They're so useful! I used to be so scared of them, but they turn really boring resizing or changing colour modes on 100s of images in a fun challenge and make me feel like an absolute hacker.
Holy shit Ben! I just found your channel, I am a graphic and web designer who animates.. I've lived my life learning from paid and free tutorials. Gotta say I'VE NEVER found such GREAT, classy and TOP content and such fast easy and to the point material... You should be even more and more known!!! such excellent channel! Thank you and KUDOS!!!!
That action-thing is such a useful technique! I just used it in an entirely different context and saved a lot of time! Essentially I tried to roto-fill something. Instead of tracing it frame by frame with a shape layer, I used actions to quick-select and fill it, which is something after effects can't do! You reminded me why I should never stop watching tutorials. You just always pick up something new.
A few months ago I tried to figure out how to make a halftone effect because I couldn't find any tutorials that gave me the control I needed. I made metaballs in 1 comp, a gaussian blur on top, and a like 5000 dots aligned on a grid that all have a script that I found. All the balls either scale up on white, or scale to zero on black. It took my computer hours to render and I wish this existed earlier lol. Honestly cleverly thought out! I'd never have thought to use photoshop.
Hell yeah! Thanks for the tutorial, gonna have to find a way to use this while quarantined. Hope you and your loved ones are staying safe and healthy down under!
Another very useful video! Combining photoshop with after is the best combo, both to me seem like the most powerful programs in their respected fields :D Keep up
Here are 2 other tutorials with almost identical results in a non-destructive workflow. It's important to orient how you work in a non-destructive way, especially in Ae. one small change and you're looking at hours of work getting compounded. Mickey [fast and easy]- ua-cam.com/video/YMOHNfAoHJw/v-deo.html Workbench [highly recommended] - ua-cam.com/video/HOoVPeVP2Ac/v-deo.html
Do you say "because we always label our layers," every time when you're doing the VO, or do you just have a clip you drag in to every project now? haha
Sorry I should've been clearer in the video about this. You can render out your footage as an image sequence and run the Photoshop actions over those images :)
Back in the old days of After Effects, it used to be that you could just copy the Photoshop effects into your plugins folder in AE. Would save some round-tripping if that were still possible. Haven't tried it in a couple of years so I don't know if it's still a thing.
Another way to do this is to render your normal animation out as a quicktime, then open it in Photoshop. You can "convert the video layer to smart filters" in the filter menu then apply the color halftone filter. Then render out the video!
lol I was looking to not apply that effect frame by frame. Yours are the best videos for getting that effect but there’s no scape on applying the effect to every single layer. lol Great video thanks for sharing
Hi Ben! Hope you're well:) I simply loved this tutorial as much as I did the rest of them, you're really a master! I was trying to implement this effect to a text like you did to "CMYK" text and I just can't figure out how to do it, did you use a repeater effect? Could you please share which one? :)
There's also another way to get the color halftone effect, instead of using photoshop, if you have the sapphire plugin! the effect is called s_halfToneColor and can be found in the sapphire stylize window of the effects bar :)
if you want the radial effect you'd have to use the displacement map along with the halftone effect..I think. I was referring to using the halftone color as an overlay but idk how to achieve the same radial effect as mr. marriot lol
Would you be able to go over how you applied the effect to your example text? I've been trying to apply it to a text morph animation and I can't get my text to look like that while it's resting 😅 EDIT: Found out what the issue was!
Do you know how I would be able to gradually increase the halftone's max radius on a png sequence? Say I have sixty png images and I want the first one to have a max radius of 4 and the 60th to have a max radius of 64. How would I be able to record the action of increasing max radius by one pixel? Thanks for your video by the way. It was a huge help for a project I'm working on
Did anyone figure out how to modify the numbers of that Filter>Pixelate>Color Halftone effect? It doesnt seem to work well on still images with lots of details. The dots are too big [even at minimum value of= 4]......
My pc constantly crashes when I work with blur or other difficult effects. Also I always get the 23 40 short of memory error. What part of my pc do you guys think is the problem?
I was afraid you were going to break this out into a PS only effect. It is *so stupid* that After Effects doesn't have a halftone/CMYK effect filter built natively into it.
Adobe: We provide you with millions of colors, 60 fps smooth motion, vector graphics with crisp quality and sharp, pixel perfect images. That's all you need, right? Users: Uhm.. We need CMYK halftones, stop motion choppy frame rate, glitch artifacts, paper scratches and unfocused images...duh.
So *that's* what actions do! Thanks so much Ben, I'm just realizing the potential of PS 👏
They're so useful! I used to be so scared of them, but they turn really boring resizing or changing colour modes on 100s of images in a fun challenge and make me feel like an absolute hacker.
how you apply this to a text?
I love how a simple side note about Actions explains EVERYTHING about actions.
Exactly. There's some REALLY DUMB videos out there making it complex for no reason
how you apply this to a text?
I love that you even did the intro in that style.
How am i going to apply it?????
how you apply this to a text?
Holy shit Ben! I just found your channel, I am a graphic and web designer who animates.. I've lived my life learning from paid and free tutorials. Gotta say I'VE NEVER found such GREAT, classy and TOP content and such fast easy and to the point material... You should be even more and more known!!! such excellent channel!
Thank you and KUDOS!!!!
Haha, you're the best! :)
That action-thing is such a useful technique! I just used it in an entirely different context and saved a lot of time! Essentially I tried to roto-fill something. Instead of tracing it frame by frame with a shape layer, I used actions to quick-select and fill it, which is something after effects can't do! You reminded me why I should never stop watching tutorials. You just always pick up something new.
You're so welcome! I'm really glad you've enjoyed them, thank you :)
how you apply this to a text?
Batches are one of those things I learned in college and then never used after. This is a huge eye opener to the potential of this technique.
Ohh that photoshop trick is MAGIC, Thanks for sharing dude
Amazing! Glad you found it useful :D
A few months ago I tried to figure out how to make a halftone effect because I couldn't find any tutorials that gave me the control I needed. I made metaballs in 1 comp, a gaussian blur on top, and a like 5000 dots aligned on a grid that all have a script that I found. All the balls either scale up on white, or scale to zero on black. It took my computer hours to render and I wish this existed earlier lol. Honestly cleverly thought out! I'd never have thought to use photoshop.
Omg! I have really been getting into halftones in photoshop, and now I know how to implement them in animations! Great video, thanks!
every new video you make gives me newer and greater ideas keep em coming xxx
WE ALWAYS LABEL OUR LAYERS. Perfect tutorial, thank you!
this video is one of these ones after watching I say "wow"
Mate, you're a flippin' genius. Great tutorial once again!
Thanks so much dude! :D Glad you dig this one
Just started learning AE and your tutorials are the best🔥🔥🔥 U are teaching really cool and useful things. Thanks 🙏🙏🙏
This channel is MAGIC! So much inspiration oh my god!
Man your videos are the greatest! Got your school of motion course the other day and can't wait till it kicks off! Keep em coming!!
this is a god tier tutorial
Hell yeah! Thanks for the tutorial, gonna have to find a way to use this while quarantined. Hope you and your loved ones are staying safe and healthy down under!
Thanks so much! We're safe down here at the moment, so lucky I can work from home easily. :) Hope you're safe and healthy as well
Thanks so much for these tutorials!! Your videos help us newbies out a lot!!
This is so timely. I learned a bunch of techniques from this video, thank you. You sir, are a star.
Another very useful video! Combining photoshop with after is the best combo, both to me seem like the most powerful programs in their respected fields :D Keep up
how you apply this to a text?
Ben this is amazing, so many lesson in one video! Thank you bro
Here are 2 other tutorials with almost identical results in a non-destructive workflow. It's important to orient how you work in a non-destructive way, especially in Ae. one small change and you're looking at hours of work getting compounded.
Mickey [fast and easy]- ua-cam.com/video/YMOHNfAoHJw/v-deo.html
Workbench [highly recommended] - ua-cam.com/video/HOoVPeVP2Ac/v-deo.html
Yes, a better way to achieve this effect... AE-only workflow
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You are great sir! Your videos push me to do something new!
workflow wizard!
Wow this tutorial is amazing!! THANK YOU SO MUCH
Wow, that's how you use radial blur, thank you!
Thank YOU for watching :D one of my top 3 blurs :)
@@BenMarriott guess it's one of my 3 blurs now as well :)
Awesome tutorial! Love the effect! I'm working my way through all your videos to get a handle on the software.
how you apply this to a text?
Neat and efficient! Thank you Ben, I'm learning a lot from your teaching!
Thanks so much! I'm so glad you're finding my videos useful. I appreciate the support
Bro you're so fucking talented i'm so glad you decide to share your techniques with us!
Love from INDIA brother
Thanks brother :)
Another great bite size tutorial Ben, I now just need a chihuahua to complete the tutorial! :) Thank you
Haha, It's the best investment you can make XD
Ben Marriott 🤣
This is incredibly simple and never thought it that way!
Thank you so much, man! :D
how you apply this to a text?
hot damn. great tutorial. Came for AE, learnt a great trick in PS. thanks
Do you say "because we always label our layers," every time when you're doing the VO, or do you just have a clip you drag in to every project now? haha
Haha, It's a new recording every time XD I try to match the same pace so I can reuse the same graphic though. haha
@@BenMarriott lol that's a really funny idea, using the same recording haha. probably slightly more work to do though
Thanks, Ben! This is super easy and I will definitely be using this in a music video in the future (as long as the artists lets me 😂)
Amazing! haha, use it anyway. :P
awe man this is too good
thanks for action man.....i didn't what it does
genius - thanks!
I think ill try it
holy shit this is SO useful
Dare we go to 60? hahah love it ben!
Love it! have been looking forward to this :D
Thanks so much! :D Glad it lived up to the expectations :)
So I am not alone. MOst of you Motion Graphic Designers were one time PRINTERS
This is really cool, i was wondering how to then apply this color halftone to a video?
Sorry I should've been clearer in the video about this. You can render out your footage as an image sequence and run the Photoshop actions over those images :)
as cool as always! thank you so much for all this insights!
Back in the old days of After Effects, it used to be that you could just copy the Photoshop effects into your plugins folder in AE. Would save some round-tripping if that were still possible. Haven't tried it in a couple of years so I don't know if it's still a thing.
Oh wow, that sounds amazing! I'll definitely check that out. Thanks for sharing :)
It's not, alas
Another way to do this is to render your normal animation out as a quicktime, then open it in Photoshop. You can "convert the video layer to smart filters" in the filter menu then apply the color halftone filter. Then render out the video!
if you really want to be gangster make a filmstrip file and save the entire halftone pattern in ONE STEP...LOL
very cool
lol I was looking to not apply that effect frame by frame. Yours are the best videos for getting that effect but there’s no scape on applying the effect to every single layer. lol
Great video thanks for sharing
Thank you very much!
I came here to like.
Thank you! I really appreciate it :D
omg that intro gave me 2007 UA-cam-quality vibes for some reason. lol
Haha, happy to offer some nostalgia
Hi Ben! Hope you're well:) I simply loved this tutorial as much as I did the rest of them, you're really a master! I was trying to implement this effect to a text like you did to "CMYK" text and I just can't figure out how to do it, did you use a repeater effect? Could you please share which one? :)
same problem
same issue here, please tell me if you found a solution
Thank you for Kimchi clips :'))
Haha, thank you!! Glad you liked that part, he was in a cone! :)
Thanks!! I am a very new after effects user. How can i apply this effect in my footage! Thanks again!
You missed the whole point... How am i going to apply it?????
There's also another way to get the color halftone effect, instead of using photoshop, if you have the sapphire plugin! the effect is called s_halfToneColor and can be found in the sapphire stylize window of the effects bar :)
if you want the radial effect you'd have to use the displacement map along with the halftone effect..I think. I was referring to using the halftone color as an overlay but idk how to achieve the same radial effect as mr. marriot lol
Now people be loving this kinda misprints thanks to spiderverse.
Я так рад, что нашёл твой канал
Would you be able to go over how you applied the effect to your example text? I've been trying to apply it to a text morph animation and I can't get my text to look like that while it's resting 😅
EDIT: Found out what the issue was!
HOW DO U DO THE TEXT
safe, when i export the png sequence for the final video, the render becomes really pixelated and unusable?
love your video btw bro
Excuse me, but how can I apply this effct to my animation or video?
Couldn't you just add a halftone grid and use it as a matte? Like a layer with dots and use it as a matte for the entire animation?
Do you know how I would be able to gradually increase the halftone's max radius on a png sequence? Say I have sixty png images and I want the first one to have a max radius of 4 and the 60th to have a max radius of 64. How would I be able to record the action of increasing max radius by one pixel?
Thanks for your video by the way. It was a huge help for a project I'm working on
when importing my image sequence, I try to always make sure that it’s interpreting the frame rate correctly. Most of the time it’s incorrect.
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Haha, you're the best! :D
Did anyone figure out how to modify the numbers of that Filter>Pixelate>Color Halftone effect?
It doesnt seem to work well on still images with lots of details. The dots are too big [even at minimum value of= 4]......
Hey Ben, excuse the novice question if this is one - but how do you then apply the effect to video footage/stills?
You can render out your footage as an image sequence and run the Photoshop actions over those images. I hope that helps(^・ω・^ )
how did you align the circles at the beginning?
i can't seem to find the chihuahua, is it not included in adobe creative cloud?
you might need to upgrade to the Hecking Woofer pack :)
Can someone explain how to do this effect with text like in the intro? I could really use the help.
i been searching for it, he didnt mention it anywhre, not even in the comments section.
how you apply this to a text?
My pc constantly crashes when I work with blur or other difficult effects. Also I always get the 23 40 short of memory error.
What part of my pc do you guys think is the problem?
Hmmm, I not sure about that. I'll see if I can find a solution
@@BenMarriott Thanks man! Your vids are incredible!
How can I do the text at 8:38?
🔥👏
Thank you!
I was afraid you were going to break this out into a PS only effect. It is *so stupid* that After Effects doesn't have a halftone/CMYK effect filter built natively into it.
Adobe: We provide you with millions of colors, 60 fps smooth motion, vector graphics with crisp quality and sharp, pixel perfect images. That's all you need, right? Users: Uhm.. We need CMYK halftones, stop motion choppy frame rate, glitch artifacts, paper scratches and unfocused images...duh.
05:23
hhhh it's so cool but not procedural I'll have to find a way for it to be procedural
THATS CHEATING!!!!!!
Haha, confirmed illegal technique
bro what the hell, whats the point if we dont know how to apply the effect to the footage
Man.... you talk so fast.