The Ultimate Guide To DOF in Cinema 4D & AE (After Effects)

This week, Aetuts+ has teamed up with our sister site Cgtuts+ to bring you this amazing two part, in-depth tutorial, available exclusively to our Premium subscribers. Split across the two sites, the tutorial follows Cyril Kotecký as he walks us through the many ways we can create Depth-Of-Field using C4D and AE, covering both traditional and slightly more non-traditional methods! With the full scenes available to download, we know you’re going to love it. Click the title above to download the scene files!

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Convert Still Photo Into 3D Animated Stained Glass (After Effects)

Rob Birnholz will demonstrate a technique for converting a still image into a dynamic 3D animation. Highlights include prepping an image in Photoshop, vectorizing via Live Trace in Illustrator, using the knife tool, converting paths to layers, importing as a comp in After Effects, animating vector art in 3D using Zaxwerks Layer Tools, saving preset effects and other basic compositing tips.

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Compositing a CG Building Leap – Part 1 (After Effects)

In this tutorial we will be stepping through the process of compositing this CG shot over a live footage background plate. We’ll show you how to import the 3D multi-pass renders and how to correctly layer them in the comp. We’ll also go through the process of color correcting the elements to better marry them into the background plate. Then we’ll step through the process of creating a glass particle system using Particular. We will also add motion blur to various elements using the ReelSmart motion blur plug-in. Once you have completed this tutorial, you will have a much greater understanding of the types of challenges faced throughout a production compositing process, and how to tackle such challenges to get high quality output.

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