Have you ever looked in the Adobe After Effects Effects menu and wondered what some effects are used for?
This time: Add Grain

Learn how to create a shaky, hand-held shot of a UFO sighting to fool all of your friends and workmates.You will learn how to stabilize footage in order to accurately add digital elements and graphics for animation.

Learn how to use Trapcode Particular 2 to create a massive crowd shot. Including some vey useful light wrap techniques.

Learn how to create a morphing effect from one graphic element to another using fractal-noise animation. You will learn how to create a map grid with interactive animation. Use brightness animation to control the fractal noise for an organic transition effect.

The After Effects text animation system is very powerful. So why not use it for more than just text?

In this video tutorial, Carl Larsen shows you how to create a whip pan (swish pan) effect using Adobe After Effects built in tools.

A simple trick for animating clouds in a realistic fashion, without creating masks.

Create a futuristic sniper scope using After Effects expressions and null object animation.

Motion designer Harry Frank demonstrates how to get around the particle orientation limitation in Trapcode Particular wherein particles always face the camera.

Motion designer Harry Frank shows how to breath new life or make a retro look with standard After Effects Lens Flare by using Shape Layers and Trapcode Shine.