After Effects Tutorial: Light Stroke

After Effects Tutorial: Light Stroke | No Plugins

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@xav8273 4 жыл бұрын

I love your videos, straight to the point, informative and very easy to follow. Thank you for all your hard work.

@Kenny-Ross 5 ай бұрын

Another quick project I can throw in my Ae box of tricks. I did it twice. The second time I did it without the mask and it came it out perfect. Thank you very much for sharing this! Awesome tutorial.

@lvemma555 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great tutorial! I used it right away on my new project.

@GearsinMotionGraphics 4 жыл бұрын

BEAUTIFUL LIGHT EFFECTS

@psifis 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. Excellent lesson

@upinderjeetsingh3711 6 жыл бұрын

I'm waiting for your new tutorial's thanks for helping us

@nurliiramutmainnah7544 5 жыл бұрын

thanks for the tutorial, you wonderful person! :)

@eugenepetersondesign7022 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome tutorial -- thanks Josh!

@johngordon5495 4 жыл бұрын

BIAS !!!!

@upinderjeetsingh3711 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome dude 👌👀

@dundeedolphin 3 жыл бұрын

Great effect. Great tutorial. Thank you.

@manicpanda8741 5 жыл бұрын

Hi. Thx a lot for the tutorial, this was exactly what I was looking for ;)

@MaxHogendijk 5 жыл бұрын

You can parent the flare direct to the null object, not alt click on flare center!, then manual center the flare to the start position, zoom in abit, make sure the start position of the timeline is also at 0. Works perfect!

@Milothatch17 4 жыл бұрын

Great job, thank you !

@VeeArrGaming 6 жыл бұрын

Very nice video man! :)

@mishalpullat205 6 жыл бұрын

best tutorial 👍 no unwanted explanations no time lag keep it up 👌

@Hashim419 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing , thank you very much

@lovalaugh 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome job, my S wouldn't track right but still learned a lot from your tutorial. Thank you very much

@Taiwaneverything 6 жыл бұрын

Great, followed it without any problems.

@madtrillatv9977 6 жыл бұрын

This is amazing thanks 🙏🏽

@tofuuucantsleep 3 жыл бұрын

What app😅

@eurasia2941 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this tutorial. A lot of work but the result is very nice.

@staticbuilds7613 4 жыл бұрын

This video was very useful. Reminded me of many things I forgot such as how to sue the stroke tool.

@a.mur4t 2 жыл бұрын

awesome stuff mate

@hammad0 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your valuable experience.

@graphixsquad8965 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing Great tutorial.

@AlexCallesFilm Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Very helpful tutorial

@bhaskarkuniyal3104 6 жыл бұрын

thanks boss, with the help of your tutorials, I learned much more stuff

@johngordon5495 4 жыл бұрын

Hes ur Boss?

@seangrant892 4 жыл бұрын

While this was an awesome video I did have some trouble re-creating it. Specifically when it came to moving the mask to get the other flares to appear. Ultimately I had to create each individual layer separate (Step one). I could not use the duplicate function. (probably user error). Other than that this video was super helpful. Thanks! Keep up the great work!

@hxl5939 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your reply!

@user-ft5mx7yj4z Жыл бұрын

thanks, it actually let me through so i could download it.

@jubinjohn1155 6 жыл бұрын

Ur suprisingly cool man!

@johngordon5495 4 жыл бұрын

He has ice cubes on his testes

@romilizada6699 3 жыл бұрын

got it I made my own thanks for sharing :)

@BayahowProduction 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks keep it up

@WBanduMedia07 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir.

@FreedomToSeek 5 жыл бұрын

Great video

@jehanarakhonat6031 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@johngordon5495 4 жыл бұрын

VELCUMMEN

@chaconjohnson 5 жыл бұрын

great vid bro

@SonduckFilm 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@mdshibli1009 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@TheGLK2008 5 жыл бұрын

If some of you are getting to 7:50 ish where your flare is offset from the letter.. That could be because you moved your mask layer, which for some reason offsets the center position of the flare. Just a FYI

@cloudsan8775 4 жыл бұрын

hi, my first letter works fine, but i dont know why when copied second letter mask path to the null object the position is nowhere near the actual letter is. only thing i did was i croped comp size. do you know how to fix this. thx

@thewalkevent889 4 жыл бұрын

This is a great tutorial! Thank you for sharing. I've tried this one and currently, I'm having trouble with the blending mode of the lens flare. I want to only blend it to the text outline but the lens flare is blending with the whole screen. I've tried different blending modes but nothing works out. Can you help me with this? BTW I'm still a newbie. Sorry if my question is too stupid.

@biswarupghosh6015 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@AzovPort 6 жыл бұрын

Super! +++

@OFGAnimationStudio 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Josh, we expect more tutorials pertaining to logo animations. Thanks for effort and contribution :)

@scorpion912 2 жыл бұрын

God damn, thank you

@abuhanifah3169 Жыл бұрын

You are lucky my favourite nice tuto is nice tuto

@adinapunyobanerjee9481 6 жыл бұрын

Nice1...I like it

@ardifreelancer7082 6 жыл бұрын

beautiful T_T

@QuizTriviaWorld 4 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@user-hl2oy5tt2v 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for teaching us! I have problem cuz I am the old version and I cannot parent the flare center to the Position. I have to drag the flare on the letter stroke and makes it follow the stroke... Could you tell me how could I parent it quicker? THX

@etatproductions 10 ай бұрын

This is great! Are you able to export this transparent so the black screen isn't behind it?

@KumieZoomie 6 жыл бұрын

Very clear instructions, very easy to understand and follow. Thank you!

@shivangirathi6799 6 жыл бұрын

Hello!! I m in a big trouble. Can you plse help me? The problem is when I render my output from after effects it comes out to be a slight blurry at the edges though I have rendered it in full HD and in h.264 format. Since I have vectors in my composition I turned on "continuously rasterize" option that sun icon option too. What should I do to get a crisp rather than blurry render?

@gabrielmicchelli8061 4 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial, You need to slow down a bit. thanks

@MarcosVinicius-je6zf 2 жыл бұрын

Febens Lordeus Thank you!

@nataliabal1 3 жыл бұрын

3:05 = command or ctrl + c on the path mask and command/ctrl + v on the position of the null object (not as a new mask for the null object) Hope this is helpful for future viewers :o)

@ronpdf2084 2 жыл бұрын

you saved me!!!

@vasilenatoneva8839 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! I was stuck on this part and couldn't figure out why they weren't matching

@testne6758 3 жыл бұрын

love

@otbt23 2 жыл бұрын

awesome tute and very easy to follow thanks, how ever when i export it the quality is all blurry. please can you help me out ?

@TonyFalcon76 6 жыл бұрын

hey bro thanks for the tut, how did you change the color tone of the timeline elements???????!!

@SonduckFilm 6 жыл бұрын

Go to preferences and go to the labels menu.

@und157 5 жыл бұрын

Hey bro, so good Tutorial . But,how did you make lens flares transparent background?

@VaneGgi 4 жыл бұрын

I am having the same problem! Did you solve this?

@77vanwilder 4 жыл бұрын

In after effect. I created a new square composition with a 1:1 ratio of 1080px by 1080px. I rendered it. But when download the MP4 file on Facebook or twitter, the square is not filling out the screen as you would normally see on mobile phones. why is this? I have a picture example if I can send it you.

@MrMiix-qq7wd 6 жыл бұрын

hello im trying to link the flare to the same position on the null object but i cant since i dont have that flare expression. im using cs6. is there any other way ? thanks for the nice guide

@MrMiix-qq7wd 6 жыл бұрын

I found a solution for my problem, i did copy the the mask path from the start of the first letter and pasted it in the flare center and it works perfect

@ToniDeGrisantis 6 жыл бұрын

i think i found the problem, you have to deactivate the mask icon first (1'21")

@amalsaad7649 6 жыл бұрын

انا عندى نفس المشكلة ممكن حل كويس من فضلكم !!!!!

@shuaaabukaf2905 6 жыл бұрын

I have the same issue, can u HELP ME :'[

@moahvjuwaj 6 жыл бұрын

your flare expression is now at your solid expression. (because your flare was put in your solid layer)

@goodasyou1980 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry if this has already been asked and answered. When I export via media encoder, all that is coming out at the end of it is the final outline and none of the animation. I'm fairly new so there's a good chance I'm missing a step. Can you advise?

@zabala29 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for the tutorial. Quick Q: Your letters are made on one object, If I letters like use R or A or P the flare goes to the inner object, can I make the flare to follow the external path of the letter ?

@runsierra 4 жыл бұрын

Just now seeing this tutorial and I see you asked this 6 months ago but I know someone else will also run into this and need the answer: Yes, you can. Under your outline masks, you should see two masks for each of the letters that have both an outer and an inner portion of the outline. You can apply the process he goes over to one, the other, or both.

@KevinC-sl8iv 6 жыл бұрын

Would the same concept apply to layers that aren't text based? For example a logo? Great tutorials, keep up the great work! I'll definitely be using some of these techniques !

@ardifreelancer7082 6 жыл бұрын

no you cant bro, Ive done this and its failed.

@chelseamoon7056 6 жыл бұрын

I created a null object but I do not know how to link flare center to the null's position so that it can move with the null object. Im using the 2018 cc version so it does not have the swirl thing that lets me link it to the null's position. Can someone help me?

@stephantrip1933 5 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! I'm just stuck on the "copy mask data part". I wonder how you get those keyframes because on the letter mask there are none. Command + c doesn't work.

@Tommutgeert 4 жыл бұрын

yup

@SThompsonRAMM_1203 6 ай бұрын

You need to copy the Mask Path. Left Click on "Mask Path" Then Ctl C

@audienceslove5742 4 жыл бұрын

Cool

@kt1849 5 жыл бұрын

How did you get the ghosting flares in the background?

@ankur7113 5 жыл бұрын

does this work in cc 2019? Have tried to generate stoke but the stoke is not visible!

@johngordon5495 4 жыл бұрын

ur doin it wrong

@majorlionzion 4 жыл бұрын

@@johngordon5495 hehe jes

4 жыл бұрын

I'm just trying to this in cc 2019. I have setup German as the interface language; there, I have found the corresponding fx for "stroke": it's "Kontur" --> but unfortunately, I cannot find the right translation for this in English, but maybe, this is of help anyway.

@sayukii4426 4 жыл бұрын

If someone have the same problem, change the brush size too with the stroke effect (il faut changer l'épaisseur avec l'effet trait)

@knowledgehub7904 6 жыл бұрын

Man we need more film making tutorials like advance chroma keying Inside of after effects

@johngordon5495 4 жыл бұрын

you buy, ill fly

@paulscrevane 5 жыл бұрын

when I copy the mask path of the first letter and paste it to the null object the path of the red outlined letter is smaller than the actual letter. So for this I'm just using the word "TEST". The T is normal size, but the null object 'T' is much smaller. Any idea how to fix that or what I'm doing wrong?

@nathan3281 5 жыл бұрын

The masks around each letter are blocking layers I am placing behind. I am following your create floor reflections and the individual letter masks are blocking the background. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

@peptcsz 3 жыл бұрын

Hi. I have the same problem. Did you solve that?

@indtelefusion 6 жыл бұрын

Hey, Dear i have canon 1200 d and what type of lense should i buy for product photography and as well as outdoor shoots in natural lights. Please help !!!

@SonduckFilm 6 жыл бұрын

Use the lens you have until you can upgrade. I would suggest the 50mm 1.8 if you need a low cost, but great lens. I use 16-35 2.8L and 85 1.2L for my shots.

@jtjoshua6244 6 жыл бұрын

i want to ask adobe after effect cc got different after effect cs6?

@nasseralbaradie8580 6 жыл бұрын

Hello ,if you could please help me cause you didn't show the flair animation for the G,H,T and S and mine were completely misplaced and offset from the letters

@lennynobel5356 5 жыл бұрын

what font are u using

@robertocincotti1413 Жыл бұрын

I like the effect you've created, I'd like to do it for just 2 letters, RC, but alas I don't have the program. How can I get this result? Thank you

@editpapu6282 3 жыл бұрын

awosome

@KankaWasTaken 6 жыл бұрын

the generate stroke function causes my after effects to stop , it then blacks out the screen and cant load frames anymore error "ram preview needs 2 or more frames to playback" my ram isnt full

@im.rahulverma 6 жыл бұрын

Same effect want to do on shapes is it possible

@Danny_Walk_Stay 2 жыл бұрын

Is there another way when dealing with a shape instead of text, example logo? how to get a mask on a logo so I can generate stroke on it?

@hollyculka2505 3 жыл бұрын

My flare is off from my stroke. It travels faster than the stroke appears and I don't know how to fix it. It started doing it when I fixed the flare to delay showing by a second or two.

@dashaakushevich9436 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, thank you for the tutorial. Is it possible to do the same effect but on the transparent background ? How can I do that ? Thank you !

@lauramorris6033 4 жыл бұрын

You might have already solved this but I managed it by creating a new adjustment layer rather than a new solid layer when creating the flare.

@dashaakushevich9436 4 жыл бұрын

Laura Morris I haven’t solved this yet so thank you so much!! I’m gonna try it:)

@Nobody-gx2rz 3 жыл бұрын

Next to the camera you have option. Turn it on the background will become transparent. Then render the video as a transparent video

@dashaakushevich9436 3 жыл бұрын

Nobody thank you very much!

@ArcadeCited 5 ай бұрын

That beginning doom style music though... was is that song?

@super30nc 4 жыл бұрын

My flares light up my video like crazy, is there any way to stop this? Ty

@KarrGalaxyStudios 6 жыл бұрын

How can you render out the title to an alpha when the built in lens flare is only an 8-bit effect so we can use this over our projects? Theres no option to render with alpha or even change the flares background color so we can choose greenscreen? I keep getting the black background and when i mask things out i also get the mask in black... any workarounds here without buying additional plugins? Thanks again..

@KarrGalaxyStudios 6 жыл бұрын

Clarifying this further.. its a problem with the 8-bit "lens Flare" plugin.. i can't figure out a way to generate an alpha channel for the flare's effects so that i can use the title over my other footage rather then a black screen.. any thoughts?

@ankurrohilla0005 4 жыл бұрын

Hello sir, can you please tell about null object has not appear on right position and even after reverse key frame

@WITNESSdSIKNESS 6 жыл бұрын

Great tut mate. My flare seems to move faster than the stroke line reveal, the flare is at the end of the letter before the line. Is their a setting somewhere?

@johngordon5495 4 жыл бұрын

Ur doign it wrong

@apacheknows626 4 жыл бұрын

im struggling to keep up, i see on the video things that dont show on my after effects. its like ive missed anything, need to slow down and just zoom in now and again so people can see that their timeline is showing up like yours

@RD-2 4 жыл бұрын

i said the same thing, alot of small things left out and talks and does this stuff way to fast to where the tutorial becomes a pause every 2 seconds then play to see what he did.

@aniketchaudhary5047 4 жыл бұрын

I am not getting that expression option in flare centre, what do i do?

@KienNguyen-kq5hz 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry, how do you dupilcate the layers for it to be in the order like in the video 8:25

@user-vu9oq4ur3n 4 жыл бұрын

Can you exchange the text "LIGHT" for Logo produced by illustrater ? Because I find it difficult to produce masking the logo.

@johngordon5495 4 жыл бұрын

I dunno, can you?????

@ryanm.4892 4 жыл бұрын

works well for me on the first letter, but with many letters the thing turns into a big white fireball. Turned down all brightness in the flare and the wiggle parameters but doesnt help. Any ideas?

@SThompsonRAMM_1203 6 ай бұрын

Are you using a mask on each letter?

@CreativefulSoul 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this tutorial. Worked really well for the first letter, however on the second, the lens flare for the first letter disappears. Followed your steps exactly. Anyone have any ideas? I'm using AE CC 2020

@lobinhwo 4 жыл бұрын

Could you make the project available?

@courtneyreynolds8948 5 жыл бұрын

Long shot but i was wondering if someone could help me out, when following this process it works correctly on my first letter however on the following ones the stroke moves faster than the flare? Any idea why this is the case?

@ElonicLights 4 жыл бұрын

little late, but keyframes?

@legendaryllvillar5559 4 жыл бұрын

how to copy the mask path?

@samanthatadelman3657 4 жыл бұрын

I haven't been able to do this tutorial because as soon as I turn the paint style of the stroke at 1:15 to "on transparent" my letters disappear! Help?

@ankitprasad4658 4 жыл бұрын

My also same problem

@rajendersinghharit 4 жыл бұрын

When you create stroke, set paint style to transparent, adjust brush size. It fixed the problem for me.

@KienNguyen-kq5hz 4 жыл бұрын

you should change the resolution to full

@TFinch 3 жыл бұрын

Flare Too Bright SOLUTION! - once you make your flare, add color correction. On the rgb curve bring your shadows (lower end of the white bar) down!

@glenysjavier3486 6 жыл бұрын

It be great if you dumbed it down for first timers like us. You have to remember not everyone knows what you do and it be great if you did tutorials as such. I have to watch this 5 more times because you talk really fast but its helpful. Thank you.

@johngordon5495 4 жыл бұрын

for DUMBYS

@josepaprika 3 жыл бұрын

Tutorial speed is great (easy enough to pause). Slow down your narration 10% to make the tutorial 100%. (Sounds like you’re late and rushing to be somewhere else). An otherwise fantastic walk through of this technique. Thanks for putting it out there.

@shuaaabukaf2905 6 жыл бұрын

cc: hello im trying to link the flare to the same position on the null object but i cant since i dont have that flare expression. im using CC 2017. is there any other way ?