Andrew Kramer from videcopilot.net did release another great After Effects Video Tutorial. This time he is guiding you through the creation of smoke on a footage and how to stabilize it. Andrew was inspired by the book Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional Studio Techniques (Author Mark Christiansen) that we at StrongMocha.com recommend as well.  I did buy the book myself some weeks ago and learned a lot from Mark Christiansen’s book, of course not as much I learned from Andrew Video Tutorials or products videcopilot.net sells.

From Andrew’s announcement at videocopilot.net:

“In this new 2-part tutorial you will learn a great method for stabilizing footage in After Effects that smooths the result rather than freezes the tracking center. We will also create smoke flying behind a police car, which is as fun as it sounds.

This one tutorial has many great tips and techniques including, rotoscoping, expressions and matte blending.”

“I’d also like to thank Mark Christiansen for allowing me to demonstrate his stabilize technique in this tutorial. For more information about his great After Effects book” Click the book below

Some day’s earlier the same week videocopilot.net did release another useful Video Tutorial. The After Effects Video Tutorial “Smoke Screen” which teaches you how to use various compositig techniques to create these smoke designs in After Effects.

Please do not forget to support the work Andrew is doing. One great way to support videocopilot.net is to buy their products like Twitch. Twitch is available as a download version, buy Twitch here. Twitch from Videocopilot is a awesome After Effects plug-in. StrongMocha highly recommends this great plug-in.To learn more on Twitch you can read more here:

New Twitch (Vines) Tutorial @ videocopilot.net

Twitch – a “must have” After Effects Plug-in

Twitch After Effects Plug-in promotion video

Alternative you could start to stabilize and/or track footage with monet or mokey both from Imagineer Systems, however these products come with additional costs you may do not want to spend. View the product overview chart to see how Imagineer Systems products compare and what you are missing in your toolbox: Chart

Andrew Kramer did release a new Video Tutorial show how to create 3D Vines in max and finishing it up in After Effects.

You may have seen this vines in the Twitch promo video.

Twitch is available as a download version, buy Twitch here.Twitch from Videocopilot is a awesome After Effects plug-in. StrongMocha highly recommends this great plug-in.

Read our Full Twitch coverage: Twitch – a “must have” After Effects Plug-in or watch the video here: Twitch After Effects Plug-in promotion video

Twitch features:

• 6 Built-in Operators
• 7 Video Tutorials
• 10 Free Twitch Sound Effects
• 25 Effects PresetsTwitch is available as a download version, buy Twitch here.Twitch from Videocopilot is a awesome After Effects plug-in. StrongMocha highly recommends this great plug-in.

Read our Full Twitch coverage: Twitch – a “must have” After Effects Plug-in

Andrew Kramer who runs the famous videocopilot.net is releasing Twitch this month.

While you wait for the release you can watch the sneak preview which Andrew published earlier.