Evan, you must have been INSIDE MY HEAD because it was just yesterday I was considering how I would accomplish this very thing... the answer is so simple - a single very long or very tall comp. Thanks for saving me many headaches!
You sir, are a bloody legend! These are some of the absolute best tutorials I've ever come across, THANK YOU SO MUCH for making them! Not only are they really well constructed and easy to follow along, you're also an absolute delight to learn from. In all my years of learning to create with Adobe I've never found anyone else who makes me smile this much while learning what I can do with all the mystical treats these programs have on offer. Thank you for doing a bloody excellent job at being you and for taking the time to share your fabulous brain box x
I was looking for this all over the internet for the last couple of days but couldn't find any tutorial or what it's called. Then I came across your tutorial!! I was like why I didn't see this before and then noticed you just posted it! You da best!! Your tutorials are always very unique!
@@ECAbrams A 3D approach would be super cool. There's always more than 1 way to do an effect depending on what you're trying to accomplish. I know there's a cool way of doing the trails with Particular but I haven't fully figured out how to do that.
@@KurtisBenson Ah! Then some #spoilers here, when we revisit this kind of thing we'll definitely be working in the particular aux-particle solution and probably a c4d lite approach for good measure.
Grids, guides, and holding shift when I pull out the handles at regular intervals and angles. Nice and even and symmetrical and boring is the life for me :)
Hey Evan, this really is a great rig for these simple but elegant movements. Sometimes it's these little things to make an easy looking animation really easy animating.
Thank you! I think I got what I needed from this tutorial. I’m transforming a 2d graphic of some interconnected plant roots into an animated graphic of the plant roots interconnecting with each other. If you have some other tutorials you think might be helpful feel free to throw them at me. If I manage to pull it off I will for sure tag you in the final product!
Thank you so much! I'm learning After Effects CC (2020 Release) from the Classroom in a Book I bought from Amazon. Great video! I'm on an After Effects kick right now! Love the things I can do. I'm just consuming everything I can get.
Dude, this is amazing. I've been doing the same type of visuals lately, but definitely doing it the hard way. I learned like 5 new things in this video!
There needs to be a "reaction" video made showing people watching this with their jaws on the floor ... while having big, goofy, grateful grins on their faces.
This tutorial is gold 😍 Did i miss you explain how you make the circle animation when the balls arrive at the end, or is it not mentioned? Was also interested in that for another practice project i'm doing.
Great tutorial! One thing though, I made some banner ads using roughly the same method of a bigger comp with paths from Illustrator moving in a smaller viewport. I animated it using only position of the bigger comp. My point is that using a camera seems a little too much, the animation doesn't need one…
Can you please make a tutorial showing a something like a rocket ship moving past stars then stopping/ slowing down next to some some planets before continuing before continuing on and looping? I've been trying to ages and it's driving me crazy Thanks a lot!
Hey Evan! At 8:40 you separate the dimensions of the camera. Any difference if you just added a Null to the camera to move it in the separate dimensions? Thanks!!
Hi Evan! Any possibility of a tutorial expanding on the visualizing/prepping the canvas needed for the type framing you mentioned 1:38? Not for this specific project, but for 3D type projects in general. It made so much sense here but that tends to be a sticking point for me! Thanks!!
Depends. You can make any layer 3d that you want. Now, is that a stroke with depth? Not really. To make a stroke in 3d space as you would with a sweep in c4d for example is not natively possible and would need 3rd party plugins.
Thank you very much for your answer. BUT... the first vertex is at its place at the beginning of the line. Nevertheless, the Null object-Trace path starts from the middle. It's driving me crazy!!! On top of this it appears and runs outside and far away of the line.
When you look at the motion path of the null, how does it compare to the shape layer path? Could it be some scale and position change has taken place so the movement of the null needs to be moved and scaled down to match? Or the path needs to be moved and scaled up to match? It sounds to me like something is amiss like that.
I would like to create a dotted path swirling down my webpage crossing some sections in Elementor. Do you have ay suggestions on how to achieve this? Thank you in advance and many thanks for your brilliant tutorial.
There's Form used in the work file? That seems like an oversight on my part. You can ignore that message and delete any instances of form you find. It has not impact on the techniques we're examining in this tutorial. it is a lovely 3rd aprty plugin from red giant. I should fix up the aep to not have any instances of that around.
Very cool! But I had lots of problems getting (and keeping) all the paths in the right place. Is there a seperate tutorial about that? Zeroing out, put anchor point in the middle and that sort of stuff?
I'm running into a problem where the trace path starts the null at the wrong end of the line. I cant just time reverse the keyframes as then the trim path linked value isnt correct. Reverse path direction doesn't seem to do anything. Other than redrawing the line in Illustrator starting at the other end, is there anything else I can do?
Hello Evan, Is there a way to have more control of the speed dot? accelerate and deselerate as it goes up and down? Before watching this video I was doing something similar by coping the path into the position of the dot, then I was able to manipulate the speed on the speed graph, but using this techique was making difficult to get the trim paths follow the dot movement
Would it be helpful if the position of the dot was linked to percentage of the path? You might use the trace path function of the path to null script to do that.
Love this method but I have a question: how do you zoom in without it becoming blurry? If you toggle the continuous rasterize button on the pre-comp, After Effects will look to see what is 3d inside the comp and you can't turn 3d on for the null layer because that screws everything up
In reference to the rectangles that float by, why separate the positioning between the anchor point and position key frames and not do it all with position?
we could achieve something similar with separate dimensions on position for sure. I prefer to use the anchor point incase I want to push the duplicates around in space without changing any keyframes. But there are no end of methods to employ in this regard. It also gives some interesting parallax should we scale these up and down since the anchor point is left in centre of the frame. But, it's not a method that works with everyone's concepts and workflows.
Do you know a way to parent a null (or any object) to a group of paths? Want to do an animation where a pencil jumps between different paths drawing out that are all on one layer. Going straight from illustrator makes many groups of paths. Please and thank you!!
Great tutorial! However I'm having problems when I keyframe the camera position. My whole comp just bends out, doesn't linearly move from left to right or up to down. Thoughts?
Do you have a two-node camera? Some people have the default that cameras come with a second point that they try to look at all the time. change your camera to a one-node camera and you should be all good.
"... pickwhip holding down shift so all the properties get zeroed out..." Life.Changed.
its esepcially important shortcut when you are 3d tracking a lot of shit in 3d space.. its very useful
x2
Really helpful hahaha
100%. Lost my shit when it worked XD
YES, Overloard! I can't believe I didn't know about that for too long. Such a time saver.
It's a winner. Saves me so much time.
Evan, you must have been INSIDE MY HEAD because it was just yesterday I was considering how I would accomplish this very thing... the answer is so simple - a single very long or very tall comp. Thanks for saving me many headaches!
You're very welcome. If this channel can prevent even one headache than mission accomplished.
You sir, are a bloody legend! These are some of the absolute best tutorials I've ever come across, THANK YOU SO MUCH for making them! Not only are they really well constructed and easy to follow along, you're also an absolute delight to learn from. In all my years of learning to create with Adobe I've never found anyone else who makes me smile this much while learning what I can do with all the mystical treats these programs have on offer. Thank you for doing a bloody excellent job at being you and for taking the time to share your fabulous brain box x
Was already subscribed, but this tutorial is THE ONE. Unbelievable how difficult this is in AE
Actually works.. Just disable the real time protection in Setting. Wasnt sure that it would work .Awesome bruh..
Your tutorials are always some of the best out there! You explain things in the best possible way. Thanks man!
I was looking for this all over the internet for the last couple of days but couldn't find any tutorial or what it's called. Then I came across your tutorial!! I was like why I didn't see this before and then noticed you just posted it! You da best!! Your tutorials are always very unique!
Thanks Evan, I owe a lot of my career in the film world to you. This one's a fun one!
Your Tutorials are Exceptional! I appreciate the knowledge you've shared :D
You're my all time reference ! Thanks for all !
Thank you very much.
this video is 3yrs old, but still a LIFESAVERR thank you so much from a fellow youtuber :)
Glad I could help!
Garrett Evans Wow thank you Garrett, you've made my day!
I'm currently working on a project as I type this that is very similar to this. You have some really awesome and helpful tips! Thank you!
That's a fun coincidence! Now, would it be handy to have a fully 3d approach as well? I was planning on making that the followup in a couple weeks.
@@ECAbrams A 3D approach would be super cool. There's always more than 1 way to do an effect depending on what you're trying to accomplish. I know there's a cool way of doing the trails with Particular but I haven't fully figured out how to do that.
@@KurtisBenson Ah! Then some #spoilers here, when we revisit this kind of thing we'll definitely be working in the particular aux-particle solution and probably a c4d lite approach for good measure.
Please cover the other method as well! Fantastic tutorials, my dude. Thank you!
The best tutorials on the internet! Always learn more than the video offers and incredibly well explained.
Lots of love from india . I was searching for this from a week . Thank you very much.
Welcome! The technique certainly has some limitations but I hope it gets you where you wanted to go :)
@@ECAbrams please upload advanced motion graphics animation. Your channel will grow with in a month.
amazing tut, loved this effect, learned how you arranged your files and arrangements and all the small deets, pog champ
Please keep making tutorials. I swear I've learned SO much from you than I have from the college course I took.
Definitely my skill in After Effects, learning all the basics AND THEN SOME, was from you. Keep up the good work!
idk how you even draw the paths so nicely
Grids, guides, and holding shift when I pull out the handles at regular intervals and angles. Nice and even and symmetrical and boring is the life for me :)
@@ECAbrams haha okay thanks
un hero de los after effects ha vuelto. guay. sigue hermano
this is a great and simple tutorial tutorial for those who are learning some of the deeper AE tools but want example on how to use them!
Glad you liked it!
This works. Recommended to try this out. Thanks a lot for your help
That was excellent. I was just wondering how to do that and you explained it so simply! Thank you so much for your great tips!
That's fantastic. I'm glad this helped.
Hey Evan, this really is a great rig for these simple but elegant movements. Sometimes it's these little things to make an easy looking animation really easy animating.
100% anything I can do to simplify the process, I'll do it.
Thank you! I think I got what I needed from this tutorial. I’m transforming a 2d graphic of some interconnected plant roots into an animated graphic of the plant roots interconnecting with each other. If you have some other tutorials you think might be helpful feel free to throw them at me. If I manage to pull it off I will for sure tag you in the final product!
OMG! Your voice is the music itself.
hey! your lighting and picture quality looks better than before. Good job.
lol. Some lights and a cheap lil 4k camera will do that. Now I just have to get my colour grading situation locked down. Glad you enjoy it!
Thank you so much! I'm learning After Effects CC (2020 Release) from the Classroom in a Book I bought from Amazon. Great video! I'm on an After Effects kick right now! Love the things I can do. I'm just consuming everything I can get.
Dude, this is amazing. I've been doing the same type of visuals lately, but definitely doing it the hard way. I learned like 5 new things in this video!
Great to hear!
good work king, love you
There needs to be a "reaction" video made showing people watching this with their jaws on the floor ... while having big, goofy, grateful grins on their faces.
Simple, effective and awesome method. Has opened path to new ways of creating content. Thanks! Like and subscribe earned.
This tutorial is gold 😍 Did i miss you explain how you make the circle animation when the balls arrive at the end, or is it not mentioned? Was also interested in that for another practice project i'm doing.
Cool. Didn't know about the shift-pickwhip option. Great tutorial. Thank you.
ECA is the man!
Really awesome process, thanks a lot for sharing it
Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. God bless you .
Great tutorial! One thing though, I made some banner ads using roughly the same method of a bigger comp with paths from Illustrator moving in a smaller viewport. I animated it using only position of the bigger comp. My point is that using a camera seems a little too much, the animation doesn't need one…
Can you please make a tutorial showing a something like a rocket ship moving past stars then stopping/ slowing down next to some some planets before continuing before continuing on and looping? I've been trying to ages and it's driving me crazy
Thanks a lot!
Really enjoy every tutorial!
Thanks, man!
Thanks. I realize this is rather old, but I'd really like to see the other method you mentioned too please Evan !
Which method is this?
This is EXACTLY what I was looking for
Aweso tutorial bro! I like how you gets down to bus
Hey Evan! At 8:40 you separate the dimensions of the camera. Any difference if you just added a Null to the camera to move it in the separate dimensions? Thanks!!
Not really? Except the steps to add the null. But functionally it would be capable of the same movement. Why?
@@ECAbrams No, that's just how I often do it so just wondered if there was a difference.Thanks, and I sooo appreciate your tutorials!
Thanks, this help me a lot to create pirate treasure animation map - awesome tutorial!
Thanks for all of your tips! I've just been getting into producing myself for my artists and mannnnn. It's like science lmao. Thanks a ton!
i can`t believe you just uploaded this today.
Me too, for many reasons. It's been a topic I have neglected in my "most requested" bin for a long time.
me encanta tu trabajo ! sos increible ! muchas gracias por compartir tus conocimientos ! un abrazo!
Thnak you for this. Lovely tutorial as always. Definitely adding this to my arsenal of techniques.
Absolutely! Love to see what you make with this stuff!
damn calling out right now. Hey, when you're passionate about sotNice tutorialng it makes you actually want to study it!
Great job, nice delivery on the tut man and thank you!
It's like we say, ECabrams delivers the tuts.
really refreshing tutorial. 10/10 Thanks
I've been looking for something like this! Thank you so much
Thank you very much! What a good video ! Keep up creating contents please :) Really good content for real
Hi Evan! Any possibility of a tutorial expanding on the visualizing/prepping the canvas needed for the type framing you mentioned 1:38? Not for this specific project, but for 3D type projects in general. It made so much sense here but that tends to be a sticking point for me! Thanks!!
What a great tutorial! 😊Thank you so much!!!👍👍👍👍👍
Loved this tutorial! Learned a lot of new things! Thanks for sharing. Very good explanations as well. Cheers!
Omg that’s so cool I love it keep up the good work
This is so cool I really want to try this out !
Well done ECAbrams i miss ur videos
We're making it happen once a week so far. Back on that new content here in 2020!
Really Awesome Tutorial Subhan-Allah .
seriously helped thank you!!
Thank you man for sharing this stuff
Cool You really help me Well done!
just beca a subscriber keep up the good work Sir.
Great one. Thanks a lot! Would like to know, whether we can create 3D stroke in after effects? If yes, could you please do a tutorial.
Depends. You can make any layer 3d that you want. Now, is that a stroke with depth? Not really. To make a stroke in 3d space as you would with a sweep in c4d for example is not natively possible and would need 3rd party plugins.
@@ECAbrams Yes, with depth. Thank you for updating me. Hope AE would bring that feature soon!
Thank you so much for your great tips!
Very nice mate 🙂 keep em coming!
Thank you so much. I'll try :)
Awesome!!!! I've needed this. Thanks. Please also post the other method :)
Thank you very much for your answer. BUT... the first vertex is at its place at the beginning of the line. Nevertheless, the Null object-Trace path starts from the middle. It's driving me crazy!!! On top of this it appears and runs outside and far away of the line.
When you look at the motion path of the null, how does it compare to the shape layer path? Could it be some scale and position change has taken place so the movement of the null needs to be moved and scaled down to match? Or the path needs to be moved and scaled up to match? It sounds to me like something is amiss like that.
SOLID 10 Tutorial! thank you
Great work!
Thank you very much, helped a lot.
You're welcome! Glad to hear it!
Well done.. I really love your voice 😀
Thank you very much. I've started recording these standing up so now I can really project!
Question: How Great are these tutorials!
Answer: F'n Great!
Amazing! Thanks man, learning a ton from you.
You're very welcome. Glad you dig the channel.
Wonderful tutorial, thanks a bunch 🙌🏻
you are welcome a bunch!
I would like to create a dotted path swirling down my webpage crossing some sections in Elementor. Do you have ay suggestions on how to achieve this? Thank you in advance and many thanks for your brilliant tutorial.
Things for the effort it's cool like I expect
Thank you for posting this
good job male, thanks!
thank you, I learned a lot new stuff
Thank you awesome tutorial !
You're welcome!
"Let's cooking show this" ...wow, I need to borrow that. I need to be more hip. Good tutorial.
It definitely keeps the record time down :)
You guys will get there soon. Just keep practicing I'll see you guys at the finish line
Who are you
When I open your file, AE says there is an effect called "Form" missing. Where can I find that?
There's Form used in the work file? That seems like an oversight on my part. You can ignore that message and delete any instances of form you find. It has not impact on the techniques we're examining in this tutorial. it is a lovely 3rd aprty plugin from red giant. I should fix up the aep to not have any instances of that around.
Very cool! But I had lots of problems getting (and keeping) all the paths in the right place. Is there a seperate tutorial about that? Zeroing out, put anchor point in the middle and that sort of stuff?
Well to be fair shape of you lody softs just like the first random notes that popped into Nice tutorials head
I'm running into a problem where the trace path starts the null at the wrong end of the line. I cant just time reverse the keyframes as then the trim path linked value isnt correct. Reverse path direction doesn't seem to do anything. Other than redrawing the line in Illustrator starting at the other end, is there anything else I can do?
I have the same problem.
Hello Evan, Is there a way to have more control of the speed dot? accelerate and deselerate as it goes up and down? Before watching this video I was doing something similar by coping the path into the position of the dot, then I was able to manipulate the speed on the speed graph, but using this techique was making difficult to get the trim paths follow the dot movement
Would it be helpful if the position of the dot was linked to percentage of the path? You might use the trace path function of the path to null script to do that.
Love this method but I have a question: how do you zoom in without it becoming blurry? If you toggle the continuous rasterize button on the pre-comp, After Effects will look to see what is 3d inside the comp and you can't turn 3d on for the null layer because that screws everything up
Depends. We may have to just solve for these things that get screwed up. What happened specifically in your comp?
In reference to the rectangles that float by, why separate the positioning between the anchor point and position key frames and not do it all with position?
we could achieve something similar with separate dimensions on position for sure. I prefer to use the anchor point incase I want to push the duplicates around in space without changing any keyframes. But there are no end of methods to employ in this regard. It also gives some interesting parallax should we scale these up and down since the anchor point is left in centre of the frame. But, it's not a method that works with everyone's concepts and workflows.
Do we need to use Illustrator to do your tuto ? bcz I don't have it ! THX a lot
The illustration dot is already in the pack ?
You can draw paths inside after effects with the pen tool if you like.
Great Tutorial! Thanks a lot!
I am your 900th like!
genius video thank you soooo much
Glad it helped!
Do you know a way to parent a null (or any object) to a group of paths? Want to do an animation where a pencil jumps between different paths drawing out that are all on one layer. Going straight from illustrator makes many groups of paths. Please and thank you!!
so, you need to join some of the paths? We can make that happen in illustrator with command + j. Does that help get you closer?
Great tutorial! However I'm having problems when I keyframe the camera position. My whole comp just bends out, doesn't linearly move from left to right or up to down. Thoughts?
Do you have a two-node camera? Some people have the default that cameras come with a second point that they try to look at all the time. change your camera to a one-node camera and you should be all good.
You are really helpful