Sometimes you need to apply an effect to only a specific area of a clip, while leaving other portions of the image unaffected. For example, maybe you lit a scene unevenly, and want to brighten, darken ...

Here’s a quick tutorial to animate strokes of a shape layer in After Effects. The goal is to animate the stroke, duplicate it out, and alter the copy for a cool effect. First, we’ll click the arrow ...

Learn how to create a stunning Earth Zoom effect in After Effects using Google Earth! This step-by-step tutorial will show you how to capture images from Google Earth, import them into After Effects, ...

One way to animate text to appear in After Effects is to create a flicker-on effect. With your text layer selected, choose the Animate button by your text property and select Opacity. Set a keyframe ...

In this tutorial, we’ll explore how to create gradient effects using Adobe After Effects CC 2014. Gradients are a popular effect used in both broadcast and online video (Figure 1, below). You can use ...

This is a self-guided tutorial on Cats Effect. What is Cats Effect, you might ask? Is it the zoomies for example? Whilst the zoomies are certainly something that has an effect on cats, in this case ...