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. 3D Primer for Game Devs: An Overview of 3D Modeling in Games

    3D Primer for Game Devs: An Overview of 3D Modeling in Games

    Tutorial Beginner

    As a Cg artist you no doubt have a huge interest in video games and video game art, it might even be the reason you chose to get into computer graphics. If...

  2. Submit Your Favorite Photography Tip and You Could Win $500!

    Submit Your Favorite Photography Tip and You Could Win $500!

    Tutorial Beginner

    For many of us, photography was our introduction into video. We’re excited to let you know that our sister site, Phototuts+, is having a photography tip...

  3. 5 Basic Ways To Populate Mass Groups Within After Effects

    5 Basic Ways To Populate Mass Groups Within After Effects

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial we look at 5 individual ways of duplicating crowds.

  4. How to Cheat an Indoor Day for Night Scene

    How to Cheat an Indoor Day for Night Scene

    Tutorial Beginner

    The best way to achieve an indoor day for night shot is obviously to not shoot with a big window in your shot. I was recently asked to make a daytime shot...

  5. Quick Tip - How To Fake A Jedi Force Pull

    Quick Tip - How To Fake A Jedi Force Pull

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this quick tip I'll show a simple way to do a Star Wars style Force Pull. I used this effect in my Star Wars fan film: Prevail.

  6. How To Use 3D Tracking To Save Time Rotoscoping

    How To Use 3D Tracking To Save Time Rotoscoping

    Tutorial Intermediate

    This tutorial will cover some techniques in how to create silhouette cut outs from footage by rotoscoping the bodies and then creating a 3d environment in...

  7. Simple Clean Plate Object Removal Using Photoshop and Mocha

    Simple Clean Plate Object Removal Using Photoshop and Mocha

    Tutorial Beginner

    Have an object in your scene that you don't want there, and don't have the opportunity to reshoot? In this tutorial you will learn a basic technique to...

  8. Quick Tip - How To Automate Simple Track Marker Removal

    Quick Tip - How To Automate Simple Track Marker Removal

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial I will be showing you a quick and easy way to remove tracking markers. Often tracking markers are needed to achieve accurate matchmoves,...

  9. Man of Steel and Style Contest Winners

    Man of Steel and Style Contest Winners

    Tutorial Beginner

    We've received all the submissions from our Man of Steel & Style - Superman 3D Logo Design Challenge. We've gone through and chosen the top 6 and then...

  10. Create A Facial Morph Without Using 3rd Party Plug-ins

    Create A Facial Morph Without Using 3rd Party Plug-ins

    Tutorial Intermediate

    
In this tutorial we'll show you how to create a cool morphing face effect. We'll bring two face images into After Effects and align them. By keyframing the...

  11. Create A Ground Breaking Pavement Crack Simulation

    Create A Ground Breaking Pavement Crack Simulation

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial we will learn how to properly create a good workflow between After Effects and Cinema 4D. In the process we are going to take a look at how...

  12. How To Give Life To An Object With Basic 2D Tracking

    How To Give Life To An Object With Basic 2D Tracking

    Tutorial Beginner

    This is a tutorial explaining basics about tracking, dynamic links and expressions. You will learn to give life to an object with simple After Effects 2D...