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Track Matte & Transparency in After Effects

Track mattes are a fun and powerful tool in After Effects that allows you to use a clip, still image, or text to dictate the transparency of the layer beneath....

Motion Tracking

Master the Motion Tracker feature in After Effects with this comprehensive tutorial that takes you step-by-step through Point Tracking, Motion Tracking,...

Shape Morphing in After Effects

Learn how to utilize the Shape Morph technique in After Effects to transform shapes and text layers, with a step-by-step guide on how to morph fruit shapes,...

After Effects Common Mistakes and Solutions Part 1

After Effects can be a tricky program to learn sometimes, and it's common for users of all experience levels to make mistakes when using it. In this two part...

Stroke Animations in After Effects

So say you type out some text in After Effects. You might notice that around your letters, there’s an additional thin line, perhaps in a different color. Or...

Social Media Ad: Adding Text & Layer Styles

Learn how to add and style text and add a drop shadow in After Effects in this detailed tutorial, complete with an exercise overview and step-by-step...

Noble Logo: Rotation, Fade-Outs, & Rendering

Advance your skills in After Effects with this comprehensive tutorial on animating the Rotation property, incorporating anticipation, and adding a fade to...

Cellphone Commercial: Lower Thirds & Final Transitions

Master advanced techniques in Adobe After Effects with this tutorial, covering lower third animation, animating transitions, freezing video frames, and simple...

2.5D Features in After Effects

After Effects has a lot of tricks up its sleeve, from making rain effects to tracking motion in video to keylighting. We’ll be working with one particularly...

Social Media Ad: Exporting Files

Explore this comprehensive After Effects tutorial which covers topics such as Adobe Media Encoder, exporting files, and Media Encoder vs. Render Queue through...

After Effects Common Mistakes and Solutions Part 2

Here's part two of our series on Common Mistakes in After Effects and how to fix them! We'll be editing masks, toggling switches, and reloading footage in this...

Using the loopOut() Expression in After Effects

In this tutorial, we're going to show you how to use the loopOut() function in Adobe After Effects. LoopOut() is one of many things you can do with the...

Sequencing and Layer Management Techniques

The next lesson! Ooh, next lesson! Okay, so we're only gonna do part of it because honestly, half of it is… The second half of it is the exact same thing as...

Exploring the Blinking Cursor Effect

So, animating the headline with a preset. So, there's a starter file for this, by the way, on page 154, but the headline is animated with a preset, okay?

Mastering Layer Sequencing and Animation Techniques

Now, animation has 12 properties. OK, I'm not exactly, I don't remember.

Common Animation Workflows with Adobe Illustrator and After Effects

So for the lesson, you need, well, basically. I want to show you what the file we're working with is, which is an Adobe Illustrator file. You do not need...

Expanding Shape Layers

In this tutorial you'll create a cool expanding shape animation using shape layers in After Effects. You can use an animation like this as an intro or combine...

After Effects: Free and Name Your Own Price Add-ons

This is a list of free and name your own price add–ons to Adobe After Effects.Some of the add–ons on this list are useful for utilitarians purposes to enhance...

Text Animation: Animating Text Character-by-Character

Deepen your understanding of After Effects by completing this tutorial, which covers topics such as incorporating pre-animated comps, keeping vector layers...

Superman: Shape Motion Paths & Audio

Learn how to create a Superman animation in After Effects, including syncing audio and adding text presets, creating a shape layer, adding a property to a...