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Luscious Free VJ Loops: Swirled
Check out our fabulous “Swirled” Series of six VJ Loops, available for free download on Vimeo! You can find the links to all six loops at the bottom of this posting. They were created in After Effects with FreeForm Pro, …
Canary Bird Cage for Tedx
This animation from the Overit studio for a Tedx event puts a twist on a popular motion graphics trend. This past year we’ve often seen silhouettes used to frame footage, True Detective-style. In this case, the bird silhouette itself is …
In Flight | FreeForm Pro
This fantasy landscape was created by Tudor “Ted” Jelescu using FreeForm Pro for landscape, river, environment effects etc. and for the flying creatures. He uses a combination of image based displacement mapping and displacement noise, as well as Mist and …
Beluga by Ji Inn Jung | FreeForm Pro
The journey of life seems bleak for a young boy, until a friend turns up in an unexpected place.
That’s the story behind Beluga, a graduation short film project by Ji Inn Jung, School of Visual Arts (SVA), New York. …
Create an Iris in After Effects by Ran Ben Avraham l FreeForm Pro
Ran Ben Avraham shows us how to create an extreme close-up of the human eye, inspired from the title sequence of the new Cosmos series. He shows us how to create something similar using After Effects and Mettle’s FreeFrom Pro, …
Create your world in After Effects | FreeForm Pro | ShapeShifter AE
As often happens, the turn-around time and budget were limited for this music video production (Something Stronger by Origine). What to do? The model and band were shot on Greenscreen. The terrain was created in After Effects with ShapeShifter AE …
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 …
FreeForm Pro-The Ultimate Guide by Chris Lavelle
Chris Lavelle walks us through the features of FreeForm Pro, mettle’s 3D plug-in for After Effects. He explains every feature in detail, step-by-step. An extremely thorough video manual/tutorial that can be used as an introduction to FreeForm Pro, or as …
A Head For Numbers, An Eye For Beauty
Tsukasa Kishimoto (vj nanographica) creates 3D projection installations in clubs and special venues in and around Tokyo, Japan. He uses After Effects for his motion graphics sequences, with mettle’s 3D plug-in FreeForm Pro as one of the tools to achieve …
New Features Tutorial for FreeForm Pro Version 1.5 by Klaus Brandenburg
Klaus Brandenburg, Editor and VFX artist from Munich, Germany, was kind enough to put this tutorial together to showcase some of the new features in FreeForm Pro Version 1.5. He creates a terrain and lake in After Effects using FreeForm …
New Features Tutorial for Version 1.5 ShapeShifter AE & FreeForm Pro | Kevin Schires
Here’s an in-depth tutorial that goes over the new features in Version 1.5 of FreeForm Pro and ShapeShifter AE. Kevin Schires, who worked on the programming at mettle as part of the engineering team, has put the tut together for …
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 …