Learn about Motion Graphics

Make your videos more engaging by using dynamic motion graphics. Learn all the secrets of working with motion graphics, and find the best templates to save you time.

All Motion Graphics content:

  1. Top 10 Models on 3DOcean

    Top 10 Models on 3DOcean

    Tutorial Beginner

    3dOcean has been exploding recently. The amazing author submissions have been pouring in and the site has doubled its sales in the last ten months! So we've...

  2. Smoke Effects and Light Trails - Part 1

    Smoke Effects and Light Trails - Part 1

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In Part 1 of this tutorial we will be creating some smoke effects and blending those effects in with our keyed footage. In this example, I used Trapcode...

  3. Elemental Combat Series: Flamethrower

    Elemental Combat Series: Flamethrower

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Using stock footage from a flamethrower and multiple camera shots stitched together, create a dynamically animated scene that sees the ability to shoot fire...

  4. Elemental Combat Series: Fireball

    Elemental Combat Series: Fireball

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Learn to create a fireball from a couple fire elements and then composite it into a scene that has been stabilized and tracked. You can use the same...

  5. Elemental Combat Series: Electric Hands

    Elemental Combat Series: Electric Hands

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Use the "Advanced Lightning" effect to composite some electric arcs in your hand. Then using a blur to make the lightning glow, we'll add some light to the...

  6. Capture A Digital Satellite Government Surveillance Shot

    Capture A Digital Satellite Government Surveillance Shot

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Today's tutorial is stocked full of all sorts of handy quick helpers as we talk about how to pull off a shot similar to the satellite perspective shot from...

  7. Enhanced Night Vision Goggles

    Enhanced Night Vision Goggles

    Tutorial Intermediate

    This tutorial deals with creating the look of Enhanced Night Vision Goggles from common source footage. I explain the theory behind it, look at some...

  8. After Effects This Week

    After Effects This Week

    Tutorial Beginner

    The last week or so has seen much activity on the Premiere side -- before the deluge of FCP X -- but there's also plenty of After Effects news on tutorials,...

  9. Insanely Detailed Stock 3d Car Models

    Insanely Detailed Stock 3d Car Models

    Tutorial Beginner

    Whether you’re looking for 3d models of sports cars, SUVs, sedans, or anything else, you’ll find them on our sister-site, 3dOcean. The following stock 3d...

  10. Tutsplus Poll: Choose A Tutorial - Hollywood Movie Title v2

    Tutsplus Poll: Choose A Tutorial - Hollywood Movie Title v2

    Tutorial Beginner

    Back in October 2010, Aetuts+ and Cgtuts+ put together the Hollywood Movie Title Poll where you voted on which titles you wanted to see taught.... from this...

  11. "PFhoe-ly Cow!"... It's Time For You To Vote!

    "PFhoe-ly Cow!"... It's Time For You To Vote!

    Tutorial Beginner

    So I was going to judge the entries for the "PFhoe-ly Cow!" Matchmoving Contest myself... by myself, but after watching through them all... I honestly gotta...

  12. Advanced Motion Tracking with Mocha AE

    Advanced Motion Tracking with Mocha AE

    Tutorial Beginner

    Trey Morgan started an extended tutorial on motion tracking with Mocha for After Effects, Advanced Motion Tracking Part 1. In part 1 (59 minutes) he...