I have finally started my long planned VFX vlog, where I will try to help you with common questions and problems that you might be having with After Effects, Cinema 4D, Adobe Premiere or 3dsMax.
When I decided to start this VFX vlog series, I had 2 goals in mind:
- Answer common questions and solve common problems when creating films or making visual effects
- Cover some more general film making/VFX related topics
Answer common questions relating to film making and VFX (After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Cinema 4D, 3dsMax)
I get a large amount of questions on my YouTube channel, Facebook page and Twitter.
There are a lot of common problems that people encounter when working on film projects and especially when starting to learn Adobe After Effects and I will try to gather a few of them together in each vlog episode and answer them in person.
Problems like
- I am trying to create a mask but it keeps creating a shape layer instead
- I’ve added a few layers of video, but I can’t see my footage
- I cannot import my footage into After Effects
and many more will be covered :)
Talk about more general topics that can help you improve your film projects
When making films and creating visual effects there are a lot of techniques, theories and skills that you can use to improve your workflow and produce better quality results.
I will talk about more general topics like
- Filming with VFX in mind
- Editing Techniques (Cut on action, 180 degree rule, the impact of different angles)
- How to get the most out of online After Effects tutorials
and others that I think are important to becoming a good film maker or visual effects artist.
I am no expert by any means, but I feel I’ve acquired a few fragments of knowledge that I’d love to share with all of you :)
Leave me questions!
I am planning the next VFX vlog so if you want your questions answered in person: leave them below!
Note that any tutorial requests will still go on my normal list as this vlog isn’t going to be tutorials, but rather answer problems you have with the tutorials or in general with using After Effects, Premiere, Cinema 4D or 3dsMax :)
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Hi, teacher am really having problems in exporting movies from after effect as mp4’s or avi. thanks
Hi, what exactly is the problem you are having? Are you struggling with configuring the export for mp4 or avi or are you getting errors when trying to export in those formats?
Hello tobias,
In this video :
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how did only the person make it appear like they are submerged in the ground, I can understand that a plane was inserted at the middle , my question is how did the part below the plane was made invisible? and I am using 3ds max. Thanks in advance
You need to assign a special material to the plane that you use to define the ground and ensure that it’s ‘Alpha Contribution’ is set to -1. That way, anything that appears behind the plane will become invisible when you render it out :)