Lip-syncing is something that all animators will be asked to do at some point in their career. The following technique automates the process of lip sync in After Effects and uses only built-in features of Adobe After Effects – no extra software is required! This video tutorial is an updated version for Adobe CS5. Tutorial files and a text-based version of the tutorial for older versions of After Effects are available here if you want to follow along.

I want to share an example of one of my tutorials that I’m very proud to say inspired a great piece of work, “Black Day to Freedom” by the amazing Rob Chiu. I met Rob after watching a very inspiring talk he gave at the Flash on the Beach conference a few years back. I [...]

These tutorials are ones created specifically for readers of my “Creative After Effects” books but are also freely available to everyone who visits my website. They were designed for previous versions of After Effects but still contain useful tips, tricks and techniques. These books contain many more in depth tutorials on Adobe After Effects and [...]

My dear friend and esteemed and talented After Effects aficionado, Aharon Rabinowitz has posted my 1960′s retro “Pop-art” tutorial up on Red Giant TV. I actually recorded it in the 1960′s but it’s taken this long for technology to catch up to a stage where it can broadcast a whole hour (almost) of FREE After [...]

Blooming Marvellous Angie Taylor takes you through the steps to build an opening title sequence for a TV show using Artbeats footage to create 3D flowers growing within After Effects 3D world. This lesson also provides you with the experience of using scripts within After Effects. Watch Tutorial (right click to download) Watch Final Movie

Realize your creative potential with a working knowledge of After Effects 7. Renowned artist and designer Angie Taylor demonstrates professional workflows and inspires with practical tutorial lessons that help put the theory (and you!) to work. You’ll learn from a comprehensive survey of the new interface and features, with illustrated techniques for animation, visual effects [...]

“Today’s software is so creative and seductive that it is easy to think that’s all there is to creating engaging content. Angie Taylor’s book shows the other side of the story: the visual techniques and design principles that underpin digital moving image making. In this comprehensive guide she has assembled a wealth of tips and [...]