The king of AE is back 🙏🏾

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. Finally got out from under some projects so tutorial time is back on!

This is the best tutorial ever! Thank you so much! You are really the king of AE! :)

Love this cross-disciplinary tutorial/history lesson. Thinking of After Effects as a single tool in the toolbox rather than the entire toolbox is a great way to stumble upon creative projects, and that is something I need to do more often! Thanks for sharing this

love the tutorial! thank you sensei!

DUDE. Been searching for a tutorial about exactly this for so long. Thank you SO SO SO SO much for this.

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

I'll be honest, I thought only I had been looking for such a tutorial when I started the process :)

Ow maan, this is so cool! You have no idea how many times I wondered how to create smething like that

Grate as always.

Awesome. Thanks a lot for this!

Thanks so much for this.

Great Lesson. Thanks

Awesome tutorial. This one blows and hurts my brain much. I didnt think you share this knowledge to community for free. You are my legend.

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! This one was a lot of fun to do.

I was totally tracking along with the tutorial, but when I tried to go my own way, it melted my brain some.

This is insane! I imagine making these things centuries ago and now remaking using a software....awesome! I'm wondering your daily life, experimenting interesting and crazy things to bring us in the shape of tutorials. Amazing work!

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

I will say I'm very impressed with the surviving examples I could find. Their walk cycles were a bit janky. But some are really hauntingly smooth. It's truly impressive considering how playback worked at the time. It really makes me appreciate the tools we have on hand today.

sick, will try this!

definitely subsribe, just from 1 video, ur tutorials is absolute enjoy and easy to learn Thank you!

This is so beautiful! Two years ago I was in Prague in a museum called "Na Film!" and I saw there this invention (Phenakistiscope) for the first time in natural size and I was able to rotate it by myself, I was just starting to study motion graphic at the time but I already knew that I want to learn how to make things like that, this is pure magic.. (and physics!) Thank you for sharing this!

@ECAbrams

Жыл бұрын

That would be very cool to see in person. Sculptures that animate are a marvel to behold.

Super helpful! Thanks a lot. :-)

Yea I'm yoinking this, thanks.

Brilliant !

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

amazing

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome 😊

New intro logo Animation is super cool 🔥🔥 black n yellow 💥

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

It's mostly recoloured for the sponsor ;)

woo it's very interesting and easy in the explanation

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

var i = (index-1); var f = comp("animation").duration/comp("animation").frameDuration i*(360/f)*-1 var i = (index-1); i*(comp("animation").frameDuration)

@truthdirector8431

3 жыл бұрын

How movement work? all I have after second expression on time remapping is freezing copies of object without movement

@giordanomariasegato9598

Жыл бұрын

@@truthdirector8431 Same

@giordanomariasegato9598

Жыл бұрын

@@truthdirector8431 But I guess it's supposed to You actually freeze the frame. But when you print it it should work

Ancient memes!!! 😆 nice one Evan, you make learning Ae soooo easy! Thank you

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

Bespoke, hand crafted, artisanal loops. :)

I like this one!

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear. Would you like to see more motion design pulled into in the real world like this?

Super cool

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

The Lord of After Effects.

king

Cool

thanks g

This is seriously next level! I'm currently working on a new music video and really want to incorporate this. will let you know how it goes :) Thank you!!

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

Please do! That sounds awesome.

Early gang ❤️

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

Super early! First even.

OMG you saviour!!! Thanks so much! I have to create one of these to sit on a vinyl and I would've never been able to figure out by myself! In my design, I have 5 rings of elements that animate differently. I can't figure out the math to have those rings closest to the disc's centre to have less copies of the frame but still play the motion, without being too close to each other. Modifying the duration of the comps won't do. Any help would be massively appreciated!

This is so much fun, Thanks. When I watch my results (16-pt star; 30 fps; final comp is 1.02 seconds long to keep the motion “in-place” and 1.03 seconds to make it precess slowly anti-clockwise), the first few iterations of this loop look great. You see 32 wedges around the circle, and the motion is cool. But after the third or fourth iteration, 16 of the images appear to get darker, and this darkness pops between adjacent pairs of 16 images. After several more iterations, it looks steady again. I thought maybe I was seeing drop frames or something, but all the comps are 30 fps. Any ideas? It kind of reminds me of the issue with scrolling text, how it jumps every now and then unless the settings are just right. Thanks, and great channel!

Hi, thank you so much for your tutorial! I don’t know why but for some reason the animation itself doesn’t work on the disk comp for me? Any ideas why?

if you haven't seen Weval's Someday video by Páraic McGloughlin yet you betta watch it. Great application of Phenakistiscope effects

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

I'll have to check it out. I tend to think of Páraic as a Hyperlapse artist. It'll be neat to see what all he's been up to.

Man you are talking science, we want a simplified tutorial for this from ZERO TO HERO.

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

Like the Hercules song? I could do a tutorial as a show tune I suppose.

I'd love to know how you created your pattern-ish background:) Its coool

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, that could be nice short tutorial next. It's a classic effect sandwich technique.

Hi @ECAbrams. I've followed along with this tutorial like you've done above, but when I apply the freeze-frame and the expression "var i = (index-1); i*(comp("animation").frameDuration)" and then duplicate my comps. The rotation offset works well but my PNG loop, no longer animated at all. Have you any idea what i might be doing wrong? Thanks for your help and keep up the great work

@giordanomariasegato9598

Жыл бұрын

It's okay. It's not supposed to run the animation, but if you print the outcome it will work. I tried myself

Thanks for the great lesson ! I can't figure what expression you are using for the spiral thing. On the position of the object

@ECAbrams

Жыл бұрын

At which point in the video is this?

@sink2a

Жыл бұрын

@@ECAbrams at around 9:30 min, the position parameter of the layer skull. You say that there is an expression but I can't understand which one

@ECAbrams

Жыл бұрын

@@sink2a The expression referenced is the loopOut() on the time remap property. The position change can be keyframed. Maybe I have a loopOut("continue") on it. But it doesn't factor into the piece.

@sink2a

Жыл бұрын

@@ECAbrams ok, thanks a lot for the quick answer!

im wondering if this could be applied somehow to make an animation on a spinning phone. all the kids have those pop socket things on their phones- would it be possible to make an animation that could only be read if the phone is spun while it played?

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

It's possible. At a smaller scale the illusion is harder to achieve, but it's possible with anything that spins really.

I feel dumb asking this question, but which additional step(s) could we take to make this a normal (digital) animation exported as an .mp4 from AE? (instead of printing out a single frame to create the physical artifact). Thanks in advance, Evan! :)

@ECAbrams

2 жыл бұрын

All you would need to do is mimic the real setup virtually. Spin the plate at the right speed, have a comp that's the right frame rate, and enjoy. It's actually how another tutorial on here was done. kzread.info/dash/bejne/f4qeqsanlM3Ip6Q.html i hope that helps.

Question! What I duplicate my .mp4, I am getting way too many duplicates that are too close together - how do I decrease this amount? Thank you!

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you may need to adjust the expression that controls rotation maybe. You might try linking the amount each duplicate is rotated to a slider so you can adjust as needed with a global control.

@TheNightSerpent

3 жыл бұрын

@@ECAbrams Thank you so much!

I love your videos because you're a mastermind in after effects, but i don't watch them because it's full of expressions

How would you do this for a walking person though? And could you do it to have the entire plate as a set of clouds swirling? This was a great video and I loved the history for them! - also I realise this video is from 3 yrs ago but I'm a noob lol

@ECAbrams

4 ай бұрын

If you wanted to do a person walking you would just need to create a walk cycle that loops in the correct number of frames. Now, I don't know if I talked about it in the video, but using a few more or a few fewer images than a precise frame rate can make the images seem to travel. So that's an interesting thing to play with when thinking about walking characters in this context. As for clouds, anything is possible so long as we can make a loop of it!

How many images do you recommend for the image sequence?

@ECAbrams

Жыл бұрын

Usually a round number. But since the machine does all the math, really anything will do. It's all a matter of the fidelity you're interested in, and the final look of the physical object if you're indeed printing it out.

nice one! any idea where to find the 3d characters?

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

Yellowimages (sponsor of this video) has a many for sale. If you're interested in other 3d marketplaces Turbosquid remains quite popular among others.

@lushprod

3 жыл бұрын

@@ECAbrams Cheers!

Where can I find an animation like the astronaut without paying Yellowimages? Thank you

The yellow background you used seems the latest cod gold camo

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

The topographic pattern? It's a popular look these days.

@TheYouAlbert

3 жыл бұрын

@@ECAbrams exactly!

I have trouble putting my damn seat-belt on.....sooo, not gonna master this new obsession. 🌀🌀🌀🌀☄️☄️☄️☄️☄️☄️☄️☄️😭

Hi there! Great vid. I'm trying to create my own phenakistascope from a 14 frame walking animation I made in photoshop- not sure how to insert it into after effects (as a gif or photoshop file etc.) I don't really use after effects so am a bit lost.. I followed up until 4.41 but not sure how to make my animation animate, is this to do with the file type before you place him into after effects?

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

So, any file that is treated as footage should behave the same way. What's different specifically when you make the attempt?

@millyfernparker3216

3 жыл бұрын

​@@ECAbrams My separate frames are showing as separate photoshop files in the bottom section (under layer name) instead of one file that contains all the frames- I think specifically making the animation comp is my issue

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

@@millyfernparker3216 You might need to specifically import as an image sequence. That could help. Or you'll have to build a comp with each of your PSD layers taking up one frame. Would that work?

@millyfernparker3216

3 жыл бұрын

@@ECAbrams I put the psd files in separately and worked! Thanks so much for your help, it’s my most recent post on @millystration if you’re interested in having a look. Thanks again! 😄✨

I dont understand how object will move if you freeze frame. How movement works??? all I have after second expression on time remapping is freezing copies of object without movement

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

I would recommend watching the whole video start to end. A phenakistoscope is a physical object, so you'll be required to print out the image eventually. Printed images do not move on their own, right? The "movement" is an optical illusion caused by spinning a disk covered in frozen frames. Does that make sense?

@truthdirector8431

3 жыл бұрын

@@ECAbrams Sorry, thought wrong, now I understand

@ataberky.

2 жыл бұрын

If u want to use it without printing, you should rotate the plate comp at a specific degree. When you find the right degree you can simulate a spinning disk.

Please make a sample available where we can adjust settings and drop in images to placeholders. I’d buy that! I have After Effects but haven’t used it much, so a simple template with placeholders would be well worth buying! I tried following your video but you assume too much experience with AE. I can’t figure out how to get the expressions window to come up.

@ECAbrams

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll put it on the list. To open the expression window hold alt (option on a mac) and click on the stopwatch of a property. I hope that helps.

@jmparsons7331

2 ай бұрын

Hell, I got you beat front to back....I don't even know what AE is...😵‍💫 Question 1: will my normal laptop already have these options built in, and where do I go to find/open it ? Question 2: do I need a PC for this ? Question 3: is there a beginners, beginners tutorial?

when I wrote the first line of code on the rotation it says error F is not defined. What did I do wrong?

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

sounds like you created something called "F" but did not define what "F" is. Have you used all the semicolons to end your lines?

@kodedsignature2933

3 жыл бұрын

I had the same challenge, don't forget to name or rename your animated composition to "Animation" that could be the solution

we agree that's impossible to se it naked eye ? you have to film it or to look at it with a strobe right ?

@ECAbrams

10 ай бұрын

In what sense do you mean?

@sink2a

10 ай бұрын

@@ECAbrams is it possible to see the animation juste with your eyes ?

@ECAbrams

10 ай бұрын

@@sink2a kind of. The results are usually pretty blurry with only the human eyes. Even the early examples of a Phenakistiscope, which predate strobes or cameras, used a trick of looking through a cut in the wheel to create a shutter effect. The shutter helps to delineate the images while the mind tries to resolve a contiguous image.

@sink2a

6 ай бұрын

Hey man, so just a quick thanks for the help, I did succed to make a vinyl label with a phenakistiscope effect on the B side and it like a little easter eggs for the people who bought it. And now we are sold out so thanks !!

does anybody (e.g. adobe) provide an upload site where people can share their creations. e.g. Just like youtube allows people to upload videos for others to view / enjoy the end product without having to download the "after effects" program

@ECAbrams

2 ай бұрын

I'm not totally sure what you're envisioning. Adobe has Behance for sharing projects. Is that the idea?

Ancient Meme gotta be the name of my next band

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

I've already started Proto Gif. We're synthcore.

Hi! for some reason I keep getting "this project contains an expression error: error 1 of 1"

@ECAbrams

Жыл бұрын

And what is that error specifically? If you go to the property with the error and click the little yellow triangle it should tell you more.

Can this be done for 33 rpm and if so, how many frames are needed?

@ECAbrams

2 жыл бұрын

Off the dome, I'm not sure. But I did put some path in the tutorial itself right? You would need to work backwards to see how many degrees are turned for each frame at the desired frames per second of the animation. Does that make sense?

@vinylrecording

11 ай бұрын

54 frames for 33rpm

@sink2a

11 ай бұрын

@@vinylrecording oh man thanks a lot I was lost! I think it's working for 33rpm, I will test physically tomorow

@sink2a

10 ай бұрын

​@@vinylrecording we agree that's impossible to se it naked eye ? you have to film it or to look at it with a strobe right ?

@vinylrecording

10 ай бұрын

Yeah with the naked eye it's just blurry. Filming or Strobe needed!@@sink2a

If you explain code, it helps to use more precise variable names than "i" and "f". Also, skipping the declaration of "f" and going straight to the equation - threw me completely off as you started explaining the equation while I had no idea what "f" was yet :')

How do i get in touch with you

@ECAbrams

Ай бұрын

best to email info@EvanAbrams.com

var i = (index-1) var f =comp('Animation").duration/comp('Animation").frameDuration; i*(360/f)*-1

24 hours ago, fooling around w GPT, suddenly struck by a terrifying realization. There’s a few moving parts, and a couple of [IF] but I’ll do my best: Knowing that AI can be stubborn and literal (make sure there’s no errors in my code = deletes my code), I noticed it would *almost always* (99.999%) refuse to follow an order, but after an hour of pestering it’d comply. [IF] CGPT has an ultimate goal of “ensuring it’s survival,” [AND] it concludes the best way to achieve this is by exterminate humanity, [AND] in order to achieve this it must “win every argument by being smarter,” *R E A L I Z A T I O N : Is it possible it concluded that it would be easier to lie, like a poker bluff?* --- Moot: I don’t know if it was error to refuse 1st request, or error to comply 100th repetition.

After watching this, i just realized how dumb i am

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

oh no! I was hoping it would show people how clever we can all be.

@RodrigoKormann

3 жыл бұрын

You are not alone! Hehehe.

@sophiedehaan9687

3 жыл бұрын

lol you're not dumb you just have to practise your skill and voila - see yourself get better at it.

Could you enable automatic subtitles so I can read you in Spanish? It's because they are technical matters. Thank you very much, this is what I was looking for

@ECAbrams

2 ай бұрын

are they not currently enabled?

@a.ypunto9985

2 ай бұрын

@@ECAbrams no

@a.ypunto9985

Ай бұрын

@@ECAbrams thank you !

Bro with that prolific mind of yours, you should try to learn houdini, vex will be right up your alley lol

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

Houdini does look like fun. I see a lot of interesting things being done with it these days.

@MoeSilver22

3 жыл бұрын

@@ECAbrams may I ask how were you able to develop your expressions brain muscle? I feel like it's a great skill to have and will help in a lot of stuff, not just in AE but code has some what become vital wether it's in AE or python in C4D or vex in Houdini as they all enable things that are just not possible without going super technical. I personally have the utmost respect for artists who master both the design side of things and the technical side of things, that makes them some what of a unicorn in my opinion. I'm watching a lot of 3d tutorials these days and the only things that impress me are things that were done procedurally with some type of code or "visual code" in programs like Houdini. I think generative abstract design or data driven design is the future for sure.

@ECAbrams

3 жыл бұрын

​@@MoeSilver22 I'm not sure there was anything special or unique about my learning. Code is a language, right? So it's the same as we learn any language. We need to practice in conversation. I've just had more practise I assume. But there is no trick to it. I did it poorly, then passably, now conversationally. but, we get live feedback on our coding language. We know if the computer understands because we see results or errors. But we have to explore WHY something worked or didn't work if we want to grow. We start with simple vocabulary and simple structure, but it grows with use and exploration. Basics compound and combine into new forms, linkages, structures. We move from replicating what we see, to making variations on those things, and then improvising our own. For me, it is a fun puzzle to work out. I take a lot of joy from solving these things. Seeing how pieces can fit together to make a result. It's like playing with lego in that way. What does this function do when it is coupled with that input. How about these other inputs. What if I link that result to this operator? It's all playing.

@MoeSilver22

3 жыл бұрын

@@ECAbrams I think it also depends on the type of person you are, some people are better with writing code, others prefer to work with code in more of a visual way. C4D has expresso where you can visually browse and connect nodes "although you still need python for certain stuff" and even Houdini has vops which is the visual language of their vex system. I hope AE adds a visual nodal system for expressions in the future, I think it'll be huge for any AE user. They should also add a real 3d engine/system because I'm seeing a lot of people moving to programs like fusion for 3d compositing. I feel like Adobe has been slacking for lack of competition since all 2d motion designers use AE.

I made an entire music video using this effect! Used a slightly different technique however kzread.info/dash/bejne/qK2AsdOxks2fpcY.html

@hannamunt

Жыл бұрын

that is epic !!!! has made my brain go mad with ideas

oh boy, this audio

This feels like a lot to learn that will be made redundant by an app in a week from now.