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  • Animate using expressions

    Designer and illustrator Jing Zhang reveals how to manipulate layer properties and effects to dramatically improve your workflow

  • Animate characters in Flash

    Character animator Tom Baker takes you through the basics on how to import, set up and animate simple 2D characters in

  • Master motion tracking

    Shotopop explains how to make designs and illustrations match your shot footage with motion tracking in.

  • Create light trail effects

    Wyld Stallyons' Chris Sayer and James Wignall shed light on the creation of illuminated trails using Trapcode Particular.

  • The new way to create 3D text

    3D text needs the right depth, lighting and texture. Nik Ainley tells you how to do this without re-rendering nightmares.

  • The secrets of illustration

    This month, Our panel of experts provides tips to help you produce 3D illustrations quicker and more flexibly: from the use of stock assets to vital tricks.

  • Add depth to charts

    Infographics needn't be boring, so why not try taking them to another level by importing a mundane Illustrator chart into and making it inspiring. Mark Mayers is on hand to explain how it's done.

  • Fake global illumination

    Global illumination looks great, but it can push render times through the roof. Computer Arts shows you how to fake the same stylish soft lighting effects in a fraction of the time with the help of the celebrated spinning light trick.

  • The rule of three

    A firmly established convention in cinematography, three-point lighting has also become one of the foundations for CG lighting.
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