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…

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…

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…

Aargh, ever since ‪@DarkRavenProductions‬ posted a comment asking about how to do Defiant style phaser cannons, I’ve been trying to figure out the best way…

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 the original After Effects v1 in an emulator, and you don’t have to install anything on your computer to do it. In my…

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…

While ILM’s John Knoll originally used physical slitscan photography to create the Enterprise-D’s warp jump, we can achieve that same organic, colorful trailing look using…

In this After Effects tutorial, I’m diving into the legendary slitscan effect. While Doug Trumbull used a massive mechnical righ and long-exposure photography to create…

The “Time Tunnel” from Doctor Who titles is one of the most recognizable pieces of VFX history. While the original was created using physical slitscan…

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…

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…

Stop wasting hours clicking through nested compositions and manually syncing text. In this tutorial, I’m showing you how to build a dynamic, automated caption engine…

Discover how Region of Interest in Adobe After Effects can dramatically speed up your previews and improve workflow efficiency. I explain what Region of Interest…

Learn how to create a cinematic, 3D black hole in After Effects using the brand new (and free!) Black Hole plugin from ‪ProductionCrate‬. ProductionCrate recently…

I’ll show how to animate a flat plane into a sphere in Blender, using the Simple Deform modifier. Then (because nothing is ever simple) I’ll…

A look at the visual effects team behind the iconic television show and how they used practical effects, model photography and artistry. This was the…

Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War had one of the slickest title sequences ever, created by the brilliant folks at Sarofsky. In this video, we’ll rebuild…

Thinking of buying a new computer for Adobe After Effects? In this video I break down exactly what to look for when shopping for a…

Learn how to create a spinning odometer-style counter in Adobe After Effects using expressions and precomps. There’s an easy method and a more complicated option,…

Directly inside After Effects you can import and animate 3D models in the timeline. Provided it is either an OBJ, GLB, and FBX file type.…

In this video, I dive into how to create cinematic, documentary-style spacecraft shots in After Effects, inspired by Apollo 13, Europa Report, and For All…

Learn how to create realistic fireworks in Adobe After Effects using only CC Particle World just using the included effects. I decided to see how…

In this updated 2025 tutorial, I walk you through step-by-step installation for AEX ( plugin ) and FFX ( preset ) files. While most plugins…

Projection mapping looks amazing, but figuring out the first step can be confusing. In this video, I share a free alignment grid preset for After…

If your text keeps getting cut off on Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts or Facebook, you’re not alone. In this video, I share my FFX…

Want to add a ring to your sci-fi scene? Or something else in orbit? This video covers the basics of sky replacement, but instead of…

How to create a planet in Blender and how that compares to ones you can make in After Effects. This tutorial shows how to create…

Tutorial showing how to take advantage of the Advanced 3D Renderer to add a ring to world. You’ll learn how to: • Build a procedural…

Making use of the Advanced 3D Renderer to import a 3D model of a planet and add city lights to the nightside. In this video…

The Advanced 3D renderer in After Effects makes it really easy to import 3D objects … but unless you know 3D software, you’re stuck using…

Did you know Adobe has a huge library of free sound effects—over 11GB of high-quality WAV files—just sitting there, ready to download? Originally part of…

Imported a 3D model into After Effects, but all you see are gimbals and no model? 😩 Don’t panic—this is a common issue, and here’s…

Tired of accidentally dragging your layers in After Effects when all you wanted to do was adjust an effect? Here’s a quick and easy way…

For this video, I show off a technique that involves no 3rd-party software, plugins or subscriptions. This has been something I’ve seen asked for a…

A quick expression to automatically add separators, decimals and currency symbols when using a text layer. I have seen this problem raised a lot on…