• Adobe After Effects

  Creating a fading after image

  Posted by Nick Elbra on February 26, 2014 at 10:52 pm

  Hi there,

  I’ve got a short project which basically consists of two layers, a black background, and the white logo. The white logo has some code I found on another thread generating a new random position every 10 frames or so, so it jumps around like an old screensaver

  So far, its looking good. But what I’d like to add is a slowly fading effect, so that each time the logo moves, it leaves behind an afterimage that fades from white to black.

  Is there an effect that will do this for me?

  Many thanks in advance,

  Nick

  Nick Elbra replied 12 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  John Cuevas

  February 27, 2014 at 1:20 am

  You should be able to accomplish that with the Echo Effect

  Short Echo Effect Tutorial

  Little project I did illustrating the technique: 7162_echoeffect.aep.zip

  Johnny Cuevas, Editor
  Thinkck.com

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  Nick Elbra

  February 27, 2014 at 11:34 am

  Thanks John, that sounds like just what I need. I will definitely have a play when I get home

  Cheers,

  Nick
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  Nick Elbra

  February 27, 2014 at 9:03 pm

  Perfect. Many thanks for the help

  Nick

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