This tutorial is a great intro to 360 virtual production. It’s ideal for musicians or performers who want to add themselves into a virtual performance space. You don’t need a 360 camera, and no plugins are required for the basic
Charles Yeager (yeagerfilm.com) shows how to create a Droste Effect Space Loop in After Effects, with FLUX and Mantra V2. FLUX lets you generate atmospheric/volumetric effects, that bring this to a next level animation. Mantra V2 > Escher
Join us live with Mark Christopher Lawrence and Jonathan Winbush for a talk on “Creative Expression, Getting the content, medium and audience to connect”. Friday May 29th at 12:30 pm EST. Hosted by Mettle co-founder Nancy Eperjesy.
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Learn two easy ways to create an X-Ray effect in After Effects, using Mettle FLUX and Mantra V2.
1) Import your 3D model as OBJ with Mantra V2, and apply a FLUX volume as texture.
2) Import a png and
Meet the man behind a familiar voice! Join us for a live discussion with renowned Tutorial Master and Video Producer Editor. We’ll talk about the skills needed to succeed in today’s market as a Video Producer Editor, and the role
Learn how to create a 3D portrait animation, quickly and easily with FreeForm Pro in After Effects.The images and grid can be controlled on a single comp layer. The process is automated by importing the images as a jpeg sequence,
Join us Live with Christina Heller, CEO, Metastage, Friday May 8th at 12:30 pm EST. We take a deep dive into volumetric capture for XR, and find out why immersive and holographic media require new approaches for world building and
Join us Live with the #1 VR educator on YouTube, Hugh Hou, co-founder of CreatorUp. We discuss both the technical and the art of VR storytelling. We look forward to seeing you there. You can also watch Hugh on CreatorUp
Charles Yeager shows how to create a reveal animation with spheres using FreeForm Pro in After Effects. The animated spheres are easily created with Mettle Mantra V2 and CC Sphere, also in After Effects.
Download the free project file and
Join us Live with Award-winning creator Jonathan Winbush, founder of Winbush Immersive. We ask him the questions you want to know, on virtual production, the immersive pipeline, and how he got started doing his tutorials. We look forward to seeing
SPACED OUT was the most talked about immersive experience in the New Frontier Program at Sundance Film Festival 2020. The Verge called it “the most unusual experience at Sundance 2020”. No Film School reviewed it as one of the innovations
Mettle is pleased to announce Mantra V2, a free upgrade, which introduces AR production capabilities into Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro. The new features build on the 360°/VR VFX already found in the Mantra software, and offer more tools
Bring your 2D logo to life by transforming it into a 3D object that becomes an AR experience. Jonathan Winbush shows you how using After Effects, Mantra Version 2.0 and Adobe Aero.
New features coming soon in Mantra V2 make
We’re proud to present the first 360/VR stand-up comedy routine, from renowned American actor, voice actor and comic, Mark Christopher Lawrence. Hugh Hou (CreatorUp) and Jonathan Winbush (Winbush Design & Animation) joined forces for the
The best concert experiences have evolved into mind-blowing immersive journeys for the audience, combining sound and visuals. And we’re proud to count one of the best in the business as a Mettle customer. Johnathan Singer is a multi-media visual artist
New features in Mantra 2.0 will give content creators the tools to quickly and easily create AR assets, and export them in formats supported by AR players; USDZ (iOS) and glTF (WIN).
Jonathan Winbush shows how easy it is to
Learn how to add mood and texture to your footage using Mettle FLUX. In this tutorial, Charles Yeager shows how to camera track your scene in After Effects, and then add a FLUX “Volume” to match the camera movement.
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One of the coolest effects in the Award-winning MOONBASE [INVASION ReMix] is a 3D Holographic Avatar of Rock’n Roll Hall of Famer Mix Master Mike, mixing in real time. In this tutorial, Jonathan Winbush (winbush.tv) takes us behind
This latest overview for Mantra VR by Charles Yeager highlights some creative uses of Mantra VR. Check out some popular effects, and they can be applied to both 360° and Flat footage.
You can also watch the After Effects version
This latest overview for Mantra VR by Charles Yeager highlights some creative uses of Mantra VR. Check out some popular effects, and they can be applied to both 360° and Flat footage.
You can also watch the Premiere Pro version
The music video “Red Lion” by the multi-instrumentalist and director Oh. (Olivia Hadjiioannou) is presently a winner, finalist and official selection in 14 film festivals worldwide for Best Music Video, Best Experimental Mixed Media and Best VFX. We’re
Charles Yeager (yeagerfilm.com) shows how to create double exposure displacement mapping effects with FreeForm Pro, as seen in True Detective Main Title sequence Seasons One and Three. Learn how to create different looks, based on clever techniques and
In this broad overview, Charles Yeager (yeagerfilm.com) walks us through the three main functions of the plugin: Mesh Warp, Displacement Mapping, and Primitives.
Learn many creative uses, including how to create a 3D nebula animation from a single
THE INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS is a four-part VR episodic series that immerses viewers in visually luxurious and psychologically complex dreamscapes based on Freud’s original case studies. The series is supported and distributed by Samsung VR as part of “VR
Matt Nefdt and Hanne-Lizé Delport share the timeline for their 360° Coral Reef animation. We see the process used for creating their animation, starting with a 360° underwater image from Adobe Stock, retouching it in PhotoShop, and compositing and layering
Matt Nefdt and Hanné-Lizé Delport think outside the box for the technique in their latest 360° animation, a beautiful underwater scene animated with glowing fish and coral. They used a clever combination of flat and 360° images in PhotoShop and
This tutorial shows how to create a night time version of your 360° landscape animation, also adding in a FLUX sky. It’s a sequel to Tutorial: 360° Landscapes with FreeForm Pro + GEOLayers 2 + After Effects CC 2019.
Charles Yeager (yeagerfilm.com) shows how to create a 360° landscape animation using Mettle FreeForm Pro and GEOLayers 2 in After Effects CC 2019. He uses the built in VR tools that are native to After Effects. This technique
Los Angeles-based electronic composer Piers Baron pushes the envelope technically and creatively in his latest music video “Majesty”. Legendary director Ty Evans draws the viewer into the ethereal soundscape with beautiful visuals, masterfully crafted, with stunning landscapes, cityscapes and skateboarder
We’re pleased to share another great animation from acclaimed South African director Matt Nefdt. Well-known for his haunting and ethereal Stereo 360° animations, Matt used After Effects with the latest version of Mettle FLUX. He takes creative advantage of