CS5 Tutorials

8.28.2006

The Anvel: After Effects Expertise on the Web

Have you ever wanted to explore the depths of After Effects but felt overwhelmed by the possibilities? Well it's time to step up to The Anvel.

Dean Velez hosts a website for his amazing After Effects tutorials at www.TheAnvel.com. The name comes from his own name (deAN VELez). Once there, you can browse around the many tutorials he publishes throughout the year. Additionally, there are an astounding number of completely FREE After Effects projects available for you to download. These are fully-modifiable projects and assets that you can use as-is or customize to your own needs.

The main purpose of the project resources is for you to observe the techniques Dean has used in producing the projects and then apply them to your own compositions. Additionally, there is a pay program available for you to take part in the regularly released advanced training from Dean. More information is available on his site.

I just felt like this is a wonderful resource for all of us who constanly look to sharpen our skills on one of the more complex tools we use - After Effects. You can look all over the Internet and find many more learning options for After Effects (some of them free, some not), but few of them are as interesting or reasonably priced as the ones offered from The Anvel.

Go check it out, learn something new!