10 Quick After Effects Techniques I LOVE

In this video, I showcase 10 creative After Effects techniques that you simply can't ignore, It's physically impossible*. From creating mesmerizing looping texture brushes for shading to flawless reflective surfaces these techniques can help you create stunning motion graphics that stand out.
Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned pro, these techniques hopefully inspire you and take your motion graphics somewhere different. So, join me as we dive into the exciting world of After Effects and learn some amazing motion graphics techniques.
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Good things come to those who..... "Ben Marriot 2023"

[@jamesbali1300]

My oh my, the learning curve on this video..Thank you so much Ben for everything that you are doing for the Motion Design community ❤️🙏🏻

[@PhilLube]

Let us take a moment to appreciate the depth of these tips, deliciously delivered for free. You spoil us, Ben. Thank you for your expertise and generosity.

[@houssamalucad753]

All your videos are super helpful to all of us! You're single-handedly progressing the level of so many intermediate motion designers

[@deathlyluther]

I'm beyond grateful for all your videos! And this one in particular got me so hooked. I'm dreaming of the day I'll be joining your course. Thanks a billion times.

[@HeyTylerMartin]

Excellent video! Thanks for the tips! 00:00 - Intro 00:06 - Texture Shading 00:31 - Misprint 01:10 - Reflections 02:09 - Fading 02:35 - Gradients 03:10 - Motion Foundation Preview 03:35 - Morphin' Corners 03:54 - Jitter 04:42 - Glow Up the Pokies 06:00 - Eyes 06:33 - Animate Less

[@agfirs_o2579]

you don't need to animate less because sometimes if you Wanna see your skills on editing you need to animate more and if you got the experience and you know your just so good you don't need to.

[@ohohohha]

can you give an idea of how to do that in 6:37? plz~~what kind of effect it works for it?

[@adriangatchalian3033]

Thanking the Universe for giving us someone like you, and sharing these creative and helpful tricks to achieve such! I love your works, Ben!

[@jerome15hikki]

Love the reference of Ghost in the Shell. It's the same shot that made me fall in love with animation. The subtlety, thanks for reminding me again.

[@abbythomps]

Great tips! Love your commentary at the end on not always needing to hijack a viewer's dopamine. I think this is such an interesting power to hold as an artist in these times.

[@nickwallace2982]

Absolutely fantastic. Ben's tuts are always my go-to when I need inspiration. 🔥

[@Cyranek]

the handling of glows of genius :0

[@3dgarMendez]

Love the glow trick! Always had to be messing around with 2-3 different glows. Thanks!

[@ethancohen6837]

Fantastic work as always Ben, thanks so much. You are a pillar of this community

[@BenMarriott]

A catapillar I hope :) Thanks so much for the encouragment!

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[@tomsmith2827]

"Good things come to those who." Love it! 😀

[@AlegreFranz]

You're a boss, Ben. These tutorials are the best, quick and dirty stuff you can apply almost immediately. Keep 'em coming, we'll keep watching 'em.

[@soniamorarka]

So good, as always!! That glow technique * chef's kiss * Thank you, Ben!

[@alexplaysplaysplays]

What a great grab bag of tricks! Thanks so much Ben. You're a Global Motion Legend!

[@RDCREATES]

Thank you for providing this awesome content! I really love your work! Keep it up Ben, you're a true inspiration to all of us!

[@BenMarriott]

Thanks for the kind words! This keeps me going :)

[@michaelkablitzeditor]

These kind of tricks are the reason I was hooked on your content! Keep it up Ben 🔥

[@viniciusharder1715]

You are the best Ben! Thank you for the all content!

[@vaibhav.singhal]

I love you for the quickness of the video, you understand what to say and only that

[@hanneshuber3d]

These tips are pure gold!!! Thank you so much man!!

[@know_no_th3ory128]

You're really good at what you do. Everytime I watch one of your videos I get inspired to make something cool. Keep going!!

[@mr.tambourinerec9248]

Oh Ben! You are the best! Didactic, creative and inspiring! Your tips are very valuable and your teachings are capable of transforming the way one works.

[@justinlouislaforge8448]

Your tutorials help me on a daily basis at work. Thank you.

[@aidanbutler7271]

that reflection one is a game changer! Thanks Ben

[@kikon78]

On top of a lot of super amazing tips that are actually key technics you end the video with a ghost in the shell meditation. I love you so strong that I need a teleporter to go give you a hug! Thank you Ben.

[@ariasbarbagallo]

I need to like this video a few more times. Thank you Ben, always something new to learn with you

[@poly_golf]

Ben thank you, you are the best, you always inspire and motivate

[@nativelyornate]

That double set matte effect for the reflection was so nice! 😍

[@SimonLab]

that Ghost in the shell shot is absolutely exceptional. i ve never been immersed and invested in a world more by a simple sequence

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Love the content you make! Look forward for your course ❤️

[@BenMarriott]

Thanks so much my friend! Glad you're finding them useful :D

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This guy's one video is one full MASTERCLASS!

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One of the best videos I've ever seen

[@H0USE99]

How come every technique gets better and better! Great clips thank you!!!

[@GrantMFletcher]

Love this one man! Great little trick for glows; here I am just teaching people to stack blurs and this was right in front of me the whole time!

[@lopsangdlama]

There's always something new to learn here. Great tips!!! Thank you very much

[@BreakingthePlateau_Official]

What an excellent video! Not a second wasted and very clear instructions!

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You never fail to inspire me

[@kfxanimation]

I needed to see this today, delightful as ever

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Thanks man, love you!

[@sochie969]

your works are really inspiring!

[@rhywive]

just incredible, thank you

[@angelaarcega5728]

this video's so good. love your wrap-up too!

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I love your style and your tutorials!

[@RickyMartinVideos]

Fantastic as always. Really love that last point.

[@brian_hermelijn]

Oh wow. The first step is exactly what I was looking for, as I have struggling to understand whato to do to add almost similar look of my end result illustrations! Thank you again Ben for the wonderful tips.

[@BenMarriott]

You're welcome pal! It's a bit repedative over big scenes, but it's so satisfying to see come together :)

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Ben doesn’t Mess About!

[@MoreHawksNest]

Really happy you put that last tip in, always a good reminder in todays landscape

[@juancastillejo600]

Amaziiing. Thanks for your work Ben

[@AntifreezeAnimation]

Pure gold! 💰

[@magphotos]

Wonderful video! Thanks for sharing all those tips, it was really helpful. And congratulations for the great production style of your videos, it has reached an extremely high level of detail!

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You are the BEST!

[@EmanDeMoan]

Thank you so much! These are great tips

[@luanott]

I love those kinds of videos! Thank you so much

[@RandomObsession]

So happy to see ghost in the shell here, thank you for the amazing tips once again!!!

[@twskelton]

True legend. Another brilliant video dude.

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Ben!! your videos are mind blowing, youtube recently started recommending your videos for me, and the amazing thing is, many time i look at the title and i say "nah not interested in that" then i read the channel name and things become "oh it's by ben, i'm sure i'll learn something new or get amazed by sheer beauty of art" and it's been true every single time. really thank you so much for the teaching and artistic creations you make.

[@laurentpastorelli1354]

Super cool as usual! Thanks Ben!

[@sirajatega]

amazing tips, thank you so much for sharing it with us

[@manumercuri7207]

Lovely work! Thanks for sharing!

[@mikeprice25]

that glow effect was so simple but so genius

[@bfshinn]

These are great, and so simple!

[@BallotBoxer]

Best AE channel in all of KZbin

[@54CFL]

Thanks for this, the subtle text wiggle is great. adding it to all text now :)

[@Cydertronica]

Yo fellas, if you wanna to loop your wiggle expression, simply use this piece of code in your position properties: freq = 0.8; amp = 45; loopTime = 10; t = time % loopTime; wiggle1 = wiggle(freq, amp, 1, 0.5, t); wiggle2 = wiggle(freq, amp, 1, 0.5, t - loopTime); linear(t, 0, loopTime, wiggle1, wiggle2) Simply change the values and that's it, you can loop your animation and have a seamless jumpcut with the same frames at the start and at the end of your timeline

[@Veggie55]

A slight variation suggestion to make it even more versatile (depending on your use-case): __________ f = 2; // frequency a = 40; // amplitude loopTime = thisComp.duration; // loop time matches comp duration // -------- t = time % loopTime; wiggle1 = wiggle(f, a, 1, 0.5, t); wiggle2 = wiggle(f, a, 1, 0.5, t - loopTime); linear(t, 0, loopTime, wiggle1, wiggle2); __________ I've often needed expressions to be mapped to the comp-duration. Using this approach will make it automatically match your comp length no matter how much you change it 👌

[@eddytheeditor]

This is Dan Ebbert's wiggle loop template. You should credit him when copy and pasting it.

[@Cydertronica]

@@eddytheeditor I literally don't know who is Dan Ebbert and I see his name for the first time.

[@eddytheeditor]

@@Cydertronica He's the grand master of After Effects expressions

[@Cydertronica]

@@eddytheeditor still never heared of him tbh

[@stillremain.artwork]

Excellent tips, the last one is the most hard to achieve being motion designers, we do have the urge to move everything (even if it's just a flicker or a jitter)

[@BenMarriott]

Yep, I look back at so much of my old work and wish I had the confidence to hold back a little.

[@HollyAndThorn]

Dude you are my fav motion designer right now

[@ihajo]

Amazing as usual 🙂

[@paulalucasoli]

I LOVED this video! All techniques are great but my favorite is the eye one! 👀

[@JuliaEditSuite]

thank you, so many great tricks

[@videoarkade]

Absolute Legend!

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Super sick Ben!

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These are great simple tricks. Thank you so much

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Wow brilliant stuff!

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This has blown my mind

[@YuvrajSoi]

what wonderfully crafted examples

[@oxr5199]

You're an absolute genius.. I really loved this video :)

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Thanks so much! This worked :)!

[@DaftRebel]

Thank you for your words!

[@Prince_V_]

Thank you! love your tutorials ♥

[@oalexcs]

You're amazing, Ben! Cheers from Brazil.

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I love this kind of videos!

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This is spot on😀, thank you!!!

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_This video is so good, so useful, that I had to download it and keep it in my private stash of digital gems._

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Amazing! Thank you so much!

[@williambeaudette152]

Good stuff, thanks a lot!!!

[@AnotherWorldStriker]

great tips thanks !

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Thank you!

[@stephanzammit]

Love this tutorial. Very useful tips!

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every single one of your videos is unreal

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Oof such epic content! So concise, so useful! 😻💘💫

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Such a fantastic channel.

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Thank you for this

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THANK YOU SO MUCH I LOVE THIS

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Babe wake up Ben Marriott just dropped a new video

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Nicely done. You gained a new follower from this.

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2:05 duuuuudddeeeee thank youuuuuu!

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