Relaxing ASCII Animation

Explore the step-by-step process of producing a calming ASCII animation in After Effects. Suitable for beginners and experienced motion graphics enthusiasts alike, this tutorial delves into the art of blending simplicity and motion to create a tranquil visual experience. Enhance your After Effects skills and add a touch of serenity to your projects with this practical guide. Press play and let's delve into the world of peaceful pixels! 🖥️✨
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Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
0:38 - New Composition
2:13 - Ascii tiles
3:59 - Setting up the driving animation
5:32 - Initial Mask
7:53 - Applying Masks to Ascii tiles
8:10 - Tweaking final Ascii Animation
9:05 - Outro

[@betofukuji]

You blew my mind with this possibility. thanks, man. Great tutorial!

[@a3haus]

It’s super powerful and so easy! Enjoy !

[@AromaticCrass]

First of all, the insane side dock with 1000 apps organized by color making a VERY aesthetically pleasing color gradient is not what I expected to see lol

[@a3haus]

HAHAH I appreciate the observation man

[@janetang9039]

lol

[@ShaneCasserly]

this is a great method for replicating pixels on a screen, in that case exract the red, green, and blue and replace with your own colored pixels

[@cath0dictube]

short and well explained + awesome visual style

[@MAX-XIII]

thank for this! very relaxing tutorial with this background music.

[@a3haus]

Appreciate it man, check out my friend dyl who produces the music - he’s in my more recent videos

[@VadimRevin]

On my shy opinion, this is the best solution to control such animation effect. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@a3haus]

You're very welcome! Yes it's an extremely visual way of working with ascii which I think is hard to come by!

[@n.duende6257]

you explained everything very clearly, thank you!

[@a3haus]

Glad it was helpful!

[@afrikaniz3d]

This new series is really cool.

[@a3haus]

Thanks! Keep an eye out for more!

[@philiopos]

Love This! Great Tutorial

[@a3haus]

Glad you liked it!

[@biqesadilla]

Thanks for this, really cool

[@a3haus]

Thank you! 🫵

[@wh1tebread]

Amazing tutorial! Thank you!

[@a3haus]

Thanks so much !

[@superflashilandia]

Very clear and useful.

[@a3haus]

Thanks !!!

[@mrk3676]

Clever!

[@a3haus]

Thanks u

[@bharat5194]

Very cool!

[@a3haus]

Thanks man !

[@maruko8324]

Awesome!

[@a3haus]

Thanks !!

[@chalvlad]

genius😍😍

[@a3haus]

Thank you man, appreciate

[@user-hy3xv3sv4y]

you are the goat

[@a3haus]

Haha ur too kind bro !!

[@itsbonjee]

haven't seen the video fully yet but is it possible to do something based on a video/ face behind it or is it randomly generated?

[@a3haus]

Absolutely, the driver doesn’t have to be noise it could be a video or image - you just need to apply the same effects and make sure the mosaic corresponds to the ascii grid

[@itsbonjee]

@@a3haus thanks for the response, that's awesome. was wondering if you have this example project available somewhere? being new to after effects it would be nice to play with the settings and see it live as I constantly keep running into little issues and things I don't know how to move past

[@emilioquezadatorres6683]

where do you learn this ?

[@a3haus]

I don’t sleep hahaha

[@AhmedAlkheerow]

Can you please send the file 😁

[@a3haus]

I’m starting a patreon with the working files

[@drpepa09]

Now make it in Blender👍😉

[@a3haus]

😂 probably easier to do in blender tbh

[@VadimRevin]

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