Export with Alpha Channel in After Effects
An Alpha channel defines the transparency in a video clip or image. Basically, transparency is assigned to the pixel. In After Effects, if you create…
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Adobe Aero Tutorial – Getting Started with AR (Augmented Reality)
Take a quick look at getting started in Adobe Aero. You’ll see how to quickly position elements and share them via QR Code to an…
Generative Fill in Adobe Photoshop
Using Firefly AI, Adobe has released Generative Fill in Photoshop Beta. It’s a great way to gain efficiency with altering, extending, or replacing content in…
Incremental (Stepped) Movement in After Effects
To move position in increments (or a stop-motion movement), we can create a position expression that takes the rounded value divided by our desired increment.…
Ignore Parented/Inherited Rotation in After Effects
When a layer is set to inherit properties from a parent layer, position, scale, and rotation movements of the parent layer affect the child layer.…
Time Remapping in Premiere Pro
If you want to change the speed at certain spots in a singular clip, use the Time Remapping feature. Right-click on your clip and select…
Looping Wiggle in After Effects
You probably learned the Wiggle Expression early on in your After Effects career. In fact, it was the first tutorial presented on my channel. But,…
Inherit Parent Opacity in After Effects
When you parent one layer to another, many properties work in sync. However, opacity does not. To inherit parent opacity, you could use the pickwhip…
Dehancer Pro Plugin in After Effects
Dehancer is a plugin for film effects and film-like color grading. This comprehensive film emulation tool follows the science of analog film making techniques, building…
After Effects Tutorial – Auto Fade In and Out
If you create an expression to automatically fade a layer in and out, it can be efficient in the long run. This is because you’ll…