Learn how to auto-resize complex shapes like hearts, circles, diamonds, stars, etc using iExpressions in After Effects

In this interview, we talk to Mike Odendahl about the technical challenges of the project and how Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Audition allow him to work effectively. We also talk about our Extension BeatEdit (which is available for Premiere Pro, Audition and After Effects) and how it streamlines Mike's work.

Ever wanted to learn scripting in After Effects? Mathias (aka mamoworld) will hold a four-hour session on exactly that at Adobe Video World again this year! Due to the coronavirus it's a digital only conference this time, so it's a great chance to join this amazing event from anywhere in the world!

mamoworld shows how to create an automatic text box on a single text layer in After Effects. No expressions or scripts required.

Learn how to properly animate scale when doing squash and stretch on your animations in After Effects

Learn how to use Mocha's planar tracker along with MochaImport+ to stabilize tricky drone timelapse footage.

Learn how to easily use iExpressions to add elastic deformation to a shape layer in After Effects to make it deform automatically when you move it. As an example, we use a plant whose leaves and branches swing when moved with a few simple settings.

In this quick tip want to show you that with GridGuide for After Effects, you can even snap to rotated grids.

Learn how to create a dynamic multi-part text box using Pins & Boxes by mamoworld.

The Beat Wiggle feature of BeatEdit for After Effects is a great tool to animate texts - in particular, if you combine it with our TextExploder to animate each letter individually. In this tutorial, you create a complex text animation the easy way and also learn about a super useful and flexible expression to add to your arsenal.

Learn how to automatically animate a complex, multi-step drummer in no time! This tutorial uses BeatEdit for Ae, along with Joysticks & Sliders and Limber.

You’ve built a dynamic layout with Pins & Boxes and wonder how to center it in your comp? Here is a super easy and general approach to center it around any pin or box of your layout! Use this in your Mogrt templates!

In this tutorial series learn how to create dynamic layouts in After Effects using Pins & Boxes. This is especially useful if you are creating Mogrt projects!

Learn how to apply expressions to 2D and 3D properties, such that you don’t have to separate dimensions anymore.

On the technical side, you learn what arrays are and we also talk a lot about variables - how you create and use them and why they make your expressions more modular and readable.

If you want to move After Effects layers with a mocha track, it is a VERY bad idea to apply the tracking data to a null object or directly to the position, scale and rotation of your layers: The result is very inaccurate, because the skew and perspective deformation of the track is ignored if you are doing that. A much more accurate way to move layers is using a corner pin effect, but with a normal corner pin, your layers are stretched into the corner pin surface which is often not what you want. The “keep current frame” option of MochaImport+ offers a 100% accurate solution that is as easy to use as a null layer. Learn how to do “keep current frame” corner pins in less than 4 minutes!

Stabilized precomps are one of the most powerful features of MochaImport+. In V6 you can send masks or 2d properties (the position of layers or effect control points) from the main comp to a stabilized precomp, or vice versa. In less than three minutes this tutorial shows you how to do this and why it is so useful for your compositing work in After Effects.

In this tutorial, you learn how you can move masks in After Effects with a track created with the mocha plugin that is bundled with After Effects CC 2019 (or also with any Mocha version). Since we use the “move point(s) or path(s)” function of MochaImport+ for that, the masks are not just moving with the track, but can also still be keyframed on top of the track to fix any inaccuracies. Learn this powerful rotoscoping workflow in just three minutes!

Learn how to use the Cartoon Bundle for Squash & Stretch Pro in this 4 part tutorial series. Squash & Stretch is a tool for After Effects that saves you time with a collection of ready to use behaviors, carefully handcrafted by professionals and controlled by an intelligent system – ensuring your animations come to life without starting from scratch each time. There is a free and a pro version. The Cartoon Bundle extends the pro version with additional behaviors and sound effects.

This tutorial is about automating your After Effects workflow with Google Docs. Learn how to export all texts of your After Effects project to a google spreadsheet using Text2Spreadsheet that you can share with your clients, collaborators or translators. Then, they can edit the texts in the google spreadsheet conveniently in their browser and once they are done editing, you import all changes back to After Effects in a single click. So, you offer a great service to your clients and in addition, you also save a lot of time!