Here’s a quick tutorial to animate strokes of a shape layer in After Effects. The goal is to animate the stroke, duplicate it out, and alter the copy for a cool effect. First, we’ll click the arrow through “Add Text,” and we’ll add a group to keep our project neat.
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Want to turn a beautiful still photo into a compelling video clip? You can use the Fractal Noise effect in After Effects to add movement to water in a still photo. In this tutorial video, I’ll show you how to do this by adjusting the settings to your Fractal Noise
Track Motion is a powerful and useful feature in After Effects. You can track data from part of a clip and then apply it to another layer so that it follows the motion of the tracked layer. During this short video tutorial, I’ll show you how to apply Track Motion
Dehancer is a plugin for film effects and film-like color grading in After Effects. This comprehensive film emulation tool follows the science of analog film making techniques. It builds profiles from real analog samples combined with non-linear image processing and mathematical modeling. With your footage on the timeline, apply the
If you create an expression in After Effects to automatically fade a layer in and out, it can be efficient in the long run. This is because you’ll be able to adjust the beginning and ending times of the layer without having to adjust keyframes. To get started, create an
If you want layers evenly spaced in a composition, there’s a handy After Effects expression for that. First, create a position expression and make a variable. The variable is going to equal the index of the layer, and then divided by the number of layers in the composition plus one.
If you want to incorporate a layer name into your composition, the name expression in After Effects makes it easy. This expression isn’t one of the more popular ones, but it can be useful in many instances. For example, if you are creating lower thirds, you can add this expression
Wave Warp is a tool with many uses, and one such use is to make a flag appear to wave in the wind. First, I have a graphic from Envato Elements. In Photoshop, I’ve separated the flag from the background layer, although I’ve kept some of the rope from the
If you want to create an arrow that moves along a path on After Effects, especially a curved path, Trim Paths is useful. First, create a shape layer path. This is the path the arrow will travel. With the path defined, select Shape 1 in the “Contents” property of the
