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How to fake a 3D shadow on a ground plane or wall in AE Workbench: https://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-12-23_FakeShadows Patreon: http://patreon.com/workbench/ Merch: http://workbench.tv/products/merch/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/workbenchtv Social *********************************************************** Instagram: http://instagram.com/workbenchtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/workbench_tv Facebook: http://facebook.com/workbenchtvv This week we go over a tip sent to me by a friend to use in this tutorial. Learn how to use an expression to fake a 3D shadow on a ground plane or wall. #CinemaFauxD

How to make an iOS-style scrolling list in After Effects Workbench: https://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-12-16_ScrollingList Patreon: http://patreon.com/workbench/ Merch: http://workbench.tv/products/merch/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/workbenchtv Social *********************************************************** Instagram: http://instagram.com/workbenchtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/workbench_tv Facebook: http://facebook.com/workbenchtv Hi guys, here's a quick tutorial to show you how to set up an iOS-style scrolling list, where the text closest to the middle of the composition is the largest and other lines of text get smaller toward the top and bottom edges. It's easier to watch than to explain so check it out! Here's the code for the expression: y = thisLayer.toComp([0,0,0]); y = Math.abs(y[1]-540); ease(y,0,540,100,10);

How to make repeating elements with default AE plugins Workbench: https://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-12-09_RepeatingElements Patreon: http://patreon.com/workbench/ Merch: http://workbench.tv/products/merch/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/workbenchtv Social *********************************************************** Instagram: http://instagram.com/workbenchtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/workbench_tv Facebook: http://facebook.com/workbenchtv Hey guys, this is a quick tutorial about creating a quick grid/line of repeated animated elements. It's a pretty simple technique using only default After Effects plugins.

How to make a halftone effect only using default AE plugins Preset: https://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-12-02_Halftone/ Patreon: http://patreon.com/workbench/ Merch: http://workbench.tv/products/merch/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/workbenchtv Social *********************************************************** Instagram: http://instagram.com/workbenchtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/workbench_tv Facebook: http://facebook.com/workbenchtv I am so excited for this one. I used to use this plugin family back in the day called Pete's Plugins. There was this awesome halftone effect in it. But Pete stopped developing it and posted his code but no one updated them for newer versions of AE so they died. I tried to compile it and I couldn't figure it out. But that's ok because I was able to figure out a way to do it!

How to easily make 2D fire in After Effects Project File: https://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-11-25_SimpleFire/ Patreon: http://patreon.com/workbench/ Merch: http://workbench.tv/products/merch/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/workbenchtv Social *********************************************************** Instagram: http://instagram.com/workbenchtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/workbench_tv Facebook: http://facebook.com/workbenchtv

How to make real 3D shadows for your 2D graphics Project File: http://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-11... Patreon: http://patreon.com/workbench/ Merch: http://workbench.tv/products/merch/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/workbenchtv Social *********************************************************** Instagram: http://instagram.com/workbenchtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/workbench_tv Facebook: http://facebook.com/workbenchtv This week, I decided to mess around with After Effects’ new C4D 3D renderer. And I made some shadows for my 2D graphics. Beat that. :)

How to mask effects on layers rather than the layers themselves Workbench: https://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-11-11_CompositingOptions Patreon: http://patreon.com/workbench/ Merch: http://workbench.tv/products/merch/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/workbenchtv Social *********************************************************** Instagram: http://instagram.com/workbenchtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/workbench_tv Facebook: http://facebook.com/workbenchtv This week, we go over an often overlooked—at least by me—feature of After Effects—using masks for effects rather than the layers themselves.

How to make a tunnel world inside of After Effects Workbench: http://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-11... Patreon: http://patreon.com/workbench/ Merch: http://workbench.tv/products/merch/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/workbenchtv Social *********************************************************** Instagram: http://instagram.com/workbenchtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/workbench_tv Facebook: http://facebook.com/workbenchtv This quick After Effects tutorial shows a useful way to make interesting tunnel worlds, like the new Photoshop splash screen. Amr Elshamy's Behance Portfolio https://www.behance.net/hotamr VideoCopilot's FX Console Plugin Intro https://www.videocopilot.net/blog/2016/10/new-workflow-plug-in-fx-console-is-now-available/ FX Console Update https://www.videocopilot.net/blog/2016/11/fx-console-v1-0-1-new-enhancements-and-fixes/ Zack Lovatt's Explode Shape Layers 3 Script https://aescripts.com/explode-shape-layers/ Zack Lovatt's AE Icons (Windows) https://zacklovatt.com/ae-icons-for-win/ My AE Icons (Mac) https://workbench.tv/freebies/2016-07-21_Icons/ Tutorial that explains the hypotenuse calculations https://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-02-04_RadialDelay/

How to generate interesting masks for use with Saber Workbench: http://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-10... Patreon: http://patreon.com/workbench/ Merch: http://workbench.tv/products/merch/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/workbenchtv Social *********************************************************** Instagram: http://instagram.com/workbenchtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/workbench_tv Facebook: http://facebook.com/workbenchtv This After Effects tutorial goes over an interesting technique to generate masks for use with Video Copilot's Saber plugin using turbulent noise and turbulent displace in combination with shape layers. If you want to make this loop, you can precompose and time remap. I would also normally suggest that you get the evolution to cycle, but you can't evolve turbulent noise in a cycle for some reason.

How to make displacement maps with posterized gradients Workbench: http://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-10... Patreon: http://patreon.com/workbench/ Merch: http://workbench.tv/products/merch/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/workbenchtv Social *********************************************************** Instagram: http://instagram.com/workbenchtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/workbench_tv Facebook: http://facebook.com/workbenchtv This quick After Effects tutorial shows a useful way to make time displacement maps for shapes and other objects using gradients with the posterize effect.

How to animate UI elements using your own mouse movements Workbench: http://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-10... Patreon: http://patreon.com/workbench/ Merch: http://workbench.tv/products/merch/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/workbenchtv Social *********************************************************** Instagram: http://instagram.com/workbenchtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/workbench_tv Facebook: http://facebook.com/workbenchtv This After Effects tutorial shows you how to use your own mouse to move a digital mouse on screen and interact with elements in your scene. If you were paying close attention, you might've noticed that I didn't completely reset the icons to their original size because I parented them to the cursor and then set their scale. Alternatively I could've just parented them to the cursor before I set its scale. Either way, you still need to make sure to scale them back to original size (or copy the original instead of splitting the parented layer and un-parenting it). It's AE, there's a lot of ways to do things! I haven't made many errors in 40 of these. One was bound to sneak in! The mouse cursor icon is available for free at https://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-10-14_InterfaceInteraction/

How to quickly and easily get a liquid-filling look inside of After Effects Workbench: http://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-10... Patreon: http://patreon.com/workbench/ Merch: http://workbench.tv/products/merch/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/workbenchtv Social *********************************************************** Instagram: http://instagram.com/workbenchtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/workbench_tv Facebook: http://facebook.com/workbenchtv If you've ever wanted to make a simple liquid-filling-something effect this quick and easy tutorial is for you. You might not believe how simple it is. It's not Realflow, but it is RealEasy. Also, if you're nerdy like me, you're probably wondering why I always start my shapes by double clicking the tool. It's the quickest way to make sure your shape is centered exactly in the middle of the comp with its anchor point in the middle. That way you can rotate the shape without it wobbling.

How to make a fake particle system of fiber optics Workbench: http://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-09... Patreon: http://patreon.com/workbench/ Merch: http://workbench.tv/products/merch/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/workbenchtv Social *********************************************************** Instagram: http://instagram.com/workbenchtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/workbench_tv Facebook: http://facebook.com/workbenchtv In this tutorial we show an easy but somewhat intensive way to make a really neat faux-particle system of fiber optics. The best part is that you can create it once and use it over and over again. So crank up a podcast (we recommend 99% Invisible), fire up Illustrator, and join us.

How to easily get a glitchy look for your text animations Workbench: http://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-09... Patreon: http://patreon.com/workbench/ Merch: http://workbench.tv/products/merch/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/workbenchtv Social *********************************************************** Instagram: http://instagram.com/workbenchtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/workbench_tv Facebook: http://facebook.com/workbenchtv This week, we go over another path to ultimate text-glitchyness using some simple mattes generated with C4D and mograph. For more information check out http://www.nikill.com/red-giant-go-ba... And I just found this link which might make my tutorial irrelevant (but I think it explains the 3D side, not the text) https://www.cineversity.com/vidplayli... And check out my previous glitch text tutorial (#28) • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX8rg62tT5I

An even deeper dive into AE's Expression Selector Project File: http://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-09... Patreon: http://patreon.com/workbench/ Merch: http://workbench.tv/products/merch/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/workbenchtv Social *********************************************************** Instagram: http://instagram.com/workbenchtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/workbench_tv Facebook: http://facebook.com/workbenchtv Here's one last round for our small series on the expression selector within After Effects text animators. We show a couple of small techniques but mostly show solutions to common pitfalls in this technique. More info Tutorial #35 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44ddndwZuxg More info Tutorial #34 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcSX2Heirko

A deeper dive into AE's Expression Selector Project File: http://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-09... Patreon: http://patreon.com/workbench/ Merch: http://workbench.tv/products/merch/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/workbenchtv Social *********************************************************** Instagram: http://instagram.com/workbenchtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/workbench_tv Facebook: http://facebook.com/workbenchtv In this tutorial we continue to unlock the black hole of expression selectors. We've figured out how to loop animations around path text masks. More info Tutorial #34 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcSX2Heirko More info Tutorial #36 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvhs6cdwsaM

Improve your workflow with these After Effects tips Workbench: http://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-08... Patreon: http://patreon.com/workbench/ Merch: http://workbench.tv/products/merch/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/workbenchtv Social *********************************************************** Instagram: http://instagram.com/workbenchtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/workbench_tv Facebook: http://facebook.com/workbenchtv This is another quick tips video that explains a lot of common mistakes that new animators make. While we're normally geared to advanced users, I haven't seen a tutorial highlighting most of these concepts for new people. Timecode for the beginning of each of the ten points is as follows: 0:00 - Introduction 0:15 - One second is a long time 0:47 - Use easing 1:49 - Use motion blur sparingly 2:27 - Not everything needs a fade 3:15 - Name everything/use labels 3:41 - Precompose 4:40 - Don't put tutorials in your reel 5:43 - Visual Garbage 6:10 - Learn expressions 7:27 - Play around If you know any new animators, pass this on. Thanks for watching!

How to actually use the Expression Selector in AE's text animators Project File: http://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-09... Patreon: http://patreon.com/workbench/ Merch: http://workbench.tv/products/merch/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/workbenchtv Social *********************************************************** Instagram: http://instagram.com/workbenchtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/workbench_tv Facebook: http://facebook.com/workbenchtv In this tutorial we attempt to uncover the dark art of Expression Selectors inside of Text Animators. Other references can be found here https://forums.creativecow.net/thread... https://mattrunks.com/en/tutorials/af... More info Tutorial #35 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44ddndwZuxg More info Tutorial #36 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvhs6cdwsaM

How to animate shapes by using text and text animators in After Effects Project File: http://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-08... Patreon: http://patreon.com/workbench/ Merch: http://workbench.tv/products/merch/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/workbenchtv Social *********************************************************** Instagram: http://instagram.com/workbenchtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/workbench_tv Facebook: http://facebook.com/workbenchtv In my quest for delay effectors and randomization in shape layers, I stumbled across a technique using text on a path. I wish I could say I figured out this one on my own, but in this case I'm standing on the shoulders of giants once again. Knowing of the technique, I figured out one way to do it. This technique has endless possibilities. There are so many properties that can be animated through text animators, that you can do anything. I bet you could even do a simple particle system using these animators. And if you combine it with the dark magic of expression selectors or even wiggly selectors, you can do even crazier stuff. Perhaps we'll explore that in a future tutorial.

How to fake a Delay Effector inside of After Effects Project File: http://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-08... Patreon: http://patreon.com/workbench/ Merch: http://workbench.tv/products/merch/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/workbenchtv Social *********************************************************** Instagram: http://instagram.com/workbenchtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/workbench_tv Facebook: http://facebook.com/workbenchtv In this tutorial I show you a technique to fake a Delay Effector in After Effects. It ends up somewhat glitchy, but it could be useful to you in a project.

How to fake a Delay Effector inside of After Effects Project File: http://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-08... Patreon: http://patreon.com/workbench/ Merch: http://workbench.tv/products/merch/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/workbenchtv Social *********************************************************** Instagram: http://instagram.com/workbenchtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/workbench_tv Facebook: http://facebook.com/workbenchtv In this tutorial I show you a technique to fake a Delay Effector in After Effects. It ends up somewhat glitchy, but it could be useful to you in a project.

How to make random motion of dots on a grid in After Effects Project File: http://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-07... Patreon: http://patreon.com/workbench/ Merch: http://workbench.tv/products/merch/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/workbenchtv Social *********************************************************** Instagram: http://instagram.com/workbenchtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/workbench_tv Facebook: http://facebook.com/workbenchtv In this tutorial I show a technique to have random motion on a grid using a single precomped layer, time remapping, and expressions. Make sure to check out Dan Ebbert's Lesson on Random Motion over at motionscript.com to see another way to handle this. http://motionscript.com/mastering-expressions/random-1.html

How to make stretchy glitched text in After Effects Workbench: http://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-07... Patreon: http://patreon.com/workbench/ Merch: http://workbench.tv/products/merch/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/workbenchtv Social *********************************************************** Instagram: http://instagram.com/workbenchtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/workbench_tv Facebook: http://facebook.com/workbenchtv You thought I was going to say pants, didn't you, you pervert. :) In this tutorial we go over a cool way to get some glitchy stretch text action. Check it out!

How to fold anything in After Effects like a piece of paper Project File: http://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-07... Patreon: http://patreon.com/workbench/ Merch: http://workbench.tv/products/merch/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/workbenchtv Social *********************************************************** Instagram: http://instagram.com/workbenchtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/workbench_tv Facebook: http://facebook.com/workbenchtv

How to easily work with After Effects' text animators Workbench: http://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-07... Patreon: http://patreon.com/workbench/ Merch: http://workbench.tv/products/merch/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/workbenchtv Social *********************************************************** Instagram: http://instagram.com/workbenchtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/workbench_tv Facebook: http://facebook.com/workbenchtv In this tutorial I explain an easy way to make complex text animations using After Effects' text animator. I didn't even realize the link between the Bruce Lee quote and 'crash' text until later. But if there's anything that knows about Crashing, it's After Effects. Or at least it used to be!