Welcome to All Things Motion!

Stay tuned for more After Effects tutorials!

Update: New Motion Graphics Reel

First and foremost, please forgive me for being so busy in the past couple of weeks. Projects were piling up, and I decided to take a break from all things motion (pun intended).

Check out my latest web project.

Thankfully, the school year is winding to a close. I have been under the constant shadow of deciding where to go to college, and am now  pleased to announce that I will soon be attending the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ – a beautiful location literally right across the river from the big, bad, apple.


My latest project was to create a motion graphics reel to showcase for tomorrow, as my school will be visited by a few prominent figures. We are hoping to impress them, and consequently receive more money to impress them some more. Funny how that works.

All in all, rest assured. I have many, many great new tutorials planned for the future. I expect to crank out a bunch this summer in particular.

As always, please feel free to drop me a note if you have any ideas for a new tutorial, a comment, a job, or simply want to send me some money.

Tutorial Preview: 3d Titles in After Effects

3d Titles in After Effects

3d Titles in After Effects

Stay tuned for our upcoming tutorial, where you will learn how to create 3d titles in After Effects.

We will cover 3 different techniques for creating 3d titles: Videocopilot’s Element 3d plugin, offset 2.5d titles in CS3-Cs5.5, and 3d ray-traced titles in CS6.

Adobe Valentine’s Day Deals & Special Offers (Feb 13th-14th)

Adobe Valentine's Day Deals

Adobe Valentine’s Day Deals

Here are the best Adobe Valentine’s Day deals & special offers I could find. These deals are a steal.

If you are waiting for a great deal from Adobe before you finally purchase Lightroom, Photoshop, or Premiere- NOW IS THE TIME!

Or, rather, February 13th-14th is the time

Adobe is offering these exclusive deals from Feb 13th at 12:01 AM (PST) to Feb 14th at 11:59 PM (PST).

There are even discounts available for the already discounted Student & Teacher Editions! (Plus free shipping!)

Photoshop & Premiere Elements Deals (Code: VAL13)
(If you are a student or educator, use the bottom link)
 
Save 50% on Photoshop Elements & Adobe Premiere Elements plus Free Shipping. Enter code VAL13
 
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Lightroom 4 Deals (Code: LTRM30FEB)
(If you are a student or educator, use the bottom link)
 
Get 30% off Adobe Lightroom 4 Full Version plus Free Shipping. Enter code: LTRM30FEB

Get 30% off Adobe Lightroom 4 Student & Teacher Edition plus Free Shipping. Enter code: LTRM30FEB
 

Adobe Creative Cloud

I am currently a subscriber of Adobe Creative cloud, and greatly recommend the service.

For those of you who don’t know, Adobe Creative Cloud is a subscription-based Adobe service which provides all the Adobe software (even programs which you cannot buy individually) for free download, online cloud storage, free hosting for up to 5 Adobe-based websites, and access to numerous other Adobe services such as Adobe Edge Web Fonts.

The Creative Cloud subscription is currently being offered for only $19.99 a month at the Adobe Education Store for students & teachers. $19.99 a month might sound like a lot to some- but if you really think about it, it is worth it. The Creative Cloud subscription can be cancelled at any time, and you have automatic access to the most up to date software, FREE OF CHARGE. No more upgrade fees to get from CS5.5 to CS6.

In my opinion, it’s about time. I strongly recommend this service to anyone who can afford it, and to anyone who needs access to multiple Adobe applications. In fact, since purchasing this subscription, I have been encouraged to try a whole bunch of new Adobe programs like Muse and Edge Animate which I never would have even touched before!

Tutorial: Animating With Shape Layers in After Effects

animating shape layers in after effects

Animating Shape Layers in After Effects

Learn how to create intriguing, random animations with shape layers and ABSOLUTELY NO KEYFRAMES!

In this tutorial, we will also cover the use of shape layers, expressions, and animation presets in Adobe After Effects.

Animating shape layers in After Effects is easier than you might think, and a technique which is very under-utilized. Combining different shapes and animation properties can easily create an entirely new animation with very little effort.

No plug-ins required.

This tutorial expands on techniques presented in the previous tutorial, Animating Fractals in After Effects.

WHAT YOU’LL BE CREATING:

 

TUTORIAL:

Poetry in Motion on PoetryExpress.org

Poetry in Motion on Poetry Express

Poetry in Motion Featured on PoetryExpress.org

Our new Poetry in Motion contest has been featured on PoetryExpress.org! 

Send in your poetry submissions of 100 words or less through this link.

The winning submission will be turned into an animation and featured on the home page of allthingsmotion.net.

All submissions must be the original work of the submitting artist, and by entering your submission, you are granting All Things Motion the right to use, modify, and redistribute your submission piece.

Awesome After Effects Tutorial Website & Resources

after effects video tutorials

Great After Effects Video Tutorials

Visit Vinhson Nguyen’s www.creativedojo.net

He has a fantastic site going there, and a lot of free motion graphics related resources and tutorials. I personally learned a lot from this site, and I hope you guys will, too!

I truly think that After Effects video tutorials are the way most people can and should learn After Effects. Being able to rewind, pause, and revisit these tutorials is an invaluable benefit. Creative Dojo is just one of many After Effects tutorial sites I visited on a daily basis when I was first learning After Effects.

Happy Learning!

Tutorial: Animating With Fractals in After Effects

animate fractals in after effects

Animate Fractals in After Effects

In this tutorial, you will learn how to animate fractals in After Effects with minimal key-framing by using wiggle expressions.

You will also learn how to link animation properties to music by using a plugin from Red Giant called Trapcode Sound Keys.

(No plug-ins are required for this tutorial)

As this is our first After Effects tutorial, if you like the tutorial or have any ideas for more tutorials, please let us know in the comments below!

Expect to see a lot more After Effects video tutorials, content, resources, tips & tricks from us in the future!

WHAT YOU’LL BE CREATING:

TUTORIAL:

New Contest: Poetry in Motion

2013 Poetry Contest

New After Effects Animated 2013 Poetry Contest

All Things Motion is starting a new 2013 poetry contest called “Poetry in Motion”. We will be taking poetry submissions of no more than 100 words, and the winning submission will be turned into a short animation.

There are no rules regarding content, but try to keep it PG, and the piece most be your own original work.

By entering this contest, you are also granting All Things Motion the right to use, modify, and redistribute your submission piece.
 

Use the submission form below, or simply email us directly.

Deadline: Passed (New Contest Coming Soon!)

POETRY IN MOTION SUBMISSION FORM

Free Inspirational Electronic Music

Free Electronic Music

Free Electronic Music

Flexvector is offering a whole host of free electronic music albums on his site. And did I say FREE?!?!

Check out FlexVector’s site here

The artist is a really cool guy, and he releases most (all?) of his works under the creative commons attributes license (which means you are free to use, redistribute, modify his work, etc.)

Download some of his music here

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