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Zombie Sequence breakdown | FreeForm Pro
When Tim Harris showed us a Zombie sequence that he had composited in After Effects, we said, “Cool use of FreeForm Pro for deforming your stock fire footage!” Not exactly what anyone else might notice first, considering there are decaying …
Lizard Man Tutorial Part 1: by Ran Ben Avraham
Ran Ben Avraham shows us how to create a Lizard Man transformation in After Effects with FreeForm Pro. We learn how to motion tracks a sequence and then use FreeForm Pro to wrap the texture of his choice around the …
Part 9: Character Animation in After Effects by Dave Legion
Dave shows us a fast and easy way to create a 3D head for your puppet. He creates a displacement map using Cinema 4D Lite (bundled with After Effects CC). This displacement map can be imported into After Effects, and …
ShapeShifter AE-The Ultimate Guide by Chris Lavelle
Chris Lavelle has prepared this video for ShapeShifter AE. It can be used as an introduction to the plug-in, or as a reference guide on specific features. Chris uses some great examples to explain the features and functionality in a …
Part 7 & 8: Character Animation in After Effects by Dave Legion
In Part 7, Dave shows us how to create a controller for the whole of the puppet head including all 3D layers and the layer that uses Mettle’s FreeForm. We’ll also see how to create controllers for the puppet’s eyes. …
Part 3 & 4: Character Animation in After Effects by Dave Legion
In Part 3, you will learn how to set up custom sliders to control your puppet’s facial expressions. Dave walks you through the whole set up, step-by-step. In Part 4, you will learn how to set up the lip syncing …
Part 1: Character Animation in After Effects by Dave Legion
Dave Legion has put together a comprehensive set of tutorials on Character Animation. The series is called “Build Me Some Hope”, named after a character from “A Story of Hope”, an animation he worked on for the FH Foundation. You’ll …
Gears in Motion by Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
After Effects power-user Tudor “Ted” Jelescu has done it again. Created a fantastic After Effects sequence using one of our plug-ins. Ted has been using our plug-ins for years to achieve results in AE that were only available in dedicated …
Fun Sparks Creativity
Jason Moll had some fun with his company logo, trying out different 3D variations using ShapeShifter Ae in After Effects. He created a video to showcase them and shared it with us. “Hi, I’m a motion graphics artist and partner …
A Second Career for a First Love
Mr. Eric D. Kirk recently completed work on closing credits for Treachery, a film starring Michael Biehn (Terminator, Tombstone, Abyss) under Blanc Biehn Productions. Eric used After Effects, with Mettle’s FreeForm Pro and ShapeShifter AE to get the job done.…
FreeForm Pro Generates Great Effects
UDA produced this animation for one of their jewelery clients. They chose to use After Effects with the FreeForm Pro plug-in. It’s a great example of the Generator feature, which produced all the replications and movement. FreeForm Pro has a …
Character Animation with FreeForm
You may already know that character animation is possible in After Effects, using mettle’s FreeForm Pro. But did you know that you can also use FreeForm, the light version of FreeForm Pro, for basic character animation?
Here’s a simple tutorial …
Design a Superman Logo in After Effects with Trevor Coates: Part 3, 4 and 5
We continue with Trevor’s great tutorial series, currently being hosted by aetuts+. Trevor explains the steps he goes through in designing his Superman logo, from concept hrough creating and rendering the 3D design in After Effects, with mettle’s ShapeShifter Ae …
Design a Superman Logo in After Effects with Trevor Coates: Intro & Part 2
There’s a great tutorial series from Trevor Coates, being hosted on aetuts+. In it, Trevor explains how to create and animate a 3D logo in After Effects. The logo just happens to be his version of the Superman logo, inspired …
Mettle Interviews Gary Bird – Winner of the Superman Design Challenge
Kenya. Seychelles. England. Australia… A father whose artwork was gifted to the Queen of England… An advertising apprenticeship in Cyprus… These are just some of the surprising influences in the life of Gary Bird.
Nancy: Congrats again on winning the …
Best Wishes for a Happy New Year
On behalf of everyone at Mettle, we’d like to send our best wishes to all for a terrific 2013. Thanks to our customers, for all the terrific work that you have created, and for your confidence in our products. We …
Kevin Schires Tutorial: Elementary for AE
To go along with our Man of Steel and Style Design Challenge, we have a Superman-themed tutorial put together by Kevin Schires. Kevin is the creator of Elementary, a script that allows 3D plug-ins to cast shadows and create reflections …
Superman Gallery: Free Files Using ShapeShifter AE
We now have a Superman Gallery, as part of our FREE STUFF. We have been receiving lots of Superman-themed samples from ShapeShifter AE users out there! So we have created a section to showcase different Project Files, Wallpaper, Tutorials, etc. …
3D Morphing Superman Logo: tutorial by Maltaannon
There’s a great new tutorial created by Maltaannon, that shows a morphing 3D Superman logo within a cityscape. It’s done entirely in After Effects, using ShapeShifter AE.
“If I would have to make just one pick, just one solution that …
Contorsione e Rotazione #1 by Davide Pepe
This experimental piece by Artist Davide Pepe uses ShapeShifter AE to great effect. Davide works and lives in Bologna, Italy. Has been developing, filming, and producing artistic short films, music and dance videos since 1995. He also works as an …
FreeForm Pro: Tutorial Series Available in Japanese
C-Valley, our retailer in Japan, commissioned Ran Ben Avraham to do a series of tutorials for FreeForm Pro. They offer an in-depth look at FreeForm Pro, and all of its great features. We would like to take this opportunity to …
Mettle and The Montreal Canadiens
At Mettle we develop software plug-ins based on what we would like to use ourselves as motion graphics artists. So our plug-in ideas are often drawn from our real-world experience working on projects, such as this one for The Montreal …
Expandables 2 Title Sequence: Tutorial Using After Effects CS6 + ShapeShifter AE
Nancy at mettle gives a quick rundown on how to create this parody of The Expendables 2 film title sequence, using CS6 Master Collection (After Effects + PhotoShop) and mettle’s ShapeShifter AE plug-in. You’ll handle guns, knives, and over 10 …
Jean Piché Creates “FreeBirds” Using FreeForm Pro
World-reknowned video artist Jean Piché likes the creative freedom he gets from creating in After Effects. His latest sequence, FreeBirds, was made with Mettle’s FreeForm Pro.
“Freefrom Pro was an unexpected treasure trove. The ability to manipulate arbitrary forms and …
Dan Gies Free Puppet Download for FreeForm V2 + FreeForm Pro
Dan Gies has created a fully rigged 3D puppet, based on his CO2 character (see below), available now for free download! There is a project file for both FreeForm V2 and FreeForm Pro. Thanks Dan!
You may already be familiar …
Sexy Radio Likes Experimettle
We really like a site called Sexy Radio, and the feeling seems to be mutual! Sexy Radio is a music and lifestyle site based in Paris. We’d like to thank them for posting some of our Experimettle work. Merci mille …
Welcome to the Mettle Blog
Welcome to our blog! We’ll be posting news, tutorials and customer profiles to keep you up to date with the latest. We develop amazing plug-ins for Adobe After Effects, so go ahead, download a demo of each of our plug-ins: …