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After Effects Hidden Gems Weekly: Preserve Frame Rate
After Effects is a very logical program if you know it works underneath the hood, and a baffling mystery...
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After Effects Hidden Gems Weekly: Wiggle Paths
One of the features we miss the most in the old, discontinued Vector Paint effect for After Effects is...
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After Effects Hidden Gems Weekly: Dashed Lines
Lines: They show up everywhere, from underscores for text to animated elements flowing across the screen to mapping out...
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After Effects Hidden Gems Weekly: Write-on
The Stroke effect in After Effects is a workhorse, but it has one major limitation: It’s width is constant...
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After Effects Hidden Gems Weekly: Revealing Curved Shapes
A favorite motion graphics effect is wiping on an intricate, curved object (such as handwritten text) as if it...
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After Effects Hidden Gems Weekly: Swarming Shapes
We were commentating on a Faceoff competition at the annual Motion Conference, where three artists have to finish an...
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After Effects Hidden Gems Weekly: Previews in After Effects CC 2015
After Effects CC 2015 introduced a greatly overhauled previewing scheme, including the ability to edit your projects while previews...
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After Effects Hidden Gems Weekly: Effect Point Path
Whereas some effects process every pixel in a layer more or less evenly (think blurs or color correction), others...
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After Effects Hidden Gems: Adjustment Lights
The built-in 3D implementation in After Effects is nowhere near as deep as a dedicated 3D program. However, it...
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Measuring Rotation in After Effects
Last week, we posted a short tutorial on using expressions to measure the distance between two points. This was...