Post Process Pizazz
Here are the video lessons and files included with the Post Process Pizazz VFX course.
(Included with VFX-A All Access and Tradigital 2D FX bundle).
Course Overview Video
What's the next step after making solid animation and appealing drawings?
Turning them into some seriously epic cinematic marvels!
Course Overview
Lessons + Source Files
Animated Cursor
Get introduced to After Effects, while making a slick animated mouse cursor ready for in-game use! (also available free on YouTube)
Artist: Mathew DeSanctis
Instructor: Mathew DeSanctis
Text Pops & Wiggles
Get some foundational knowledge about non-destructive animation in After Effects. And make a snappy animated logo while you're at it!
Artist: Mathew DeSanctis
Instructor: Mathew DeSanctis
Card Shimmer
Infuse metalic elements with magic using this technique. Handy for creating style targets in CCGs, Match 3s or any UI-centric animation.
Artist: Mathew DeSanctis
Instructor: Mathew DeSanctis
Heart Bubbles
It's powerful knowing how to traverse styles by using a faux 2-point lighting technique to make flat 2D shapes look three-dimensional.
Artist: Matthieu Petit
Toxic Avatar
Learn to create sickly magical sludge rising from below. Then learn how to leverage smart reuse to populate a scene with repeated effects.
Artist: Mathew DeSanctis
Instructor: Mathew DeSanctis
Goo Orb
What do you do with a mesmerizing animated ball of magical slime? Make it shiny and slimy and even more mesmerizing and magical!
Artist: Mathew DeSanctis
Instructor: Mathew DeSanctis
Directional Fire
Learn how to bend fire to your will, making it rush outward, then catching air currents and dissipating into a series of interesting shapes.
Artist: Matthieu Petit
Flame Avatar
This lesson is ambitious! Learn to maintain the balance of a large scope and satisfying motion in every detail. Believe, and it is possible!
Artist: Mathew DeSanctis
Instructor: Mathew DeSanctis
Spiral Smoke Poof
Some great animation just needs a nice and simple post-process effect. Let's keep this one simple, and add some motion blur.
Artist: Mathew Petit
Wind Avatar
Animated 2D dust can look amazing, but sometimes you need to add some filters so it looks more believable harmonizes with the scene.
Artist: Matthieu Petit
Holy Avatar
Call upon the powers of heaven to create an angelic flash of radiating light. And use a variety of post-process techniques to pull it off!
Artist: Matthieu Petit
Electric Avatar
There's a lot of ways to approach an epic sequence to make it more cinematic in post. Learn a few tricks of the trade in this lesson.
