After you master shooting footage, applying effects, and keyframing animation, what’s next? Some like to explore having animations driven...

I completely understand that expressions and scripting in After Effects can be intimidating to users of a more artistic...

In the previous column, we discussed a handful of tricks and techniques which can be used in different situations...

Rhythm – repetition, with variation – is the backbone of many pieces of fine art, as well as motion...

The image on the left is a normal computer crossfade; the image on the right uses linear blending –...

One of the most significant but underused sections of After Effects has to be its vector-based painting engine, introduced...

Most of you are probably familiar with the concept of using a camera to pan and zoom around still...

The 3D implementation in After Effects is very flexible. You can selectively place some layers in 3D space, and...

Expressions can make “fake” 3D plug-ins such as CC Sphere track After Effects’ 3D cameras. After Effects is, at...

One common use of expressions is to set up automatic relationships between layers, such as having a minute hand...