Advanced CC Ball Action Techniques /// After Effects Tutorial

[@stevenfreebairn2553]

Love when you get balls deep into the techniques. Who knew this effect was so powerful?

[@GEOgraphicdesigner]

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[@juliuscagara]

🤣🤣🤣

[@willeklof]

OMG. This technique is SO useful. And I love the new Fractal Noise plugin. Jake's really the spiritual successor to Kramer. You're doing a lot for everyone in the field. I'll go over this carefully and use it in many projects I'm sure, ty mate.

[@JakeInMotion]

That's some seriously high praise, thank you!

[@maximumblackness]

Jake is officially the GOAT of AE!!!💯

[@JakeInMotion]

🙌

[@maximumblackness]

@@JakeInMotion That Randomizer Script is a Game Changer Thanks

[@infinitygaming7724]

1:39 "Balls" thanks for the knowledge my man!💖

[@sunsetpark_fpv]

Thanks for whipping out the balls! Excellent

[@futurecortex]

I love you buddy. Thanks for all the great teachings over the years. Absolutely one of the best.

[@JakeInMotion]

I appreciate you!

[@Danreas]

Jake, the b-all, end all of AE. Chapeau!

[@andreatavolaro7513]

It's incredible not only how much you know the program, but also how clearly you're capable of explaining what every control can be used for! Thanks for sharing Jake!

[@broadcastbytes]

hah - I used your terraform idea with the calcs effect and the geolayers plugin to have terraforming look with a controllable view to keyframe around the earth. This was only really possible with expensive 3d plugins till CC Ball Action was updated. I can't believe I hadn't thought to use it before. Good man

[@buhj-m1y]

is it possible to install the new version of the plugin on the old version of Аfter Еffects?

[@broadcastbytes]

@buhj-m1y not sure mate. I've never tried. Try it! See how you go.

[@JakeInMotion]

The new version of CC Ball Action? No. You need to update After Effects.

[@gabetestingarmamods7272]

I'm a 3D artist and I'm completely blown away by this.

[@learningblenderin2024]

this video itself is so very well made, its a treat to watch tutorials in such stylised way 🤩

[@eponymousone7237]

6:53 Awwww.... I was really hoping for a cool example of using that map here! (no biggie ofc, great to know your options!)

[@fahadhassan3556]

Just watched for 1 minute of a video...and believe me it the best video of youtube...so so amazing....a hige reolacement for expensive pluginsss....hats offf🎉

[@JakeInMotion]

Thank you so much!

[@ultravioletidea]

Jake! This is one step beyond! I love how you are leveraging your Effects of After Effects series and showing how pieces of Ae connect under the hood. More broadly you’re showing us how to think in terms of using multiple concepts at a time instead of one at a time. Thanks!

[@JakeInMotion]

Thank you! I definitely wish I could've put something like this together with each of those videos, but it would've just taken too much time. Glad I'm able to link up some of those effects now though!

[@liquidgrafixs4480]

Best teacher out there!!

[@arjunrsrivatsa]

im speechless. this is an unbelievable tutorial. this has so much potential. thank you so much!

[@ghostvoice]

200k sub! Congrats Jake

[@JakeInMotion]

Thank you!

[@guidedbylightart]

Awesome tutorial Jake!! thank you for sharing your knowledge and gifts 🙏🏼

[@RoccoDipoppa]

you... you just made me understand the concept of displacement. Thank you! Really! And wow, the production quality is over the top with this one (more than usual!)

[@ytrilogy1091]

Not too long ago, I watched your effects of after effects(love this series btw) video on cc ball action and proceeded to learn other various ways to use it. Now I can't wait to learn this when I get the time! Again, thanks for making these kind of videos

[@trevorwilliams401]

This is amazing and stunningly powerful. Thanks for this!

[@grbtza]

super fun and useful! And, as usual, GREAT TUTORIAL! Kudos, my man!

[@Kalefied]

I am so blown away by this. Thank you so much for making these videos!

[@ivo-andrade]

This is so cool, Jake! Cheers for sharing the knowledge!

[@Luckeydogs]

Thank you Jake!

[@mun336ya]

Reading the Topic i thought this would be boring. Just he intro cut within first 1 minute hooked me to the lesson. Amazing Jake.. As Always..

[@JakeInMotion]

Thank you!

[@sauravnautiyal6128]

Really enjoyed and learned a lot 💯

[@ianfleming3768]

Jesus H Christ what a tutorial. That was amazing. The amount of work gone into this to figure it all out. Unreal. Thanks my good man!

[@animationministry]

Great tutorial! I have a suggestion, add another layer with CC Ball Action and change the size of the balls and adjust the displacement to have some variation to the balls and their position, especially for sand.

[@willgardiner7618]

So damn good. As always. Genius. Thanks Jake!!

[@mathiaspfuetzner]

That was a lot (of balls). Thanks for the tutorial. I didn't think this effect would be so versatile. I just recently started to really learn what After Effects can do and I'm more and more amazed

[@motionbyisaac]

What an absolute masterclass!

[@chriggis]

Thanks Jake. Another great tutorial with amazing outcomes. That fire halo one is very LOTR

[@jarusrathore]

I was looking for a tutorial about understanding discplacement map fundamentally and couldn't find one, clicked this video randomly cause looked cool and boy I landed in the right place only

[@andersonaalmeida]

brooo, awesome. thank you

[@drippinglight]

Absolutely Insane tut thanks a lot man🔥🔥🙏🙏

[@KingTuttanKamon]

You are great-Jake!

[@Rosomyat]

Even though the video is 40 minutes long but we enjoyed the procedural magic of creating these cool effects. Sure the results could be endless 😊. Thanks Jake ❤

[@lopsangdlama]

18:28 because we always label our layers :D

[@Elimachuka]

mindblowing knowledge bud i love the way you explaing keep it up

[@keshetallekaridi708]

This video was actually pretty mind blowing, wow.

[@joaojofili]

Always so top notch. Saving this for later.

[@orkanbasar]

Thanks for the detailed explanation!

[@ralphmoreau2768]

Amazing as always

[@tahashakeel-z4t]

Bro this is the best video of the year

[@JakeInMotion]

Thanks!

[@noonecomics]

wake up honey, new CC ball action just dropped!

[@Totorus]

Amazing!

[@JoeFourMan]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge brother 🙏

[@MuhdIzzuddin-n4u]

brilliant🙌🏼

[@semillerimages]

Super awesome! Thanks!

[@sachinsreekumar4033]

greatt, you went crazy on this one

[@CalebDidWhat]

bro the implications of this are not fathomable, think about using orb then zooming into a planet of water and using this building the terrain, then terraforming it over millions of years so now it looks like mars, absolutely insane

[@Karabanka]

This is a really good tutorial video

[@JakeInMotion]

Well thank you.

[@shonthelawn]

this is insane. thank you.

[@kasz3138]

this is sooo goooooooood ❤🎉

[@AtaurRaziq]

This update and lovely demo gives us back a form of Trapcode Form without paying the ridiculous Maxon prices. Thanks Jake

[@shunbeastgaming]

Respect. You earned a Sub.. ❤❤

[@Nvictorj]

Que tutorial sensacional, são tantas possibilidades! Muito obrigado por compartilhar esse valioso conhecimento, vou baixar os arquivos e examimar minuciosamente ❤

[@strikingtwice]

The king stays the king. Also I have that shirt it’s my favorite design they did and I always get compliments on it and people ask me what band it’s from

[@jordanus21393]

He's the GOAT

[@MultiTuzik]

ty , best materials

[@chaosbreaker8737]

Such a great video

[@eponymousone7237]

44:50 It's like the Galapagos islands erupting and then eroding over millions of years.

[@hugoembien]

I don't know about you, but I love me some CC Ball Action!

[@ItsWesSmithYo]

Dude, I did your course last year and then took 5 effects and applied music and made a walkthrough as examples for music producers…ball action made me ROTF every time I tried recording the video 😂😎🤙🏽. #BestNameEver thanks Jake

[@ItsWesSmithYo]

Since that course, which really helped me learn a lot about AE, I dug into Blender trying to do some things I couldn’t figure out in AE, and as much as I love AE, the node system in Blender really helps me visually understand the routing of these FX much better. Both are crazy powerful tools, thanks and stay curious.

[@thapanatbuaskuk3048]

I love your (CC) ball content LOL

[@WillColavito]

jake goat

[@Dawid46]

Insane

[@bacharnahshon]

You are the "Andrew Kramer" of the 2025!!! Thanks for bringing back the balls to A.E, Awesome tutorial.

[@jafetolivera5023]

The [Gradient Ramp + Curves + Tint ] combo was so poetic, in so many ways…

[@sunnyingle1262]

you are just awsome!!!!!!!!!!

[@conbec5816]

Flat earthers will love this tutorial.

[@esorroge]

Thank you!!!

[@brendanjames307]

I thought I was prepared. I knew the theory but it's so much different. The jokes about balls are endless. One ball joke here is seven ball jokes echoing through my quiet office as I watch without headphones. Do not go quiet during your break today. Balls! Balls! Before the dying of the week!

[@Dustooned]

Ballin' vid.

[@ad-verticem]

Beautiful ❤.. IS it possible to have tutorial how to het Gaussian Splatting effects.. like revelation particles with blurry effect ? Thank you

[@cyanid3311]

18:29 we always label our layers

[@RetryStudios]

3:54 dude it became a hologram forest

[@maxgreen9865]

is there an alternative option with some plugin?

[@JakeInMotion]

Trapcode Form is a great option if you want a paid plugin.

[@buhj-m1y]

is it possible to install the new version of the plugin on the old version of Аfter Еffects?

[@JakeInMotion]

You mean CC Ball Action? No, that's not possible.

[@مصطفیکیهانی-ر5ف]

well Done

[@AndrewMarston]

Dang it Jack! Now EVERYONE will be able to do these cool things in AE and I'll soon be out of a job. That said, the core concepts here are vital for certain looks. I hope people watch the whole video.

[@JakeInMotion]

It's either that or AI 🤷

[@AndrewMarston]

​@@JakeInMotion🤖👾🔥

[@joaorzc]

Hey, Jake, any particular reason to why you didn't work with the void script in this video and instead went with regular solids? After void, I never used solids again!

[@JakeInMotion]

Not that I can remember 🙂. Fractal Noise Generator uses solids, that's probably the only reason why.

[@yohannesJas]

bro these look like particle sim👀👀🤯🤯

[@EC3DITOR]

Vc ball action can do all that 🤯

[@djsrimusic]

Can anyone tell if Mac Mini M4 pro Base variant can handle this ?

[@JakeInMotion]

Most likely. My MacBook Air M2 can handle it just fine.

[@pormacrhistian]

hello, do you have a tutorial about "how to make a tutorial?" i mean teaching how to make the motion graphic that you use in this very video

[@johanneskadel2370]

Holy Shit. That was good!

[@SimonVNKA]

You rule.

[@beatc]

@jake: thanks for the noise randomizer script! unfortunately, i don't get it to work (on mac OS 15.2, AE 2025). could it be that it doesn't work with other languages? i'm using the german version of AE. also i can't dock it. thanks for your help.

[@JakeInMotion]

It's possible that there's a language issue. I'll look into that. Make sure you're installing it in the script UI folder, and not just the scripts folder. That would prevent you from docking it.

[@beatc]

​@@JakeInMotion cheers for the quick response, jake. right, UI script folder, i did not do that, thanks. as for the first issue: i changed my AE language to english, and now the randomizer indeed works. so the language is definitely the issue.

[@JakeInMotion]

@@beatc I found the issue and updated the script. You can get the latest version here: app.lemonsqueezy.com/my-orders Let me know if you still have issues!

[@FineBoi]

Ballin'

[@22carmoon]

Jake's been cooking in his kitchen I see

[@JakeInMotion]

You're going to love my balls 👨‍🍳

[@22carmoon]

@ 👌

[@MotionHatch]

These don't even look like they were made in AE Nice tutorial Jake!

[@JakeInMotion]

Thanks!

[@kdogg73]

That cat Jake can ball.

[@urlgoon]

pro shoutout to ben "we always name out layers" marriott :D

[@dileepkumarChowdary]

Super

[@alexanderhamilton876]

13:52 blue balls

[@puppe8881]

ơ phim chưa hết mà đang hay admin dịch thêm nữa đi bộ này cuốn

[@gartsartem]

Jawdropping...

[@ramonmff5158]

18:26 phew... just in time