20 Useful Tricks in After Effects You May Not Know About - Part 1 of 5

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[@Nicburon]

The scaling keyframe velocity tip just changed my life. Thanks!

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Same here ;) he did a very good job with his tips ..

[@mrgoesta]

Love everything in this tutorial. Nice tricks, short and to the point, loaded with shortcuts if you listen. Like it should be. No warbling that just eats up time. Thank you!

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Thank you for your kind words, Stefan!

[@simplysurfing]

Some youtubers do that on purpose to earn more view hours,,,,,it gets that videos rating or "time spent on" rating higher. They will drag and talk unneeded stuff and show an entire project how they used it etc too drag the duration out.

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2 years later and these tricks are still useful! Thank you so much for sharing!

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Thanks, Isk! Be sure to check out all 4 parts! :-)

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Beginner here. This was very useful, thank you!

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+Prime Prodigy It's good to hear! Thanks for taking the time to watch it!

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This is the most helpful after effects video I have ever seen

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This is epic. So short, so useful. Thanks a lot!

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+THug0001 Thanks!

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Thank you, very useful, great rythme, if only all tutorials on YT were that clean : D

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Wow! Thank you for your very kind words, Haze Radio!

[@coreafan]

i'm learning after effects in just days with people like you !! Thanks for all what you do, great tips and trick !!!!

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That's awesome, good luck!

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Wow! Great collection of tips, efficiently and clearly presented. Couldn't ask for more (but wait! There's more!).

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+Ace Hoffman Thanks for your kind words!

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The one with Guide Layers :) Best thing I learned all day

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You helped me so much with the align tip! I had to align 90 elements and I started doing it by hand. I'm so happy i saw this clip before the 10th element. Whew!

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+Vladimir “Nequam” Yordanov Vladimir, I'm glad you found it useful! Thanks for watching it!

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I love this so much. I am going to do this!! I learned this in foundations of art and design in film school, and I would love to get back into creating after having a depression and not able to create. I love creating and all I want to do is do these things for the rest of my life.

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Thank you Sergei!Waiting for more advanced tutorials from you

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[@coreybello399]

Awesome, Thanks!! Especially that scaling keyframes tip..Unfortunately, yes, I have been sliding one at a time.

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Thanks Corey! I was there once as well.

[@MaiQuynh-Nirvana]

These are so useful tips and tricks in after effect, thankyou so much

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Thank YOU, Mai!

[@Jrocchetti]

OMG the Moving masks section is amazing! How have I gone this long with out knowing about that! Thank you!!!

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Oh wow, I was actually thinking about not including that one. I'm glad I did! Thanks bro!

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[@mfaizanattique]

The color picker trick is good. The way i do is by creating a comp and keep number of solids with palette colors and the moment i need them i just enable the comp layer and by using the color picker i select the color. It makes it easier and faster too

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[@zecherra78]

CTRL+ALT+W soooo usefulLLLL ;D Thanks

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[@digitalis7]

Who would have thought a squiggly line could be so useful? Great stuff...

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Ctrl+Shift+D!!! This changed my life :D

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Same here!

[@OSPerry]

Thanks for these. I didn't know a few of these. I already use some and had forgotten about others. Very useful. Thanks for taking the time to make these. :)

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Thanks, OSPerry! Also, be sure to watch 3 other parts to this video. I'm also about to release Part 5 in the next week or so.

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+EyemotionView Thank you for watching it!

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I'm a beginner to after effects and this has actually helped a lot! Thank you. :)

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[@Scumbox]

Damn, scaling multiple keyframes is super useful. Thanks for the upload!

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+Scumbox Thanks for watching!

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Aha..the system color picker. Great stuff!

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Thank you so much for making this! Best Ae tricks video I've been able to find so far and the breakdown in the description is super helpful. I'll definitely be checking out more of your videos in the future :)

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Wow. Very useful tips and tricks. Thank you. Can you do a tutorial on the introductory graphic of this tutorial? Thank you. The logo to be specific. Thank you

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+Austin Omoria Thanks, Austin! I might do a tutorial on the open soon.

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The spacebar trick in Mask is very helpful and also, mask paths copied to other layer properties. Thanks!

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Good one!! Thank you for putting together...

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Thank you so much! Keyframe velocity makes it look so professional. Just one question. Where did you get that background with the stripes?

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[@alexcurtisdev]

Fantastic video! I was doing many of the tasks mentioned here the long way, especially doing the math to move the positions of the layers. Keep making great videos!

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I'm glad you found these tips useful, Alex! Thank you for watching the tutorial!

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Great video! Do u mind explaining the use of the influence parameter in keyframe velocity, pls?

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I'm already a member of it.

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Thanks! Most of these I didn't know. I find the "Math" and "~ shortcut" part very useful. :D

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Thank you for watching!

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You rock! Great tutorials...well presented. Funny how you can work with a program for years and STILL learn some cool, simple shortcut that was there all along!! :D

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Thanks, Eli! There is always something new to learn.

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Extremely useful tips man, thanks NoFilmschool for the extra exposure :) And I thank you!

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Thank you and NoFilmSchool! Also, be sure to check out my second part to this video.

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Thanks!

[@Juone87]

Few additional pointers: 4: You can replace content by selecting the layer and holding Alt and just drag the new content on the composition window and the selected layer will be replaced - no Ctrl is needed. 5 and 13: I usually use a pre-created color collection (like from Kuler or customers visual guideline's color palette) and scale it down in a corner and make it a guide layer - no extra color windows/steps needed - just the color picker tool. 9: RedGiant's Universe plug-in offers a multicolored gradient effect which is free and far more user friendly then the layer styles. 14: While using the pen tool and when you hold Alt you can change the out-going bezier's direction without affecting the in-going path - this is also VERY helpful in rotoscoping. 17: Copy pasting content from one Adobe software to another works in almost every software - you can also copy paste a pre-cut clip/scene from Premiere to AE's timeline which means less time spent in rendering. 19: You don't have to drag'n'drop comps into Media Encoder - while having the comp selected go to top menu's Composition -> Add to Adobe Media Encoder Queue (right on top of the Add to Render Queue) and it opens the Media Encoder if you don't have it open already.

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Thanks dude!

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That is awsome! Wish i knew those tricks before, Thanx a lot for sharing!

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Thank you!

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This video has been toooo helpful for me. Keep up the good work man. Expecting more videos from you on AE.

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Thanks for your kind words!

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Thank you Sir. This information was very useful and will most definitely help towards speeding up my work flow. Cheers!

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Thanks, Greg! I'm glad you found it useful!

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You help me to save a lot of time. Thanks.

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Thank you!

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Golden Find man. Thanks for sharing.

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really useful and clear, thank you!

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Thanks, Michele!

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thanks for the tutorial, it´s VERY useful! good tips :)

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Thanks Daniela!

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Ok this video goes to my favorites. Thanks a lot!

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Thanks D cruz!

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Hey Ukramdia, Thank you for all the tips! I'm taking a Part II class on AE, and there is so much I wanna learn about the program because I love to create stuff with motion graphics. Thank you for all the tips! Learned a lot that I hope to use in the future.

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Thanks, K2SonicFan! I'm glad you found it useful!

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Holy Crap dude! A lot of these tips blew my mind!!!!

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