Create an Element 3D Wormhole in Less Time It Takes to Watch an Episode of Dr. Who

Getting anything done in After Effects, Element 3D, or pretty much any other compositing program takes time — sometimes loads of time. And chances are, if you’re a beginner working on a visually complex-looking project, it’s going to be difficult. Unless, of course, you’re making a wormhole using this method from Tuts+. Adrian Jensen shares an excellent tutorial on how to create a “quick and dirty” wormhole (great choice of adjectives) using one of the primitives (in this case, a donut) found in Scene Setup. Seriously, for the seemingly complicated product, this is one of the quickest and easiest tutorials I’ve seen yet, so continue on to find out how to pull it off. (more…)