This is AMAZING!! Thank you, Ben! I have a silly question that I've been battling with for the past hour and I can't figure it out. When I follow your steps exactly in my own comp, the dissolve blending mode does nothing. When I bring your comp (the one downloaded from DB) into my project, it works perfectly. I can repeat the steps in your comp (Eye Rig 02) and everything works as it should. If I copy your layers into my comp though, the blending mode doesn't work again. I've been working with AE for a long time and I've gone back and forth between both of our comp settings and they're exactly the same...I've even had a couple of my co-workers take a look and they can't figure it out either. Is there any reason you can think of for why this would be happening? Or am I just getting Adobe'd haha. Thank you!!! So excited for more tutorials!

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you dig the tutorial and are applying the techniques!! Hmmmm, that's a real head-scratcher. The only things I can think are maybe the layer is a 3D layer (dissolve won't work on those) or that both layers are the same colour (the fill effect hasn't been applied yet.) I'm happy to take a look at the file and see if I can diagnose it. You email it to me at ben@benmarriott.com. And maybe we can get to the bottom of it. :D

@amandanalette9873

5 жыл бұрын

@@BenMarriott You are AMAZING!! I'll send it your way. Thank you so much! :)

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

@@amandanalette9873 No problem at all, very happy to help! troubleshooting AE is fine as long as it's not an hour before a client deadline o_0 haha. Ok well, I've had a look and tried some stuff and I've come to the conclusion that.... I have no idea what's going on and that it must be some sort of demon magic. Totally bizarre. It works fine if you add any effect to it, (like fill as you said, or even a transform without even adding any settings.) I installed CC 2019 to open the project, so I thought It could be a CC19 issue, (I'm CC 20184lyf) but I started another project and it works fine. I might just be that project for some reason. Maybe it might work if you start a new one. I don't have any real explanations. Truly an unexplained phenomenon.

@amandanalette9873

5 жыл бұрын

@@BenMarriott Well first of all thank you so much for taking a look at it! It makes me feel 1000000000 times better that you couldn't get it to work either because at least I'm not crazy haha. Demon magic sounds about right so I'm going to go with that. THANKS AGAIN!!! You're stuff is incredible and I'm so pumped to see more!

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Amanda Ake Thanks so much! Yeah I was starting for so long trying to figure it out. A true mystery for the ages. 😂 Hope you enjoy the next tutorial!!!

3D artists: using high sample rates, intense optimisation and extreamly complex artificial inteligence to remove noise from renders Ben: "OI LETS ADD NOISE"

@GuidoGautsch

4 жыл бұрын

I incidentally love the aesthetic of the noise in Cycles renders 😆

Hi Ben, here's a third method you and your viewers may find interesting: 1) create a shade layer and add a mask as in first method, then add a second mask and set it to intersect (for rim light) 2) make sure your shade layer has "preserve underlying transparency" switch on 3) add noise alpha effect and set "original alpha" to edges 4) add levels effect and set it as you see fit 5) add fast blur with tiny blurriness, let's say 0.3 pixels That's it. ;] Advantages are following: - you can set opacity of shading layer as you need. - noise can be both animated (animate noise phase) or static - levels effect lets you to change the amount of shading drastically, without need to ever touch masks - less layers in composition - not distorting whole compositon there's another thing i'd like to mention: loopOut and loopIn expressions introduce glitching. your composition has 10 frames, 0 to 9. when looped as you've done (and probably 99.9% of other users ever) after effects will skip frame 0 on first loop and then cut loop at number 8 on every other loop. it's after effects bug which - as far as i'm concerned - haven't been fixed yet. sometimes it doesn't matter, but often it does (when looped composition contains animation of character for example). the only workaround i've found so far is this: 1) create composition which you want to loop (again 10 frames, 0 to 9) 2) duplicate your very first frame (number 0) and move it in timeline outside time boundary - in our example on frame 10 3) in main composition do time remap and leave keyframes as they were created 4) add loopOut() expression what will happen is this: - after effects will go from frame 0 to frame 10 - then they will skip frame 0, so next loop starts with frame number 1, but this time loop ends at frame 9 - these jumps repeat forever, but because you made a copy of frame 0 at frame 10, your loop is still intact this might be little bit confusing explanation, so here's a project with both examples (shading and looping problem - blue number is correct frame number, green number is solution, the rest is mess): we.tl/t-7Oh1PrVHoK hope it helps ;]

@BenMarriott

4 жыл бұрын

Mate..... Thanks so much! This might be the best comment in youtube history. I'm definitely going to try out alpha noise. I've never seen that effect! :D And thanks for the looping tip. I've stopped using this method because of all the dropped frames. It was driving me mad. I just copy and paste like 100 layers in a comp haha, definitely not very elegant. Thanks again. :D You're a real one

@Satysatonachair

4 жыл бұрын

any chance you can upload that project again? Id love to take a look too!

@edaz72

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, there. Would you be able to reshare the project example? Thanks

@tiagopimenta1579

Жыл бұрын

Is this still working? 1) create a shade layer and add a mask as in first method, then add a second mask and set it to intersect (for rim light) 2) make sure your shade layer has "preserve underlying transparency" switch on 3) add noise alpha effect and set "original alpha" to edges 4) add levels effect and set it as you see fit 5) add fast blur with tiny blurriness, let's say 0.3 pixels tried to replicate this and noise alpha doesn't do anything.

@sexyolga479

Жыл бұрын

@@tiagopimenta1579 hi, it does. if noise alpha doesn't seem to do anything, use levels effect before noise alpha and set it to be used on alpha channel to tweak the coverage of the noise. if there's no gradient or greyscale in the alpha channel and noise alpha has "original alpha" set to edges, you will only see the shape in full colour with no noise.

That loop output is a massive trick - saving me a bunch of time already! Thank you!

Ben! This is amazing! Tutorial wise - love the pace, love your presence and your generosity of experience and knowledge! I love that you take the time to hand make the grain texture for the second eyeball! I think each technique has their place in different contexts but I really respect that as a digital animator you value analoguesque effects. You're a star! Can't wait for more!

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Sha-an!!! :D That's so goddam awesome of you to say. I think there's so much value in adding as many hand-made elements into a piece as allows. It can take a lot longer, but I think you can feel it in the end results. :)

You are truly dedicated. Just look at the time your pc reads... staying up so late just to make these videos for us. Thank you!

@el_teodoro

4 жыл бұрын

420blazeit

@GuidoGautsch

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, well spotted!! The attention to detail is truly masterful

@illyyin

4 жыл бұрын

pretty sure thats pm

@justGoscha

4 жыл бұрын

@@illyyin post midnight ;)

@liorliv3Gaming

4 жыл бұрын

@@illyyin it's a joke xD if you notice, the time doesn't change throughout the whole video.. plus look at the date xD

I've been shooting film and animating for years and have never gotten my head properly into Motion Graphics, you are certainly helping me bridge that gap, my friend. Thanks! x

It’s crazy, I was just about to look for a tutorial for grain effect 😮 love your lessons !

You juts made it to my no. 1 fav accounts on youtube! Thank you! Finallly someone who not only shows great techniques but also has tasteful designs!

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! :D So glad you're enjoying them

Wow I've been looking for how to make this kind of style motion graphics long time but now my question is clearly solved! Thanks for sharing. Your the best XD!

I'm specifically looking for this type of tutorial in sites like Skillshare & Lynda, and here we are, receiving lessons for free from my dude Ben!! Thanks a bunch!! More people should watch this

@BenMarriott

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, thank you, really glad you've enjoyed these tutorials :)

Ben Marriot, I owe you my (animation) life - Method 2 is exactly what I've been trying to do for days! Thank you!

I'm obsessed with your channel. Seriously you have the best on-trend tutorials out there.

Ahhh been following you for almost a year now and I’ve always been curious as to how you add the grain textures on your work. This is so helpful and I’ve learn new tips and tricks! Can’t wait for more tutorials!

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!! So glad you liked it. :D I can't wait to share more, if you've got any suggestions I'd love to hear 'em :D

These tutorials are amazing! Trying to learn after effects atm, want to add it to my workflow alongside premiere and this has been super helpful🙂

Thank you for your tutorials, really appreciate you taking the time to create these for us to learn

just popping in to say your channel is wonderful, i've only been using after effects for a couple weeks but with tutorials like this and a little research and experimentation on my own, i can really see the progress i'm making. it's really inspiring to see what you do !!

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

That's awesome. Thank you so much for the amazing feedback!! :)

Show Man, I'm a Brazilian and I'm starting in motion. Her works are incredible, she has already gained a subscriber and a fan. Congratulations

Wow, I've found my new favorite motion graphics YT channel!! Keep the tuts coming, Ben!

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it

Wow this is exactly what I needed for my school project. Your after effects videos are by far the most helpful I've seen on youtube so I just wanted to say thanks so much and you're awesome :)

@BenMarriott

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Haley, thank you so much for the amazing feedback and encouragement! :)

Earlier I was watching an episode of Explained and I wondered how they made those grainy/animated backgrounds for their graphs. fast forward a couple of hours, I stumble on this tutorial.

Great methods! You can also use the HLS Noise effect and then just keyframe the Lightness value to get a nice looping noise grain texture directly in After Effects without needing to set anything up in Illustrator or Photoshop beforehand.

Thank you for all your videos!! You are incredibly generous with your knowledge!

wonderful tutorial. your works are so insane! I love it

Fking amazing Ben. The explanation, the background music not interfering with ur voice, superb tutorial! Cant wait for more tuts from ya!

Ben, there isn't a single channel out there that's as elaborate or advanced as yours. Subscribed4life yo

@BenMarriott

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, thank you so much, I'm flattered! :)

Thank you Ben! This is AWESOME! I loved method nr 1 even more than nr 2. Cheers!

Ben, for looping you can also add in the time remapping the expression: "looOut()" , and voila, will work thank you for your tips!

i always wondering the dither effect sooo muchhh, i love this tutorial

Thank you! This is the tutorial I've been looking for for a long time.

I am a beginner and I am improving now. I am still learning from you. Thank you so much, Ben. ( sorry about bad in english).

you are a genius! I wish I could be a better motion graphics artist, but as a beginner, I always like that kind of tutorial! Thanks a lot!

Bravo Ben! Can't wait the next tutorial! After years I've found some easy way to apply loop expressions: the best one is in the last version of Duik there is a Looper button to apply an effect to your property with loop expressions where you can choose offset, cycle, in, out, in&out,... --> Game breaker. Before that, I was using a pre-maid expression in a KBar or in KEYboard, accessible in 1 click, it's more convenient. Hope it helps ;) I really really like your introducing video! I whish you good luck for the next ^^

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Nicolas Grandry Thanks so much dude!!! Awesome I'll check those out. I loop texture comps so much, there must be an easier way 😀 Really appreciate your support, I really dig your work!!

what would I do without you sensei, thank you for this amazing tutorial

YES been waiting for tutorials from you for SO long! Super excited to see more 😁😁😁

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Go so many more planned and in the works at the moment. I can't wait to share them all

¡Awesome Videos! It's encouraging to see people like you sharing their talents

Hi there thank you for sharing! using this tutorial, the first part but instead I use dancing dissolve! amazing tut, thank you very much!

I'm new to ae and your tutorials are so helpful thank you for sharing! :)

Your tutorials are awesome, but what I'm really jealous of is that office. Those science illustrations are super cool!

Thanks for the tut! About that looping a comp, I don't know if you know about this but I always import my frames as png sequence, just interpret the footage as 12,5 fps and loop it as many times as I need, instead of making a seperate composition where I arrange them to be on doubles by hand. That way you don't have a precomp, but just the footage as a layer! But maybe that's just what I personally like best haha :)

good move, tasteful character, deep feel. Thank you Ben.

Hey Ben, really appreciated this tutorial! Thanks man :) I definitely prefer the second option but agree it could make production of characters and animations tedious so if on a tight deadline I’d go for option one. Love all your work - from Manchester!

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Daniel Cohen Thanks so much! Agreed, especially if the motion is fast enough, method 1 can be just as effective. That's why I animated that character a lot more. :)

Bloody awesome tutorials, learning SO much and so quickly too!

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! :D So glad you're finding them useful :D

Really nice ! You're a perfect teacher !! thks a lot !!

this is awesome man thank you. For a quick and easy way to get the shading to shake like in the second option, you can apply a turbulent displace filter with a huge 'size' and tiny 'amount' then apply a posterize time filter over the top of that and set the frame rate to 12. This will give you the jittery effect you got by looping slightly different frames by just moving the frame around ever so slightly, every 2 frames. thanks for the tutorial i've been trying to figure out this texture for a while!

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude! So glad you enjoyed it. That's a awesome idea. I'm definitely going to play around with that. Thanks so much for taking the time to leave such great comment :D I really appreciate it.

absolutely mindblowing

Thank you very much! Two best things to come out of Australia are Nick Cave's music and your AE tutorials!

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

:O Thanks so much! That might be the best compliment I've ever received.

Beautiful work, followed you here from Instagram, really appreciate the behind -the-scenes glimpse at your work. Really looking forward to more!

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! That's so awesome to hear. I really appreciate the support! :D

Amazing work Ben! I like method 2 more. Please keep such tutorials coming up!

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! :D I'm a #2 man myself

Thank you soo much for this great tutorial !!

This guy knows what he's talking about. LOVE FROM VENEZUELA!!! Learning err'day from the toppers! Thanks for this great work and for share it.

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! :D That's so awesome of you, I really appreciate it :)

This was incredibly satisfying to watch.

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, dude!! please insert animated grain to all your upcoming projects and ever aspect of your life. :D

I love how you make it look cool! Just for looping, i prefer to use "freeze at last keyframe" at the time tag. It's doing the same thing you did, but in one move! :) Thanks again fo the tut! Keep up!

Just came here from your updated video. Thanks a lot, and thanks for the brushes!!

So excited for your channel, Ben!

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm excited (and very nervous) as well. So glad to have your support. :)

Thank you!! I love method one, thank you for the brush as well!

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching :D I really appreciate the support

awesome, you just improved my skills thank you a lot !!!!!

Hey Ben, thanks for being here with all sorts of AE tutorials, you are... really helping me out through midterms HAHA I'm making something that I personally really like just because I have all sorts of style guides and tutorials to go through. Thanks for equipping me with some awesome tools :>

@BenMarriott

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! :D That's so awesome to hear. Good luck with those midterms! :D

@Slimebiter

4 жыл бұрын

Ben Marriott Thank you!!!!

It's much faster to import the grain texture frames as a png sequence, then adjust the fps under "interpret footage" then "main". On that panel, you can change the fps and the number of loops instead of manually setting them all up in a comp.

this is awesome, love your work and the tutorial, please make more soon!!

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!! More coming ever week :D

Thanks :) Love your tutorials

I'm happy I stumbled upon your channel as it makes me want to get back to the ol' Oxberry and turn some cranks

I just found you on IG then it led me here. You are awesome and the most detailed teacher ever right after ECAbrams :) Hope that you will release more and more useful tutorials in the future. Cheers!

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Huy Le Thabj you so much!!! That's so amazing of you to say 😀 I'll be releasing more tutorials every week, and hopefully slowly improving the quality. I'm still very new to this. I really appreciate your encouragement and support!!!!

so simple, love it

Dude! Legit first tutorial, love it. Gonna hope for more! Greetings, Julius.

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Julius!!! So glad you dig. I'm excited to keep improving a share more.

Hye Ben, you are amazing. your technique is so easy to understand. please make this kind of good stuff more to help people who want to learn new things.

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! :D

it is really helpful thank you so much Ben.

Ben is the KING!

As usual... AMAZING!

You are so wonderful for sharing your talents Ben :)

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! That's so nice of you to say.

Thank you ben! It’s so useful!!

To loop the grain layer, you could bring it in as an image sequence, and in the interpret footage panel set the # of loops to some high number. IDK if it's easier, but it feels less hacky to me.

Thank you! i like your video soundtrack and all really fits well! and love your motion graphics too

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! So glad you enjoyed it :D

It was the one of the things i really wanted to know! thx!!

Whoa the looping trick!!

I loved this! Amazing work 👁

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That so awesome of you to say! I really appreciate the support

Big fan!! Looking forward to see more tutorials!!

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks you so much!!!! I really appreciate the support. I'm taking requests for tutorials if you think of something you'd like to see. :)

this is amazing

Buck Studios did an amazing set of animations for David Blaine's last special using this effect throughout!

Thanks for the great video Ben.

If you pre render this comp you can access the Interpret Footage menu by clicking with left mouse button on the footage, menu interpret footage, main or using ctrl + alt + g, and there you can view the loop footage option.

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Such a great tip! Thanks so much! :D I really appreciate the support

That's exactly what i'm looking for !! thank you Ben :)

@BenMarriott

4 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

Thank you so much. I'm always watching the video😊😊 덕분에 진짜 예쁜 작품 만들 수 있게 되어서 너무 감사드려요!! 항상 영상 잘 보고있습니다ㅠㅠ 진짜진짜 많이 도움이 되고 있어요... 한국어라서 못 알아들으실지도 모르지만.. 그래도 정말 감사합니다!😊😊😊

Your the most talented person in the world you can animate I can hardly make a thumbnail Maybe cause I don’t got adobe and those things and my internet sucks but you you are amazing

You are a cool guy, I love your videos !

Your work is beautiful Marriott, thank you very much for such a good tutorial, a hug. I have used google translator sorry.

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching. Haha, I can understand you completely. Thanks so much for the awesome comment, Ale!

Thank you so much for the awesome tips. really helpful. loved the long process though.

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching. I hope you enjoyed the updated version too, it's quicker and much easier:kzread.info/dash/bejne/mm2p2qOmodebkbQ.html

Awesome job I’m excited!

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

MadChookFilms Thank you so much!!! I can't wait to show more. I hope you make some awesome grain animation

Thanks for yours tutorials 🐁

this is rad cuz this vid is rather old but this style is basically everywhere i turn now. def influence on how to play with aesthetic in my work. super nostalgic. reminds me of the kids book ‘There’s a Monster in My Closet…’. Ryan Anderson gives u shoutouts from Reddit btw. Peace!

Also consider using a mode like multiply and having the shadow above the iris to enhance that lighting effect

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Having a flick though all the blending modes is definitely a great way to quickly see how different effects look. :)

Really great stuff. I'm definitely going to frame-by-frame your intro. Subscribed!

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Haha, thanks so much! My plan with the intro was to make something people wouldn't get bored watching and hopefully see something new each time. So glad you dig it!

Both methods arre awesome and useful. But I think method number 2 looks interesting and cooler.

Big fan of your work ...I like method 1 ... because I really like after effects

@BenMarriott

5 жыл бұрын

Lyricsvid Thanks so much!! I was stoked when I figured out I could get decent looking grain without leaving AE

The best teacher!

Hi Ben. You are my creative obsession as continue my journey to becoming an mo'graph artist. Thank you for sharing.

@BenMarriott

4 жыл бұрын

The pleasure is all mine, thanks so much for the support :)

@ObiUchennaGregory

4 жыл бұрын

@@BenMarriott you're welcome! :)

I don't even know after effects but it is fun to watch

This is my first comment ever on KZread, and I'm only submitting it cus I wanted to say: I love you, I love this channel and I literally watch your videos on every spare time I got

vlw mn salvou ua duvida q tinha desde a infancia thanks, u teach me something that i"ve had since i was a child

i've watched this tutorial 3 times since you put it out and i'm just noticing the taskbar easter egg.