Gradient Grain Texture Effect | After Effects Tutorial

This is an After Effects Tutorial showing you an awesome technique for making a grain texture gradient only in After Effects using the "Dissolve" blend mode. It can be helpful for animating illustrations out of Illustrator or Photoshop giving it a nice atmospheric shading effect.
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Gradient Grain Texture Effect | After Effects Tutorial

[@Mackesomething]

The bitrate I used this time was a bit too low, sorry about that!

[@okfoxtrot]

especially for this grain! also a good lesson ;-)

[@rr.studios]

I plan on using this effect soon... what bitrate do you recommend I use?

[@kyleparker2589]

I just found that you can also use "Dancing Dissolve" as a blend mode to keep the grain moving. Might save a couple extra steps/layers. Thanks for the tutorial!

[@hedwigssuite5656]

Kyle Parker imma try this. Thank you!

[@guilhermesalles4313]

YOU ARE THE BEST!

[@Pafmau]

Just discovered you. You are the real MVP, I will share your tutorials cause man, you deserve more viewers!

[@Mackesomething]

+Märten Puust Thank you so much, Märten!

[@moboxgraphics]

Awesome tips!

[@copperoc]

I felt like having the extra layers for the track mattes were really annoying to have, so to achieve the same effect, I put small wiggles on either the mask feather or the mask expansion, which nullifies the need for the extra mattes.
I also found that for a circular shape, there were areas where the pixels from the dissolve bending mode wouldn't update depending on the shape of the mask and it's feather.
I ended using the 'dancing dissolve' (which negates the need for a wiggle completely) which for some weird reason, doesn't have the same issue as the 'dissolve' blending mode haha

[@liorliv3Gaming]

How did you put small wiggles?

[@liorliv3Gaming]

What was the expression you used? :)

[@SunshineLove26]

Sooooo helpful, and straight to the point. Thankss sooo much !!

[@marinanakagawa865]

Ah, I'm super happy to find this tutorial!! thank you, you are awesome ;)

[@stealthygripen]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. this is exactly what I was looking for, but no other video helped.

[@Mackesomething]

I'm glad I could help! :)

[@markusjahn1398]

I've been looking for that !!! Super tutorial!!!

[@Mackesomething]

Cheers!!

[@kyrojohn]

This was so helpful !! Thank you so much!!!!!

[@lushprod]

Great tutorial, question: how can you change the color of the gradient in time, so start black and end white for example...
Tnx

[@leoLorenzi]

U can keyframe the colors, so set a keyframe, scrub timeline, edit gradient, boom

[@FLOWTUTS]

awesome ^^

[@mrmotiondesignberlin]

Great tutorial man!!

[@jdar-design-motion]

Thanks for sharing!

[@elfakafacundo]

Gracias!!! Muy buen tutorial!

[@manage.creativity]

this tut was spot on Exton 👌

[@antonikostadinov]

Great!

[@rasharasho4038]

Brilliant. !

[@vinee.mp4]

What about when rotating shapes? I've done your second method with a circle and I can move its position and change its rotation at the same time, the second grain layer still moves out side the circle's edges.

[@스위밍-l7x]

Thnak you, This tutorial.

[@artgoyle]

Thanx! Too bad the dissolve mode doesn't work on 3D layers, but I managed to make the layers 2D and then manually animate them, there's always a work around.

[@LIRANK]

a tutorial on cameras would be awesome

[@olalekanaleem456]

my dissolve effect is so low quality, anyone know how to up the smoothness of the grain, and no its not the feather

[@luLuisaCosta]

thank you!!!

[@joshuakevintaytayan1011]

What is the name of the music ?
Please reply . . .

[@ScribblePB]

Fly - June Mariezzy (FKJ Remix)

[@doctorboomplays]

whats your intro music??? :O pls

[@carolamoreno7464]

DoctorBoom♕| Plays & GFX sandro

[@votouragile9190]

WHat's yur intro music ?

[@mirazsu]

JuGoat June Marieezy - Fly

[@banw]

when u use 2 samples in blender