Magic and wizardry is some of the most enjoyable forms of VFX for an artist, and are often the first thing new users are eager to try out when learning. Conjuring these effects into your videos do not require any dark magic, just a ProductionCrate account and willpower! We have an entire catalogue of spectacular […]
We have some new effects for you, Birds and Bees! This isn’t a euphemism, we literally created some bird and bee effects for our latest Animals & Creatures category. A common issue with matte painting and compositing is that everything just looks too static. Reality isn’t static. These new effects help add some life to […]
Predator effects are awesome. The Predator cloaking and thermal-vision VFX have been used since the original premiered in 1987, and we decided to finally tackle these iconic FX ourselves. Check out our #SaturdayMorningTutorial below to learn how to make these FX yourself in Adobe After Effects! You can find our HUD Video Assets Here And the […]
If you’re reading this, there’s a chance you’ve stumbled upon our puddle map collection and wondered, “What on Earth are these for?”. You’re not alone! If you’ve had some experience with 3D design, you may be familiar with “glossy maps” or “reflection maps”. These are textures which can tell rendering software how “shiny” an object […]
Episode 41 Harry Potter Wand Effects Tutorial Chris, Adrian, and the reformed Professor Unicorn prepare to battle his old apprentice; Ellen, The Hidden One! Enemies become allies, a student confronts her former mentor, and the fate of all the magic in the world is at stake in the finale to Season 3 of Saturday […]
Download HD Mountain Set Extensions for your Matte-Painting scenes here! It’s time to take Middle Earth to your front lawn with our epic mountain asset collection! Matte-painting with these HD set extensions makes the process of large-scale terraforming as simple as a click! Just take a look at this before and after using the mountains from […]
Inspired by Deadpool 2, we wanted to challenge ourselves with getting this effect to look as realistic as possible. We failed at our first attempt; trying to build the effect purely in post. After going back to the drawing-board we realized the best technique would be to have 2 identical guns, but one sawed in […]
We have new animated hand-gestures, find them here Pro Members can also download the easily customizable AE Template These are perfect for Call-to-Actions, app videos, promotional videos, explainer videos and much more. These assets are all pre-matted and retain the alpha channel, so you can just drag and drop! The phone screen asset is chroma-key […]