Elevate Your After Effects Workflow With These Expert Techniques

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  • @zacksexplainers
    @zacksexplainers Рік тому +36

    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
      @ltb337 Рік тому

      Thanks for this. 😉🤞

  • @diegogamba7825
    @diegogamba7825 2 роки тому +6

    Ben is a treasure to this community.

  • @davidbatbold
    @davidbatbold 2 роки тому +130

    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
      @BenMarriott  2 роки тому +46

      This is a great tip, I had no idea!

    • @ysiegel
      @ysiegel 2 роки тому

      wow!

    • @BeingSanatani
      @BeingSanatani Рік тому

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

    • @dappe8822
      @dappe8822 Рік тому +3

      @@BeingSanatani position + rotation

  • @CoralieBinder
    @CoralieBinder 2 роки тому +14

    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
      @BenMarriott  2 роки тому +5

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

  • @shivendrapawar9618
    @shivendrapawar9618 2 роки тому +27

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

    • @BenMarriott
      @BenMarriott  2 роки тому +3

      This comment made my day, thank you :)

  • @himagnamallikorg
    @himagnamallikorg Рік тому +1

    one of the best gfx designer i have seen

  • @Некто-ы6х
    @Некто-ы6х 2 роки тому +8

    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.

  • @techhfreakk
    @techhfreakk 2 роки тому

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

  • @marioibrahim4173
    @marioibrahim4173 2 роки тому +91

    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
      @BenMarriott  2 роки тому +17

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

    • @PixelDough
      @PixelDough 2 роки тому +2

      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
      @marioibrahim4173 2 роки тому +1

      @@PixelDough that's really neat.

  • @editorartem
    @editorartem 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @riccardomengoli3326
    @riccardomengoli3326 Рік тому +1

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

  • @laxsurfer16
    @laxsurfer16 2 роки тому +7

    Thank you Ben

  • @surplusvalues
    @surplusvalues Рік тому +1

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

  • @jessegimbel
    @jessegimbel 2 роки тому +16

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

  • @benjamintuck9258
    @benjamintuck9258 2 роки тому +29

    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
      @BenMarriott  2 роки тому +3

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

  • @111tv
    @111tv Рік тому

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

  • @amir._.4988
    @amir._.4988 2 роки тому +4

    Great.thanks for sharing these fantastic techniques Ben

  • @dopemotions
    @dopemotions 2 роки тому +1

    This was super helpful tutorial!

  • @lilianmihailova4589
    @lilianmihailova4589 Рік тому

    I think I might be in love with your tutorials.

  • @colincazier
    @colincazier 8 місяців тому

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

  • @alexplaysplaysplays
    @alexplaysplaysplays 2 роки тому +2

    Perfecto! Thanks Ben!

  • @jodenclash
    @jodenclash 2 роки тому +2

    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
      @BenMarriott  2 роки тому +1

      Feel free to add that to your imdb Joden!

  • @surfexcelll
    @surfexcelll 2 роки тому +4

    Satisfaction 😍

  • @leofreaking
    @leofreaking Рік тому +1

    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
      @deadneck13 Рік тому

      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
      @leofreaking Рік тому

      @@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

  • @CausticAscarite
    @CausticAscarite 11 місяців тому

    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

  • @confdefracasado
    @confdefracasado 2 роки тому +2

    your videos are awesome, please never stop doing them

  • @albertskowronski
    @albertskowronski 2 роки тому +1

    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!

  • @taebae2862
    @taebae2862 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @ivansemchuk
    @ivansemchuk 2 роки тому

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

  • @ralph7752
    @ralph7752 Рік тому

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

  • @SalvationArt
    @SalvationArt Рік тому +2

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

  • @Shrike8473
    @Shrike8473 2 роки тому +1

    Waking Up never been so Beautifull

  • @svampefett
    @svampefett 9 місяців тому

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

    • @svampefett
      @svampefett 9 місяців тому

      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.

  • @D_The_Crafter
    @D_The_Crafter Рік тому

    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

  • @danielzana818
    @danielzana818 2 роки тому +6

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

    • @BenMarriott
      @BenMarriott  2 роки тому

      Glad it was worth whipping out the camera for those XD

  • @createdaley
    @createdaley 4 місяці тому

    I need to get myself one of those handy pixel measuring tapes

  • @usamaali9330
    @usamaali9330 Рік тому

    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. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @robinblueqube
    @robinblueqube 2 роки тому

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

  • @Tognasca
    @Tognasca 2 роки тому +9

    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!

  • @rickardbengtsson
    @rickardbengtsson 2 роки тому

    Always good stuff ben

  • @stephanzammit
    @stephanzammit Рік тому

    Great tutorial :) Well done!

  • @LucasNoce
    @LucasNoce 2 роки тому +3

    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
      @ePICS8 2 роки тому

      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
      @dushfack 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @octas_filmes
      @octas_filmes 2 роки тому +2

      @@ePICS8 aescripts > TrueCompDuplicator

    • @kahoryaowoleng1059
      @kahoryaowoleng1059 2 роки тому +1

      @@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
      @kahoryaowoleng1059 2 роки тому

      @@octas_filmes or download this

  • @chinoborrego4828
    @chinoborrego4828 Рік тому

    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

  • @Adhithya2003
    @Adhithya2003 2 роки тому

    Wonderful ben!

  • @alinamia4302
    @alinamia4302 Рік тому

    So useful, thank you!

  • @goranthoren5522
    @goranthoren5522 8 місяців тому +1

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

  • @kacpervision
    @kacpervision 7 місяців тому

    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. :)

  • @Horsestinger
    @Horsestinger 7 місяців тому

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

  • @spaetzlelova90
    @spaetzlelova90 Рік тому

    thank you ben!!!

  • @sharawysounds
    @sharawysounds Рік тому

    Can we animate these beams to music like a visualizer?

  • @metalabyss107
    @metalabyss107 2 роки тому

    Great tutorial and above all great explanation.

  • @zukhriddinmakhmudov3793
    @zukhriddinmakhmudov3793 2 роки тому

    Ben we love you

  • @Rosomyat
    @Rosomyat 2 роки тому

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

  • @johntnguyen1976
    @johntnguyen1976 2 роки тому

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

  • @sihargreaves
    @sihargreaves 2 роки тому

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

  • @talescaveira
    @talescaveira 2 роки тому

    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".

  • @PontoZe
    @PontoZe Рік тому

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

  • @ciaranoc
    @ciaranoc 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @saliuarts
    @saliuarts Рік тому

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

  • @cosmicparsec9463
    @cosmicparsec9463 Рік тому

    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.

  • @izored
    @izored 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @serious_about_men
    @serious_about_men 2 роки тому

    this feels like a 2011 opening sequence for a streaming service

  • @advikedits
    @advikedits Рік тому

    Thank you sir 😀

  • @NanerBag
    @NanerBag 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @eagillum
    @eagillum Рік тому

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

  • @GustavoHenrique-ub8ts
    @GustavoHenrique-ub8ts Рік тому

    G.O.A.T

  • @jeremymather9689
    @jeremymather9689 Рік тому

    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

  • @njanadesign
    @njanadesign 2 роки тому

    you are just fantastic

  • @melk01
    @melk01 2 роки тому +4

    Cool

  • @sculptor000
    @sculptor000 Рік тому

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

  • @Agvart28
    @Agvart28 2 роки тому +1

    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @Shady21
    @Shady21 2 роки тому +4

    ❤️❤️

  • @coolchessnerd
    @coolchessnerd Рік тому

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

  • @FrytoTheFry
    @FrytoTheFry 2 роки тому

    Thank you!!

  • @tarikalpat
    @tarikalpat Рік тому

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

  • @mediocreape
    @mediocreape 2 роки тому +6

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

    • @BenMarriott
      @BenMarriott  2 роки тому +1

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

  • @shuddabinswollode
    @shuddabinswollode Рік тому

    im a sucker for keyboard shortcuts

  • @RReapxRR
    @RReapxRR Рік тому

    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
    @emb0y 2 роки тому

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

  • @UnK1999
    @UnK1999 2 роки тому

    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!!!

  • @Loki.Variant
    @Loki.Variant 2 роки тому

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

  • @jtjt7442
    @jtjt7442 Рік тому

    thx Ben.

  • @Bonirin
    @Bonirin 2 роки тому +1

    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
      @Bonirin 2 роки тому

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

    • @Bonirin
      @Bonirin 2 роки тому

      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
      @BenMarriott  2 роки тому +1

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

  • @rowliv
    @rowliv 2 роки тому

    Say no more. I am subscribed.

  • @BeingSanatani
    @BeingSanatani Рік тому

    0:19 how to do this jump effect??

  • @hoozn
    @hoozn 2 роки тому +1

    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
      @BenMarriott  2 роки тому

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

  • @nguyenhoangnam
    @nguyenhoangnam 2 роки тому

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

  • @oiganamitio
    @oiganamitio 2 роки тому +1

    Why you're not using GPU acceleration?

  • @MrQuentini
    @MrQuentini Рік тому

    Nice!

  • @tgd2650
    @tgd2650 2 роки тому

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

  • @azure4302
    @azure4302 2 роки тому

    GOLDEN

  • @juniorgnonlonfoun8157
    @juniorgnonlonfoun8157 Рік тому

    where do you find your animations sounds?

  • @steveloudon7491
    @steveloudon7491 2 роки тому

    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.

  • @Production75-n4k
    @Production75-n4k 2 роки тому

    hey how can I edit the words on your final project

  • @joaomiguel1197
    @joaomiguel1197 Рік тому

    Which font u used in this tutorial?

  • @aramshwany318
    @aramshwany318 Місяць тому

    thanks

  • @ardit-design
    @ardit-design Рік тому

    WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT MY PC BRO IS IT GOOD FOR AFTER EFFECTS AND ILLUSTRATOR ?Gaming X G100, Core i5-10400F, 16 GB, RTX 3060, 1 TB M.2 PCIe

  • @rkreutzkamp
    @rkreutzkamp 2 роки тому

    Biggest learning from this video: "tittle".
    And also everything else 😂

  • @filipmlynski3095
    @filipmlynski3095 Рік тому

    What's the name of the font you're using here?

  • @safeermusic8706
    @safeermusic8706 Рік тому

    how u export seperate text?