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Here’s how to use the standard toolkit in After Effects to create a fairly realistic flight instrument. Easy to customise and keyframe for your own needs. You can also download the After Effects CS5 project file for it from here.
NOTE: It has already been pointed out to me that the ball compass isn’t really used in airplane instrumentation – it’s more of a boat thing. Which is why I’ve added an attitude indicator / artificial horizon to the project file.
Cheers!
Laurence
Found myself wondering whether you could create a woodgrain effect in After Effects the other day. As is so often the case, one thing led to another, with this as the end result. A woodgrain / woodcut logo reveal effect.
So here’s how to create a carpentry-style logo reveal in After Effects without the need for any third-party plug-ins. You can download the CS5 project file for it from here.
So this year’s free festive-themed After Effects tutorial is a little different from last year’s, but still needs no plug-ins (so you can save your money and spend it on beer and chocolates instead!)
Had a lot of fun putting this one together. Hope you enjoy watching it.
And here’s part 2
Project file can be downloaded from here. If you use it, be nice and give me a shout-out.
Cheers!
:l
I know – I was supposed to be doing a kinetic typography tutorial next, but I have the attention span of a goldfish.
This was one of those ‘I wonder if…’ moments, and the only way to get rid of those nagging thoughts is to see where they lead.
In this case, it lead to a quick and easy method of creating a tarmac / asphalt text using fractal noise (it’s amazing how useful that effect can be), with a street marking-style title.
You’ll find the project file for it here.
