The Roto Brush

Today i have gone through two tutorials learning some simple techniques in after effects!
The Roto brush is baisicaly our quick selection tool for after effects it allows you to easily select areas that you need to edit and quickly auto selects these objects frame by frame

Special Effects Tutorials

This video shows some simple green screening as well as blood effects and muzzle flash effects the first video is the actual video and the second explaining the logisticsThis video has many more advanced concepts and some easier ones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4MRo4QONQ4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWg4VEG7vCI


This Website shows 50 tutorials that teach you a wide variety of special effects

http://www.noupe.com/tutorial/50-excellent-adobe-after-effects-tutorials.html


This Video sows Three Relatively complexs after effects work Slow Motion, Blast effect and a Flying cutout

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=desb0W6u80Y&feature=c4-overview&list=UUDsO-0Yo5zpJk575nKXgMVA

A relatively in-depth tutorial on how to make a muzzle Flash for action scenes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsViAvVYoMQ