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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EASY 3-Panel Montage Motion Graphics- Adobe After Effects tutorial
Easily make a 3-panel montage in your motion graphics pieces. Or 4 panels. Or 5? It could be any number of panels for your motion graphics montage. What’s important is the montage… and the motion. It’s super simple, expandable, and flexible. I’m sure you’ll love it.
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Isometric Projections in Adobe After Effects (SSR Method)
Isometric Projections! Make some in After Effects. You COULD extrude some things in 3d and get close to this look. But we’re doing it for real! Real Isometric Projections! The least real kind of 3d drawing! We use the tried and true SSR method. That’s scale, skew and rotate!
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Fly Through Logo Reveal – Adobe After Effects tutorial
Want to reveal a logo by flying through it? Then this is the Adobe After Effects Tutorial for you. Zoom through a logo shaped hole in a background as you animate on the logomark, wordmark, whatever mark of your choosing. Zoom! Excellent for transitions, outros, intros, and much more.
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This project file for this will work in Adobe CS5.5 and WILL NOT work in older versions.
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Glass Pane Slide Show – Adobe After Effects tutorial (Sponsored By Videoblocks)
Make a slideshow for images or video with sliding glass panes moving over and revealing footage and text. This tutorial was sponsored by Videoblocks. Visit http://videoblocks.com/ECAbrams_0716 to redeem your 7-day free trial to VideoBlocks!
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This project file for this will work in Adobe CS5.5 and WILL NOT work in older versions.
The Text Animation Tool – Adobe After Effects tutorial
So you want to animate some text do you? Well After Effects is good for that. The text animation options can be a little dodgy at times but this tutorial or lesson or whatever should see you clear to getting on the right track.
A more advanced tutorial on these things is coming up but for now this should get you using the properties, the range selector, and all those fun easing options right fast.
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The Time Script
Want to make things faster? Save time? Turn back the clock? Well it’s time for the “time” script to change your life for the better. It can’t fix things like how old you’re getting before you’re ready but it can help you beat project deadlines and make quick revisions. Also it’s just great for lazy bums like me!
Leave any questions in the comments below and I’ll help you out best I can.
Here’s the project file I promised! http://www.mediafire.com/file/1cswft6b4ttuxny/Time Tut Project Files.aep
Scripts used in order of appearance:
time
Math.round(time)
n = time;
d = 100;
Math.round(n*d)/d
time*360
time*30
wiggle(time,time)
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Stabilize Shaky Footage
Feeling unstable? Shaky? unsure of your self and your camera skills? Well than don’t worry because your crappy footage can be saved with the adobe after effects image stabilization tool. Just get two decent tracking points and get ready for a long wait. Then once you’ve watered the cat and taken the plants outside your footage is fixed and you don’t looks like a dummy any more… or you look less like a dummy at least.
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