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Smooth Mask Motion VFX Tutorial - Adobe After Effects

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This tutorial demonstrates how to build energetic music-video effects in Adobe After Effects, including logo mask reveals, freeze-frame transitions, cloned and mirrored silhouettes, roto-brush masking, motion blur, and layered effects.

Syllabus

- Intro
- Breakdown
- 3 Main steps for creating these effects
- Finishing up our logo mask reveal effect
- Split open effect with freeze frame animations
- Silhoutte clones and mirrored clones
- Using roto brush to mask more complex movement
- Effects and transitions for cloned layers
- Using ae camera with motion blur
- Various effects you can stack onto clones for different looks

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