Elevate Your After Effects Workflow With These Expert Techniques

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Жыл бұрын

This time, I'm back with a classic tutorial creating this smooth type animation with soft gradients and neon glows in service of showing off my favorite techniques I use in almost every motion design project. all in Adobe After Effects. I'll show you the entire workflow so you can see how it all comes all together in the end, faster than you expect.
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@davidbatbold Жыл бұрын

You can unlink the mask feather (like scale) so that only the y axis gets the feather and not the x. By doing that, you don’t have to make the sides of the mask larger to avoid the unwanted feathering

@BenMarriott Жыл бұрын

This is a great tip, I had no idea!

@ysiegel Жыл бұрын

wow!

@BeingSanatani Жыл бұрын

@@BenMarriott 0:19 how to do this jump effect??

@dappe8822 Жыл бұрын

@@BeingSanatani position + rotation

@diegogamba7825 Жыл бұрын

Ben is a treasure to this community.

@user-zd9qv7ee7o Жыл бұрын

I don't even want to be a professional motion designer, but it is so charming to watch your smooth pipelines of stylish minimalitic animations.

@zacksexplainers Жыл бұрын

I've marked down some subtle but super useful but subtle key commands Ben dishes out (for myself as much as anybody) - Revealing all properties on a layer -- 1:08 - Cycle through fill options on a shape layer -- 1:50 - Shortcut for easy ease on keyframes -- 3:44 - Selecting the mask on a shape layer -- 7:10 Thanks Ben! Another video I'll come back to several times I'm sure

@ltb337 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. 😉🤞

@CoralieBinder Жыл бұрын

I just began to watch and the [Cmd + click on the arrow] to see all the parameters already killed me. Man, do we NEED this kind of videos, thank you so much!

@BenMarriott Жыл бұрын

Thanks Coralie! If had discovered that earlier, I think I'd have saved months of my life toggling down properties

@marioibrahim4173 Жыл бұрын

So I just ctrl click? Where have you been all this years I spent twirling down into properties just to change my butt caps into rounded ones? 😢

@BenMarriott Жыл бұрын

Right?! Changing stroke caps is so tedious otherwise. I love buttcapper for that as well.

@PixelDough Жыл бұрын

This same trick can actually be applied to many other programs, even folder hierarchies in some operating systems. It's also usable in reverse to close all properties, as if you just closed the top level it wouldn't close all the others inside it if you opened it back up normally

@marioibrahim4173 Жыл бұрын

@@PixelDough that's really neat.

@jessegimbel Жыл бұрын

Your videos always have a lot of great tips but this one seems even more packed with them. Excellent stuff!

@surplusvalues Жыл бұрын

Ben you're a wizard. I love how all of this is achieved without any plugins either, just smart (beautiful) design.

@shivendrapawar9618 Жыл бұрын

I have never seen any after effect tutorial so beautifully made, Such nice and simple video with lots of info...

@BenMarriott Жыл бұрын

This comment made my day, thank you :)

@SalvationArt Жыл бұрын

This is so professional yet made seem so simple. Thank you 🙏🏽

@taebae2862 Жыл бұрын

BRILLIANT! So many nuggets of information and techniques I can use later!

@riccardomengoli3326 Жыл бұрын

I love these good old plug in free tutorials with a lot of useful informations!

@editorartem Жыл бұрын

omgomg that "hold down ctrl and click arrow to reveal all properties of a shape layer" tip is on another level

@111tv Жыл бұрын

Once again, thanks for your generosity!!! Adobe bless you!!!

@ralph7752 Жыл бұрын

Those tiny details beside the tip to notice is excellent, great tutorial!

@dopemotions Жыл бұрын

This was super helpful tutorial!

$@confdefracasado$

@confdefracasado Жыл бұрын

your videos are awesome, please never stop doing them

@benjamintuck9258 Жыл бұрын

Excellent little video, really nice animation. Reminds me i need to get back to the course. Had a busy year and lost a lot of motivation but will come back soon and continue where i left off :)

@BenMarriott Жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend!! Hope you get a well deserved rest over the holidays

@techhfreakk Жыл бұрын

Ben, your voice in these tutorials is so pleasing. You're the Bob Ross of Motion Designers

@alexplaysplaysplays Жыл бұрын

Perfecto! Thanks Ben!

@albertskowronski Жыл бұрын

It's funny how after using AE for over 10 years now I'm still able to pick up some new tricks - like alt click to cycle through fill options - brilliant!

@himagnamallikorg Жыл бұрын

one of the best gfx designer i have seen

@lilianmihailova4589 Жыл бұрын

I think I might be in love with your tutorials.

@Rosomyat Жыл бұрын

High level class tutorial. Many tips learned. Thanks and keep the good work.

@laxsurfer16 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Ben

@BenMarriott Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!!

@mediocreape Жыл бұрын

that was so well done! Thank you for posting this.

@BenMarriott Жыл бұрын

You're welcome Mr. Ape! I'm stoked you found it useful :)

@goranthoren5522 2 ай бұрын

Nice! You can unlink the feather dimensions instead of making a huge mask. Just a friendly pointer.

@amir._.4988 Жыл бұрын

Great.thanks for sharing these fantastic techniques Ben

@BenMarriott Жыл бұрын

You're welcome Amir!

@colincazier 2 ай бұрын

incredible. only recently found your channel and am so thankful for these tutorials.

@usamaali9330 Жыл бұрын

I don’t know you read this or not but this is the best tutorial to learn aftereffect. It’s interesting, more engaging and in-depth. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@D_The_Crafter Жыл бұрын

I was able to follow this tutorial in davinci resolve using fusion, and still get the same result. This is so good and informative, Thank you for the awesome videos

@spaetzlelova90 Жыл бұрын

thank you ben!!!

@metalabyss107 Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial and above all great explanation.

@rickardbengtsson Жыл бұрын

Always good stuff ben

@Adhithya2003 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful ben!

@alinamia4302 Жыл бұрын

So useful, thank you!

@Shrike8473 Жыл бұрын

Waking Up never been so Beautifull

@stephanzammit Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial :) Well done!

@surfexcelll Жыл бұрын

Satisfaction 😍

@BenMarriott Жыл бұрын

Happy to be of service :)

@zukhriddinmakhmudov3793 Жыл бұрын

Ben we love you

@talescaveira Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for showing me this wonderful, incredible thing called anchor point tool. Yes, it's a shame, but I confess... I've been ajusting the anchor points using the parameters and then putting things back where they are supposed to be for 2 years. Somehow I felt this was wrong, but I kept on doing this. I have some work to get done still this year! I owe you some hour of sleep! And, no. I never used to label layers. Now I do. Specially pre comps. I reused some pre comps from previous project on my last video. And, it had 3 or 4 "comp1".

@FrytoTheFry Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@PontoZe Жыл бұрын

15 years using AE and in 2min of this tutorial I already learned 2 new shortcuts!

@ivansemchuk Жыл бұрын

I like the reverse engeniring technique of glow effect. I guess now you can use it it with lottie. Thanks!

@chinoborrego4828 Жыл бұрын

The whole thing is great and full of info as always, but I want a tutorial on Joden Newman's take of this!!! OMG such a visionary

@jodenclash Жыл бұрын

Mum! Come quick! I'm in a Ben Marriott video! Great tutorial, love how meditative this one feels, compared to the mad dash getting it done in the first place!

@BenMarriott Жыл бұрын

Feel free to add that to your imdb Joden!

@advikedits Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir 😀

@danielzana818 Жыл бұрын

Came here for the motion tips, stayed here for the cutaways to the tape measure!

@BenMarriott Жыл бұрын

Glad it was worth whipping out the camera for those XD

@SiHargreaves Жыл бұрын

You just saved me about a million hours with the cmd click arrow to open all the properties!

@CausticAscarite 5 ай бұрын

i've never added masks to shapes because it just creates more shapes. Everytime I was applying masks to comps and solids for that matter wow, just wow, you learn something new everyday

@Tognasca Жыл бұрын

how did you came up with this idea so fast? I guess you need to have tons of references to create this fast right? Great job!

@melk01 Жыл бұрын

Cool

@BenMarriott Жыл бұрын

Thanks cool cat!

@kacpervision Ай бұрын

Hey! Great tutorial but it is worth noticing that to simply duplicating beams and adjusting their positions to specific letters you should choose font that has each letter same size (width) otherwise you will have to adjust beams' width or change font. :)

@njanadesign Жыл бұрын

you are just fantastic

@azure4302 Жыл бұрын

GOLDEN

@svampefett 3 ай бұрын

Many of you probably know this, but exporting from Adobe XD directly to After effects is a game changer!

@svampefett 3 ай бұрын

Each artboard from XD basically becomes a composition, just remember to rename layers etc before exporting. And groups become parented with shy parameter. which is nice.

@robinblueqube Жыл бұрын

you can also add a touch of noise to help with the banding.

@saliuarts Жыл бұрын

i reeeeally love this game looking tutorial. Pls do more Game like effects

@leofreaking Жыл бұрын

3:10 One little plugin I found insanely useful when animating is the Anchor Point Mover that comes with the Animation Composer 3. Just snaps your anchor point to any corner or center of the shape/text or whatever. And it's free

@deadneck13 Жыл бұрын

You don't even need a plugin for that. Just hold the Ctrl key, and it will snap to center, a corner, or the middle of any side.

@leofreaking Жыл бұрын

@@deadneck13 Good point. But if you wanna realign a bunch of anchor points at once with just one click, that's a great way to do it. It's just a bit quicker and helps me lot when the assets change or I wanna try different ways to animate something

@GustavoHenrique-ub8ts Жыл бұрын

G.O.A.T

@Agvart28 Жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@MrQuentini Жыл бұрын

Nice!

@jtjt7442 Жыл бұрын

thx Ben.

@johntnguyen1976 Жыл бұрын

Shades of Bob Ross...I felt so calm and positive watching this 😀

@UnK1999 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video,🔥🔥🔥 thank you for sharing this…I’m brand new to AE, what would be the best way to change colors of each letter? Thanks again!!!

@Shady21 Жыл бұрын

❤️❤️

@BenMarriott Жыл бұрын

Two?! You're too kind :)

@xaska104 Жыл бұрын

Dios mio, que hermoso

@redaizo Жыл бұрын

10 years with AE didn't know I could anchor snap on points damn thanks

@serious_about_men Жыл бұрын

this feels like a 2011 opening sequence for a streaming service

@rowliv Жыл бұрын

Say no more. I am subscribed.

@Horsestinger Ай бұрын

Wonderful minimalistic animation. May I know which font have you used for the word? Much thanks! :D

@steveloudon7491 Жыл бұрын

A question if I may. You said you made the letters into individual layers in photoshop. Is there a difference between that and changing the letters to shapes in AE? Thanks.

@shuddabinswollode Жыл бұрын

im a sucker for keyboard shortcuts

@tarikalpat Жыл бұрын

Where did you find those musics/Sfx? Sounds amazing! Could you give a few keyword for this kinds of musics please?

@NanerBag Жыл бұрын

14:05 We NEED this guy to be featured in another video

@jodenclash Жыл бұрын

So kind, thank you!

@cosmicparsec9463 Жыл бұрын

hey friend, thanks a lot for the video. I've been looking for a tutorial on how to make these elements go up and down for a while, exactly as it was done at 0:20 with the AE file icon. I don't even know what to search to find out how to do this, because I already researched several terms and did not find anything teaching. Could you give me a light? Do you have any tutorial about this? Was it in Premiere that you did it? If so, even better for me. Thanks.

@LucasNoce Жыл бұрын

Couple of tips: - Use a null for animation so you dont repeat yourself - You can adjust the alfa in the gradient - Precomposing is your friend: make one beam and ctrl + d afterwards

@ePICS8 Жыл бұрын

How do I make a different duplicate of the precompose? I mean, I want to duplicate and change what is inside without changing what is inside another duplicate precompose of the same thing.

@dushfack Жыл бұрын

@@ePICS8 Just copy and paste what’s inside the pre-comp, pre-compose the newly pasted as a different comp name

@octas_filmes Жыл бұрын

@@ePICS8 aescripts > TrueCompDuplicator

@kahoryaowoleng1059 Жыл бұрын

@@ePICS8 in the project box (where all the comps/solids/images are) just copy the comp you want and paste it in there and use the copied comp.

@kahoryaowoleng1059 Жыл бұрын

@@octas_filmes or download this

@jaysonfontela5761 Жыл бұрын

💖

@tgd2650 Жыл бұрын

Question: do you know any website for found best color palettes?

@ahmedsaadkamel5601 10 ай бұрын

جميل ماشاء الله

@RReapxRR Жыл бұрын

Okay this is a very stupid question but, what do you do to import from illustrator, do you mean that you export the layers and then place them in after effects? Or is there an explicit way to bypass that step and import illlustrator graphics directly into after effects?

@emb0y Жыл бұрын

Could you put the link for the tape measure in the description? thank u

@nguyenhoangnam Жыл бұрын

Can you share the background music you used? I really like it

@juniorgnonlonfoun8157 Жыл бұрын

where do you find your animations sounds?

@sharawymusic 7 ай бұрын

Can we animate these beams to music like a visualizer?

@Loki.Variant Жыл бұрын

im also still learning ae but i assure you, that guy with "more money more drugs more rock n roll", will go farrrrrrr xDDDDD

@mczeno 7 ай бұрын

Ben, how do you make your screen recordings so crispy? I am on Windows too and it always looks ugly and pixalated.

@KEY-uq1hf 4 ай бұрын

I had trouble around the 10-minute mark when copying and pasting keyframes. The frames weren't appearing on the layers I pasted them onto. I solved it by separating the X/Y dimensions and only pasting to the Y. I must have missed the step to separate dimensions on all layers; I only did it for the M layer.

@eagillum Жыл бұрын

1:50 can I not do this in CS6? I don't have two little handles extending from my little blue point.

@jeremymather9689 Жыл бұрын

1:53 - what's the trick to showing the handles? I have the layer selected, I have 'toggle mask and shape path visibility' on, I've tried selecting the gradient fill within the shape layer... I know you can manually change the start and end points, but still confused about getting those handles to appear in the composition window

@sculptor000 Жыл бұрын

1:10 just double press the U key it'll reveal the size

@ciaranoc Жыл бұрын

Hit UU to reveal all the properties which have been changed from the default values, massive time saver1:04

@Bonirin Жыл бұрын

you could've used the width of the layer, with Layer control effect and a simple expression, making width of the beam always follow the width of the letter, and just changing the "parent" on the layer control for each letter

@Bonirin Жыл бұрын

Also copying effcts with Cntrl + Alt + C would also link all the parameters, of the effects pasted, to the original effect

@Bonirin Жыл бұрын

Although the size parameters access through expression would probably work better if you imported the letters from illustrator using something like Overlord or just copying and pasting the shape directly

@BenMarriott Жыл бұрын

That would definitely be useful, especially if the letters width changed as well. Thanks for sharing!

@thelostboy6506 Жыл бұрын

hey how can I edit the words on your final project

@joaomiguel1197 Жыл бұрын

Which font u used in this tutorial?

@hoozn Жыл бұрын

It somehow feels like blasphemy to leave one of those "why didn't you just..." comments under one of your videos, but why didn't you just unlink the feather properties and adjust the y-value only, instead of having to keep an eye on the position/size of the mask? 😄 On a sidenote: for everyday adjustments like size/colour/contour, I find it easier to just double-tap the U button becasue I get easily overwhelmed with too many options lol, but that CMD+click tip will definitely come in handy for layer effects. So thanks a lot for another very useful piece of content 🤗

@BenMarriott Жыл бұрын

Heretic!!!! I honestly had no idea you could unlink the feather properties like that. Love comments like this, thanks for sharing the info!