Hype Williams is one of the world's premiere music video producers. One effect that he likes to use, like in the The Offspring video depicted in the thumbnail for this video, is a clipped letterbox effect. This effect allows you to show several video clips on screen at once layered on top of one another. This video will teach you how to create this effect yourself in Adobe Premiere Pro.
Film burn was really annoying all those years ago when we used to have actual film and it used to actually burn. Now its acquired chic status, and people want it to add it to their digital films. This video will teach you how to create film burn effects using the Adobe Premiere Pro film editing software. This technique is very popular for Western and skateboarding films, so if you are into creating either of those types of videos this is a must-watch!
There are a lot of videos out there that offer instructions for creating all sorts of fake wounds. Most of them, however, focus on cuts and gashes rather than that other devious and action-packed type of wound: the burn. This three-part video features detailed instructions for making a burn wound on your face or other body part using makeup and other household products. Now your characters get lit on fire and you can render the results accurately.
Need help wrapping your head around how layer order effects visibility in After Effects when using 2D and 3D layers? This clip explains it all. With After Effects, it's easy. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular motion graphics and compositing software or a seasoned video professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with the program and its various features and filters, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instr...
Want to grab some great shots at your friend or family member's wedding? Create a glowing, diffused, soft focus wedding photo effect through the power of Adobe Photoshop CS4. Add a whole lot of "mood" to an image by softening and increasing contrast, that also features a vignette around the focal point of your choosing. The beauty of this technique is that by using adjustment layers you can have full control over the final effect's strength and color. Create the perfect wedding photo and give...
Have you wondered how to make some cool super hero effects on your Adobe After Effects? Well in this tutorial ajones8126 shows you how you can do the Laser, clone, and disintegrate effect. All you will need is Adobe After Effects and to download laser which can be found on this link. Then you're all ready to go just follow ajones8126 tutorial and you will have some cool super hero effects added to your video in no time. So if you're looking to boost your experience with Adobe After Effects th...
This video discusses how to add a sound effect to your video in Pinnacle Studio. You first select the video you wish to add the effect to and then, on the left hand side, select the sound effects button. It looks like a loudspeaker with a few lines coming out. The options include humans, gunshots, animals, instruments squeaks to name a few. You then have a variety of different sounds from that genre of effect. Select one and then drag the effect to the time bar when you want to have the effec...
In this video tutorial, viewers will learn how to create the visual effect of being hit by a car, using Adobe After Effects. Adobe After Effects is a digital motion graphics and compositing software. This is not recommended for beginners. This video will show viewers how to make the effect of getting hit by a car and adding realistic camera movement to it to make it believable and convincing. This video will benefit those viewers who enjoy movie making and producing visual special effects.
This two-part video from Achievement Hunter shows you the tricks to defeating Mass Effect 2 on the Xbox 360. Fragger gives you tips on how to play on the "Insanity" difficulty rating. He'll show you how to beat certain missions with tricky bits in them, how to upgrade, and other things along the way.
Using Curious Turtle's Film Wash Color Effects in After Effects create a Super 8 look to your film. In this tutorial, you will learn how to build up a color grade using several layers, then using expressions and After Effects own filters to finish the look. To learn more about the Film Wash, visit www.curiousturtle.com
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This video editing software tutorial shows you how to remove green screen backgrounds using the chromakey tool in After Effects. Removing backgrounds from footage is a common function in After Effects. It allows you to put your subjects in new scenes, movies, effects and backgrounds. Learn how to chromakey in this After Effects CS3 tutorial.
A laser light show is possible to replicate with the diffraction grating effect. Different laser effects can be created using a variety of materials: small motors and diffraction grating pieces, and mirrors. It's possible to create searchlights, crystal balls, spring patterns, a Galvanometer effect, and a spider web. Watch this video circuitry tutorial series and learn how to replicate professional laser show techniques for recreational use at home, or as an accompaniment to music or any pseu...
This software tutorial shows you how to add an explosion to your footage in After Effects. You will need to find footage of an explosion first, then in After Effects you composite the explosion footage over your movie or video to create the desired effect. Learn how to tweak and edit the layers so your explosion looks real and not like it was comped in After Effects.
Learn how to create a nearly invisible man, using the displacement effect and more in After Effects! This software tutorial shows you how to create a great disappearing effect in After Effects.
Learn how to create a slow-motion knife throw effect using After Effects. Part 1 of 2 - How to Create a slow motion knife throw in After Effects.
A 3 part tutorial on how to create a gated effect with Propellerhead Reason. Part 1 of 3 - How to Make and use a gate effect in Reason.
This three part tutorial shows you how to use Photoshop to create Star Wars text and then make it scroll up like in the movie intro using After Effects.
How to make Jedi force jump effects as seen in the Star Wars movies for your own films using Effects Lab and Windows Movie Maker.
In this video tutorial you will learn to create an aqua sphere effect using Photoshop. You will use a lot of Layer Style setting to achieve the effect. Do follow the screen closely as there is no accompanying narration.
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 652nd installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn see how to create Boolean Logic formulas for AND and OR Logical Formulas. See Logical Truth Tables for AND and OR. Also see how to create array formulas in two different ways: the SUMPRODUCT function (DON'T have to use Ctrl + Shift + ...
This video is demonstrated completely through visual movement and accompanied with a brief written description. A young man speeds down the soccer field with a ball and scores a goal. His signature move leading up to the goal is broken down into very specific methods of movement, the first of which is a high speed attack as he races down the field. The next method to this signature move is the weight shift, in which the goal scorer shifts his weight, along with the ball, from foot to foot to ...
Learn to shift stitches from one circular needle to the other when knitting in the round with two circular needles. Taught by Cat Bordhi.
A funny video about the basics of driving a stick shift car.
Final Cut Pro X has all new effects and transitions that no other video editing software has. This is your video guide to all of the things you can with FCP X on your Apple computer. Learn about the adding Boca effects, aged paper effects, and more.
This tutorial demonstrates how Twixtor Pro can be used to create slow motion special effects when editing video in After Effects. Learn beginner to intermediate VFX, specifically slowing down footage shot at a very high shutter speed. Twixtor allows the user to manage blur and warping when creating a slow motion effect.
If you're a fan of "Avatar" - the animated Nickelodeon series, not the M. Night Shayamalan epic fail of the movie - or any sort of supernatural action series, then you've probably witnessed the awesome flash of lightning effect before. Whether emanating from the hands of a superhero - or supervillain - or shooting out of a mutant's eyes, the lightning effect is super cool and also super doable at home using Apple iMovie.
Ubuntu Linux is capable of many cool effects that other systems don't offer. This video tutorial will show you how to enable all of these effects, such as minimizing and maximizing windows. What? All operating systems do that, right? Yes, but this video will help you to select and modify them. Click here or here for more information about desktop effects.
In this video, Nick teaches us how to use effects automation in Garageband. Any effects you use on your track will allow you to change the effects over time if you change how you want it. First, load up your track and loop it up by clicking on the loop button. Once finished, load up effects so you can automate them later. Hit the "i" button, then go to the details tab on the bottom. Now, change the effects you would like for automation. For the first one, go with the "au" filter, then for the...
A photographic effect blends the visual effect of creating different 'stills' of photographs and animates them in sequence; and then adds in an audio track to make it sound like the snapping of pictures. This tutorial shows you how to thread all the effects together to add a photographic style to your next intro using the Sony Vegas Pro video editing software.
This walkthrough guide will cover the complete Overload DLC mission pack for the Mass Effect 2 action role-playing game on the Xbox 360. Overload became available for download in June 2010 on Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA), and features four different missions. Watch this series for all the gameplay action from Mahalo.
In this tutorial, we take an introductory look at node based compositing from the perspective of an After Effects user. If you are someone who has lots of experience with After Effects, and wants to get into using a program like Shake, Nuke, or Fusion, this will help you get on the right track. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular compositing application or are just looking to get better acquainted with AE and its various features and functions, you're sure to enjoy this free video software ...
The typewriter effect is a popular text effect for games and movies that makes text appear letter-by-letter on the screen as if it is being typed as your watch. It's cumbersome for actual reading, but looks cool and old-school. This video will teach you how to create this effect using Actionscript 3 and Flash CS4. Bring the 20th century into the 21st!
Want to create a space explosion for your sci-fi epic? With After Effects, it's easy. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular motion graphics and compositing software or a seasoned video professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with the program and its various features and filters, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this free video guide.
Learn how to add digital media and effects to the After Effects CS5 timeline. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular motion graphics and compositing software or a seasoned video professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with CS5's new features, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, and to get started familizaring yourself with the After Effects CS5 workflow, watch this free video guide.
In order to make flower magnets and faux brads, you will need the following: card stock, a hole punch, a sponge applicator, and crystal effects.
Adobe Illustrator enables you to add a multitude of effects to your texts. One of the options available to you is to add a neon-style effect to the text. This video tutorial will take you through the steps needed to add this effect with detailed instructions from start to finish. You will learn which menu options to employ, how to properly select your layers and which effects to apply to your text to get the neon style you are looking for.
Ever wanted to create a cool appearing text effect in Adobe Flash? This video tutorial will show you how to use Flash to create a text effect that can be used as a website introduction or in other forms of web media. This step-by-step video will have you creating cool Flash effects in no time.
What is a cooler effect than fire? Not much! Check out this tutorial and learn how to make very cool flames and explosions in Adobe After Effects..from scratch! This tutorial will take you step by step through the process of making very cool fire effects. Learn this technique and have all the fun of being a pyromaniac without singeing your eyebrows or burning the house down!
Musicians who want to take their music to the next level, will want to learn how to create an interesting wobble/fidget effect for the bass. The video takes us through the steps of using Malstrom software to create a wobble/fidget effect that is commonly heard in fidget house music. In order to create this effect, you must have already created a dirty electro bass synth. Once this effect is created, it can be added or combined with just about any other effect at varying frequencies for intere...
