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Designers from just about every discipline are realizing the huge career benefits one can get from adding motion to their arsenal. After Effects is the big-dawg as far as Motion Design software goes, and it can have a steep learning curve. When you're starting out, it's very helpful to have a few "go-to" tricks up your sleeve to make your work stand out.
In this tutorial, After Effects Kickstart instructor Nol Honig will show you 3 powerful tips that are meant to help beginners produce work that feels like they've been at this for years. You learn a bit about the curves editor, some adjustment layer voodoo, and an animation trick that will fool everyone!
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Nol Honig (00:00): Hey there I'm Nol Honig freelance motion designer, award-winning teacher, and occasionally a guy who wears ties in this quick video. I'm going to show you three tips to instantly improve your work in after effects. If you're just starting out, this is definitely for you Learning the tricks of the trade. And after effects is super important. If you want to be a professional motion designer, I teach workflow tips like these and a bunch of other good habits in my after effects kickstart course. So check that out. If you really want to understand the fundamentals of after effects, also, you can download the project files that I'm using in this video to follow along or practice these techniques. After you're done, watching details are in the description.
Nol Honig (00:54): My first tip is using easy ease and the speed graph to make your movements and after effects feel more interesting and or more natural. So I've got this scene here, which is just a beach ball that kind of gets thrown up and then falls back down again. All right. And right now this feels super weird and stiff because by default, after effects puts linear key frames into your animation. So basically if I select one of these key frames and I click here on this button and what we can see here is that the speed is constant throughout both of these moves, it doesn't accelerate or decelerate, and this is why it just doesn't feel very natural and why it feels super stiff. And after effects has a command built right in that fixes this, and it's called easy ease. So I'm going to take the key frames that I want to put easy, ease on.
Nol Honig (01:47): I'm going to right click on here and go down to my key frame assistant. And here you can see here easy ease. And the keyboard shortcut is F nine, which is a really good one to remember because you'll probably be using this a bunch. Okay. So I'm going to do that right now. You can see that it's converted the diamond shaped linear key frames into these hourglass shaped frames or ease key frames. And if I press this button and jump back into the graph, you can see at a glance that this is now very, very different looking. So the way this works is that the speed here is starting at zero and it's getting faster and faster. And then it's decelerating or decreasing back down to zero right away. This is going to feel much more naturalistic than the linear key frames. So let me show you what this looks like.
Nol Honig (02:31): So it's not perfect, but it's definitely feeling better. And what you can see is like what I was just saying, it sort of speeding up and then it's pausing and then it's speeding up again and pausing as it gets back down right toward the end. And actually it's that end bit there. That for me, makes it look very non naturalistic because as things fall, they increase in speed or at the very least stay at a constant speed once they start falling. So I'm going to show you how I would adjust and, uh, give this a much more naturalistic feel. So when I on these points and these points in here correspond exactly to my key frames, by the way, when I click on here, I get these handles. Okay. And the handles allow me to adjust how fast the speed increases in decreases as it comes in and out of these key frame points.
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Tip no 2 BEST, BEST, BEST!!!!!!!
This has to be the most well explained video regarding keyframes, speed graphs, easy ease etc. I'm completely new to AE and trying to learn it on my own. Thanks for explaining the logic behind everything being done! Makes it so much easier to understand and remember! This helped so much!
The best chanel for beginners. Thank you!
3rd tip on transitions is great! Gotta try that in some of my work
Thank you for making this. Always happy to see your vids. I always leave knowing more. Easy to watch and enjoyable.
Oh, boy, I just found this channel of yours and I'm just totally loving it. So pleasant and easy to catch up.
Cooool!!! Thanks a lot! And YES - we want more tutorilas like this! please )))
Great tutorial Nol!
Nol is the man. Great teacher!
The last tip blew me off!! Amazing
wow, adjustment layers explained plain and simple, can't wait to try them out now
Thank you sir for teaching your way of explanation is SIMPLE CATCHY . IM INTERESTED IN YOUR COURSE
inded the tips are powerful! thank you
Thank you for sharing. Very Nice!
Great toturail!
amazing tutorial !!
Tips were awesomely simple and easy to follow, appreciate it brother :)
Awesome tips! Thank you!
thank you! so useful...
To really spice up the last one, i recommend adding a forced motion blur set to a shutter angle of 120 (although the shutter angle is really personal preference). You can add it to just the first text, or both. Either looks good!
So great! Thanks
Very useful tips. Thank you.
That last tip was so simple, but kind of life changing. 😂😂😂
@thinkpixelsblog
4 жыл бұрын
Totally agree!
@gonoszcerkof
4 жыл бұрын
So damn stupid, yet effective... Never REALLY crossed my mind and I've been doing this shit for nearly 2 decades. 😄
@jeremyzhu8885
4 жыл бұрын
totally think the same
@Gasconauxolives
4 жыл бұрын
Activate the motion blur on the layers and it will become even more seamless
@hvrtado
4 жыл бұрын
I agree!! lolol
Amazing tips! thank you for sharing!! :)
Great explanation!
this is really helpful~~~ thks！！！
awesome, thanks for sharing these techniques
You are such a great teacher. I'm sure you know that already
Thank you!
super useful!! thanks :D
Loved it
Love it!
Simple but to the point. Thx bro.
thankks
Super helpfull!! this tips really change everything haha
Thank you very much
That's great👍🏼
Thanks for this video
whoa K you have a way of explaining AF as i never heard B4, maybe now i can follow,😁👍🏼 most other videos i was like this 🤔💫
You rocked sir!
I am new to your channel, you are a great mentor. Stay blessed you and your family.
Adding a motion blur on the last effect would make it seem more seamless imo. Especially with the rotation one. I think adding a motion blur to most kinetic graphics is a good way of showing realism on top of giving you more ways to "hide" things.
@df.design
3 жыл бұрын
exactly. thx for this
thank you
10/10 very good tutorials
great teaching
i i watch your vids and i like the fact that u guys put anchor points in the intros
I JUST LOVE YOUR VIDEOS ESPECIALLY YOUR INTRO♥
School of motion is doing some great stuffs man!😀
U re great guy ❤️
Thanks
Just stepping up from Camtasia so this is very useful. I'm determined not to fade stuff again!
You really cool! thanks :)
Last tip was kinda cool n easyy
Awesome
Sounds like you could be related to Mr Van Driessen! You both are good teachers.👍🏼 🤘🏼
New subscriber!
Great tips! Curious if the final beachball effect can be saved as an action/easing effect?
Wonderfull
Three excellent tips! Thanks!
you are awesome
Thanks a lot! Can you help me with one little thing: my Graph Editor looks different from yours. What version of AE you used for this?
@camelkett
4 жыл бұрын
I had this issue too. When you are in your graph editor, click on the little " bullet point list" icon on the bottom, just to the right of the Eye icon. Select speed graph from there. Then it will look like this video.
Damn when I saw that Mickey Mouse jitter with that 12fps BOOOi that was so simple and sweet. Thank you sir! Blessings of Akatosh upon ye
I prefer to do the cut with hold keyframes on the opacity. .. and link the opacity to the other with an easy expression; 100 - the other layers opacity; that way they invert eachother
Without friction physics says that the curve of velocity for the ball should be a straight line as v=a*t+v_0 and a equals g=-9.81 m/s^2 in this case if your axis points in upward direction.
This looks great! However, How did you get it to play the preview?! Wow! Lol yeah, very simple, but its what keeping me from learning the app and finishing a very important project. its not play backing my work (apparently a common issue? I have a pretty good and new macbook pro too)....any tips on that?
How did the 'Tip #2' text go out one side of the frame and back in form the other side with just one text layer?
Well if you could subscribe to a channel multiple times, I'd hit that sub button 50 times already 😂 You guys are just great!
Best
Opening clip 🤣🤣 I'm dead
2nd tip was also used in Ed, Edd and Eddy cartoon as well
What's the "Animation Preset" under Posterize Time?
I’m thinking about buying the kickstart course what happens when I finish the course will I no longer have access to the tutorial-videos
Does anyone know how the path keyframes are created for the squares in tip two? I am trying to create a box like that.
I have a problem. My keyframes arent' working when I try to use the evolution on the adj. layer SEND HELP PLEASE
thank you soooo much ... watching you from Algeria and I find your free tutorials really helpful ... cuz I can't afford the courses from here ... we don't have E-payment :'(
How to create that rectangle animation from tip 2
@savagarnie
4 жыл бұрын
Change the value of axis Y scale but don't forget to uncheck the constrain propotion, or Create Shape from vector layer, or Convert To Bezier Path if u make rectangle from Rectangle Tool.
How/where can I update R18 to r21?
Sir, I have completed my multimedia degree in this march.I am intrested in motion graphics,What can i do next? internship in any small companies or any diploma course.Suggest any motion design institute in south India i thought you can give a proper reply, plz give your reply hope fully your fan boy
But that is a good tie...
video 3:04 for what reasons handles wont appear. ? I see only dots :D
Is the default motion blur considered amateur?
4:32 na na na na it’s Batman
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I'm not getting handles for the keyframe for the first tip, using AE 2020, any help guys?
@workingdeadstudio7736
4 жыл бұрын
Try clicking on the alt/option key while approaching the keyframe. Your cursor should look like an angle and from there, you can drag the handles from nowhere. You should also try easing your frames first using F9 shortcut or ctrl/cmd+shift+K to give them specific values. If it is still not working, sometimes AE is buggy about the handles for the position keyframes. One way to get around is by separating your dimensions (right-click on the position property > separate dimensions). I hope it helps!
Neat tutorial lots of respect sir.. Still my rant to Adobe (as usual) what use is an entire library of the effects panel with no individual thumbnail preview like in oh i don't know perhaps powerpoint! seriously dude Adobe WTF...#?!
@naveenmukkatt5031
4 жыл бұрын
I feel like such a thing would cause a lot of computer problems.
Can adjustment layers mess with effects of layers below? I did an animation with warp and rotation but when I tried using an adjustment layer for global warp, it stopped my rotation. Instead, I had to apply the new warp effect to each individual layer; time consuming.
@cvkeo
4 жыл бұрын
you could have added the rotation keyframes to the adjustment layer instead
@Hexspa
4 жыл бұрын
@@cvkeo Thanks. I'll have to return to your comment because I forgot what I did in the project. Cheers.
alt + [ + ] doesnt work on my keyboard, i use a german one, and the programm is german too. how can i fix that? I only use Strg + Shift +D to cut and copy and that delete the one i dont need. would nice if you have the answer for that mysterious paradoxon or so. :P
@harenthiran
4 жыл бұрын
I think you should assign custom shortcuts. Most of the shortcuts not available by default expect English US. So I add small printed En US keyboard layout sticker every key on my french keyboard and use as it is by default.
@yousawnothing644
4 жыл бұрын
If you'd like, go to the Edit Menu > Keyboard Shortcuts towards the bottom of the menu. A screen with a keyboard should pop up, now just search "Trim Layer" and you should see the keyboard shortcut pop up and what it is bound to for your language.
Sign in window disappears when the side scroller is moved. So try to fox this first. Otherwise the download option is of no use.
The AE project file doesn't let me save any changes. Is that what's happening for everyone else?
@itskamiar
4 жыл бұрын
Do you get an error of some sort? Can you be more specific?
Okay.
Your logo is very similar to printfuls heh
@Thenineplaces
4 жыл бұрын
great video though
I’ve recently got back to using after effects and I tried doing the first tip with smoothing the key frames out, but when I go to the graph with that button and click the key frames, the handles to smooth them out don’t appear, I can’t figure out why. I did what u did and still not working.
@RobFike
4 жыл бұрын
Kyran Are all keyframes bezier? If you have any diamonds highlighted (linear) it may not work.
@routezeroco979
4 жыл бұрын
Rob Fike no I’ve used after effect for quite a while. I’ve put them to easy ease, ease in, out. Nothing works
@cmdcreativity
4 жыл бұрын
Make sure you’re in the Speed Graph editor mode. You may be in the value editor. Let me know if you’d like further help!
@marianaforero333
4 жыл бұрын
@@cmdcreativity I have not been able to figure this out either... :( If someone could help I'd be so grateful! Instead of an upside-down U shape, I see a S shape and no handles either
Can any one help me finding what is the name of the effect at 0:25
@wells346
4 жыл бұрын
look up a camera tutorial
@youtubereact_v1
4 жыл бұрын
Speed Ramp
How to COPY KEY FRAMES PLS TELL WINDOW COMMOND
@michaelstadnikfilm
4 жыл бұрын
Mark keyframes and then simply use ctrl c and ctrl v (on PC)
The roughen edge doesn't work for me at all, I tested with 3 different projects!
@valagoftari8298
4 жыл бұрын
You have to add it on the text and it works
Award winning teacher?
@schoolofmotion
4 жыл бұрын
Yup! Nol received the Distinguished Teacher award in 2017 for his time as an Associate Professor of Motion Graphics at Parsons School of Design.
Is it compulsory for School of Motion-people to say «alright» all the time?
KZread recommend me your video of 3 pro tips after 3 weeks with 33k views. 😄
love designs but why r u kiss us...ew..
Too much time for talking, this video should have to be 3 minutes, each tip a minute.