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 …
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 …
You may already be familiar with VinhSon Nguyen. He has his own tutorial website called creativedojo.net, and his tutorials have been shown on many sites, including our own. We thought it would be fun to find out more about the …
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 …
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 …
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Eran Stern has a great new After Effects tutorial posted on his site. It shows how to create a teaser for a reality show. It’s created with stock footage from artbeats.com. It incorporates plug ins from Mettle, GenArts and Red …
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 …
Great news! A much faster (up to 8x) version of FreeForm is now available! FreeForm V2 is available for CS5 and CS6. Even better, all projects created with the version of FreeForm that came bundled with CS5 can be opened …
This sequence was created entirely in After Effects, by Morgan Préleur at noside.fr, using the FreeForm Pro plug-in. Here at mettle, we are often asked how FreeForm Pro was used in this sequence. Morgan explains:
Re:Flex was used for the …
Guns, knives and a skull… this title sequence has it all! And yes, this sequence is created entirely in After Effects, with ShapeShifter Ae. Sequence by Ae power user and ShapeShifter Developer Chris Bobotis. Pretty impressive, if we do say …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The French have a certain “je ne sais quoi” when it comes to style. This really shows in the film title sequence for the movie Praschan Requiem, created by Sonia Rechaux.
Sonia Rechaux is a 2D/3D animator based in Bretagne, …
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 …
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. …
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: …
