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ShiveringCactus
@shiveringcactus.bsky.social
Tutorials and videos, mainly After Effects, but with some 3D.
Home of Makin' FX and Solvin' FX and VFX History! #adobeaftereffects #vfx
I decided to challenge myself to see how close I could get to realistic fireworks just using the included effects in @adobevideo.adobe.com #AfterEffects. I think I got pretty close.
Tutorial, plus project files and print version: youtu.be/s6-q5x_oFA4
September 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
@blender.org vs @adobevideo.adobe.com #AfterEffects #Planets. Each time I share a space #tutorial someone asks "why don't you use Blender?" So I did and then compare it to what I can do in AE.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Co_...
July 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I've been having a lot of fun making planets in @adobevideo.adobe.com #aftereffects and in this video, I show how to add two types of planetary rings. Tutorial www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySpa...
June 23, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Having fun with the new Advanced 3D Light shadows in @adobevideo.adobe.com #AfterEffects #adobecommunityexperts. Recreating Captain America: Civil War titles is pretty simple:
June 18, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I've been playing A LOT with @adobevideo.adobe.com #AfterEffects 3D renderer and have come up with a method to create nightside lights for a planet.
youtu.be/ExoPpcyZyTo

#adobecommunityexperts #tutorial
June 9, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Next-gen Pokémon card.
(Not really, I was just having a bit of fun in @adobevideo.adobe.com #AfterEffects )
#AdobeCommunityExperts
May 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Figuring out how to do this in @adobevideo.adobe.com #AfterEffects has bugged me for ages. A seemingly simple motion graphic of 3D travel arcs going from point to point on a globe. I finally had a chance to sit down and crack it.
#Tutorial:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQLN...
April 28, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I've figured out a simple workflow to create 3D Luma Mattes in #Blender so that I can replace and animate screens of 3D objects directly in @adobelive.bsky.social #AfterEffects.
#Tutorial: youtu.be/DQq1Nm_CS58
March 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Change the color of 3D objects directly inside @adobelive.bsky.social #AfterEffects with only a tiny bit of #Blender needed. #Tutorial : www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1e9...
February 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Just got access to @adobelive.bsky.social #Firefly generative video. Asked for “flying through clouds, bright sunlight”
February 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Animating Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night using Curl Noise in @adobelive.bsky.social #AfterEffects. I've been meaning to try this ever since that #DoctorWho episode.
Tutorial: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dell...
January 20, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Flying through clouds made using @adobelive.bsky.social Express, removing the backgrounds in #Photoshop and then animating in #AfterEffects. And while watching Carry-On I spotted the Dreamworks logo might have been made using the same sort of techniques!
Tutorial: youtu.be/GNGB2_Wn8rA
January 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM