Time by Chris and Steve Lavelle
“Don’t worry, when it all dries up and all is seemingly lost. When you can’t sleep for that one transition. When you find yourself gently thumping your head on the wall wondering if there is a way out… Keep going… …
3D Mist and Fog | After Effects| FreeForm Pro
Tim Harris shows how to use the new fog and mist features in FreeForm Pro Version 1.5. He starts things off by creating 3D terrain with FreeForm Pro. He makes a 2D Displacement Map that will be used to create …
Sneak Peek: New Features for FreeForm Pro and ShapeShifter AE
The update for ShapeShifter and FreeForm Pro Version 1.5 will include some great new features! Coming soon are additional Environment features: 3D mist and fog. There will be Displacement Map Channels, Displacement Map Noise, Additional Reflection Mapping Controls and Animateable …
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 …
Gear Box by asART
Sometimes our customers say it best: “With ShapeShifter I can save lots of time and do everything I want directly in Ae. Just simple 2D animation stuff that everyone knows how to do and ShapeShifter will do the rest for …
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 …
Bundle Up and Save!
Introducing mettle product bundles! You can save up to 30% from your total purchase cost on our popular plug-ins FreeForm Pro, ShapeShifter Ae, the Mylenium Edition Project Files, as well as the Aqua Pack project files.. The more you buy, …
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 …
Dan Gies Tutorial Series: Making of Flight of the “Rocket-Dees”
Dan Gies has put together a great tutorial series, which is being hosted on aetuts+. The series explains step-by-step how to animate his Rocket-Dees bird character in After Effects. Dan uses FreeForm Pro, Trapcode Particular, Expressions, and the After Effects …
FreeForm Covers Ground for American Express
Andrew Embury has created a terrific animation for American Express using FreeForm V2. The terrain distortion is done using FreeForm V2, which can easily transform a flat layer into a 3D grid with control points; perfect for terrain. Each control …
Man of Steel & Style Design Challenge: Winners!
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Design Challenge. We wanted a truly impartial vote, based on popular opinion, so the winners were selected by popular vote on aetuts+. Thanks to all who participated! We had a great …
Vote for the winners! Superman Design Challenge
We’ve received all the submissions from our Man of Steel & Style – Superman 3D Logo Design Challenge. The judges have gone through the submissions, and have chosen the top 6 finalists. Now it’s up to you to decide which …
Superman Design Challenge: Winners to Be Announced Soon
The Superman Design Challenge is wrapping up, and we’ve got some great entries from all over the globe! From Singapore, Germany, England, the US and Canada, to name a few. The Superman logo is one of the most recognized logos …
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 …
Mamoworld AE tutorial: Superman in Manhattan
Mathias Möhl of mamoworld has put together a great After Effects tutorial. It’s a familiar scene: a camera doing an aerial fly-through of New York City. But something’s different… we see a rotating Superman logo on top of a skyscraper. …
Superman Design Challenge is Flying High
Our Superman 3D Logo Design Challenge is well under way! We have already received quite a few great submissions. For more info on the Challenge, see the previous post. We’ve set up a Vimeo Channel for submissions. Here are …
Man of Steel & Style – Superman 3D Logo Design Challenge
We are pleased to announce a design challenge for the After Effects community. Redesign the Superman logo using ShapeShifter AE in After Effects. We have project files available to get you started. You can work in CS5 or CS6.
We …
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 …
Get Inspired with our Free Project Files
What’s better than a free project file? We’re always adding new ones available for download on our website. So stay up to date and check us out. We create some of them ourselves, and some are created by users like …
ShapeShifter AE and FreeForm Pro available for CS6: Mac & WIN
ShapeShifter AE and FreeForm Pro have been available for Windows for quite some time. Now they are also available for Mac.
Technical specs:
Mac: NVIDIA equipped Macs with 1 GB of VRAM or higher.
PC: NVIDIA and ATI/AMD systems with …
FreeForm Pro and Evolution of Style 2
Lady’s turn! Here it is: the female version of Evolution of Style. You may recognize this as part of an ad series done for Garnier. We did an earlier blog posting for Evolution of Style, which showcases the men’s hair …
Mettle revamps Musa Machina brand
Mettle is in the process of redoing the brand identity for musa machina. This still is part of an ad series that showcases the new logo design. Musa machina is a sound design studio that Mettle often collaborates with. They …