Whether you are a newbie or an expert in motion graphics you will find on MotionIsland a series After Effects templates and tutorials to improve your animation skills and workflow. If you get a chance please check our most viewed blog posts such as text animation presets, transitions presets , After Effects expressions.
Learn How to Create and Modify After Effects Mask
At some point in any motion graphic project, you will need to use one or multiple After Effects mask in your composition and I have to say even after 10 years of motion graphic experience I am still learning new tips and tricks to work with masks. I'll show on this tutorial the basic and advanced techniques to use After Effects mask, so by the end of this article you will know how to [...]
After Effects Stylize Presets Preview
Ever wonder what the stylize effects look like in After Effects? Well you landed in the right place I was able to create a stylize preview gallery to see an overview of each presets so you can have a overall idea of how your layers and videos will look like after you apply the stylize presets. What are the After effects stylize effects? The stylize Effects allows you the modified your image or video [...]
Import Illustrator to After Effects Like a Pro
You just receive an illustrator file to animate and you are not sure how to import it correctly in After Effects? Well you landed on the right place, my goal here is to teach you the best workflow to import an illustrator file into After Effects and show you some tips and tricks to import vector files easily in After Effects. I will share some plug-ins you can use to get your illustrator file [...]
Discover and master the After Effects Trim Paths
The trim path is a feature in After Effects that I used the most to create animated stroke, hand drawn animated text, animated loading bar and a lot more... The After Effects trim path allow you to customize and animate a vector path. In this tutorial I will demonstrate how to create a trim path, animate it and customize the trim path to your need. Finally I also give you some goodies like the [...]
5 Free After Effects Chart Animations
I have created 5 different After Effects chart animation that are commonly used on video infographic, from bar graph to pie chart... I hope it will be a good use to you and that it will help you to improve your motion graphic skills. After Effects Bar Chart This is an animated After Effects bar chart with multi-colored bars increasing and simultaneously revealing the legend for each bar. This source [...]
How to work with the After Effects Repeater
Shape layers by themselves look a bit boring how ever when you start using the After Effects repeater it is like opening a Pandora door it allows you to create a much more dynamic and engaging shape animation, it is an After Effects feature that every motion designer should know about. I have created a series of repeater example below and also provided the After effects template so you can use it or see [...]
How To Split a Layer In After Effects
In this short tutorial I will show how you can efficiently split a layer in After Effects so you can easily divide your layer in 2 or multiple layers. Let’s get straight to it! Create a new composition Import your video or audio file in your project window Drag and drop your video or your audio into your composition timeline Select your video in the timeline, move the vertical time indicator where the cut [...]
13 After Effects Alternatives You Need To Know About Now
Unless you have been living under a pre-digital rock, it is no surprise that After Effects has been the mainstream app for motion graphics and visual effects for multiple decades. They have been a sort of omnipotent figure in the creative digital realm. From newbies to pros, anyone can easily learn some aspect of the program, especially with so many tutorials available for this staple app. But it might surprise you can find really [...]
5 Free Happy Birthday After Effects Templates and Greenscreen Videos
In this post you will find a total 10 After effects Birthday Templates that you can use on your next project. I have animated 5 After Effects birthday templates you can download for free and use for your next birthday celebration. I have tried to create a variation of birthday event animations from birthday intro opener, birthday background, birthday invitation. I hope you will find my work useful and share it with your friends [...]
After Effects Expression Code List and Example
Programing an After Effects expression from scratch can be very tricky on time consuming specially if you just started on After Effects so I have regrouped a bunch of After Effects scripts and providing the syntax, project files and demo example. This After Effects expression gallery should help you understand how to use codes and adapt it to your own animation. Disclaimer: Most of those AE expression reference are programing code syntax that I [...]