After Effects: Trigger Animations with Markers (No Keyframes)

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In this quick After Effects quicktip, we'll go over the fundamentals on how to use expressions to automate and trigger animations with layer markers. This is a powerful way to streamline your timeline and animation workflow, and should give you a basic understanding of how you can leverage markers to trigger more complex animations without manual keyframes.
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  • @CreativeDojo
    @CreativeDojo3 жыл бұрын

    *Give this video a like and comment below for the KZread algorithm :)*

  • @mumanz
    @mumanz3 жыл бұрын

    This is so great. Some might say, "Why would I wanna do that if it's quicker with keyframes." but JUST you wait when a client wants all the fade-ins/outs updated and needs the new version by tomorrow morning. Looking forward to more videos!

  • @CreativeDojo

    @CreativeDojo

    3 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely! My examples tend to be pretty simple for demo purposes, but for more complex stuff it can be very handy. Thanks for the awesome feedback Mario!

  • @juan2049
    @juan20493 ай бұрын

    Holy crap this is amazing. The best thing about this tutorial is the way that you actually explain what each of the expression codes mean. I watched other videos and all they do is tell you to copy & paste a code. But you did it much better. Thank you!!!

  • @CoolArtisto
    @CoolArtisto3 ай бұрын

    Wonderful tutorial. Finally someone made it easier to understand and learn expressions in After Effects for people like me, who are not Coders and Computer Engineers.. Huge thanks...

  • @e11world
    @e11world2 жыл бұрын

    Pretty impressive and easy to setup. I was always wondering about this so thank you for the tips.

  • @me.in.berlin
    @me.in.berlin4 ай бұрын

    This is awesome. So easy to understand and I just started to learn about expressions. Thanks a lot!

  • @HyperActive94
    @HyperActive94 Жыл бұрын

    YOU ARE THE GOAT! so much value man!!!

  • @PinoyTechTutorials
    @PinoyTechTutorials2 жыл бұрын

    Such a very clear instructions for newbies! thank you very much sir.

  • @CreativeDojo

    @CreativeDojo

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad you found the video useful my friend!

  • @GoodTimesHD
    @GoodTimesHD3 жыл бұрын

    very helpful, thank you!

  • @CreativeDojo

    @CreativeDojo

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks man, appreciate the awesome feedback!

  • @kaietaro
    @kaietaro Жыл бұрын

    Thanks man! Great introduction to animating with markers ^^

  • @CreativeDojo

    @CreativeDojo

    Жыл бұрын

    Appreciate the awesome feedback :)

  • @leomass
    @leomass2 жыл бұрын

    Nice tip!

  • @keaganmcgoldrick9391
    @keaganmcgoldrick93912 жыл бұрын

    This is really awesome. Can you do the same with fill effect. Changing from one colour to the next between markers

  • @manolomaru
    @manolomaru3 жыл бұрын

    Wuuuuuoooooooooww, pretty ways for animate everything bro! ...Great video like always :)

  • @CreativeDojo

    @CreativeDojo

    3 жыл бұрын

    Haha appreciate it Manuel. Lots of methods, always good to know multiple ways to streamline something :D

  • @neosigma
    @neosigma2 жыл бұрын

    awesome video! how would we go about adding ease in/outs with this method?

  • @joeystarr75
    @joeystarr753 жыл бұрын

    really good explanation , wish u could do some more in an other video. Keep it up !

  • @CreativeDojo

    @CreativeDojo

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the awesome feedback Joey, would love to hear any suggestions or requests!

  • @joeystarr75

    @joeystarr75

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CreativeDojo Any vids where u can explain "what does what" in an expression. Like you did there. Hope u understand, i'm not a native english speaker

  • @gustavosaliola
    @gustavosaliola2 жыл бұрын

    This is great! Can you help with a slight mod for this? I need to link a TXT layer with a Checkbox Control so it can control via hold keyframe this property (Making the font ALL CAPS On/Off) // Enable All Caps with a Boolean style.setAllCaps(true) Thanks!

  • @prashanthkasireddy5429
    @prashanthkasireddy54292 жыл бұрын

    amazing video

  • @CreativeDojo

    @CreativeDojo

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your support!

  • @varianttiantti
    @varianttiantti5 ай бұрын

    Good stuff. How do you set it up if there is more than two markers on a layer? Lets say the layer fades in and out five times? Does it require a loop and dynamically build the linear animation function?

  • @rafaelskiarteportfolio1098
    @rafaelskiarteportfolio1098 Жыл бұрын

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  • @mehdiarjmandi5280
    @mehdiarjmandi52802 жыл бұрын

    ty for perfect lesson

  • @CreativeDojo

    @CreativeDojo

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the awesome feedback!

  • @Buklen
    @Buklen2 жыл бұрын

    Now I can throw away my copy of Animation Composer, Thanks!

  • @CamiloMonsalve
    @CamiloMonsalve3 жыл бұрын

    Awesome expression! Thank you! How do you link the Y position to the self-position of this own layer? For example: Start +40 pixels IN on Y, and end -40 pixels OUT on Y?

  • @CreativeDojo

    @CreativeDojo

    3 жыл бұрын

    Use the same technique, but you can access the y position property by referencing it as: position[1]. So do all the math and calculations with position[1] for y axis, then you'll probably need to combine the whole position together at the end. Position consists of x, y, z. If you want to keep x and z the same, and manipulate y only, do something like: [value[0], yourYVariable, value[2]]

  • @sergeylovtsov1778
    @sergeylovtsov17782 жыл бұрын

    is it possible to control the end of the animation in mogrt? For example - text appears by transparency and position. Disappears at 5 seconds. Can I bind to the keys and move them so that the text disappears 2 seconds sooner?

  • @DanielWilliamsonion
    @DanielWilliamsonion3 жыл бұрын

    Nice dude. I guess it wouldn't be a huge leap to have the text update to what the current text of the marker is saying. That could be useful in a creative way.

  • @CreativeDojo

    @CreativeDojo

    3 жыл бұрын

    A lot of studios rig stuff like this up, so it's faster to change text. Would be simply to read the comment data into source text for sure :)

  • @Ratphoria
    @Ratphoria3 жыл бұрын

    hey man, how you would go about setting this expression's In/Out animation to a specific frame via slider control?

  • @CreativeDojo

    @CreativeDojo

    3 жыл бұрын

    So we define markerIn and markerOut as just points in time (based on our markers). If you dont want to use marker time and you want to define a specific frame, you can just set markerIn and markerOut to any time you want instead of marker time. It'll need to be in seconds, so you can convert your frame # to secs based on your comp frame rate. Link that to a slider.

  • @HONEYLD
    @HONEYLD3 жыл бұрын

    I have a question? Is there any expression to make a fade in/out animation based on when the layer starts and ends?

  • @CreativeDojo

    @CreativeDojo

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes! Instead of using marker times, you can use layer.inPoint and layer.outPoint and calculate fade using those times. Just search it up and read the documentation on those expressions

  • @HONEYLD

    @HONEYLD

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CreativeDojo THANKS! You're a life saver

  • @WITH_CYCLE
    @WITH_CYCLE2 жыл бұрын

    How to copy the marker effect

  • @mariajocarra
    @mariajocarra11 ай бұрын

    puede enviarme la expresion, please

  • @liaquatali5206
    @liaquatali52062 жыл бұрын

    If we save it as a preset will we get markers, if we apply it to future/other projects. OR we have to add markers manually?

  • @CreativeDojo

    @CreativeDojo

    2 жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately, I don't think AE presets save marker data, so you'd need to add the markers manually.

  • @liaquatali5206

    @liaquatali5206

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@CreativeDojo but when we apply animation composer presets or other text presets from envato they do create layer markers. How?

  • @liaquatali5206

    @liaquatali5206

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@CreativeDojo I asked this on community tab too and got this reply Items to be added to presets must be actually selected and that applies to markers as well.

  • @avecesmellamolucas

    @avecesmellamolucas

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@liaquatali5206 this is literally the same question that brought me here. I'd like to make some animations with the animator and then save them, but can't seem to find a way to do it. It may be that they just wrote them by code.

  • @S_Z.
    @S_Z.3 жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @CreativeDojo

    @CreativeDojo

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the feedback brother!

  • @adhinside3352
    @adhinside33523 жыл бұрын

    :D

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