Another guy who is just BLOWING UP Youtube hits- he has several videos in the MILLIONS. Extremely creative. I am very interested in learning to do videos like this, and I do realize that they can be painstakingly long and tedious. I’ve been doing a lot of research on if there are any really good “how-to” videos for exactly these kinds of things, and so far I am learning the best how-to’s are the free videos made by the people who shot them themselves. (But if you know of any really good After Effects / 3D animation courses, I would love to know about them!)
You have probably already seen Iron Baby:
But have you seen At-At Afternoon?
Or the Making of At-At?
Transformers Fight:
Or the Making of?
Just watching these making of clips gives huge hints as to how he is doing it, but still….you really have to know the software, have a great knowledge of lighting, art direction, an incredible amount of patience and attention to detail, etc- Boivin is extremely talented because he really controls all these aspects well. Just a heads up, not all of his videos are family friendly when it comes to language, so just keep that in mind.
Michael, check out this guy. He’s an AE guru and an excellent teacher. I think you’ll like him a lot. Link to his website has tons of free and excellent AE tutorials.
http://www.videocopilot.net/
Thank You Abraham! This looks exactly what I was looking for-M
In case you’re looking for pro grade plug-ins for AE, check out these guys. And no, I do not work for them. Cool stuff. Andrew from the previous link uses the Particular plug-in from these guys.
http://www.redgiantsoftware.com
I was trying to remember the name of that website I’ve heard great things about it for AE