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15 After Effects Tricks You'll Wish You Knew Sooner

Ben Marriott via YouTube

Overview

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Learn 15 essential After Effects techniques in this 13-minute tutorial that covers advanced motion graphics and visual effects workflows. Master transparency manipulation by flipping alpha channels and extracting transparency from footage. Create convincing fake 3D effects without complex 3D software and smooth jagged edges for cleaner animations. Discover professional shading techniques and stronger edge separation methods to enhance visual depth. Implement easy lighting solutions and learn efficient composition management through replacing and nesting compositions. Explore creative alternatives using blending modes instead of traditional mattes for more flexible compositing. Generate dynamic light rays and edge highlights to add cinematic quality to your projects. Create quick animated boil effects for organic movement and apply distortion and warping techniques for stylized visuals. Build easy grid systems for layout and organization while incorporating texture control with color adjustments. Add realistic light flicker effects and apply film-style gate weave, grain, and frame rate adjustments for authentic vintage looks. Access bonus tips covering additional transparency extraction methods and workflow optimizations to streamline your After Effects production process.

Syllabus

00:00 - Intro
00:12 - Setup
00:46 - Flip Transparency
01:02 - Fake 3D Effect
01:31 - Smooth Jagged Edges
02:07 - Shading Technique
02:49 - Stronger Edge Seperation
03:05 - Easy Lighting
03:39 - Replace Comps
04:25 - Create Nested Comps
05:07 - Blending Modes Instead of Mattes
05:39 - Light Rays
05:58 - Edge Highlight
06:49 - Quick Animated Boil
07:40 - Distortion & Warping
08:35 - Easy Grid
09:01 - Texture with Colour Control
10:06 - Light Flicker
10:52 - Gate Weave, Grain & Frame Rate
11:20 - Bonus Tips + Extract Transparency
12:44 - Learn More

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Ben Marriott

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