In this tutorial, we’re going to be covering how you can achieve a nice ‘glitchy twitch’ effect within After Effects without any 3rd party plugins or scripts. We will only be using the built in tools in After Effects as well as a few basic…
Glitchy and Twitchy
Aside from lens flares, we’ve all probably tried creating the mograph abstract ‘glitchy’ or ‘twitchy’ effect, whether it’s for your abstract blob render from Cinema 4D or your sci-fi trailer. Whatever the reason is, there are plenty of awesome tools out there to help you…
Breathe Life Back Into After Effects Lens Flares
The default Lens Flare effect in After Effects looks hideous, outdated, and very basic. Today, we’re going to be taking a look at how we can breathe some life back into the default Lens Flare and how we can enhance it by adding more to…
Revival of the Reviving After Effects Lens Flare
Knoll Light Factory and Optical Flares are great plugins to create stunning and amazing lens flares, but only if you can afford it. For those who are amateurs and don’t necessarily want to shell out some extra cash for lens flares or you’re hesitant because…
Take a Break to Get Better Designs
Have you ever walked away or finished a project only to come back and feel unsatisfied with your work? Unfortunately, that frustrating feeling isn’t going away because a good designer never ‘finishes’ his work. The point is, if you feel unsatisfied with your work, you’re on the right track…
Easy Solutions to Centering Text & Changing Timeline Formats
I get asked the same questions frequently on basic issues regarding text centering and the timeline format, well no more! Today, we will be taking a look at two simple solutions to fix two simple problems. If you’re experienced with After Effects, this tutorial will…
Wait, After Effects Isn’t A Video Editor?
Well in short, not really, it depends on how you define ‘video editor’. For the most part, people do not consider After Effects a video editor even though the literal meaning of video editor means ‘something that edits video’. “Video editing is the process of manipulating…
