now By Creative Bloq Staff published 8 May 12 Photoshop, After Effects, InDesign, Illustrator and the rest of the apps in Adobe Creative Suite are getting a fresh new look and lots of new features today with the arrival of CS6.
CS6: The Creative Pro's Guide By Creative Bloq Staff published 23 April 12 Discover what's new in the CS6 Master Collection – from Photoshop to InDesign to Illustrator to After Effects. Plus, discover how to use some of the incredible new tools…
Adobe After Effects CS6 review By Creative Bloq Staff published 23 April 12 Adobe After Effects has a huge user base in the motion graphics and animation sectors, and Adobe After Effects CS6 enables you to deliver more cinematic visual effects and sophisticated motion graphics than ever before!
Kinetic typography techniques with Photoshop and After Effects By Creative Bloq Staff published 18 April 12 Creative director and motion graphic artist Angie Taylor (@theangietaylor) shows how to use Photoshop and Adobe After Effects for kinetic typography - combining text and motion to express ideas in the form of animation.
Video tutorial: Create an Edge Blur in After Effects By Creative Bloq Staff published 4 April 12 Blending objects with the background is usually reserved for expensive filters. Chris Kenworthy shows you how to create a powerful Edge Blur from scratch