After Effects Tutorial – Build a Car Racing scene from Photographs Part 2

April 16, 2009

Here is Part two of my Build a Car Racing scene from Photographs tutorial. In this cast, we concentrate on color correction, compositing, and putting the final touches on our animation.

Part 1 of this tutorial can be found here.

Download the PSD Here

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  1. Glauco on April 16, 2009 said...

    Excellent tutorial!
    When you created this ad for Dodge, where did you get the inspiration for the overall concept and design?

  2. Matt on April 16, 2009 said...

    Great tutorial,
    in the original commercial you had a cool grungy burn/bleed-in effect as everything starts, could you give a hint as of how that was made?
    Thx for all the effort !

  3. A3 on April 16, 2009 said...

    Great 2nd part Nick, please answer my questions in the first part if you have the time.

    Very nice tip the “fast blur+lighten mode”.

  4. Bob Dyce on April 16, 2009 said...

    You’re kinda rad, Nick.

  5. Nacho on April 16, 2009 said...

    Thanks, Nick, awesome tutorial. Keep em coming! It wasn’t too crazy, and you’re absolutely right about demostrating some of your workflow. Thanks again!

  6. kopidlno on April 16, 2009 said...

    Great tut. I like to watch the process/workflow. I seem to learn more from it. Thanks for sharing. Plus, I am now well hydrated ;)

    Was there a lot of preproduction for something like this or was it kinda free form, make it up as you go along?

  7. samBrown on April 17, 2009 said...

    thanks for this tut Nick, its great to see the work flow and techniques on a ‘real-world’ project -keep it up

  8. Chris on April 17, 2009 said...

    totally dig the format on these. it’s great to see someone else’s workflow. love it.

  9. nathan on April 17, 2009 said...

    great tutorial. definitely want more freeform/problem-solving types. especially if you don’t have a concrete end result in mind

    one I would love to see is a tutorial focused on polish, all the little things you add to polish a comp, take it to the next level
    thanks nick!

  10. pixelos on April 19, 2009 said...

    I would say this was the best tutorial I have ever seen. Truly more unscripted tuts are great to understand how you can leap over obstacles. Its the nature of a designer. Keep these styles tuts coming. I learned so much from this!

    Thanks Campbell,….your Tuts are Mmmmm good!

    los

  11. Nat on April 20, 2009 said...

    Hey, nice tutorial Nick. Thanks alot for the tips. Really appreciated.

  12. Kenny on April 21, 2009 said...

    This was awesome Nick!! Thanks for the help

  13. eric on April 22, 2009 said...

    Great stuff mate – thanks a lot for sharing. Love your chilled out pace and the fact that it is not focused on just how to recreate one specific fx, but your whole process/workflow spiced up with those neat tips and tricks.

    Thanks again.

  14. Juan Luis Moreno on May 11, 2009 said...

    Hi, Nick;

    Thanks for this great double tut, I really believe you -even more than Andrew Kramer- have that special ability to communicate an idea that makes one find himself stuck to the tutorials.

    And YES, I totally agree with that other more intuitive workflow in order to show your tuts: it’s great to learn the quick trick of fast blur+lighting blend mode, but I by far prefer when you hesitate and try different settings, reject an effect or you limit its threshold. Because that shows the taste, the designer that lies behind the technician, that little tricky ‘extra’ that makes things stand out and that’s so hard to teach.

  15. The Gorilla on May 11, 2009 said...

    Thanks Juan. That means a lot. More to come!

  16. Phil on August 14, 2009 said...

    Wow! Your tuts are some of the best on the web, thanks for all the time you put into sharing the wealth. I learned more about AE in 2 days from these tuts than 6 months playing in the program and browsing other sites.

    Alen

    Awesome tutorial. We need more like these one.
    Tnx

  17. JonC on November 7, 2009 said...

    Awesome tutorials… I just found your blog and have been here for hours and hours, very useful information. I really appreciate the time you take to experiment and work around problems (even if I’m sometimes yelling CLOCK WIPE etc. at the screen for a few minutes).

    Just stopping by to say thank you and keep going!

    The Gorilla

    hehe, Thanks Jon!

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