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Captain Numerica on Red Giant TV

Captain Numerica on Red Giant TV

Harry Frank of Red Giant TV presents Part 2 of the the Captain Numerica tutorial set. Eran Stern presented Part 1, which explained how to create the animated Captain America 3D shield and text in After Effects, using mettle plug-ins …

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Ancient Journeys Blazing Fast / FreeForm V2

Ancient Journeys Blazing Fast / FreeForm V2

Effects artist Gary Bird, of Perth Australia created this sequence in After Effects, as part of a sting for a kids’ history program. He uses Mettle’s FreeForm V2 to add relief to the map and create the fluttering flag, amongst …

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Battleship Parody Part 2

Battleship Parody Part 2

It floats! It morphs from one robot-eyeball shape to another…the Hypno-Precompulator is back and helps to keep the world safe for After Effects users everywhere. Yes, the floating robot eyeball that makes an appearance in this parody is made in …

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Free Project Files | After Effects | ShapeShifter

Free Project Files | After Effects | ShapeShifter

You’ll find lots of variety in “Bevels and Styles”, a set of free After Effects Project Files. Includes 14 different Bevels, 11 different Styles, and 1 animated Bevel. Chris Bobotis (Partner/Developer at mettle) has put together this handy set. Requires …

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Captain America in After Effects

Mettle’s 3D Plug-ins ShapeShifter and FreeForm Pro are used to create this awesome animation entirely in After Effects, no outside 3D work! Captain America’s shield and the background terrain, and 3D text were all created, rendered and animated in Ae. …

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