After Effects

Work smarter with these must have free After Effects plug-ins. Unlike most other (motion) graphics applications, Adobe After Effects relies heavily on external plug-ins. Most of them are paid, some are even pretty expensive....

You can't have enough After Effects glitch templates, so here is another one from Videolancer. This template was previously sold on Videohive but now is available for free on his Youtube channel. If you ever...

To create spectacular logo animation in After Effects is actually pretty easy and very powerful! If you want to learn how to do it in just a few simple steps, then follow this tutorial...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5meRfgzlxM In today's episode of 'Casual Friday', I try to answer the question if Motion Designers should learn 3D. If you asked me ..the answer is clearly 'yes'. BUT you don't have to have 3D...

In this weeks Copycat Friday tutorial CineComNet is looking at the new Rudy Mancuso video "Stories From Our Future" where they are recreating 3 of the effects seen in the video. The first effect is...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgBmdYxdP0k You probably know how to take a single snapshot in After Effects already. There's a dedicated icon right below the canvas (the little camera icon) which will take a snapshot of the canvas right...

A brand new feature of the Adobe Photoshop suite is the AI-enabled Neural Filter that gives you unbelievable capability with your animations. This short tutorial will give you the best way to create some...

With a 2.5D parallax animation, you can add motion to regular 2D images and breathe some life into rather boring shots. It's a good way to not only repurpose your content but create actual...

Sometimes things you see in movies are inevitably associated with the according director. Just like the Crash Zoom in almost every Quentin Tarantino film. Here is a tutorial about how you would create that...

To unleash the real power of After Effects, sooner or later you will need to work with Expressions. Mastering these small code snippets will open a whole new world for you when it comes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqHGBOlSawo Finally, I have this new stretch text animation free template for you to use in After Effects. It's a small and simple one. But a free template nonetheless. You've probably seen this stretch text animation...

One question that frequently comes up when learning motion design is how to create fake 3D motion in Adobe After Effects. This is definitely something a motion designer should have in his or her...