Change Default Installation Directory Path Windows 7

Please Note: Please ensure that you Back-up your Registry before attempting to modify it in anyway just in case you make a mistake. Here’s how:

1. Depending on your version of Windows, do one of the following:
   • For Windows XP: Click Start > Run.
   • For Windows 7 or Vista: Click the Start button, and then click All Programs > Accessories > Run.
2. In the Run dialog box, type the following text:

   regedit

3. Click OK.

   If the User Account Control window appears, click Continue.

4. On the File menu, click Export.
5. In the File name box, type a name that you will remember, such as Registry Backup.
6. Select a location where you want to save the Registration Entries (.reg) file, I suggest your desktop.
7. Click Save.

Ok now that has been done lets get into the real technical stuff.

Changing the Default Installation Path in Windows 7 isn’t all that difficult, we all know that our Default Installation Path is C:\Program Files but if you want to change this to another Drive so that will become the Default Path for all new program Installations you can with a few clicks in the registry editor.

Ok for X64 Version User’s this simply Copy and Paste the following into the Run Box

%systemroot%\syswow64\regedit

For X32 Version User’s Go to Start and in the Search Box type in Regedit and Hit Enter to Open the Registry Editor

Now the Registry Editor will open

• Ok now locate the following:- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion

Now you will see that I have marked out the ProgramFilesDir for the X32 Version and ProgramW6432Dir the X64 Version and the reason for this you will need to change both if you are running a X64 Version.

So, If you have the X32 Version of Windows then choose the ProgramFileDir x86 path by Right Clicking and then Selecting Modify.

Then simply change the Drive Letter and Path to where you want to Install your Programs then Click OK

• For X32 Version user’s, that it for you all done!

So, If you have the X64 Version of Windows then choose and Modify both ProgramFileDir x86 and ProgramW6432Dir path by Right Clicking and then Selecting Modify.

Then simply change the Drive Letter and Path to where you want to Install your Programs then Click OK

Now if you have messed it up and when you reboot your machine you get errors, a simple way to revert back to the previous version of the registry is to:

Reboot the machine  keep tapping F8 this will take you into ‘Safe Mode’

When the desktop boots double click on the .reg file you made earlier in this tutorial and when prompted with a warnig (as below) press ‘Yes’

Reboot and now you are back to how your registry was before you started (now print this tutorial out and try again)

 

Laptop Screen Replacement Made Easy

Laptop screen replacement can be a tricky thing to master and repair companies take total advantage of this fact by charging out of the world prices to do it. The following post has also be made into a handy PDF for you to print and have next to you when you replace your screen.PDF Download> Screen Replacement Instructions

Remember, take your time and place all the screws from each step in their own pile.

Screen Replacement Instructions

Generally, replacing your notebook display is rather simple. These steps cover the process of removing the screen; once removed, follow the same steps in reverse to install your brand-new display.

Preparation: Before doing any type of repair on your notebook, YOU MUST turn the laptop off, unplug its power source and remove the battery. If you don’t you might cause more damage to your laptop than has already occurred.

You will also need these tools:

• 1 small screw driver (Phillips head)
• 1 sharp object (like a razor)

• Step 1: Bezel Screws & Covers

 

 

 

Most notebooks have plastic or rubber screw covers. Remove the screw covers with a sharp object. Remove the screws beneath the screw covers.

• Step 2: Remove Plastic Bezel

 

 

 

Use your fingers to get between the plastic bezel and the display. Start with one corner or side, and gently work around the perimeter of the display. If at any point the bezel won’t budge, inspect carefully for hidden screws.

• Diagram 1: What It Looks Like

 

 

 

This is what your notebook looks like with the bezel removed. The display, inverter and possibly more screws are now visible.

• Step 3: Back Bezel Screws

 

 

 

If you notebooks has screws securing the display to the rear shell, remove them. Then you can move on to the brackets holding the screen in place.

• (another angle)

 

 

 

While removing your display, be careful to keep the screws in a safe place, and to note which screws go where.

• Step 4: Framing Brackets

 

 

 

The next step is to remove the screws from the brackets that hold the display in place. There should be at least two on each side of the display.

• (another angle)

 

 

 

Once the display is free of the framing brackets, you can usually then lay it flat onto the laptop keyboard.

• Diagram 2: What It Looks Like

 

 

 

This image shows the notebook free from the back bezel and the brackets. Now the video cable and the inverter are both visible.

• Step 5: Video / Data Cable

 

 

 

Next, remove the video cable from the back of the display. Remove any tape that may be securing the video cable in place. There may also be tape toward the bottom of the display holding the video cable in place.

• Step 6: Inverter

 

 

 

Next, remove the inverter plug from the inverter board. The inverter plug simply pulls out from the inverter board. Some may require that you use needle-nose pliers to remove the plug. This will free the display from the notebook.

• Diagram 3: What It Looks Like

 

 

 

This image shows the display completely removed from the notebook. You can see the inverter and video cable are disconnected from the display. Now you can begin installing the new display. Follow these directions in reverse to properly install the new display.

Ordering Tip: Save time & money by ordering with the display-maker’s part number.

It’s actually a very good idea to remove the notebook display before you order the new one, so that you can find the part number from the notebook-display factory.

You can find displays online by searching for the notebook, and you can find them by searching for the part number added by the notebook maker (i.e. the HP or Sony part number), but to be sure you get the exact same screen, it’s best to use the part number from the display manufacturer, not the notebook manufacturer.

As you may see, in this case the screen manufacturer is Samsung, and the part number is LTN141X8-L04. By finding and ordering by this kind of part number, you can often save time, save money, and avoid receiving the wrong screen by mistake.

Fresh Photoshop Tutorials From 2010

In this tutorial author will show you how to create a cool grunge poster in Photohop. We will play in particular with blending modes to mix stock images and with some filters to create nice effects. Also author will show you how to integrate 3d text into your compositions and how to replace existing colors using adjustment layers.

Creating an Impactful Disco Party Poster

This tutorial will show how we can create an impactful disco party poster. There are some new methods in making lighting burst and streak effects. We will also touch a little on using the settings in Brushes Panel, so let’s check it out!

How to Make a Worn Vintage Beach Ad in Photoshop

In this Photoshop tutorial, author will show you how to create a worn out, low-saturation-colored vintage beach ad in Photoshop. We’ll use some beginner to intermediate level techniques such as the usage of brushes, editing colors, using filters, masking and a whole lot more!

Design a Brilliant Product Advertisement

In this tutorial, you’ll learn the steps and techniques involved in creating a brilliant product advertisement. You’ll start with a stock image of an Adidas shoe, extract it from the background, then combine it with various photostocks to create a liquifying product advertisement.

How to Make a High-Impact Fashion Poster in Photoshop

In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to use shapes and other objects to create a unique fashion poster scene. Utilizing Adobe Photoshop shapes is an awesome means for improving your designs and they can easily be used without spending too much time on them.

Super Easy Typographic Portrait in Photoshop

So in this tutorial author will show you how to create a really cool and super easy typographic portrait in Photoshop. We will use the Displace filter and some Blend Modes to achieve the effect. The whole process is quite simple but it might take you some time to add the texts and elements, but once you do that the rest is very straight forward.

How to Create a Somber Composition in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn how to manipulate stock images and turn them into your puppets to express your desired feelings.

How to create a fantasy photomanipulation in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will leanr how to make a photo into a surreal land with a castle and a flying horse. Hope you enjoy it!

Achieve Brilliant Lighting Effects in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you’ll learn the essential process of achieving brilliant lighting effects in Photoshop. Using default brushes, blending options and a few stock images, you’ll learn step by step a variety of techniques that you can use in your own digital artworks to achieve professional results.

How to Create a Serene Panorama from Multiple Photographs

In this tutorial, we’re going to teach you how to combine multiple stock photos into a single, coherent scenery in Photoshop. We’ll start off with a single panoramic photo, and integrate two others along the way. Also, we’ll look at ways to make the final result look more dynamic and appealing with a few adjustments layers. If you’re looking to improve your photo manipulation skills, this tutorial should prove very useful!

Create a Dark and Surreal Poster Using Your Own Portrait

This tutorial was inspirited by digital artist Rob Shields. Author chose his work titled “Keep me in the dark.” In this illustration it is essential that you use a tablet; especially for the doodles and the white strokes that will give the portrait a more detailed effect.

Very Easy Heroes Eclipse in Photoshop – Screencast

In this tutorial, we learn how to recreate that solar eclipse image in a slightly retro style using nothing but photoshop.

How to Create a Dark and Mysterious TV-Head Scene

In this Photoshop tutorial, author will be showing you how to make a dark and mysterious scene with the subject having a TV for a head. You will see how to seamlessly replace a person’s head with another object—in this case, a television—and how to create a stormy sky using brush strokes. We’ll also deal with creating realistic lights and shadows as well as how to retouch subjects who are against a light source.

Photoshop Quick Tips: Neon with Layer Styles

How to create the same light effect as used on the Abduzeedo logo. He explains this effect in very simple steps using basically Layer Styles and a few brushes.

Super Easy Neon Style in Photoshop

In this tutorial author will show you how to create a nice light effect in Photoshop. He will use Layer Styles and Blend Modes to simulate a neon text effect.

Light Effects in Photoshop

In this tutorial author will show you how to create this effect. It’s a sort of monitor/halftone effect mixed with glows and other light effects. We will play with Blend Modes and Blurs. The whole process is quite simple and it won’t take more than 20 minutes to achieve the same result.

How To Use Curves in Photoshop

The idea behind Curves is all about re–mapping values. A pixel starts out at a certain brightness, and you change it to be brighter or darker.

Create a Fantastic Abstract Fan Poster

In this tutorial, we are going to get creative with layering, lighting, and texture to build fantastic abstract piece. More specifically, we’re going to employ some unusual techniques to make a fan poster for the band Omega Code, but you’ll quickly see many different applications for what is taught here.

Jungle 3D text in Photoshop

This is a funny Photoshop tutorial that explains how to realize a 3D jungle text effect. We will create the text in Xara3d and we will use Photoshop to texturize the letters using animals’ skin. Don’t forget to download the jungle wallpaper!

Reader Tutorial: Arcadia 80’s VHS Style

We love the 80’s especially that look and feel of the old VHS movies that we used to watch so many times. Because of that we have a super cool Photoshop tutorial showing you how to create a VHS image style.

Design a Colorful Retro Futuristic Poster in Photoshop

The theme of retro futurism combines digitally created graphics and abstract shapes with distressed and aged textures, giving that cool mix of old and new. Let’s take a look at how to create our own bright and colourful retro futuristic poster in Photoshop, using dynamic lines, vibrant gradients and rough textures to build up the design layer after layer.

How to give a retro-look to your photos

In this tutorial we will use Photoshop to give a retro look style to our photos in 7 easy steps. The tutorial will help Photoshop beginners to understand better how to manage colors using Photoshop adjustment layers and filters.

How to Create a Fun, Red-Haired Boy Character

In this tutorial, we will learn how to make a funny boy character in Adobe Photoshop. After drawing the sketch, we’ll use shapes, layer styles, the brush tool, and other effects to add some dimension to and life to our character.

Create a Colorful Space Scene in Photoshop

In this tutorial we’ll create a colorful illustration that includes the Earth, the Moon, a starry sky and some beautiful light effects. Here’s the finished illustration. You’re on the moon, or orbiting it, and you get a glimpse of Earth, our pale blue dot. Whatever those light beams are they’re begging for some spaceship to be placed right among them.

How to Make a Professional Buddy Icon in Photoshop

In this intermediate-level tutorial, author will show you how to make an awesome icon from scratch using Photoshop. You will need basic knowledge of Photoshop and familiarity with the Pen Tool (P).

How to Create a Highly Detailed Hi-Tech Power Button – Basix

With this tutorial Author will create a hi-tech style button that can be used in splash pages, applications or Powerpoint presentations. He will use Illustrator to create complex vectors and Photoshop to develop realistic effects.

How To Create a Detailed Apple iPad Icon in Photoshop

The Internet world exploded with the news of the Apple tablet launch last week. Named the iPad, it’s set to bring yet another revolution to the way people access and browse the web. An iPad icon would be a sensible addition to any web designer’s resources toolbox, so let’s fire up Photoshop and create our very own detailed iPad icon graphic.

Create a Cosmic XBOX using Custom Brushes

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create some custom line brushes, and then apply them to a subject to create a cosmic design. The line brushes, combined with some simple techniques in Photoshop, give the image a sense of motion and help bring the design together.

Design a Tropical iPhone Advertisement

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to design a tropical underwater iPhone advertisement, complete with clownfish, starfish, and bubbles. You’ll learn how to isolate a variety of stock images, using custom brushes, extraction methods, and image manipulations. You’ll also see how to visually compose an image for maximum effect.

Designing Cool Interface for Magazine Portal

We shall go through some basic considerations and plans to take before doing the actual design for a simple and sleek Magazine portal. We will focus on using the Pen tool and Blending Options to make various border effects.

How to create a distinguishable textured web layout in Photoshop

In this tutorial author will show you how to create a textured web layout, starting from the concept on paper to Photoshop design. HeS will discuss about site structure and will use the 960 grid to organize our contents. Also you will learn how to use layer styles to create an engraved text effect.

How to Make a Vibrant Portfolio Web Design in Photoshop

In this web design tutorial, we will create a beautiful and colorful portfolio layout using Photoshop. author will show you many techniques for creating different things like bended paper corners, dashed lines, image carousels, 3D bars, and more!

Create a Chalkboard Style WordPress Layout in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a unique and original WordPress style layout that looks like a chalkboard

Create a Clean Blue Portfolio Design in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a clean blue portfolio design in Photoshop and will use Flavours Icon Set, Nevis typeface and Social Network Icon Pack.

Create a Professional Web 2.0 Layout

In this Photoshop tutorial we’re going to learn how to create a web 2.0 layout, As we go through the tutorial we’ll deal with so many Photoshop techniques. Seems kind of long? that’s because it’s very detailed.

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50 Fantastic Typography Tutorials

Add Fantastic Color to 3D Text
In this tutorial, you will learn how to bring a simple text to life and place everything in fantastic, colored and glowing 3D space. Some neat techniques covered here will allow you to bring your artwork to the next level. Don’t miss it!

Create a Steam Powered Typographic Treatment
Steampunk style type experiment! In this Tutorial, we’ll generate realistic textures and create a fitting scene for our text. Let’s get right to it!

How to make a Typographic, Retro, Space Face
In this tutorial, Artist will show you how to make a typographic face by using simple techniques. Using the Brush Tool and experimenting with light, you will get this amazing Typographic Space Face that looks like it’s created by letters and an amazing explosion. Let’s get started!

Create 3-D text with some extreme lighting
Today we are going to take an object/text, change it from 2-D to 3-D and give it some realistic effects. We are going to be using Illustrator to create the object, then bring it into Photoshop to add highlights and shadows.

Create Smokey Typography in 12 Steps
Learn how to create cool smokey typography in 12 simple steps.

Incredibly Realistic Water Text in Cinema 4D and Photoshop
In this tutorial Artist will show you how to create a water text effect. Even though it might look compex it’s a very simple effect. We will use Illustrator for the text, then Cinema 4D to make it a 3D text and Photoshop to mix the 3D with some real photos to create a nice and realistic result.

How to Design a Stunning, 3D, Sunset Type Illustration
Today we’re going to run through multiple platforms to create a warm and sunny typographic treatment. We’ll use C4D to create the text, Illustrator for several decorative motifs, and Photoshop to bring them all together.

How To Create Great Typographic Wallpaper In Photoshop
This tutorial will lead teach you how to create really interesting and unique typographic wallpaper in few easy steps. Really even beginner will be able to recreate this effect, add their own style and thought in it.

Design an Awesome Geometric Shaped Typography with Grungy Background in Photoshop
In this tutorial, Artist will show the processes involved in designing and creating this really cool, Geometric Shaped Typography with Grungy Background in Photoshop. This is a simple tutorial yet the effect looks awesome, have a try!

Create a Unique Burning Text Effect
Learn how to create a superb, unique burning text effect, whereby areas of flaming text actually peel off to expose an under layer.

How to Create Gross Evil 3D Text
Today we have an amazing tutorial on how to create some very evil, bloody, gory text that even has snake horns and skulls in it. This tutorial includes a video, just in case you don’t understand how to do something or you just prefer to watch me do it. You will learn some exciting new techniques that you can use on your next dark design or Halloween poster.

Typography Wallpaper in Photoshop
Here is a quick tutorial from one of our latest designs. Hopefully this tutorial can benefit in your pursuit of becoming a better designer.

Super Cool Frilly Bits Typography
In this tutorial artist will show you how to mix some vectors with letters to create a really nice design.

Illustrative Typography
In this tutorial artist will walk through the steps he used to create this illustration to bring alive the word “collide.” While you may not find yourself needing to recreate the word “collide,” hope you will find useful the techniques, extruding text in Cinema 4d, using displacement maps in Cinema 4d, using the explosion deformer in Cinema 4d, exporting to photoshop from Cinema 4d, unique color enhancing techniques in Photoshop and various layer modes applied in Photoshop for great light effects

3D Typography Photoshop Tutorial
A six page PDF tutorial on how to create 3D typographic elements, brush resources and actions using only photoshop.

3D Text
Nik Ainley of Shiny Binary shows you how to add the wow factor to 3D text using Photoshop’s art tools.

How to Create a Richly Ornate Typographic Illustration
We’re going to create a detailed illustration with free gifts and self made goodies.

Create a Dream Design with 3D Typography
In this tutorial, we’re going to create a 3D Typography based design. All the elements will revolve around the centerpiece and theme: dreaming. The word will dictate the entire layout and control the space by allowing everything else to emerge from within. The trees will grow out of the letters; the mountains will show themselves behind the word and overshadow the glowing moon.

Typographic Portrait like Grammy’s Posters
In this tutorial, we’re going to make a typographic poster from a simple portrait using Photoshop techniques.

Advanced Glow Effects
In this tutorial, we’re going to create some really sharp-looking glow effects using a combination of layer styles, the Pen Tool and Color Blending. The end effect is quite stunning and hopefully you’ll pick up some tips you didn’t know before.

Wood Inlay Text
In this Photoshop tutorial artist will show you how to create a wood inlay effect using wood textures, layer masks and a few creative selection techniques.

Design Soft Stylized 3D Type
In this tutorial, artist will teach you the basics of creating polished 3D type using Illustrator and Photoshop. Let’s get to work.

Create a Delicious Type Treat
If you want to take your 3D typography skills to the next level, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. Learn how to create two tasty type effects in Cinema 4D, Illustrator and Photoshop. Learn more at the jump!

Create a Cool Wet Ink Typography Effect in Photoshop
Follow this Photoshop tutorial to create an awesome distorted type design. Using a range of Photoshop brushes we’ll create the appearance of printed type that has come into contact with drops of water, breaking up the text with oversaturated drips, runs and splats.

Learn Creative Lettering Techniques in this Psd Plus Tutorial
Lettering was something artist was definitely interested in, but he also wanted something new and different. So he set out to make a photorealistic lettering illustration in this tutorial, rather than something purely vector, or something created through non-digital methods.

Create a New Retro Text Effect in Photoshop
This effect is good for all sorts of projects, flyers, websites, posters. It works particularly well with music based projects. Artist will take you through the motions for type.

Awesome Milk Typography Effect in Photoshop
In this tutorial artist will show you how to create a nice effect that is a text mixed with some milk splashes. We will use Photoshop and Illustrator for this tutorial.

How to Create High Quality Metal 3D Text in Photoshop
This tutorial will show you how to create the 3D text shape and give it a high quality metal look using pure Photoshop. Check it out!

How to Quickly Create a Stylish Retro Text Effect
In this tutorial we will be designing a cool retro text effect, which is growing more and more popular in today’s design. Today you will learn how to use the Perspective tool to create depth and how designers can use default gradients in unusual ways!

Create a 3D Text Scene Using Photoshop
In this tutorial we’ll create a realistic 3D text scene using Photoshop with a little help from Illustrator for the 3D text. You need to have medium to advanced knowledge of Photoshop in order to complete this tutorial.

3D Text On Fire
This tutorial is going to be a little more advanced than the other ones he have done. It shouldn’t be a problem if you have been following along with our other tutorials or have a grasp of Photoshop. So lets begin.

Creating Typographic Wallpaper
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to make something similar, and it’s quite easy!

Old School Type – Line Gradients
This look is prevalent in wood engraving and sign lettering. You can do this effect with any typeface or font because the principle is the same.

The new way to create 3D text
3D text needs the right depth, lighting and texture. Nik Ainley tells you how to do this without re-rendering nightmares

Smoke Type in Photoshop in 10 Steps
In this tutorial artist will show you how to create a smoke typography effect playing with some brushes and adjustment layers. It’s a very easy tutorial and you will be able to do the whole process in 5-10 minutes.

Valentines Day – Photoshop Style
In this tutorial artist will teach you some nice techniques that could improve your experience and also help you make a great gift.

Turkish Typography
A step by step and detailed tutorial, Psd file also can be downloaded from the link at the bottom.

Create a Spectacular Flaming Meteor Effect on Text
In this tutorial, artist will show you how to create a fire effect similar to when a spaceship or comet enters the earth’s atmosphere. The image we’ll be creating is inspired by a Nike Ad I saw some time ago. I’m not sure what the URL is. If anyone knows it, please link us up in the comments.

Using Light and Shade to Bring Text to Life
In this tutorial we are going to take some very basic principles of light and shade to make a rather impressive-looking text effect.

Create Destructive Black and White Lettering with a Dramatic Splash Effect
Learn how to make some expressive lettering, which includes thoughts connected with a central word. You’ll turn standard text into a stunning, destructive illustration, and give it a final unique look.

Stunning 3D effects in 30 minutes
Together, with a pinch of this and a dash of that, we will figure out how to create this cool effect in just 30 minutes.

3D text effect tutorial
A step by step tutorial where artist will shows you how to create grungy 3D text.

Reflective Liquid Type
Tutorials on creating metal type abound online, as do variations on simple liquid effects. Most are fairly short, offering a good foundation for the reader on how certain effects are achieved but fail to take that extra step (or few steps) to make the piece really shine.

Rough Metal Photoshop Text Effect Tutorial
Let’s create a rough metal text effect, we’re going to use a metal texture artist have explained it in detail, below is what we’re going to be making with this text effect tutorial:

Create a Layered Glowing Text Effect
In this tutorial, we will create this effect using very basic Photoshop tools and layering effects. This tutorial is simple enough for a beginner to understand.

Colorful Light Burst Text
In this Adobe Photoshop tutorial, we’re going to see how to engulf text in an explosion of light and color. There’s quite a few steps involved in this text effect, and we’ll be using a couple of filters that are not used very often in everyday Photoshop work, but creating the text effect is quite simple and the end result is definitely worth the effort.

Smooth Glass Type
Here’s a quick way to create some nice looking translucent glass type that’ll work great on any background, made completely with layer styles.

Spray Paint Text
This tutorial will teach you how to make this spray paint style text effect which really stands out and would make a great wallpaper.

How to Create a Trendy Retro Type Treatment
In this Illustrator tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a trendy retro type treatment with a free font, gradients, blends, and some scatter brushes. It’s a relative easy tutorial containing techniques that can be quickly applied to many other type treatments and various graphic elements.

Working with type in Illustrator
Adobe Illustrator is an essential tool in a designer’s kit. In this tutorial we are going to produce a self-promotional poster using Adobe Illustrator CS3.

50 Excellent Adobe After Effects Tutorials

This post presents a round-up of Adobe After Effects Tutorials for your visual effects and motion graphics-related work. After Effects is getting popular as the industry of Computer Graphics and Digital Motion is growing. With After Effects, you have choice to generate dynamic and expressive motion graphics with truly stunning visual effects — very easily and quickly. So here is the list of Adobe After Effects Tutorials. We hope that it will be helpful for you!

After Effects Tutorials

Glass Orbs
In this tutorial you will learn how to use After Effects to create shiny glass orbs in 3D and Create a spherical and reflection map from images.

Jumbotron Column
In this extended tutorial learn how to identify the field order of footage and interpret it collectly; create a realistic Jumbotron-style look using CC Ball Action, Glow, Levels and Curves; turn the jumbotron into a 3D column mounted on grungy wire mesh using Zaxwerks 3D Layer Warps.

The Dark Knight
In this 30 minute tutorial you’ll learn techniques and workflow used in Adobe After Effects and Illustrator to create the dramatic effect of the Batman icon shattering apart revealing a bright light source behind.

After Effects: Explosive TV promo graphics
In this screen capture of a recent Adobe After Effects e-seminar learn how Adobe Illustrator and Maxon Cinema 4D were used, along with stock footage from Video Copilot’s Action Essentials 2, to create explosive TV promo graphics.

Lightning Strike
In this tutorial you will learn how to Add Rain & Atmosphere then build a Lightning Bolt and hwo to use Action Essentials 2 and make Sam explode

Disintegration
Here you will learn how to build a furious procedural Disintegration effect in AE and Use displacement, turbulence and particle world.

Create a Sci-Fi Movie Title Sequence
This tutorial covers the creation of a space-like si-fi title sequence from scratch. Michael shows us how you can easily create a visually interesting and impressive title animation with some simple title cards and text animation.

The Birth Of A Logo
There was an explosion of characters and thus the Logo was born. In this tutorial we’ll be using some of the new options of Trapcode Particular 2 as well as some techniques with Trapcode Form to create an epic depiction of the first logo in history.

Motion Typo Act.1: Tutorial video animation typography
In this tutorial We are going to learn to give life to our text, animating each word in a rhythmic animation, you will find a lot of things in this detailed tutorial.

Create a MoGraph Urban Jungle
In this tutorial Naim Alwan ventures outside of After Effects for a little bit of 3D Matchmoving to create this stunning Urban Jungle effect where vector graphics are perfectly tracked to some city footage.

Animated Swirls in Adobe After Effects
Animated swirls are all the rage in the motion graphics world, and there are some pretty cool things that can be done with them. But creating and animating such elements is really not as difficult and time-consuming as it would seem, even if the shapes are detailed and intricate. Bring on the swirls!

3D Motion and Position of Text Characters with After Effects
Typography is one of the qualities upon which we base most of our design work, and the type animation engine in After Effects offers a gamut of ways to express typographic flair. One of favorite is the ability to control the 3D motion and position of text characters. When combined with simple camera moves, depth of field, and some real-world studio tricks we use every day, the results can be—literally—powerful. Let’s get started.

Create a Photo Montage with After Effects
Lots of programs and plug-ins create cool photo montages easily and quickly—handy for such things as photo DVDs and slideshows. But what if you don’t have those programs or plug-ins, or you want something a little more creative (yet still as easy to replicate and reuse) using a software program you already own? A few tricks and techniques in After Effects will have you up and running in no time at all.

Making It Look Great 5
A massive 7 Hours of Kick-ass Design, Production and Workflow Techniques for Adobe After Effects

Learn How to Create an Advanced Jumper Effect
In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create a dynamic disappearing effect from a moving camera shot. Our camera will pan with the actor as he runs, jumps, disappears, and reappears. The actual disappearance also includes a dynamic dissolve and warp effect. And the best part is, no third party plug-ins are required.

Shine Some Light On The Situation
When working on VFX, you can often measure your success by how invisible you are. If the audience doesn’t know there was an effect created, then you did a good job. In this tutorial artist will show you all how to make turn a plain dolly shot into a dynamic room with light rays and a sky replacement.

Boharg II Breakdown
In this tutorial artist will show some Time Remapping, Distortion, and Color Correction tips that could even save you from running into yourself in an old building…

The Dancing Can
In 2008 John Dickinson did a series of roadshows for Adobe where he presented a neat little animation of a dancing can. In this series of tutorials he will walk you step-by-step through various After Effects techniques for creating this spot. This section deals with Puppet Pin tool basics and how to use the cool motion sketch feature to animate to music.

Create Whispy Spirit-like Text
Adam keeps digging through the good ol’ built in CC plugins and continues to come up with very clever and visually awesome solutions. In this tutorial Adam uses CC Smear as the basis to create text that appears in as if a spirit whisped into it.

Futuristic HUD
In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create 3D interface display as seen in Iron Man’s helmet and how to Build self-animating components and artificial lighting

Energetic Titles
In this tutorial you’ll learn how to use Sure Target preset to achieve advanced 3d moves and will learn advanced tips and create “3d-looking” titles.

Blowing Flowers
In this video tutorial, CreativeCOW leader, Eran Stern demonstrates how to create flower trails using Trapcode Particular in this special holiday episode. You’ll also work with the light emitter and use 3D layer to obscure particles.

3D Light Casting
In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create an energy-ball that re-lights the road surface and use reverse-tracking and build a volumetric point light

Colorful Universe
In this tutorial you’ll learn how to Create a dynamic space world with light streams and how to use an expression to create a 3D orbit

Growing 3D Vines
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a growing 3D vines and animate it using After Effects.

Bitweiser Light
Problems with overerexposed footage? Need to work in 32bpc for nice depth of field and motion blur? Now you can! Convert your footage from 8bpc to 32bpc with new free plugin.

Youveelizer
UV mapping finally available in After Effects. Check out this amazing tutorial to learn how to integrate your 3D artwork with After Effects to improve your workflow, save time and money. It’s a must-see!

Color Grade and Enhance a Horror Shot
In this first part James will teach how to create 2 scenes. First how to take a shot of a mansion and give it an intense and scary look through sky replacement and colour correction. Second we will take a shot of a stone gargoyle face and create a subtle yet creepy effect in which it frowns evilly at an oncoming victim. Be afraid…be very afraid.

Shape Layer Tip #3: Trim Paths
In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use shape layers to easily create that Old-School look where a red dashed line animates over a map to indicate travel destinations.

Animating Spray Paint and Stencil Effect in After Effects
In this tutorial artist is going to show you how to create a spray paint effect using After Effects. It’s a fairly simple process but I’ve got a few tricks that you may not have thought of. Here is a sample video of what you’ll be creating:

Keep Your Eye on the Ball… 3D in After Effects
Animating your After Effects design in 3D space is fun and, for the most part, easy to achieve. However, the camera and objects can have their own agendas in some instances, but a few tricks can change a seemingly uncontrollable camera animation into pure, cool cinematography…

Dynamic Bar Graphs
In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create a dynamic bar graph with customizable values and streamline graph production without sacrificing quality

Speed Particles
In this tutorial you’ll learn how to use expressions to drive particles based on speed and how to create sandy like particles that fly off of text

P2. Lightning Explosion Part 2
In this tutorial you’ll learn how to Animate a person exploding from a lightning blast and composite footage elements from Action Essentials 2.

Light Streaks 2
Learn how to use light streaks with live action footage and enhanced coloring method and 3D layer control.

Bessie Potter
In this video tutorial, Michael Park demonstrates how to make a dark, cloudy title reveal similar to the one seen in the “Movie Which Must Not Be Named.” All textures and fonts are available in the project download as well as the final CS4 project file.

The Pusher
In this video tutorial, Eran Stern creates a watery liquid push effect and color corrects the shot using the bundled Color Finesse plug-in.

Designing a Graphic From Scratch
In this tutorial artist is going to take you through the steps in producing beautiful graphic.

Kung Fu Energy Ball
In this new tutorial from Pro Juice, Nick takes you through the steps of creating an energy ball with the Particle Filter in Adobe After Effects.
Using a layer of smoke, blurs, colour correction and some masking techniques, Nick shows you how to create the energy ball, give it a burning hot spot, animate it to fly towards the camera and reflect off the nearby fence.

Starting with After Effects
In this tutorial artist is going to explain how easy it is for any photoshop users out there that create a lot of effects-added branding to transform their work into a great and simple animation using After Effects, presumably to spice up your client presentation or intro to your website.

After Effects Tutorial Shatter Effect
A quick tutorial on the SHATTER Effect artist used in making the Promo Intro featured in his Vegas Tutorials on adding sound and sound FX to movie clips. This was made in After Effects CS4 and demonstrat…

3D Paper Crumple with Freeform AE
Now you can easily call it quits within After Effects! Rob uses the example of creating a paper crumple transition to show off the Digieffects plugin Freeform AE. Who knows… this tutorial might just save your job.

Integrating Cinema 4D into After Effects
The more you get into After Effects, the more you realize how cool it is to bring in stuff from outside the program. This tutorial shows how take a scene from Cinema 4D and bring it over into AE. After Effects is a compositing program and this is a perfect example of how to take a basic animation and add some “after effects”!

Earth Zoom
In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create a cosmic Earth zoom in AE and use masking and parenting to link imagery,

Learn to Make a Custom 3D Wall Text Reveal
Using basic AE tools and some expressions you will learn how to create this 3D wall made of custom shapes and a nice laser beam to reveal your text.

Superperson Opening title in After Effects
In this tutorial, Chad Castleberry will walk you through an all new, updated technique to creating an opening title sequence seen in movies like Superman or The Last Starfighter. Concepts covered: The Echo Effect, simple keyframe animation, and using fractal noise to create an interesting starscape.

Fracture Design
In this tutorial you’ll learn how to fracture layers and manipulate in 3D space with ease and how to use expressions, scripts and create a distressed title.

Creating a Tracked Head Wound
In this tutorial Mathias shows that corner pin tracking can do much more than just replacing some pictures on a wall. We are going to compose a wound on a moving head and use the Mocha tracker in combination with his script MochaImport. Trust me, this is so much easier then creating a real head wound!

Create the “My Paper Mind” Effect
This tutorial will teach you how to recreate the “My Paper Mind” effect done by Javan Ivey, but with the environment in mind, Nicolas has come up with a way to save some paper (as well as about 3 days worth of paper cuts!) It is all done in After Effects without any third party plug-ins. Enjoy!

Advanced track and clone in AE
Visual-effects and motion-graphics specialist Angie Taylor shows how to use After Effects’ Clone Stamp tool to convincingly add to moving footage.

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