After Effects Tips & Tricks - CC Bend It

Oh, tired of animating Puppet Pins? Here is a quicker way to animate swinging trees, hair and even character limbs with CC Bend It effect⚡️
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[@lesechoslocaux595]

Best tutorial I've ever seen. Teaching with fun is the most effective way to make someone print the information in it's brain. Good job, i'll never forget that tip.

[@TheRemoniak]

i almost died laughting at the begining, this is what i was doing yesterday, took me like 3 hours and i kept wondering-there must be a better way :D best tutorials ever

[@AishawithanEye]

HAAHHAHA I can't agree more. These tutorials always have me cracking up. They really relate to the inner turmoil of the animator.

[@SugarShockMedia]

Not sure which I love more: your tutorials, your music selections or your sense of humor. So much HURRAY!

[@JotoheKian]

The beginning - this process is so very familiar xD Thank you for the tip!

[@bellwe1487]

you need to make sure your layers are shapes not vector art to be able to use CC bend it without cropping your image.

[@telomina]

you're so much more helpful than any tutorial

[@leomass]

Or a comp (or Illustrator layer) with continuously rasterize activated

[@EldritchS5]

thank you very much

[@EldritchS5]

i've been looking for a solution for over an hour now!!! you don't know how much of help that was, thank you @@leomass

[@leandervanderplas]

Just after I've been pinning a whole forest of trees :-( Bookmarked this for the next animation :-)

[@Cebok_barengan]

WTHF, AFTER 2 DAYS, I SEE THIS THUMBNAIL AND I THINK SAME WITH THE OTHER KZbinR VIDEO TUTTORIAL, BUT THIS IS MIND BLOWINGGGGG, THANKS FOR SAVING MY LIFE TEAM MOTION DESIGN SCHOLLL.... *BIG HUGGGG

[@Ankit10225]

Your tutorials are out of this world.

[@hawwww]

good to learn new things and basic tools of after effects too, bendio works good too but every designer must know the basics also

[@nitromusik9275]

omg this expression just saved me even more time than Bend it already did!! Thanks

[@suraiya21]

Excellent, The best tutorial ever.

[@zachr0]

that toComp expression is the Game(Changer) for this effect! Thanks MDS

[@jeannotpetit7403]

useful, straight to the point, fun. OK this is PERFECT! thanks for sharing

[@sergiomendesaguila3694]

Great and fun video! I loved all the people spying the motion designer working! Well done!

[@iradukundasebastien]

Does that effect work on a PSD file? 'cause in my case the images is still being cropped.

[@elfoncrack]

Pre-compose the layer (the second option with move all attributes to the new composition) and then put the effect on the new composition layer.

[@caturkey]

Maybe you can also try to use "Grow Bounds" ;)~

[@bookssummaries2023-mp3yy]

great stuff.tx

[@epicliberty273]

Tutorial + Funny meme = Awesome Video!

[@shawns9902]

Thank you! But what is 'toComp(value)' actually doing?

[@aidanbenbow6682]

I think it's so the cc bend effect position moves along with the tree as it bends, otherwise the tree exits the area covered by the effect and becomes invisible.

[@PopDotArt]

Saved 1 billion lives

[@byrong1384]

I don't get the "toComp" part, when I do that on mine the object disappears. It would be good if this was slower with a person explaining what's going on.

[@rodrigosevilla9000]

Love you guys!

[@diegopereira3918]

What exactly is "toComp(value)"? It's not working... Couldn't find a solid explanation on the web.

[@sid216]

hi for me is you can move the object anywhere in the composition without re arranging the start and end of the bend it

[@Momo-fo6xi]

me too

[@mohammadshahin3550]

Thank you so much, these tips lifesaver for me.

[@drgnprod]

I love your videos, go on!

[@CoreyArt]

Good video but was super confusing for me at 52 second mark when you starting coding, I cant even figure out how to get that box to open to type the code.

[@osamaalmass4655]

Thank you a lot guys.

[@facupov]

i tried dozen of times and id never been able to make it work that toComp expression, neither shape layers nor precomps, theres something missing here?

[@FamiliaNicolae]

press alt and click the clock

[@sumeetdagde1999]

so quick😍

[@Minitomate]

I love this tutorials!

[@shoeabsensei]

Even after adding toComp(value) im getting cut in my image

[@mrd1512]

Try adding an adjustment layer, then apply bend it onto the layer. It works for me

[@tchagolago]

@@mrd1512 thank you!

[@shmootsyla]

@@mrd1512 can you please explain?

[@facupov]

@@mrd1512 How that works? i tried adding the effect to both the original layer and adjustment layer and still it cuts the layer, im going nuts

[@shaebudart]

@@facupov Try putting the object you want to bend in its own comp, it worked for me. Good luck!

[@tithiwakhariya8636]

loved it!!

[@user-st4hu2ih7u]

subbed!

[@ashdalat.]

Holy moly this music :)))

[@EscarabajoBinario]

¡Amazingggggg! :D

[@floatinginuniverse_]

extremely great!

[@NoelSufrin]

Great tut! I give it tree thumbs up!

[@YounsFactory]

Really fun tutorial!!thanks!

[@jsolfin185]

What happens if you wanted to make it a Christmas tree and parent a star or something to the top of it? Im doing an animation with a fisherman holding the fishing rod and I'm using the cc bend it effect of the fishing line. for some reason the hook and sinker (which are separate objects but are parented to the line) don't move with the bend it effect applied. Would it just be better to pre-comp the fishing line with the sinker and hook then apply the bend it effect? Thanks.

[@galefraney]

Fantastic video!!

[@jackalopeb9598]

I like it but I'm having issues with it. Comp(value) is not working for some reason.

[@user-ik9tk3ct3c]

감사합니다. 큰 도움이 되었습니다.

[@flowbymasha]

thanks :)

[@ashley_roca]

Whenever I add the toComp(value) expression, my layer disappear (it is still in the timeline, I just can't see it). Now, I am using a photoshop layer. I have an image of a leaf I made using a Photoshop brush that I want to bed. Does this only work when applied to shape layers or layers made within After Effects? I even tried Pre-comping my layer, and that didn't help either.

[@janeremizova2597]

after applying toComp(value) you might need to readjust Start and End targets. Cause the might have been moved by the expression

[@atelierdigitaldenico]

I really love your tips & tricks vids ! Straight to the point and thoses gifs make me die laughing !

[@soulaga4900]

You are the best !!!! Thanks !!!!

[@teteyaw4006]

you guys are the beeeeeeeessssssstttttttt

[@julianithewo6234]

hi, I followed all the steps in the tutorial and even with precomp etc. But the image I try to bend still cuts off. How can I fix this?

[@mohdkasmir9359]

same to me!

[@pgivisiez]

Have you resolved? How was your solution? That's an idea: kzbin.info/www/bejne/paS9YZSCmNtmqJI

[@xMEREEELx]

Probably don't need it anymore, but make sure your have 'continuously rasterize' turned on for all your illustartor layers. It's that little star icon to the right of your layer name. (If you can't see it, press 'toggle switches / modes', the button below your layers)

[@Snazzy_M_Geez]

Same, nothing works this or the Grow Bounds effect

[@EldritchS5]

real cool video

[@Momo-fo6xi]

Thanks a lot!

[@RoadCaster]

hallo, can you help me sir, how to parent an object "A" to another object "B" with bend it effect applied on the "B" object, it's posible "A" object to follow the bend it effect that applied on the "B" object? thank you alot

[@Hamelionys]

Thanks! toComp saved me)

[@nooinx]

The Best!!!!

[@mohammedezaddin9880]

good idea made me laugh

[@tawfikmahmoud8896]

Thanks

[@sadfafa731]

thanks

[@11219tt]

toComp didnt work for me. still getting cut off

[@hifaothman5278]

Very funny I Love it!!

[@tuananhmedia7899]

oh pupet, my trick :))))))

[@masdimnolepchanel8661]

shittttt brooooo,,,,, finally i found it...... thnkssssss alot

[@SF8008]

00:47 "Toasty!!!" from Mortal Kombat ^_^

[@SF8008]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHXSd6l4rch9aLM

[@michalhrton]

toComp(value) doesn't work for ai layer :-(

[@marketingviewtech1577]

Right Click in AI layer and select "Create Shape from Vector layer"

[@facupov]

@@marketingviewtech1577 still cuts the borders with vector layer

[@samuelquintanilla7595]

@@marketingviewtech1577 Thaaaks maaan! It woorks for me! :D

[@ChakirElm]

Waw Thank you 😊

[@Rishav520]

i gave this to a string of a swing but when i apply bend it to it ...it disconnects from the swing base ..why does this happen ..any solution

[@Snazzy_M_Geez]

I don't understand, this literally does not work.....

[@jaysonfontela5761]

👍

[@ivanmubarak1952]

why cc bend it cant work in ai file?

[@sud_ansh]

Ha ha ha.. Loved it.

[@djkakakarot]

only works for vectors

[@gatonave]

Nice tut! Whats the nome of this song?

[@jvelezrobledo]

how can you animate the position property on a layer that has this effect applied?, when I do so even with a null the image crops because the start and end position of the effect wont move. Thanks for amazing content :)

[@prodbyprodby1633]

Try pre-composing the layer with the effect. Go into the composition and change the size, so that your element roughly fits inside. Then, animate the position of your new precomp 🙂

[@Hamelionys]

@@prodbyprodby1633 Thanks!

[@andreasapostolvideoproduct791]

Love this! But I am having trouble at the 1:20 mark, "add animation parameter rotation." Am I missing a short cut or is this just a standard rotation?

[@andreasapostolvideoproduct791]

Never mind, I got it. Thank you!

[@soirema]

@@andreasapostolvideoproduct791 wait what was it ?

[@andreasapostolvideoproduct791]

@@soirema I'm not sure if I really understood but what I did that helped me there was to move the anchor point to be at the base of the tree. Don't know if that will help you or not.

[@mehdinaghibi9979]

click on layer and press "R" to appear rotation parameter. ok?

[@iUmarFarooqi]

Please add voice to your tutorials!

[@daianwr5833]

Video very funny but it doesn't work by me… I don't know why… Finally I precomped my element letting more space around to solve that…

[@ashdalat.]

noice

[@tarunsridhar]

How to name that "comp value" thing?

[@havan7784]

loopOut ("pingpong")

[@pierrickphoto8498]

what is the music in this video? Thanks!

[@MotionbyMesh]

Its not working for me

[@bitbutter]

0:57 *Expression, *Start.

[@michalhrton]

Hello, how can I write an expression? I cannot find it anywhere.

[@michalhrton]

Oh, just ALT+Left Click on Stopwatch next to the Start XD

[@fahrulfahrizal8378]

sorry sir i wanna ask something, where i can find cc bend it?

[@michalhrton]

Effect -> Distort -> CC Bend It

[@mariasolsantillan3005]

Which is the song?

[@renosnicolaou8417]

music please =)))

[@FramlinGR]

♥️

[@TaufikLukman]

umm... that's exactly what i'm doing

[@amirthalingam9771]

👋👋👋👋👋

[@sirlefuppe]

not useful for beginners, essential stuff is missing, and it is to fast for someone who never worked with AE

[@MM-oq1lb]

10000 likes

[@rashadhuseyn5624]

hi there i have few problem, when i convert to shape my layers color change to gray, see on this screenshot (prntscr.com/m02ji3)

[@ivanchudyk6129]

did you find the solution? I can help you

[@SidRandom]

Do you people not have mics?

[@6633hasan]

ternyata selama ini saya salah

[@dhiwantara8357]

me an intellectual creature and weebs use autosway

[@anang9136]

LOL

[@MattCassCook]

Very confusing tutorial. TALK man... TAAAALK!

[@gtfproductions6596]

He take the expression and put in Start and End points of the Bend It ( ele pegou aquela expressão [ toComp(value) ] e pôs no Start e no End do efeito Bend It da layer

[@maxhalley]

Who's the blonde???!