« after effects for beginners" - a set of video tutorials, consisting of three parts, the purpose of which is to teach everyone who wants to work with this editor. This complex designed for beginners and those who want to master this program on one's own. Therefore, the author of the lessons will first conduct an introductory lesson, in which he will talk about this program, its capabilities and functionality. After the introductory information, the author will gradually analyze each function of this program and show how to apply it to create a particular project. Then you will find the answers to all your questions.

Therefore, if you want to master this program professionally, watch the video tutorial "After Effects for Beginners" on our website. Happy viewing!

How to output a composition from After Effects for YouTube and Vimeo - video tutorial

"A way to output a composition from After Effects for YouTube and Vimeo" is a video tutorial that will interest every novice user of this editor. During this lesson. the author will answer the two most common questions asked by novice users. First, you will learn how to make sure that your video file plays without errors and lags in all players. And secondly, you will learn how to optimally display your composition from the program to social networks.

So, let's get down to learning and watch the video tutorial "How to output a composition from After Effects for YouTube and Vimeo" on our website. Happy viewing!

Hand-drawn frame-by-frame animation in Flash FX style - video tutorial

"Hand-drawn frame-by-frame animation in Flash FX style" is a video tutorial that is devoted to a very interesting and important topic regarding 3D modeling. Today, stop-motion animation has become very popular in both the photo and video industries. This is very handy tool to underline an element in a video clip. The author of the lesson will demonstrate the technique of creating animation and teach you how to process it in Photoshop. After watching the lesson and following the recommendations of the author, you can acquire very important knowledge that will be useful to you when working on your projects.

So, let's start watching the video lesson "Drawing frame-by-frame animation in the style of Flash FX", which you can always find on our website. Happy viewing!

How to save a video in excellent quality and small size - video tutorial

"How to save video in excellent quality and small size" - a video tutorial whose author will answer a question that interests many After Effects users, especially beginners. Many faced the problem of saving video files, because the smaller the size, the worse the quality. But, as it turned out, this is not so. There are many various ways save video to good quality without wasting a lot of disk space. The author of the lesson will talk about the main and most common method.

So, let's start learning and start watching the video tutorial "How to save a video in excellent quality and small size" on our website. Happy viewing!

Red Giant Universe plugin set review - video tutorial

Your attention is invited to the video lesson "Overview of the set of Universe plugins from Red Giant". Many users of the After Effects program may have a question about the necessity and importance of the plug-ins in this series. Firstly, almost all plugins are free, and secondly, they have significant potential, using which you will greatly simplify your work and save time. And in more detail about the use of these plugins and the correct application, the author of this video will tell.

So, let's get down to learning and watch the proposed video tutorial "Overview of the Red Giant Universe plugin set" on our educational portal. Happy viewing!

Audio waves in After Effects - video tutorial

We offer you a video lesson "Audio waves in After Effects". The topic of this lesson is very interesting and will interest everyone who is interested in working with this editor. The author of the lesson, in a fairly understandable language, will explain all the subtleties of creating beautiful, colored audio waves that will beat in time with the music. After watching this video, you will acquire basic knowledge, which can later be used depending on your needs and imagination. Despite the fact that the lesson is designed for beginners, experienced users will also be interested in listening to the proposed material.

So, let's get down to learning and watch the video tutorial "Audio waves in After Effects", which is presented on our website for free online.

Post-processing of the captured video in After Effects - video tutorial

"Post-processing of captured video in After Effects" - a video tutorial that was created specifically for those who want to get high-quality home video. Many people have repeatedly encountered the problem when home video differs significantly from professional, despite the fact that the correct lighting and many other details were taken into account when shooting. As it turned out, it’s not enough to shoot a video clip, it also needs to be processed correctly. Of course, for those who have never experienced this, this task seems quite difficult. It is for such users that the author of this video will show step by step the main tools for high-quality editing.

So, let's get started and watch the video tutorial "Post-processing of captured video in After Effects" on our website. Happy viewing!

In this tutorial, you will learn how to prepare an image in Photoshop for animation and adding special effects in After Effects. To do this, you will have to split the image into separate layers.

You will also learn how to work with special effects files and add them to an animated picture. You can use the skills gained after this lesson to animate any picture. To do this, you will have to first take care of the availability of special effects that best suit the theme of the image.

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Lettering animation

Throughout this tutorial, Mikhail Bychkov, a permanent member of the Videosmile team, will teach you how to create animated lettering in the After Effects toolkit. To create an animation for , you will have to first take care of the presence of the letters themselves, created using Adobe Illustrator.

Also, before starting this video tutorial, you should make sure that all the objects for which you want to create animation are on separate layers. Otherwise, you will not get an adequate result.

ice text

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create beautiful cartoon ice text using the basic tools of After Effects. This lesson is characterized by the use of a whole range of various techniques, with the development of which you can significantly improve the quality of your work in the AE toolkit. In just 15 minutes you will have at your disposal new skills and step by step instructions to create beautiful snow text.

Fiery plume

Want to spice up your videos or cartoons a bit? Then this tutorial on creating a fire trail in After Effects is perfect for you. At your disposal you will receive a step-by-step video instruction lasting 11 minutes. During this time, you will have to use a few basic skills that will come in handy in creating other special effects in the AE toolkit.

energy beams

This time, the RTFX team and Videosmile have prepared a short video tutorial for you that will allow you to create beautiful energy beams in After Effects. In the future, you will be able to use the energy explosion special effect in your cartoons or videos.

Also, this opportunity is useful to people who like to shoot extreme stunts. In just 10 minutes, you can add a high-quality animated transition to your special effects clip.

Procedural flame with Particular

During this tutorial, you will learn how to create a procedural candle in AE. However, in order to achieve positive result, before passing the lesson, you will have to download and install the Particular plugin.

The lesson itself lasts less than 10 minutes, but in such a short time you will learn how to create a spectacular flame that can be used in absolutely any videos of your authorship. Just a few minutes of your time will allow you to gain new skills in working with After Effects.

Stylish Hi-Tech composition (Nix Studio Edition)

For all science fiction lovers, Videosmile has prepared a tutorial that teaches you how to create a stunningly stylish Hi-Tech composition in After Effects. To complete this video tutorial, you will need several plugins: the free Saber, as well as the paid Particular and Optical Flares.

The lesson lasts half an hour, and during this time you will be able to master quite complex techniques and tools that you will successfully use in your future work.

advanced keying

Combining multiple frames at once has always been a challenge, even with advanced tools like After Effects at your disposal. This process is called keying, and you can fully master it with the help of this tutorial from the Videosmile site team.

The instructor pays special attention to problems in the keying process that cannot be solved with a few clicks. Without knowing exactly what to do in such situations, you can waste many hours trying to solve the problem. Therefore, it is better to spend 70 minutes on this lesson and significantly improve your keying skills in the AE toolkit.

3D shapes (VJ loop tutorial)

In this video tutorial, Mikhail Bychkov will tell you how to create beautiful shape animation using only the standard After Effects toolkit. You do not need to download additional plugins or utilities.

Using only shape layers and built-in 3D, you can create a stylish loop transition for yourself, which can be widely used in your own thematic YouTube channel x or other videos.

Sketch & Toon

Always dreamed of creating Sketch & Toon graphics, but the complexity of the process stopped you? Mikhail Bychkov from the VideoSmile team will dispel your fears with a new lesson on working in After Effects.

You do not need to install additional plugins or use third-party 3D effects. To create such simple cartoon graphics, AE tools are enough. After just 50 minutes of the tutorial, you will be able to please yourself with new stylish graphics created by your own hands.

Inserting an animated 3D object into a video

In modern films or even clips from musical groups, third-party objects are very often used, added to the frame after the video was shot. If you thought that this is an incredibly difficult process that takes a very long time, then the new tutorial from Videosmile will convince you otherwise.

With the help of After Effects, you will learn how to change the footage and delight your loved ones and friends with new videos. Or start a professional activity in this direction, using previously acquired skills.

Mini-course "Animated Graphics for YouTube". Lesson 1 - Creating a splash screen (Part 1)

It has long been no secret that beautiful animation attracts visitors in any social network. This moment is of particular importance when it comes to such video hosting as YouTube.

This hands-on After Effects tutorial will teach you how to create stunning intros for your YouTube channel. A high-quality intro will no longer be a secret for you, and you will be able to delight your subscribers with new animated intros for your own videos.

Mini-course "Animated Graphics for YouTube". Lesson 2 - Creating a splash screen (Part 2)

Continuation of the previous lesson. During this 60-minute session, you will create two more sample intros for your own YouTube channel. After these two lessons, you will get 4 examples of simple but spectacular intros that can decorate the content of any blogger on the famous video hosting.

Mini-course "Animated Graphics for YouTube". Lesson 3 - Transitions and Breaks

Using standard transitions in your own videos has long been a sign of bad taste. To attract new viewers, it is necessary to create colorful animation compositions that would please the eye of every viewer. That is what this lesson is about.

You will learn how to create various transitions and cuts, which will help you better glue individual scenes and sequences in videos. Just 50 minutes of your time will help you promote your channel to the top.

Mini-course "Animated Graphics for YouTube". Lesson 4 - Lower Thirds and dice

The skills to create animated dice will not be useful to all YouTubers, however, if you own information channel, and invited guests often visit you, then you should take care of this moment.

With the help of animated plates, you can not only present your guest in style, but also draw attention to the topic that is being discussed. The duration of the lesson is 72 minutes.

Mini-course "Animated Graphics for YouTube". Lesson 5 - Animated Text Elements

With the help of stylishly designed animated text, you can focus the attention of viewers on the information you need. This will not only help create a stylish picture, but also attract the attention of new viewers, and those, thanks to well-learned information, will be able to share it with friends.

Even such a trifle as animated text can greatly help in promoting your own YouTube channel. In this 35 minute tutorial, you will learn how to create stylish animated text.

Graphics in the style of Versus Battle

Versus Battle is widely popular as an entertainment show, not least because of its stylish animations. In this session, Mikhail Bychkov will analyze the way the participants of this program are presented and come up with his own version that will use a bright glitch effect.

To create this stylish animation, you will need to purchase the AE Pixel Sortet effect, which creates a juicy and stylish picture. The duration of the lesson is 48 minutes.

glitch effect

The popularity of retro styles has only grown in recent years. To keep up with the trend, Mikhail Bychkov offers you a lesson on creating a glitch effect in After Effects. To do this, you do not need to download third-party plugins or special effects.

The composition is simply created using basic AE tools. It should be noted that in this lesson the teacher creates many layers that heavily load the system. That is why you will need a powerful enough PC that can handle this task without lags and brakes.

Creating a spectacular trailer in After Effects and Cinema 4D (Detailed analysis of the project)

This video is a breakdown of the trailer that was created specifically for the premiere of the Super After Effects 2 tutorial video. You will get information about all the ins and outs that invariably accompanies people working on animated trailers.

This will help you better understand the process of creating any animation, as well as gain knowledge of new techniques that you can use in your own work.

Stylish 3D screensaver

For 58 minutes, Mikhail Bychkov will teach you how to create an original 3D intro in a news style. This activity will improve your skills with cameras and with large 3D objects. You will need to download the Optical Flares plug-in to complete the tutorial, but the rest will use the basic tools of the After Effects program.

Grunge shape composition in Yukai Du style

In the next After Effects tutorial, Mikhail Bychkov talks about how to make stylish grunge shape transitions. this work is detailed, so you have to work with small objects in the frame.

With their help, you can create the effects of wear and chewed film, which will positively affect the style and quality of your work. The teacher was inspired to record this lesson by watching shape videos from YUKAI DU.

Spectacular handwriting animation

Once you've completed this activity, you'll be able to create spectacular handwriting animations. Such work will undoubtedly be useful in promoting your Instagram account or YouTube channel. The author of the lesson focuses on the fact that the way text is animated depends solely on your imagination.

With just one trick, you can start and end text animation anywhere, creating endless animation variations for the same caption. What kind of animation is this you will learn in a 37-minute video.

energy logo

In this tutorial, you will learn new techniques in After Effects that will help you create a spectacular energy logo. As you work, you will be introduced to classic animation techniques.

In just 53 minutes to complete the class, you will master the energy explosion that can vividly represent any of your channels or projects.

Knitted animation

The onset of winter makes many YouTube channels think about changing the style of their logo or sign. And nothing suits cold weather better than the so-called "knitted" style, in which textures resemble the material of warm sweaters. In this 20 minute tutorial, you'll learn all the tricks that go into creating a composition like this.

Effective website presentation on a laptop

A new lesson from the Videosmile team will teach you how to create a stylish presentation with which you can advertise absolutely any site. Even more, such presentations are great for advertising a variety of programs, services, blogs, or even ordinary pages on social networks.

Over the course of 47 minutes of the lesson, you will master the basic techniques of animation and work with cameras. The main advantage of this tutorial is that it can be mastered by anyone new to After Effects.

Creating 3D Text (With the New 3D Renderer)

This lesson is part of the Super After Effects 2 course. In it, you will learn how to create 3D text using the new render that was added to the CC2017 version of AE.

It is worth noting that using older versions of the program, you will not be able to complete such a composition, so this point should be taken care of before starting the lesson. However, for those who have not yet downloaded new version, it will be useful to familiarize yourself with the new features in After Effects. The duration of the lesson is 49 minutes.

We create a stylish video presentation of the site

Another example of a presentation from the Videosmile team. At the end of this 70 minute tutorial, you will be able to create a stylish presentation that is perfect for advertising any commercial project.

Whether it's a website, a demonstration of the possibilities mobile application or advertising a particular product. This activity will help you create a working template that you can use often in your future work.

Fractal Cubes in After Effects and Cinema 4D

In a new tutorial from Mikhail Bychkov, you will learn how to create a looped animation in the form of fractal cubes. Working on such a gif involves the use of many useful tricks and tricks that you can use in future activities.

Despite the apparent complexity of the composition, the duration of the lesson is only 54 minutes, during which even an experienced After Effects user can learn a lot of useful things.

Create an animated map path

In this tutorial, Artem Lukyanov, a permanent member of the Videosmile team, will show you how to create an animated path on a map. Such compositions are quite often used in advertisements of various establishments or events that will be held in pre-arranged places. The composition is quite simple, but it is used often, so it is always useful to have such a template in stock. The lesson lasts half an hour.

Color correction and grading on the Lumetri Color panel

This tutorial is about color grading in After Effects. With the help of the new Lumetri Color panel, you will have to work on the saturation and contrast of colors in a single scene.

However, before you get started, you will have to download the scene file. As a result, you can make the proposed video more vivid and attractive. Such skills will definitely come in handy if you plan to shoot and edit video.

Dynamic 2D explosion

Minimalistic motion graphics are widely used in recent times. It can often be found in advertisements, various infographics or animated logos for entertainment shows and YouTube channels.

All thanks to the simple creation process and stylish appearance, which consistently attracts new customers, viewers or users. In this tutorial video, you will learn how to create a stylish 2D explosion with the assistance of a permanent member of the Videosmile team, Mikhail Bychkov. The duration of the lesson is 74 minutes.

Replacing a colored background in After Effects (Chromakey, Keying, Shooting on a green background)

The ability to add a different background to a video has always been appreciated among professionals working in After Effects. Keying is not the easiest process that this toolkit offers.

However, once you've mastered it, you'll be able to take on new jobs or add effects on your own after filming a video for your own YouTube channel. In this 46-minute lesson, you will master keying and learn how to create a chrome key background.

Stylish phone flat animation in Cinema 4D and After Effects

Motion graphics need to be able not only to create, but also to animate. That is why in the new lesson Mikhail Bychkov will show you how to create a stylish flat animation that can decorate any advertisement, logo or intro.

However, to complete the lesson, you will have to take care of the availability of the program in which the model of this phone was created. Adding various effects was carried out already in AE.

Flash FX style hand-drawn frame-by-frame animation in After Effects and Photoshop

The ability to create frame-by-frame animation is very useful when creating effects for various videos or animations. This is exactly what Taras Rybokon will do in a new lesson from the Videosmile team.

During this 25 minute class, you will learn how to create stylish 2D smoke that can later be used in various 2D or shape videos.

Hand-drawn frame-by-frame animation in Flash FX style in After Effects and Photoshop. Part 2

Continuation of the previous lesson on frame-by-frame animation. In this lesson, you and Taras Rybokon will create an animated blob. This effect can be used in completely different ways. For example, in a logo or animated text view. Therefore, do not miss this opportunity and go through a small 20-minute lesson.

Retro 80s Intro Intro in After Effects (Kung Fury, VHS)

Recently, the retro style is used not only in small works of amateur artists. Even such a big studio as Marvel used this style in their blockbuster Thor: Ragnarok.

Videosmile keeps up with the times, so now the site team offers you a new lesson from Mikhail Bychkov, which is dedicated to creating a stylish logo typical of the 80s. This tutorial will take you 61 minutes to complete.

Stunning abstract line composition

The After Effects toolkit is different quick opportunity create abstract animations that can complicate and decorate any logo or screensaver, acting as separate element compositions.

In this 35 minute tutorial, you'll be creating some cool abstract animations. And once you create one animation, you can quickly turn it into something else. This is a very useful skill that speeds up the work on any project.

magic sphere

In the new lesson, you will have to work on a heavy composition in the form of a magic ball. For comfortable work on such a project, you will have to use a fairly powerful system, otherwise the composition may be loaded slowly.

The lesson lasts 61 minutes, during which you will learn how to create an excellent special effect that will be worthy of appearing in any movie or computer game.

Quick location of the anchor point in the desired position

When creating motion graphics, you may need to quickly change the anchor point. For a professional designer, such a problem does not take much time, while a beginner can fight over it for a very long time to achieve the desired result.

In this tutorial, the Videosmile team will show you how to quickly change the anchor point and continue working on motion graphics. Spending only 4 minutes, you can save much more time in your future work.

Screensaver in LED banner style

In this tutorial, the Videosmile team invites you to create a stylish LED sign that you can use in advertising or animated logos on your own YouTube channel.

The end result looks very bright and stylish, and at the same time it is achieved by standard After Effects tools. You don't need to download additional plugins or effects. The duration of the lesson is 28 minutes.

Presentation by Andrew Kramer "Creating titles for the series Almost Human". Russian subtitles from VideoSmile

This time, the Videosmile team decided to please you with Russian subtitles for the speech of Andrew Kramer, designer and visual effects artist, who was involved in creating the titles for the Almost Human series.

In this presentation, you will learn about some of the unique techniques that are used in After Effects and the problems that arise when using them. The performance lasts almost 20 minutes.

Shape composition for Victory Day.

In a new tutorial video, Mikhail Bychkov will tell you how to create a short but stylish intro dedicated to Victory Day. In creating this shape composition you will need to use several animated layers.

There will be nothing more special, and you will be able to limit yourself to the standard tools that are present in the After Effects program. The lesson lasts 54 minutes.

Screensaver for the film Gravity (Gravity)

Did you like the movie "Gravity"? If yes, then the Videosmile team invites you to take a tutorial on how to create an intro for this film in After Effects. At first glance, such a composition seems simple, but when it is executed, several problems arise that every artist will face. visual effects determined to do the same. The teacher will show in practice how to avoid such mistakes and create a simple but beautiful composition.

Double exposure effect (True Detective)

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a True Detective-style double exposure, in which a particular scene is shown as a silhouette of an object in the frame. This technique looks stylish and is often used by designers and visual effects artists. However, it is not so easy to achieve. Over the next 43 minutes, you will learn how to do it.

Best way to output composition from After Effects for YouTube and Vimeo

With the help of this short tutorial from the Videosmile team, you will learn how to display your own compositions for video hosting so that their playback runs without delays, slowdowns or errors.

This is a critical issue for all owners of popular channels on Vimeo and YouTube. So before you output a video from After Effects, take 13 minutes to watch this video. This way you can avoid many problems.

Fascinating shape animation

In this tutorial video, Mikhail Bychkov shows you how to create a simple black and white GIF using standard After Effects tools. This tutorial won't teach you much, but AE beginners will learn a few new tricks that they can use in their future work. The duration of the video is 19 minutes.

In honor of the New Year holidays, Mikhail Bychkov, a teacher from the Videosmile team, decided to please us with a new lesson on creating a New Year shape composition in the After Effects toolkit.

This shape animation is perfect for logos, YouTube channel intros, or advertising New Year promotions. Only standard AE tools were used to create the composition, so you don't have to download additional plugins. The video is 41 minutes long.

"Cinema" freeze frame

In the next tutorial from the Videosmile team, you will have to create an interesting freeze frame. The teacher will offer you two ways to create a freeze frame at once, which can be used in titles or various sports videos.

This technique focuses on the right details and looks spectacular, which will allow you to attract new viewers if you are developing your own channel. The duration of the lesson is 56 minutes.

How to save video in excellent quality and small size

This short 10-minute lesson invites you to learn how to save your own compositions in good quality, but in a small size. This moment can be critical for those who are running out of hard drive or cloud space, but the quality of the compositions must remain at the proper level. Take a few minutes and learn how to get good quality small compositions out of AE.

Watch Dogs screensaver in After Effects HD

This tutorial video will teach you how to create a HUD element in the style of Ubisoft's hit "Watch Dogs". The light cyberpunk style composition uses a glitch effect and some tricky animations. However, after the lesson, you will be able to enjoy the finished work, which you will not be ashamed to show to both friends and employers. The video is 76 minutes long.

Stylish shape animation

In a new tutorial, Mikhail Bychkov will teach you how to create another stylish shape animation. To create it, you will need only standard After Effects tools, so you can save yourself from having to download additional plugins. The video lasts 35 minutes, after which you will receive another stylish copy in your collection of GIFs.

Powerful titles with the Plexus plugin

In this tutorial, a teacher from the Videosmile team will teach you how to create stylish titles using the third-party Plexus plugin. Therefore, before starting the lesson, take care of installing this software on your PC.

Plexus isn't free, but it's enough powerful tool, which will help every artist in his professional work. The lesson lasts 58 minutes, after which you will learn how to create custom titles for your show or commercial.

satellite zoom effect

In the next lesson for the site Videosmile.ru you will learn how to create the effect of approaching from a satellite that is in space. This is a very stylish technique, which is not in vain so often used in cinema.

And recently, many visual effects artists have begun to use it in advertisements and intros. You will learn about the main points and pitfalls that accompany such work, and on your own experience you can overcome them.

Creating a Cool Airplane Scene in After Effects

Have you always wondered how airplane scenes are created in movies? Then we hasten to please you, the Videosmile team has presented a new lesson in which you can create a composition of a flying plane in the sky on your own.

To complete the lesson, you will have to install the third-party Element 3D plugin and the JetStrike 3D model package. They are not cheap, but with their help you can create amazing compositions.

Vintage logo animation in After Effects. Part 1. (Vintage, Hipster logo reveal, VideoSmile)

In this tutorial, Mikhail Bychkov will help you create a shaped vintage composition that can be used as a logo for a YouTube channel or a small online store.

The lesson lasts 50 minutes, during which you will use a large number of animations. In this way, your skills in working with After Effects will definitely increase, which will improve the quality of your other works.

Vintage logo animation in After Effects. Part 2. (Vintage, Hipster logo reveal, VideoSmile)

The second part of the tutorial on creating a shaped vintage logo in After Effects. Mikhail will continue to show you the process of animating individual elements of the logo. Also, at the very end of the lesson, he will take care of the timing so that the animation looks as natural and beautiful as possible. The duration of the lesson is 46 minutes.

Modern Warfare 3 style splash screen in After Effects

A fan of the Call of Duty series and at the same time creating compositions in After Effects? Then the Videosmile team is in a hurry to please you with a lesson that can teach you how to create a composition from Modern Warfare 3. The project is not particularly difficult, so in these 47 minutes of the lesson even a beginner with basic knowledge of AE will be able to complete this task.

Liquid Motion Animation in After Effects

Liquid Motion animation has become very popular lately. Therefore, Videosmile.ru website is in a hurry to present you a new lesson with which you will learn how to create beautiful trendy animation.

This will help you better design your own YouTube channel intro or commercial. In order to complete this lesson, you will need to first install a third party plugin on your After Effects called Trapcode Particular. The lesson will take you only 24 minutes.

Create an intro for Breaking Bad in After Effects. Part 1

At one time, the Breaking Bad series caused a stir in the film industry, not least due to its stylish visual design. Particularly stands out is the splash screen with acid colors and complex animations. The first part of the lesson lasts 56 minutes.

Create an intro for Breaking Bad in After Effects. Part 2

We continue to create a screensaver in the style of the Breaking Bad series. In the first part, you created a beautiful animation and background with many layers through which the camera flies through, creating a colorful and stylish effect. In the second part, which lasts 49 minutes, attention is focused on other elements of the composition.

Create an intro for Breaking Bad in After Effects. Part 3

The last part of the After Effects lesson, in which your work on the Breaking Bad style intro will come to an end. The last lesson is devoted to working with text and fonts, animating it, as well as animation timing.

Please note that all elements of the composition were created using the native tools of the After Effects program, so you do not need to purchase and install third-party plug-ins to complete this series of lessons.

Skype style animation (After Effects, Motion graphics, VideoSmile)

This tutorial from the Videosmile team focuses on using Expressions to create Skype-style animations. The lesson is not very simple, despite the apparent simplicity, so you need to have at least basic knowledge to complete it. But after 40 minutes of classes, you will have at your disposal a new stylish animation made by yourself in After Effects.

The popular Long Shadow effect

Learning how to use shadows is very important for any visual effects artist, so the Videosmile team invites you to take another lesson on working in After Effects. This time you will have to work on creating a composition using the Long Shadow effect, which adds realism to the picture. The lesson will take you 19 minutes to complete.

Introduction to the Plexus Plugin

The lesson is completely devoted to working with the Plexus plugin. This is an expensive, but very powerful tool with which you can create complex and beautiful textures using many particles or original geometry. Plexus can be used to create titles, logos, intros, and various stylish animations. The duration of the lesson is 33 minutes.

Useful Keyboard Shortcuts in After Effects

To get the most out of After Effects, you need to know keyboard shortcuts. With their help, the need to rummage through the program interface disappears, because it is much easier to do a certain action by simply pressing a few keys. This lesson from Videosmile.ru is dedicated to this topic. In 28 minutes you will learn all the basic keyboard shortcuts in AE.

page flip effect

In this lesson, you will learn how to create a page flip effect in After Effects. It is especially interesting that the author of the lesson did not use third-party plugins, so you do not have to install additional software on your AE. Only those effects that come with the toolkit will be used. This is a great opportunity to spend 24 minutes and improve your AE skills by adding new animations to your arsenal.

Ragged transitions

This time the Videosmile team invites you to learn a new stylish transition that can decorate any intro or video. To complete this lesson on the Videosmile website, you will need to download an archive that contains several effects and fonts. It is with their help that you can complete this excellent composition in just 14 minutes.

New Year shape composition

The lesson is devoted to creating a simple shape composition in the New Year's style. In just a few minutes, you will receive a good animated element with which you can arrange a congratulation to a loved one or a screensaver for your YouTube or Instagram channel. In just 29 minutes, you'll learn new facts and tricks for creating shape art.

Easily work with Cinema 4D projects in After Effects using the CINEWARE plugin

With the CINEWARE plugin, any visual effects artist can export a file from Cinema 4D to After Effects. And if before you had to mark the appropriate parameters before rendering objects in the frame, now with the help of CINEWARE you can integrate these programs at a deeper level. You can learn a new way of integration in just 15 minutes.

If you want to take your After Effects tools to the next level, then you should pay attention to the most complete training video course. It has been repeatedly mentioned in the above classes. On the this moment course "Super After Effects 2" is one of the most better ways independently master the tools of the AE program.

A detailed guide to the most powerful tool for creating animations and fantastic special effects. Thanks to step-by-step video tutorials, you will quickly master the functionality of Adobe After Effect and in a month you will be able to create miracles that seem incomprehensible to you today. Start a wonderful journey through the fantastic world of special effects and after a couple of lessons you will realize that everything you can imagine can be created in After Effects.

Introduction to After Effects

Preparation of the project for convenient processing. What are the settings and why are they needed.

Introduction to the layering function, one of the most important functions of the program. We watch and remember.

In this lesson, you will learn what animation is and how to create the movement of objects in After Effects.

Consider one of the ways to group layers. What is “parenting” and how it can make working with layers easier.

The basics of shooting against a green surface or how to create high-quality material for convenient further processing.

An overview of the brush, stamp, and eraser tools. Analysis of panels and settings.

Disc #1

Chapter 1 Getting Started
Lesson 1 - Workflow in AE
Lesson 2 - Project Panel
Lesson 3 - Composition
Lesson 4 - Composition Options
Lesson 5 - Composition Panel
Lesson 6 - Composition review
Lesson 7 - Project Settings
Lesson 8 - Interface customization

Chapter 2 - "Import Files"
Lesson 1 - General Information
Lesson 2 - Parsing the Project Panel
Lesson 3 - Importing files from Photoshop programs and Illustrator
Lesson 4 - Interaction of After Effects with the program Adobe Premiere Pro

Chapter 3 - "Working with layers"
Lesson 1 - Adding Layers to a Composition
Lesson 2 - Standard Layers
Lesson 3 - Timeline Panel
Lesson 4 - Switches in the Timeline Panel
Lesson 5 - Duration of layers
Lesson 6 - Time Management

Chapter 4 - "Animation"
Lesson 1 - Five basic properties
Lesson 2 - Animation Basics
Lesson 3 - Spatial key frames
Lesson 4 - Time Keyframes and the Graph Editor
Lesson 5 - Interpolation of temporary keyframes
Lesson 6 - Auxiliary Tools
Lesson 7 - Puppet Pin Tool

Chapter 5 - "Masks and Shapes"
Lesson 1 - Creating masks
Lesson 2 - Animating Masks
Lesson 3 - Track Mattes
Tutorial 4 - Roto Brush Tool
Lesson 5 - Introduction to Shapes
Lesson 6 - Modifiers
Lesson 7 - The Repeater Modifier and the Stroke Attribute

Chapter 6 - "Effects and Transitions"
Lesson 1 - Introduction to Effects
Lesson 2 - Analysis of the main effects. Part 1
Lesson 3 - Analysis of the main effects. Part 2
Lesson 4 - Analysis of the main effects. Part 3
Lesson 5 - Animation Presets

Chapter 7 - "Text"
Lesson 1 - Creating Text Layers
Lesson 2 - Character panel
Lesson 3 - Paragraph Panel
Lesson 4 - Text Animation. Part 1
Lesson 5 - Text Animation. Part 2
Lesson 6 - Text Animation. Part 3
Lesson 7 - Three useful tricks when working with text
Lesson 8 - Text Animation Presets
Lesson 9 - Layer Styles

Disc #2

Chapter 8 - Nested Compositions and Parenting
Lesson 1 - Parenthood
Lesson 2 - Precomposition
Lesson 3 - Nesting
Lesson 4 - Switch Collapse Transformations

Chapter 9 - "Color and Keying"
Lesson 1 - Color in After Effects
Lesson 2 - Levels and Curves
Lesson 3 - Color Correction Examples
Lesson 4 - Effects from the Color Correction group
Lesson 5 - Blend Modes
Lesson 6 - Using Modes
Lesson 7 - Green Screen Shooting
Lesson 8 - Keying

Chapter 10 - "Drawing"
Lesson 1 - Brush and Eraser Tools
Lesson 2 - Drawing Practice
Lesson 3 - Clone Stamp Tool

Chapter 11 - "Working in 3D"
Lesson 1 - Getting Started in 3D
Lesson 2 - Animation in 3D
Lesson 3 - Working with the camera. Part 1
Lesson 4 - Working with the camera. Part 2
Lesson 5 - Working with the camera. Part 3
Lesson 6 - Light
Lesson 7 - Useful Features when working in 3D
Lesson 8 - Creating Real 3D Objects
Lesson 9 - Reflection of 3D Objects

Chapter 12 - Stabilization and Tracking
Lesson 1 - Tracking
Lesson 2 - Four-Point Tracking
Lesson 3 - Manual Stabilization
Lesson 4 - Stabilizing with the Warp Stabilizer Effect
Lesson 5 - 3D Camera Tracker

Chapter 13 - "Working with sound"
Lesson 1 - Audio Basics in After Effects
Lesson 2 - Sound visualization. Creating a Stylish Equalizer

Chapter 14 - "Conclusion of the Composition"
Lesson 1 - Output Schematic
Lesson 2 - Render Settings Group
Lesson 3 - Output Module Group
Lesson 4 - Composition Tips

Learning “Expressions”

First look at the Expressions tool. What it is. Where and how to use it.

In this video tutorial, you will learn how to set parameters for your expression.

Lesson 1 - Introduction
Lesson 2 - Creating Simple Expressions
Lesson 3 - Learning to control one property with another
Lesson 4 - Pick Whip Tool
Lesson 5 - Variables
Lesson 6 - Arrays
Lesson 7 - Associating properties with different dimensions
Lesson 8 - Helpers
Lesson 9 - The Wiggle Method
Lesson 10 - Animation Looping Techniques
Lesson 11 - Random Methods
Lesson 12 - Interpolation Methods
Lesson 13 - Methods value and valueAtTime
Lesson 14 - Math Methods
Lesson 15 - If else Conditional Statements
Lesson 16 - Practice (Part 1)
Lesson 17 - Practice (Part 2)
Lesson 18 - Practice (Part 3)
Lesson 19 - Practice (Part 4)
Lesson 20 - Practice (Part 5)
Lesson 21 - Scripts

Mocha function

What is tracking and how to use it. How to launch Mocha from After Effects.

An overview of the planar tracking function used by professional editors in the creation of clips and films.

Lesson 1 - Trekking in Moka
Lesson 2 - Workflow
Lesson 3 - Planar Tracking
Lesson 4 - Problems with tracking
Lesson 5 - The Rotation Property
Lesson 6 - Shear & Perspective
Lesson 7 - Data Export: Transform Data
Lesson 8 – Data Export: Corner Pin
Lesson 9 - Export Shapes
Lesson 10 - Image Stabilization
Lesson 11 - Removing an object from the frame

Bonus Materials

As you know, this is a powerful editor that requires significant resources from the computer. So what is the best device to do this kind of work? We look and understand.
(2 lessons)
Creating Live Photos (23 lessons)
Automatic color correction (1 lesson + 20 presets)

Perhaps you know that we have several projects in different niches, one of which is the VideoSmile.ru project. It is dedicated to the topic of video (editing, special effects, 3D, etc.) and has been developed by our team since 2011.

I know that there are people among my audience who are interested in this direction, so I asked the guys from VideoSmile to prepare a series of lessons for my subscribers on the most popular video processing program - Adobe After Effects. This is a kind of "Photoshop" in the world of video.

We decided that these should be practical lessons, after studying which a person will be able to make some useful animated elements for their videos. Such a series of lessons has been successfully created, and today I am pleased to present it to you.

Introduction to After Effects

In the first video, you will get acquainted with the features of After Effects and find out where you can download it.

Creation of 4 spectacular screensavers. Part 1

In this lesson, you will get acquainted with the program interface, configure working space, study the main panels of the program. This is also where you will create your project and the first composition within that project.

Creation of 4 spectacular screensavers. Part 2

Here, you'll continue to create several variations of the startup screen and learn a few more important After Effects tools along the way.

Transitions and breaks

In this video, you will learn how to make high-quality transitions from the start screen to the video itself, as well as implement several breaks that will come in handy during editing. In addition, you will learn how to use the standard transitions that come with After Effects out of the box.

Lower Thirds and dies

Most likely, you have noticed that in various videos with the participation of people, animated plates appear, which display the name and surname of the person, as well as the name of his company and type of activity. These plates are easy to create in After Effects and in this tutorial you will learn how to make them yourself.

Animated text elements

In the final lesson of this mini-course, you will learn how to create text animated blocks with which you can add any important text information to your videos.

What is After Effects?

Edited by Adobe, After Effects means software designed for video compositing and video design. It allows you to create video animations and special effects.

These video tutorials will help you learn how to create professional-level animation on your computer using Adobe After Effects. In the beginning, you will get acquainted with the program itself, its properties and features. In all video lessons, the possibilities for creative processing and digitization of materials are clearly and in detail shown, and after completing the entire training course, you will be able to create the effects you need on your own.

If you are interested in working with After Effects, then you have come to the right place, because here is the most complete video course from which you will receive the most complete knowledge of working with Adobe After Effects.

Description of Adobe After Effects

The program uses a layering system (the same principle as in Photoshop), After Effects can combine multiple sources, be it video or photos. Then, by assigning various parameters (shape, time, movement, size, color, transparency, etc.) to each of these elements, it gets the shape of the animation.

After Effects can include creating a transition between two sources to set up auto-tracking to bring texture or text to life, or even special effects such as explosions or evaporation.

Today, video is used everywhere, so processing video footage is a very popular task. To create various commercials, video presentations, you often have to use special digital effects. Adobe program After Effects was created to fulfill these tasks.

If you want to get quality training in Adobe After Effects, you should know what kind of training is the best today, of course, this is a video tutorial format. It doesn't matter if you are a beginner or an experienced user. Just follow step by step the steps that you will be shown in the video tutorials, it is available to everyone.

If you do not learn a new lesson quickly enough, you can always repeat it by watching the video lesson again.

This course, I collected on the Internet for a year, it included more than 40 hours of video. The size of the archive is 38Gb, so I divided it into four parts (about 10Gb each)