Quick tutorial using Masks to Cropped Layers II. I take a still image and use masks to separate out areas into individual pre-comps / layers for easy animations. Make sure to catch the super awesome mask drawing workflow tip ;-)

The sale is ON until Friday, Aug 12! For one week during each of the summer months, we are featuring a select group of authors that will have their entire product catalog on sale starting at 20%! Spend $100 get 25%*, spend $250 get 30% Off*. Click through to see full details and which authors are on sale.

Join Lloyd Alvarez and Ryan Selvy on Monday and Wednesday during the Summer of Sales as they chat and review the tools that are on sale as well as interview some of the authors. 
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Learn how to Create Digital Data Code Matrix Animation using Stardust in After Effects

Learn how to handle a track that is longer than the frame when using Lockdown in After Effects

Learn how to use Mosh Maps in Datamosh 2 for After Effects. Mosh Maps are a new feature that allows users to drive which regions of the video canvas are moshed

Easily create 3D smoke effects from VDB Files in Adobe After Effects using the Helium plugin

YouTube superstar Johnny Harris shares how he uses GEOlayers to create the awesome maps for his YouTube channel with 2.75+ million subscribers

Learn how to create 3D character animation in After Effects using Limber, Flow and EaseCopy by Keyframe Academy

Learn how to use the powerful Projection 3D extension in After Effects to create a pseudo-3D timelapse shot using only still images.

YouTube star and After Effects guru Olufemii shares 10 after effects scripts that do all the work for you and calls it "Lazy VFX"! Includes:  Decompose Text, Reposition Anchor Point, pt_ShiftLayers, Ease and Wizz, Explode Shape Layers, Layers2Grid, Keytweak, pt_FrameRestorer and GifGun

Very pleased to see that Ben Marriott chose our NFT April Fool's animation as one of the best motion and design animations for 2022 so far!  Congratulations to @Hasan.Saied96 who designed and animated it for us!

Learn how to create beautiful 3D directly in After Effects the easy way using Helium.

Learn how to render awesome volume files known as VBD directly in After Effects using the Helium plugin. You can find tons of already created VDB files for free or you can create them using a 3D or fluids simulation app.

If you’re totally new to character animation in After Effects, there’s no quicker or easier way to get started than with Limber Lite. In this short video I’ll show you how to add limbs to a simple character and make them work within the animation.

If you’re totally new to character animation in After Effects, there’s no quicker or easier way to get started than with Limber Lite. In this short video I’ll show you the basics of how it works and how to alter the look of the limbs to suit different characters.

Music video created using Deep Glow, Signal, Joysticks 'n Sliders, Retro Dither, Pseudo Effect Maker and pt_Multiplane by Mark Gervais

Japanese Language Keystone for After Effects Tutorial by こうせき

Learn how to use the BlenderAe add on to solve a specific-use case scenario when compositing in After effects.

Create a sci-fi portal effect from a single shape layer using Pattoon's powerful displacement engine.