![After Effects Puppet Tool Tutorial by Patrick Carter](https://assets.content.technologyadvice.com/634753243263041083_fa77f3eeb0.webp)
Learn how to rig a still image with the After Effects CS5 puppet tool! Whether you're entirely new to Adobe's popular motion graphics and compositing software, new to AE CS5, or just looking to pick ...
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Create eye-popping backgrounds with the After Effects CS5 Fractal Noise effect! Learn how with this brief video guide. Whether you're entirely new to Adobe's popular motion graphics and compositing so ...
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Interested in using After Effects to create an intro for your next video project? Learn how with this video guide, which will teach you how to create and position title text within 3D space in AE CS5. ...
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Null objects in After Effects CS5! In this clip, you'll learn all about them: what they are, how to create them and how to link layers to them. This clip also looks at adjustment layers and their rela ...
!["How to Create and use masks in Adobe After Effects CS5" cover image](https://assets.content.technologyadvice.com/634752722604810051_eb96a6341d.webp)
Learn how to use After Effects CS5's built-in masking tools! Specifically, this clip addresses the creation and interaction of masks. Whether you're entirely new to Adobe's popular motion graphics and ...
!["How to Animate layers and text in Adobe After Effects CS5" cover image](https://assets.content.technologyadvice.com/634753646101737805_d86f03c665.webp)
Learn how to create layer and text animations in After Effects CS5 by altering position, rotation, opacity and scale parameters. Whether you're entirely new to Adobe's popular motion graphics and com ...
!["How to Import footage and create a new composition in Adobe After Effects CS5" cover image](https://assets.content.technologyadvice.com/634754469769316136_6bd01b4c34.webp)
The first step in any After Effects CS5 project is importing your footage and setting up a custom composition with reference to the technical settings of your individual clips. Learn how it's done wit ...
!["How to Get started using the Adobe After Effects CS5 user interface" cover image](https://assets.content.technologyadvice.com/634754367579776649_b8b4b7e888.webp)
Before you can get started creating eye-popping videos with After Effects CS5, you'll need to learn how its user interface works. Happily, this guide presents a very thorough overview of all the most ...
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It's not brain surgery, but teeth whitening systems still hits the pocket books hard. However, there is a cheaper alternative to have the whitest teeth in the neighborhood, and it's called Photoshop. ...
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The Excel Vlookup Function is probably the most popular lookup and reference function in Excel. It is used to look for a value in the leftmost column of a table of data, and return a value from a diff ...