New VFX Contest and Shockwave Assets
Enter this Month’s VFX Contest Here Find the Comp-In Continuous Shockwaves Here Find the Charge Up and other SciFi Sound Effects Here See all the Graphics Here
Free 3D Facial Expression Blendshapes Pack
We recently discovered this treasure trove of free Facial Blendshapes provided by the Institute for Creative Technology at USC. This pack has over 150 facial blendshapes and is released under the MIT license. The pack will help you to create completely customizable characters with their amazing presets. Mike Smith, a 3d and VFX Artist at […]
Download Free 3D Models for VFX Artists
We released our biggest 3D Pack ever, the Modular Kingdom Pack. Download this Free 3D Collection of castle, buildings, walls and structures to use in your Visual Effects and filmmaking projects. RenderCrate is a library full of free and Pro 3D models that you can download. Anything not marked with a star is 100% free! […]
Download 3D Monster Effects
Mike the Monster Making Machine has been busy! He’s made you several new 3D models to download and use in your projects. All 3 of these creepy creatures are Mixamo compatible for some animating. Let me introduce you to your new friends. First off is the Wolfman! He’s around 6’2, 315lbs, and likes long walks […]
Animate a Photo in After Effects with Photoshop Depth Pass
There are a multitude of techniques you can use to animate a photo in After Effects, but our favorite approach has to be utilizing a depth map. This hasn’t always been easy. In the past, artists had to manually create a depth map by estimating and painting the greyscale images themselves. With the advances and […]
Become Kakashi with VFX!
Who isn’t inspired by their childhood? The aesthetics and styles we grew up with influence us daily. I took that inspiration to another level. Kakashi, a character from the Naruto anime series, was always one of my favorites. His awesome powers were always so iconic, I knew I had to try and recreate them with […]
Download 15 Free Funny Music Tracks for Video Editors
Comedy is hard It is one of the least forgiving genres. Setting up a joke and missing the mark is painful. The best way to avoid falling flat is to warm your viewers up and make them ready to laugh! A great way to do this is by utilizing comedy music in your edits. Your […]
Animated Balloon Typekit
If you’re creating an ad, celebrating an event or stylizing a photo these new Gold Balloon Assets will be perfect. We have created letters A-Z, numbers 1-9 and several special characters to give you complete creative freedom. For video editors we have rendered out looping animations for each character. If you use After Effects, speed […]
Camera Related Sound Effects
Whether your character is being stormed by paparazzi, a detective capturing proof of a crime, or an explorer who has found the lost city, they’re going to need some camera sound effects. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. SoundsCrate now has over 20 New Camera Sound Effects. Polaroid cameras, electronic shutters, various clicks, zooming and […]
How to make Fire Text Animations in After Effects – Typekit Download
Download the fire font typography kit here. Introducing your new favorite font, the Inferno Typekit! This tool is designed to help you create your own intense flaming title animations without any specialist editing knowledge required. The characters from A-Z are free to download for all users. Pro members of the ProductionCrate community can access the […]