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eli112233
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I want to know how to make really creative titles in ae. Vegas just isnt cutting it, from at least what i can do, idk much about vegas titles tho. So i want to make something real creative, ya know creative font etc.. but like floating titles, shifting background. shit like that. anyone?
Jul 9 2009 11:39PM
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Bangor
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I've tried my hands at After Effects a couple of times, and sucked horribly at it. Mostly because I'm coming from the still image world and AE is pretty much video technology.

Anyway, try running a search on google for AE tutorials. Here's one I got off the first page:

http://www.layersmagazine.com/category/aftereffects




Jul 9 2009 11:43PM
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Galin
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ae is kind of a bitch to learn in my opinion. At one point I was getting pretty decent with it, but then i stopped using it for about a year, and I'm having trouble picking it back up

I'm not too sure exactly what you want to do, but no matter what it is, you're going to have to get to know the program. I recommend doing a bunch of tutorials, in various areas. Even if they aren't specifically what you want to learn, it'll help you learn how to use everything and once you get a grasp on how they work in that tutorial, you can modify it to fit your own creative needs. It beats reading help files.

A site i used to use a lot for tutorials was creative cow. I checked out a couple other sites as well, but i liked the way he did his tutorials the most.

here's the link:
http://www.creativecow.net/
check it out.


Jul 9 2009 11:47PM
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jmickels
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Hey, I decided the same thing about six months ago, i bought AE and started playing around with it, but i found it super complicated, i watched some tutorials at creative cow and began to get the hang a bit better, but then decided to buy some plugins/raw footage from http://www.videocopilot.net/. I then watched the tutorials that came with the programs and that helped a ton. Now i am fairly confident with AE and have began to make some cool intro/effects for my videos.

Also some things that make for a cool intro are having a moving null object, 3d layering of text or images.....and lots more check out video copilot.

Hope that helps.

Cheers Joe


Jul 10 2009 12:01AM
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Holte
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What do mean by creative font with moving background? Like just still text over motion background? Got any examples of sequences you like?
Jul 10 2009 12:29AM
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Mooserz
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oh jesus christ thank you, I thought I was the only one who thought it was terribly hard to learn
Jul 10 2009 4:16AM
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EH_DUBS
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it dosent come easy. honestly i still have to look back at tutorials lots to remember how to do something.

but it is really cool especially when you start playing with motion tracking and nulls and stuff. being able to control depth of field and 3d layers is cool too.

www.videocopilot.net might have a dash in the middle just google video co pilot.

they have lots of neat tutorials for some sick stuff that are really easy to follow. they also have basic training tutorials.

your gonna do alot of video watching haha
Jul 10 2009 10:37AM
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ReedSkis~
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yup
thats how i am learning
I just got the after effects demo, and after weakly attempting some titles, i found videocopilot.net.
Now i can make the sickest stuff, its not really that hard, you just have to understand what your doing so you can then use what you know from the tutorial and make your own stuff
I will post a vid of my first creation following the Sure Target Tutorial


make sure you download the sure target presets and effects by clicking "download project"
he shows how to do it in the vid

good luck, its really not that hard
Jul 10 2009 12:16PM
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ReedSkis~
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I just made this by following the Energetic Titles tutorial on Videocopilot.net


Ignore the Flashes in the beggining, those shouldnt be there, and the green X is there because i had to use a trial version of cycore fx hd
Jul 10 2009 1:28PM
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joey.
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baller after effects, weird topics:

The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.




Tangible Actions in Motion from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

Jul 10 2009 8:33PM
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Blandct
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video co pilot

google that there is like an hour long tutorial that covers the basics on AE i would find that and then dapple into some of the other ones when you know what the hell your doing
Jul 10 2009 9:47PM
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eli112233
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alright guys, thanks a shit load, i will take a look at these tutorials, and those videos posted were pretty much what i was looking for heres an example tho as well, its just the intro of this








the intro titles ^^^
Jul 13 2009 12:20AM
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Holte
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Those intro titles were done with 3D layers in AE. Watch a couple tutorials on working with 3D layers, and as long as you have some Photoshop knowledge to create the images, you'll have no problem creating a simple title comp like that.
Jul 13 2009 12:57AM
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eli112233
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alright thanks man, idk how good i am at photoshop, but we'll see. anyone else?
Jul 13 2009 9:11AM
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eli112233
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is there a way someone could make a tutorial for something like that? or help me find one..
Jul 13 2009 8:57PM
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eli112233
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bump. please some after effects god help me out here
Jul 14 2009 9:25PM
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Blandct
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first watch this

Jul 15 2009 10:32AM
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ReedSkis~
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In addition to Video Copilot
Check out http://ae.tutsplus.com/category/tutorials/ for some dope tutorials

I just finished this little clip following the WAR! tutorial

Sorry its a little short, but you get the idea
Jul 16 2009 8:31PM
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BigJew
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does anyone know the song?
Jul 16 2009 9:30PM
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Justin.B
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this is my personal title and is pretty sweet. Ive gotten pretty good with ae but still have to look t tutorials, which was how i made this effect


Jul 16 2009 10:52PM
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[-mvee-]
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i know theres not anything free these days, but is there anywhere//way i could get some of after affects and titles softwares for free???  just wondering, ( im asking you guys because google wont open on my computer for some gay reason).
Jul 16 2009 11:52PM
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Holte
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Here's the tutorial you need to create your titles. Obviously the style of the title sequence isn't identical, but the AE comps have the same basic layout.

http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/fun_with_ink/
Jul 17 2009 7:22PM
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