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At last, my 2023 showreel.
A big thanks to the friendly & talented people I worked with last year, it was a hectic journey but I couldn't be more ready for 2024.
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I posted an After Effects tutorial every day for 100 days.
The most popular topics:
- Recreating text animations (Valorant, Google, etc.).
- How to create slick 3D transitions.
- Key expressions, effects and techniques.
Here are my 10 most popular After Effects tutorials. 🧵
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My favourite effects/techniques in After Effects:
- CC Composite
- CC Starburst/Light Burst
- Extrusion for Morphing
- Gaussian Blur & Matte Choker
- Animated Brush Strokes
- Fractal Noise & Colorama
- Difference Mode
I've made a mini-tutorial for each one under this tweet. 🧵
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How to recreate the famous ad techniques from top companies:
- Apple's "Don't Blink" Text Zooms
- Google's Typing Animations
- Valorant's Text Animations
- Apple's "Dynamic Island" Transition
- Twitch's Text Animations
I've made a mini-tutorial for each one under this tweet. 🧵
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GRAPHIC DESIGNING FOR BEGINNERS:
10 MUST-HAVE FONTS FOR YOUR UPCOMING PROJECTS.
[🧵 thread]
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TASTE
Designed and animated in After Effects in around 27 hours.
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This was 2022.
A big thanks to the friendly & talented people I've worked with this year, it's been a hectic journey but I couldn't be more ready for 2023. 🤘
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GRAPHIC DESIGNING FOR BEGINNERS:
10 MUST-HAVE FONTS FOR YOUR UPCOMING PROJECTS.
[🧵 thread]
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How to recreate the famous ad techniques from top companies:
- Apple's "Don't Blink" Text Zooms
- Google's Typing Animations
- Valorant's Text Animations
- Apple's "Dynamic Island" Transition
- Twitch's Text Animations
I've made a mini-tutorial for each one under this tweet. 🧵
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GRAPHIC DESIGNING FOR BEGINNERS:
10 MUST-HAVE FONTS FOR YOUR NEXT DESIGN.
[🧵 thread]
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My favourite effects/techniques in After Effects:
- CC Composite
- CC Starburst/Light Burst
- Using Extrusion for Morphing
- CC Bend It
- Gaussian Blur & Matte Choker Combo
- CC Power Pin
- Animated Brush Strokes
I've linked a mini-tutorial for each one under this tweet. 🧵
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I posted an After Effects tutorial every day for 100 days.
The most popular topics:
- Recreating text animations (Valorant, Google, etc.).
- How to create slick 3D transitions.
- Key expressions, effects and techniques.
Here are my 10 most popular After Effects tutorials. 🧵
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My favourite effects/techniques in After Effects so far:
- CC Composite
- CC Starburst/Light Burst
- Using Extrusion for Morphing
- CC Bend It
- Gaussian Blur & Matte Choker
- CC Power Pin
- Animated Brush Strokes
I've linked a mini-tutorial for each one under this tweet. 🧵
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DON'T STOP MOVIN'
Designed and animated in After Effects in around 12.5 hours!
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My favourite effects/techniques in After Effects:
- CC Composite
- CC Starburst/Light Burst
- Extrusion for Morphing
- Easing Complex Path Rigs
- The Secret to Stunning Gradients
- Animated Depth of Field
I've made a mini-tutorial for each one under this tweet. 🧵
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Some of my favourite effects/techniques in After Effects:
- CC Composite
- CC Starburst/Light Burst
- Wave Trails
- Using Scale for Radial Position
- 2-Null Camera Rigs
- Extrusion for Morphing
I've made a mini-tutorial for each one under this tweet. 🧵
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There’s a better way to animate gradients in After Effects…
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ESPRESSO
Designed and animated in After Effects in around 22 hours!
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My favourite effects/techniques in After Effects:
- CC Composite
- CC Starburst/Light Burst
- Extrusion for Morphing
- Easing Complex Path Rigs
- The Secret to Stunning Gradients
- Animated Depth of Field
I've made a mini-tutorial for each one under this tweet. 🧵
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My favourite effects/techniques in After Effects:
- CC Composite
- CC Starburst/Light Burst
- Extrusion for Morphing
- Easing Complex Path Rigs
- The Secret to Stunning Gradients
- Animated Depth of Field
I've made a mini-tutorial for each one under this tweet. 🧵
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How to recreate the famous ad techniques from top companies:
- Apple's "Don't Blink" Text Zooms
- Google's Typing Animations
- Valorant's Text Animations
- Apple's "Dynamic Island" Transition
- Twitch's Text Animations
I've made a mini-tutorial for each one under this tweet. 🧵
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GRAPHIC DESIGNING FOR BEGINNERS:
10 MUST-HAVE FONTS FOR YOUR UPCOMING PROJECTS.
[🧵 thread]
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5 Advanced After Effects Techniques Every Motion Designer Should Know:
- Depth Maps
- Camera Tracking
- CC Starburst/Light Burst
- Mastering a ‘Secret’ Keyframe
- Using Extrusion for Really Smooth Text/Shape Morphs
I've made a mini-tutorial for each one (🧵):
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A personal project in the form of a fun animated loop!
Designed and animated in After Effects in around 10 hours!
⬜️🟦🟩
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5 Advanced After Effects Techniques Every Motion Designer Should Know:
- Depth Maps
- Camera Tracking
- CC Starburst/Light Burst
- Mastering a ‘Secret’ Keyframe
- Using Extrusion for Really Smooth Text/Shape Morphs
I've made a mini-tutorial for each one (🧵):
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Daily After Effects Tip - 75/100
This is how to recreate Valorant's text animations. A lot of this will be seeing what feels right for you; I find a 90% easing curve works best. All of my settings are listed under this tweet.
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I posted an After Effects tutorial every day for 100 days.
The most popular topics:
- Recreating text animations (Valorant, Google, etc.).
- How to create slick 3D transitions.
- Key expressions, effects and techniques.
Here are my 10 most popular After Effects tutorials. 🧵
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This is how you loop the wiggle expression in After Effects…
P.S. Happy Halloween 🎃
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This expression in After Effects is amazing. 2020 wasn’t.
Grab the expression below.
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Daily After Effects Tip - 18/30
The 'CC Composite' effect brings your original layer above all of the effects added to it. When used with 'Radial Fast Blur' and 'Fill', you can create this directional shadow effect.
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Commissioned promotional video for the Animation Framework.
Designed and animated entirely inside of After Effects.
🔉🎶:
@HenkDNB
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Back at ya with another fun animated loop!
Designed and animated in After Effects in around 12.5 hours!
⬛️🟥🟦
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This secret keyframe in After Effects is the best thing since sliced bread. 🍞
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Daily After Effects Tip - 94/100 (this one is FULL of knowledge)
This is how you can recreate those 'text zooms' as seen in Apple's "Don't Blink" video. Hint: the trick is more than just 3D text layers. 👇
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Graphic design tip: frantically zoom in and out of your work to feel better about your life.
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Daily After Effects Tip - 89/100 (best one yet?!)
This is how you create THAT transition in Apple's dynamic island ad. I'm using my camera rig from tip
#72
and my phone model for After Effects (link to grab it below).
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Motion Design Reel 2020💙
Everything's better in HD, show it some love on YouTube:
#motiongraphics
#animation
#motiondesign
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I posted an After Effects tutorial every day for 100 days.
The most popular topics:
- Recreating text animations (Valorant, Google, etc.).
- How to create slick 3D transitions.
- Key expressions, effects and techniques.
Here are my 10 most popular After Effects tutorials. 🧵
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If you use it right, colour is the most powerful thing in the world.
But the majority of beginner graphic designers do a horrible job of using it right.
Here are 10 colour schemes that you can use in your designs (with connotations).
[🧵 thread]
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Daily After Effects Tip - 82/100
This is how easy it is to recreate Google's typing animation with the 'Type' script from
@ae_screens
. Link to the script below.
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This text effect is flipping amazing. Do try this at home. 🏍️
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Daily After Effects Tip - 100/100 (WE MADE IT!)
You can curve compositions in 3D in After Effects within the Cinema 4D renderer. This is especially useful when animating 3D page turns or 'paper-like' UI animations. 👇
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Daily After Effects Tip - 61/100 (I'm back with another 40 tips 😎)
This is how to recreate Twitch's dynamic text animation style. I'm using 'Type' by
@ae_screens
to split up the text at the beginning. Link to the script below.
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Christmas came early?!
After countless messages, both my loop project files are now available on Payhip :)
Link in replies!
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Logo animation concept for St. Martin's Square. 💛💜
I made this logo & animation as a part of a uni project during my last semester.
The buildings are faux-3D path rigs which rotate and transform into their respective letters. I had a lot of fun making it.
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Daily After Effects Tip - 67/100
This expression retains the scale of your layer when it's parented, creating the illusion of position. Use it on multiple layers parented to a null to create these radial animations. Grab the expression under this tweet.
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My current favourite effects/techniques in After Effects:
- CC Composite
- CC Starburst/Light Burst
- Extrusion for Morphing
- Easing Complex Path Rigs
- The Secret to Stunning Gradients
- Animated Depth of Field
I've made a mini-tutorial for each one under this tweet. 🧵
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5 Advanced After Effects Techniques Every Motion Designer Should Know About:
- Depth Maps
- Camera Tracking
- CC Starburst/Light Burst
- Mastering a ‘Secret’ Keyframe
- Using Extrusion for Really Smooth Text/Shape Morphs
I've made a mini-tutorial for each one (🧵):
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Daily After Effects Tip - 31/60
Using extrusion is a really great way of morphing two letters or objects, creating a slick transition.
Ensure both letters/objects have the same extrusion, and their anchor points are set in the middle of the extrusion.
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Promotional video for
@AerithHD
!
My entry to
#ADCON2021
• All support is appreciated!
Everything's better in HD, show it some love on YouTube:
See the full project on Behance:
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Daily After Effects Tip - 45/60
Create these simple starburst backgrounds with the 'CC Star Burst', 'CC Light Burst 2.5' and 'Matte Choker' effects. Play around with the 'Gray Level Softness' for bolder/softer streaks.
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Daily After Effects Tip - 70/100
This is how you can make a wave trail using 'Wave Warp'. All of my settings are listed under this tweet.
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These 3D shots were created entirely inside of native After Effects.
I just made a full breakdown for this project (a 20-second spot that I made earlier this year).
Link in the replies. 🥳
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Daily After Effects Tip - 76/100
This expression allows you to create a loopable wiggle expression. Ensure you set 'loopTime' within the expression to the duration of your composition. Grab the expression under this tweet.
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Commissioned promotional video for
@AcuityStudios
.
All support is greatly appreciated! This took me just over a month (34 days).
Everything's better in HD, show it some love on YouTube:
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Daily After Effects Tip - 06/30
Use 'CC Bend It' to bend anything in your shot. If you experience any clipping, use 'Grow Bounds' and place the effect ABOVE 'CC Bend It'.
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Dear Fortnite community...
In the big wide world, $10, $20, $50, $100 is not a lot of money.
I’m seeing people charge less than $50 for work... what’s going on?
“You paid HOW MUCH?!?” relax.
Wait until you hear that some studios charge a minimum of $500,000 for one video.
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I spent some time revising my piece from round one of
@SesoHQ
's Design Royale.
The idea was to create a starting screen for a
@PlayVALORANT
character. I chose Neon and this is what I came up with.
Thanks for all the support from the video! Honestly been insane. 💙
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Some animate font weights in After Effects, some watch the sunset… Few make it so easy that they can do both.
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Daily After Effects Tip - 95/100
This is how you can animate this changing depth of field effect. 👇
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How to recreate famous ad techniques from top companies:
- Apple's "Don't Blink" Text Zooms
- Google's Typing Animations
- Valorant's Text Animations
- Apple's "Dynamic Island" Transition
- Twitch's Text Animations
I've made a mini-tutorial for each one under this tweet. 🧵
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Over the last 12 months, my portfolio has attracted over $100K in leads.
It costs me $32/mo to run it.
My 5 portfolio 'hacks' for you to copy:
🧵
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Daily After Effects Tip - 32/60
Use 'Gaussian Blur' and 'Matte Choker' to give shape layers (especially paths) round corners.
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Daily After Effects Tip - 65/100
Heavy composition? Struggling to preview quickly? Look no further than the preview panel.
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Commissioned promotional video for
@eBit_official
, the most transparent online casino.
Sound design by
@HenkDNB
. 🎶
🟦⬜️⬛️🟪
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I've done $35K in income in 12 months as a motion designer.
I'm 18 years old and studying full-time. Productivity is vital.
My 5 "must use" productivity tools:
[🧵 thread]
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Daily After Effects Tip - 64/100
Create beautiful light leaks with 'Fractal Noise' and 'Colorama'. Great for enhancing the look of summery footage. All of my settings are listed under this tweet.
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My favourite effects/techniques in After Effects:
- CC Composite
- CC Bend It
- CC Power Pin
- Environment Layers (effortless lighting in native AE)
I've linked some mini-tutorials under this tweet. 🧵
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Daily After Effects Tip - 21/30
Environment layers in After Effects are POWERFUL. Set your shape layers to 100% reflection intensity, create a separate composition which will be used as an HDRI, right-click on it and set it as an environment layer in your main composition.
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Daily After Effects Tip - 58/60
Create this animated brush stroke effect by using a tapered path and 'Roughen Edges'. Start by using a PNG of a brush stroke, then create a tapered path and use the PNG as the track matte. Add roughen edges to fix the sharp edge.
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This After Effects tip is about to save you all the hard work...
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Daily After Effects Tip - 04/30
Use CC Power Pin to align footage into your scene.
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Daily After Effects Tip - 69/100
Using stroke waves, 'Simple Choker' and trim paths, you can create these convincing plant-growing animations. To push this further, try using 'CC Bend It' (my tutorial is linked under this tweet).
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Daily After Effects Tip - 68/100
This is how to recreate Apple's "Don't Blink" text animation style. The key here is to cut at the points where the text moves the fastest, creating a sequence of match cuts. Invert the background colour per cut for added flair.
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Daily After Effects Tip - 66/100
When trying to align parented (child) layers, copy the parent layer's 'Anchor Point' into the child layer's 'Position'. This will align the layers' anchor points perfectly.
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Daily After Effects Tip - 16/30
To give moving elements in your shot a 'smear' effect, add 'Echo'.
Set the delay to 0.001, the copies to 90 and the echo operator to 'Maximum'.
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Daily After Effects 60/60
Create these fading waves with the 'Ripple' effect. Set the 'Center of Ripple' to slightly above the area of impact, and animate the 'Wave Height' similarly to how I've done it in the video.
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I'm super excited to announce that I'll be getting flown out to Dubai on behalf of
@Adobe
, to speak at Xposure 2024.
A massive thank you to Adobe for choosing me as the person to represent and teach After Effects at XPF this year. 🙏
Read my speaker biography here:
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Daily After Effects Tip - 84/100 (this one's a banger)
Easily create font weight animations by copying and pasting two different weight's paths onto the same path property. Offset the keyframes to give it a letter-by-letter wave effect. 👇
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Commissioned promotional video for
@JagsRL
, a Rocket League store.
All support is greatly appreciated!
🟪🟧🟦⬜️
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Daily After Effects Tip - 80/100
Use '3D Camera Tracker' to track camera movement in your video. Add some text and watch how it follows your scene. 👇
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This is how you make the smoothest animations in the world. 🌍
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Hey
#PortfolioDay
~ I'm Will, a 19-year-old UK-based motion designer. Here are some of the cool things I've worked on lately:
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Commissioned promotional video for !
All support is greatly appreciated! This is made entirely in After Effects!
Everything's better in HD, show it some love on YouTube:
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Cubes with consistent stroke widths in After Effects? Yes, please.
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Commissioned ident for
@PenguinVFX
!
Made this on stream today! We got just under 200 viewers! Thanks to everyone who stopped by :)
Never miss a live stream:
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Daily After Effects Tip - 86/100 (this one's another banger)
This is how you create these dynamic arrow animations. 👇
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