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Mystery Text in Adobe After Effects

J. Schuh — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:51:31 +0000

Learn how to create this mystery text effect by animating layer styles on a text layer in After Effects.

Creating an Eclipse in After Effects, Part 2

J. Schuh — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:55:17 +0000

In the second part of this tutorial, J Schuh shows how to take the sun animation composed in part one and block it out, then add some text.

There is a final version of this Eclipse project available for download here.

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Creating an Eclipse in After Effects, Part 1

J. Schuh — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:24:36 +0000

In the first part of this two-part project tutorial, J. Schuh demonstrates how he creates a bright sun and then blocks it out in part 2.

There is a final version of this Eclipse project available for download here.

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Metallic Text with After Effects

J. Schuh — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:28:52 +0000

How to create a polished metal text effect using After Effects.

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Animated Butterfly in After Effects, Part 2

J. Schuh — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:30:47 +0000

In this two-part tutorial, J. Schuh demonstrates how to animate a layered image of a butterfly using After Effects CS4.

Click here to download a Illustrator document of the butterfly used in this tutorial.

Click here to go to the first part of this two-part tutorial.

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Animated Butterfly in After Effects, Part 1

J. Schuh — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:52:21 +0000

In this two-part tutorial, J. Schuh demonstrates how to animate a layered image of a butterfly using After Effects CS4.

Click here to download a Illustrator document of the butterfly used in this tutorial.

Click here to watch the second part of this tutorial.

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Flaming Chrome Text in After Effects

J. Schuh — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:04:07 +0000

In this tutorial J Schuh creates some flaming chrome text in After Effects using the glow and liquefy effects.

Click here to download a PSD of the chrome Layers logo used in this tutorial.

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Shattering Glass with Adobe After Effects

J. Schuh — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:25:32 +0000

Using After Effects’ Shatter Effect to simulate a baseball going through a glass pane.

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Chrome Logo in After Effects CS4

J. Schuh — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:01:22 +0000

Using After Effects 3D layers and light sweep effect to create this text that moves in 3D space. The final version of this project is available for download as a QuickTime video.

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Animate a Flying Bird using Illustrator and Flash, Part 2

J. Schuh — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:06:47 +0000

In this two-part tutorial, J. Schuh demonstrates how to animate a flying bird using Illustrator and Flash. In Part 2, he brings the illustrator assets into Flash to animate the movement of the wings.

If you want to follow along with the tutorial, the source files from J Schuh are available for download. Click here for the Illustrator file and click here to download jpegs.

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Animate a Flying Bird using Illustrator and Flash, Part 1

J. Schuh — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:29:44 +0000

In this two-part tutorial, J. Schuh demonstrates how to animate a flying bird using Illustrator and Flash. In Part 1, he goes over the process of creating the vector assets in Illustrator.

If you want to follow along with the tutorial, the source files from J Schuh are available for download. Click here for the Illustrator file and click here to download jpegs.

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Snow Globe in After Effects CS4

J. Schuh — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:06:26 +0000

J Schuh creates a snow globe using Adobe After Effects.

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