We’ve been recycling the same arrow swoosh and bow-twang sound effects for nearly a year, and decided to do a complete overhaul of our bow and arrow sound effects. This was a two stage process. First, Chris and Adrian joined a professional audio engineer and a shockingly talented archer to record some foley. Arrows, feathers, […]
Pro Users can download the Chromatic Aberrator Script Here Chromatic Aberration is a fantastic way to add style and energy to your shots. It’s wonderful for glitches, music videos, space-travel and logo animations. The techniques, while fairly simple, are always time-consuming. We took our 5 Favorite Chromatic Aberration techniques and turned them into an Adobe […]
Using After Effects and C4DLite Chris and Adrian teach you how to create this iconic effect from X-Men, the Mystique Transformation! Find the Feather Transition Rendered FX Here Pro Users can download the 3D Head C4Dlite and Alembic Files (PRO) Find Eugene’s Tutorial Here Enjoy the Saturday Morning Tutorials? Check out the The Complete Episode Guide
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 […]
The SyFy Channel has a long history producing VFX heavy Shark Week films, and 2018 was no exception. One of those films released was the SyFy original Megalodon (not to be confused with The Meg (2018)) We had the pleasure to talk with Matt Dean, a VFX artist who knows a thing or two about […]
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 […]
New Magical Sound FX are now available for download! We have been needing fantasy/magical sound effects for so long, and we are happy to share the new collection with you. Our content has depended heavily on the SciFi category for supernatural sound design, which work well for some content, but not everything. The new Magic […]
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 […]
Using a mortar and compressed air we were able to shoot a variety of debris and water up into the sky! We had a 12×20 green backdrop for the dust elements to key and keep the shadow. For the water burst elements we backlit the bursts and used a 20×20 black backdrop to pull the […]