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  • Create depth and motion

    Use cloning to recreate a shot of downtown Toronto and fly a virtual camera into the frame. Rob Chiu and Susana Santos explain.

  • Create anaglyphic artwork

    Illustrator and comic artist Nathan Fox demystifies the art of anaglyphic illustration.

  • Profile: Tom Baker

    Paul Wyatt speaks to the up-and-coming animator Tom Baker about his work for TV, games promos and his own Combat Wombat.

  • Creative lighting using 32-bit colour

    Sam Hampton-Smith explains how floating-point colour enables you to use advanced lighting effects to transform a photo into video footage.

  • Make your adverts move

    Motion graphics designer Ingi Erlingsson outlines the techniques used to add movement to your illustrated elements in After Effects.

  • Natural smoke effects

    You can have smoke without fire. Brothers JJ and Robbie Johnstone talk you through creating track-matte effects using just a tank of water and After Effects.

  • Animating a logo with After Effects

    In the third part of our series of tutorials on cross-media design, Haley Saner brings a static logo to life with a sparkling range of special effects. The series concludes next month with designing for mobile.

  • The new art of pop promos

    By directly connecting artist and audience, the internet has shattered traditional constraints on musical creativity. Mark Penfold explores how pop videos have evolved in response.

  • Cut a showreel

    Use Adobe to create a dynamic showreel. J.J. Johnstone shows you how to prepare, produce and publish your own reel...
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