After Effects CS4 features a new operator for shape layers: Wiggle Transform. This useful tool can automatically animate the anchor point, position, rotation, and scale of a layer without having to use expressions or animation presets. In After Effects CS4: Wiggle Transform Tips, Chris and Trish Meyer present helpful advice for using Wiggle Transform to its full potential. For example, they show how to combine it with the Repeater operation to create writhing, pulsing, wiggling masses of automatically animating shapes.
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In 3ds Max 2010 Essential Training, instructor Steve Nelle provides a thorough introduction to the techniques needed to take an animated project from start to finish. Steve provides new users with everything they need to know to get up and running, while offering experienced users plenty of tips and tricks they can apply to improve their productivity and workflow. He walks through the program's newly designed interface, details how to create both simple and complex objects, and shows how to bring things to life through a variety of keyframing techniques.
Thanks to PhotoSpin.com for use of their photos in this course. Topics include:
* Moving, scaling, and rotating objects * Creating detailed models using a variety of modeling techniques * Working at the sub-object level with both 2D and 3D modeling commands * Building and editing realistic materials * Setting up lighting and shadows for a realistic look * Understanding the principles of animation and applying them to a scene