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After Effects Tutorials

Want to learn how to use After Effects or just step up your animation skills? These tutorials are designed to help you learn while also giving you some creative ideas and inspiration. I try to explain all of the basics and give you a big push in the right direction.

Simple Cross Fade Using After Effects 2023

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Simple Cross Fade Using After Effects 2023

Simple tutorial explaining how to create your own custom cross fade or dissolve transition using Adobe After Effects 2023. Learn more are mediachris.com

Simple Wipe Transition Using After Effects 2023

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Simple Wipe Transition Using After Effects 2023

How to create a simple wipe transition using Adobe After Effects 2023. There are several different ways to do this, but in this video I show you how to generate a basic wipe using a mask. Learn more at mediachris.com

Circle Transition Using After Effects 2023

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Circle Transition Using After Effects 2023

A simple After Effects tutorial showing you how to create a basic circle transition using a mask. Also gives you a few basics and tips on working with masks on video layers.

Creating Animated Text With After Effects - Tutorial

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Creating Animated Text With After Effects - Tutorial

Great for beginners just learning the basics of After Effects. I use 3D layers, Keyframes, 3D Camera motion and lighting, as well as some simple lens flares. Everything created using basic AE, No plugins needed. Hope you enjoy!

Animate a Bouncing Ball in After Effects

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Animate a Bouncing Ball in After Effects

Another simple and easy to follow tutorial in After Effects. In this video we will use shape layers, masks, paths and gradients to create a simple bouncing ball animation. We will also add some enhancements and basic effects to make it come alive a bit more.

Animating 3D Text Titles using After Effects

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Animating 3D Text Titles using After Effects

Create a simple 3D text animation using some of the basic features in Adobe After Effects. This tutorial is meant to teach you some of the basic of After Effects and maybe give you some creative inspiration for your own projects. In this video I use Keyframes, 3D cameras and layers, and masks. The effects I use include: Glow, Drop Shadow, Gaussian Blur, and CC Particle World.

Creating Typography Animation in After Effects

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Creating Typography Animation in After Effects

Learn to use the built in presets and tools in After Effects to create fluid motion and animated typography. Animate text layers using paths, and keyframes as well as some of the default plug-ins.

Create Simple Motion Comics Using After Effects

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Create Simple Motion Comics Using After Effects

A basic introduction to creating animated motion comics using the basic tools included in After Effects. This video will show you how to create a great looking animation from a flat 2D image. Instead of using Photoshop I separate the layers using the mask tool, and fill in the background using the clone stamp tool. I also use 3D layers and cameras and a few other tools to make this a simple but effective way to generate some motion from a flat comic panel. There are so many different ways to do this, so I will definitely need to do a few more videos on motion comics soon! Download the image file here: https://www.mediachris.com/downloads

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Downloads and Resources

Grab some of the resources, downloads and images I use in these tutorials. I will also be providing free downloads of After Effects templates and project files I use.

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