Command Frame for After Effects
Free download, demonstrations, hands-on tests, and creator resources Want to try Command Frame? Command Frame is free. Download the latest version from aescripts + aeplugins.…
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Add rounded corners to mask in After Effects
Ever wished you could smoothly round the corners of a Mask Path like you can with a Shape Layer? Now you can with a simple…
Creative COW Roundtable: Introduction to the New After Effects Assistant – AEAI
On August 23, 2026 at 9am PDT/12pm EDT/5pm BST, Join the Creative COW AI in After Effects Roundtable for tips on prompting and problem-solving that…
Star Wars Hyperspeed Tutorial: The No-Echo Method in After Effects
The Echo Effect to create long streaks is normally the way you’d recreate the jump to lightspeed, but I think I’ve found a better, more…
The Secret Master Adjustment Layer Hack in After Effects
Trish Meyer (who literally beta-tested the original After Effects) dropped a workflow hack that will completely change how you manage multiple compositions. If you’ve ever…
VFX History: the origin of After Effects
Before it was Adobe, it was CoSA. This is the VFX history of Adobe After Effects. The industry-standard motion graphics and visual effects software started…
How to Run the Original 1993 After Effects
How to the original After Effects v1 in an emulator, and you don’t have to install anything on your computer to do it. In my…
How to Recreate the Star Trek TNG jump to warp in After Effects
In 1987, John Knoll at ILM had to use labor-intensive, 3D slitscan photography to make the Enterprise-D stretch into warp speed. In today’s tutorial, we’re…
VFX History: Slit Scan
How did 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars, Doctor Who and Star Trek: The Next Generation create mind-bending visuals decades before CGI? The secret is…
Give Your Astrophotography REAL Depth – After Effects Tutorial
In this tutorial, I talk you through the full workflow for taking a static astrophotography image and turning it into a cinematic fly-through using After…