Create Nulls from Path (string of lights)
We create a string of lights and learn how to use the Create Nulls from Path script. Create Nulls from paths is a powerful script that comes with After Effects and can give you access to the locations of points in 2d space, and any point and tangent on that path. It was a long requested feature and this has been a long overdue tutorial. Finally in 2019. I’m catching up… while probably still have my Christmas lights up.
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Easy Falling Leaves – Adobe After Effects tutorial
Easily animate falling leaves. Driftings and flowing, deforming along the path. No simulations. No plugins. Just simple puppet pin and motion path manipulations. As relaxing as an autumn day.
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Build a Snowman (nulls and expressions) – Adobe After Effects tutorial
Do you want to build a snowman? How about if the snowman build’s itself? We’re going to use nulls and some basic expressions to do less work when we move layers around in precise ways. Rotate a circle like it’s rolling on the ground? Easy! Roll a circle up another circle? Easier! Maintain texture size while scaling? Easiest! Also, I promise no singing.
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Simple 2d Door Transition – Adobe After Effects tutorial
Go from one scene to another with this very simple method. Perfect for moving from room to room, abstract scenes, inside to outside. It’s a little trick with some coverup and I hope it opens some doors for your animation… puns.
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Easy Secondary Motion in Adobe After Effects
Create secondary motion quickly! Secondary motion adds a lot of life to your characters, but it’s hard! We’ll work from a very basic character and apply secondary motion in after effects using rotation, puppet pins, and a new script from Bear Studios!
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Blob to Text – Adobe After Effects tutorial
Make a blob turn into text. Works with any text. Works with most blobs? All made with regular old after effects. No plugins required. Very little manual keyframing too. It’s an easy workflow that should help you make just about anything into blobs. But we did it with text.
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Animate a Simple 3d Book in Adobe After Effects
So you want to animate a book opening? Turning around? Pages flapping open, curving and arching? Well now you can, and it is very very simple. If you are new to after effects, or new to 3d in after effects, this tutorial should get you started. Let’s turn the page to new knowledge. This is opening a simple 3d book in after effects.
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Control Time in Templates – Adobe After Effects tutorial
Control the timing of your templates! Give users the power to retime animations as they need. Want an animation to last longer? Or text to come on slower? Should a logo come on later? Sooner? Using a simple group of expressions we will open up a whole new world of template possibilities. Even if you don’t make templates you might learn something here.
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Cartoon Warp Speed – Adobe After Effects tutorial
Create a cartoon warp speed effect with manual control. Zoom in as the universe stretches around you! Take your mo-graph to hyperspace? No that’s too much. Just enjoy this after effects tutorial on cartoon warp speed using basic after effects techniques.
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If Else Conditional Expression
Learn the basics of the If/Else conditional expression. It’s a great way to have After Effects choose between two or even more options based on inputs. This covers the basics of the expression and some examples of how it works.
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