The first 3D Multipass tutorial is freely available to everyone who visits my website. If you enjoy it please consider purchasing my Creative After Effects book which contains many more in depth tutorials on Adobe After Effects and related topics. It also includes a free CD ROM full of goodies and training materials for your delectation!

These are the first in a series of After Effects 5.5 update tutorials I am writing for people who have bought version 5 of the book. The other 5.5 tutorials listed here, including the Talking dog tutorial on Lip Synching and the forthcoming Smart Mask Interpolation are password protected so that only owners of my Creative After Effects 5.0 book can open them.

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3D Multipass for
After Effects 5.5 and
Cinema 4DXL

These comprehensive tutorials cover techniques for creating multipass renders as well as importing and manipulating the multiple passes in After Effects 5.5. Using a whole host of old and new features to bring your 3D scene to life you will learn the basic principles and discover the power and flexibility that can be achieved by rendering out your 3D scene in passes.

Download the tutorial files below :

Cinema 4DXL (Version 7.303) Multipass tutorials
Tutorial notes: C4D_Multipass.pdf (2.3 MB)

Cinema 4D Project files:
Mac: C4D_Projects.sit (1.9 MB)
Windows: C4D_Projects.exe (1.9 MB)

After Effects 5.5 Multipass tutorials
(Will also work with version 5.0)
Tutorial notes: AE_Multipass.pdf (3.0 MB)

After Effects source files:
Mac: AE_Multipass.sit (11.6 MB)
Windows: AE Multipass.exe (11.7 MB)

The Cinema 4D tutorial was co-written by myself and Tim Clapham of HYPA TV in Brighton, England. Find out more about Tim and HYPA by here.
The After Effects tutorials were written by me, Angie Taylor. To find out more about the work that I do, click on the "Author" link in the main navbar.

Talking Dog for
After Effects 5.5

This tutorial shows you how to use Motion Math scripts and Time Remapping on a 3D - rendered character to automate the process of lip-synching. I used this technique in an animated program which was broadcast on a major UK TV network. The tutorial is based on the After Effects 5.5 Production Bundle but can also be followed using the version 5.0 PB.

The files are freely downloadable for readers of my Creative After Effects 5 book but require a password to open. The password can be found on the Creative After Effects 5 CD that accompanies my book. Open the 01Technical.pdf which is inside the Extras folder on the CD. The password is the first sub-heading on page one, paragraph three, written in dark green text.

Download the files below to follow the tutorials:

Talking Dog lip synching tutorial
(Includes all tutorial files and PDF instruction notes)
Mac: dogtalk_folder.sit (4.2 MB)
Windows: dogtalk_folder.exe (4.2 MB)