Learn After Effects from Scratch to Professional

Learn to create and edit static text in after effects using the text tool, adjust font, color, stroke, and alignment, and explore paragraph and character settings.

Learn to create and center a text title, apply scale transform with keyframes, and refine timing with easy ease (F9), then add a solid background and basic shadow effects.

Learn to create a first text animation in After Effects by using opacity keyframes, timing at two seconds, and duplicating layers to build a cinematic outro with a final message.

Explore applying ramp effects to a white background, switching between linear and radial options, adjusting colors and center, and using masks, solids, and shadows to enhance text and shapes.

Position text in After Effects by creating a composition, adding keyframes, and using easy ease with the graph editor to animate motion, with a white background and black text.

Learn to create type text effects in After Effects by using a rectangle mask, inverted masking, and animated mask paths with keyframes to reveal text across frames.

Learn to use masks in After Effects to shape text and video by moving corners, inverting masks, and refining frames for dynamic typography.

Explore better text animations in After Effects without using the Transform Layer. Learn to apply typed text, tracking, offset, opacity, range selector, keyframes, color shifts, blur, rotation, and skew.

Create your first transition in After Effects using solids, setting up a two-second composition, applying colored solids, and animating position keyframes to reveal the transition.

Explore After Effects from scratch to professional by building and animating solids, adjusting position, rotation, and scale, keyframing at one second, duplicating layers, applying color changes, and blur effects.

Learn to create a mask-based transition in After Effects by animating mask paths across a solid, using keyframes every two frames, and layering colored solids with blur.

Create a circle transition using masks in After Effects with solid layers. Animate the mask with keyframes and graph editor, then apply color variations for a polished transition.

Create a block dissolve transition in After Effects by building a two-second composition, applying the block tool from effects and presets, and animating with keyframes across frames.

Master after effects transitions with the CC Grip Wipe, using solid layers, rotation, tiles, and border adjustments. Animate with keyframes, time reverse, and invert layers for varied wipe styles.

Create a transition with the CC Grip Wipe tool, adjust color, set rotation keyframes, and refine timing with the graph editor; duplicate and reverse layers for varied effects.

Learn how to create a radial wipe transition in After Effects, using counterclockwise and clockwise wipes, keyframes, graph editor, easy ease, multiple solid layers, and color variations.

Create a circle transition in after effects using the CC Radial Scalewipe, duplicating four colored solids, keyframing inversion and trims, and refining motion in the graph editor.

Master colorful solids transitions in After Effects by animating scale, position, and color across layered solids, using keyframes, graph editor, pre-compositions, and time reverse to craft smooth transitions.

Explore 3d layer solid transitions in after effects by building a multi-layer composition, enabling 3d properties, animating rotation with keyframes, and refining colors across layers.

Learn a new 3d solid layer transition style using rotation, scale, and color changes in After Effects, including keyframes, graph editor fixes, and time reverse techniques.

Learn to create a ribbon-style transition in After Effects using the linear wipe tool, feather adjustments, keyframe animation, graph editor easing, and applying the effect across multiple layers.

Create and customize shapes in After Effects by using shape layers, adding fills, and drawing rectangles, polygons, lines, and custom paths with the shape tools.

Explore how to work with strokes and dashes in After Effects, including setting stroke width, fill, dash arrays, and offset, then keyframe animation to create motion graphics on shape layers.

Build your first After Effects animation using trim paths, offset, and keyframes, then refine motion with the graph editor and easing. Adjust shapes, strokes, and text to craft an intro.

Learn to animate shapes in After Effects by adjusting stroke, size, and rotation using keyframes on circles, rectangles, and stars to create motion graphics.

Master shape animation with repeater in After Effects by building shape layers, adjusting fill and stroke, and keyframing size, position, and rotation for multiple copies.

Learn to animate lines in After Effects using repeater and trim paths. Adjust position, rotation, scale, and keyframes to create curved and multiple line effects.

Learn to place and animate text in After Effects by keyframing position, opacity, and scale, adding shapes, strokes, trim paths, and pre-compositions with easy ease and graph editor refinements.

Learn to create a lines transition with shapes and trim paths, animating a line from 0 to 100 over 10 frames and duplicating lines with color, position, and drop shadows.

Learn After Effects from scratch to professional, focusing on shape transitions with lines. Duplicate lines, adjust stroke, and use the transform repeater to create random colored lines on shape layers.

Learn to create a circular transition in After Effects using a single shape layer, an ellipse, stroke, and trim paths with keyframes and easy ease.

Create a corner transition in After Effects using a single shape layer, path tricks, trim paths, rotation, position, stroke keyframes, and four rectangles for a seamless reveal.

Learn to apply the wiggle paths effect to a shape stroke in After Effects, adjusting size, detail, random seed, and correlation, then apply it to all shapes.

Master the turbulent displace effect to craft splash-style short animations on shape layers. Animate ellipse and polystar shapes with keyframes, stroke, and graph editor adjustments.

Explore how to create a smoke circle using the roughen edges effect in After Effects, adjusting fractal influence, edge sharpness, border, scale, and complexity to shape a realistic smoke look.

Learn to create lower thirds title animation in After Effects using shape layers, trim paths, and strokes, with a step-by-step presentation and opacity adjustments for a red color.

Create a five-second, 30 fps composition with a grid and no fill, draw strokes, duplicate shapes, copy blue stroke colors to all, and prepare two shape layers for animation.

Learn to add and style text layers and a logo, then animate shapes with trim paths, keyframes, and easy ease using the graph editor for smooth motion.

Create the back end animation in After Effects by duplicating keyframes, trimming paths, and refining motion with the graph editor and speed graph.

Learn to create top lines for lower thirds in After Effects using shape layers, strokes, and a repeater with trim paths, then apply shadows and finalize with precompose.

Learn how to use an adjustment layer to apply a blur effect (radial blur or fast blur) to all bottom layers, control duration and overlap, and manage layer order.

Use an adjustment layer to drive color across multiple shape layers with color controls and expressions, linking fill and stroke colors for synchronized updates.

Master adjustments with an adjustment layer in After Effects by using slider controls to drive position and scale, apply expressions, and keyframe motion across layers.

Learn how to control multiple layers in after effects using a null object for position, rotation, and scale, with parent relationships and anchor point adjustments.

Explore using null objects and null layers in After Effects to control position, rotation, and scale across multiple layers with keyframes and parenting. Note that opacity isn't affected by nulls.

learn after effects from scratch to professional demonstrates creating an intro by building a composition, adding ellipse and text, changing background color, and applying shadows.

Learn After Effects from scratch by animating shapes and a solid intro and background, applying position keyframes, and integrating a JavaScript expression for dynamic motion.

Animate text in After Effects by creating an intro with text layers, shapes, and a rectangle using position, scale, and rotation keyframes, including 3d, alpha matte, and expression.

Create a polished intro in After Effects by applying a motion expression, copying and trimming keyframes across text, rectangle, and solid layers, enabling selective motion blur, and exporting with alpha.

learn to add and edit audio in after effects, drag audio into the composition, set levels with keyframes to -48 db, and render export with rgb+alpha.

Learn to create a glass and wine animation in After Effects by building shapes with the pen tool, applying strokes and fills, and animating the wine in a 5-second composition.

Learn to animate liquid in a glass in After Effects by duplicating layers, applying wave warp and turbulent displace, and keyframing position, evolution, bevel alpha, light color, and edge thickness.

Create the outside liquid in glass with the pen tool and stroke, then apply trim paths, wiggle paths, and roughen edges for a finished animation in After Effects.

Create a flat smartphone animation in After Effects from scratch, building screen, button, speaker, and camera with shapes and fills, guided by grid and action-safe setup.

Master flat animation by transforming a smartphone's case and screen, setting keyframes and scale, and refining with ease and graph editor adjustments for multiple shapes and elements.

Learn to create and animate circular app icons in After Effects using shape layers, keyframes for scale and position on a phone screen, and easy ease for smooth transitions.

Learn how to create a flat computer animation in After Effects, animating the screen, keyboard, and stroke with keyframes, easy ease, graph editor, and shape layers.

Create a flat website animation in After Effects by building lines with shapes, adding trim paths and a grid, and applying keyframes, a repeater, and scaling to reveal web images.

Set up a logo animation workflow by creating and precomposing compositions, crop region of interest, and apply the cc griddler effect with keyframes and scale tweaks to prepare a template.

Learn to enhance a logo animation by adding tagline text, adjusting size and color, precomposing text, and animating with keyframes and alpha matte for a polished effect.

Learn to create a logo animation template in After Effects by adding a shineline, duplicating shape layers, adjusting opacity to 50 percent, and colorizing the tagline for a ready-to-use logo.

Explore the twirl effect for logo animation, keyframing angle and radius in a full hd composition, centering the logo and adjusting scale to create editable templates.

Learn to create a logo animation using the cc page turn effect, keyframing front and back pages, adjusting solid layers, and adding a tagline with mask effects.

Learn to create logo animations in After Effects using the turbulent displace effect, adjusting size, offset, complexity, and evolution, with keyframes for amount and size.

Learn to build a logo animation in after effects by using shape layers, polystar with 3 and 4 points, and stroke to animate scale and timing with keyframes.

Master logo animation techniques in After Effects by using shapes, polystar and circle paths, keyframes, repeaters, trim paths, strokes, and color variations.