After Effects: Top 10 Things You Should Know How To Create

It’s the beginning of the new year and if it’s your new years resolution to learn how to use Adobe After Effects, you came to the right place! In this top 10 countdown, we will talk about the things you should know how to create in After Effects. After Effects is a great tool for marketers, video producers, or anyone who is looking to advance in the field of business. The adobe suite allows you to be able to create anything you can imagine and promote yourself locally or on the web. Knowing how to use software like After Effects can give you the the competitive edge in your market.
To do great work inside of After Effects it's important to be able to create several of the following motion graphic techniques:
• The Ken Burns Effect to create interesting photo montages.
• Design and animate title sequences.
• Kinetic Typography to use as a visual reference for voice over.
• Animate logos for intros and outros.
• Design and animate infographics for statistics.
• Color correction and color grading footage.
• Be able to export transparent graphics for your video.
• Create Lower Thirds for your info videos.
• Have a some understanding of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Understand After Effects enough to be able to use templates.
If you are a beginner in After Effects, this video will help you understand what to focus on.
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[@FourmyMediaGroup]

hahaha 2:16 "percentage of aliens that like circle graphs... Andrew Kramer" Love it 😂😂😂

[@RITgaming]

Love all your videos man, very very helpful.

[@gonephoton531]

Love your videos for clarity and knowledge saturation. Thank you!

[@miguel.jimenez]

Thank you so much, love your content!

[@planetkhaos3105]

Exactly what I needed. I'm going to put my demo video together and needed a list of must-know effects. Perfect.

[@zaveer297]

Please make a tutorial on how to make some complex animations!

[@farhadghaseri797]

great and alluring...thanks for sharing

[@imhoteparchitect1787]

I want to thank you so much for this, I'm an advanced user of PS and illustrator that made me appreciate the on point video you made about the highlights of the main advantage of the After Effects in a nutshell; which is rare to find for ppl to know where to start. I wish that you could do the same for Premiere pro also

[@melodylin5058]

thanks i was looking for this

[@alexakira1405]

TY , so very helpful!

[@dejavu4764]

Thanks so much brother

[@justsmile355]

Thanks for sharing sir.... very helpful.

[@facu_eze_peralta]

Nice tips man :D love them, so i have a question do you have a tutorial for kinect tipografhy?

[@DELTAGRAFICS]

thanks for the nice tips it was very helpful

[@ivannsmd]

very useful tutorials! thanks for your help! 😃

[@endgame009]

your tutorial helped me pass my broadcast graphics class. you are awesome and thanks for the list

[@groovydoo]

Thank you so much!!!

[@IljaAksjonov]

Good job. Thanks for information!

[@JacksonLove]

Thank you!!!

[@lovetolearn2749]

Helpful:)

[@YourThink]

Which AE plugin is used by channel name the infographic show, please can you tell me how to make video like they make. ???

[@boncourageasmr6904]

Hi! i love your tut videos :) where do you usually get background music from?

[@piggle1941]

thanks for the advice :)

[@taffboyslim]

Thanks so much for the 'Transparent Video' tip, and I will want to make some nice animated titles for my work, so I'll check out some tutorials

[@sevsabril]

Wowww!

[@MustWorkWeekends]

subscribed after watching just two videos. first rate stuff!

[@fredericptoussaint]

Excellent

[@allspark2013]

This great, thanks! Do you have a tutorial for creating transparent video?

[@krisfire]

allspark2013 if you have a blank layer already just export to the .MOV filr.

[@PatrikRasch]

Awesome

[@BerishaFatian]

Can you do a video of what to know in Photshop??

[@kawsarahmmedchandon1462]

Thanks ...I have to say I have learned a lot from your channel...Be blessed brother

[@bwworld4608]

Nice stuff.

[@hamedalwafi8717]

Hey bro amazing advices (: just wanna ask u a question! How much do u make from AE....😬?

[@agentm626]

I love that intro, lol!

[@A.Nel2684]

I agree with this list 1000%

[@anthonyjames4265]

Love the intro🤣

[@mathieul4303]

That's all I want to know :)

[@m.mohsin2036]

Which version you use the after effects

[@jenninexus]

Great tut as always :55 tho wtf? lol 😂

[@user-nm1lf6wj3z]

How did you do the sunduck animation in this video?

[@jamesyu1093]

What is the music at the beginning of your videos?

[@SirCheeseKnight]

I think that knowing how to use stock footage inside after effects is a pretty useful thing. Especially if you want to make an action film and don't want to create the explosions, fire and muzzle flashes yourself.

[@EchoLightEntertainment]

LUTS, LENS FLARES AND EXPLOSIONS!!!!!

[@hahyyt473]

Why do I love 😘😘😘

[@TheVeganButcher]

great

[@CMgraffix]

cool

[@OctavioVillegas]

Tutorials indeed!

[@schecterdamien7]

dude! you have such a great videos! thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, I've learned a lot watching your tutorials... the only thing I'd say is that... man! you need to speak a little bit slower lol there's a lot of damn good things your sharing but... you know... lol the rest it's ok

[@sebastianmaggio9657]

100% agree bro, but you forgot. just one, and those are, Amazing Pluggins, like optical flares, twixtor,etc , ty for the video. :)

[@asadullah1155]

Nice. can you make a tutorial about 2d animation followed by script.

[@NotAverageAfro]

Do people actuall grade in After effects, like professionally? I use Resolve but I don't mind putting in the time to learn how to do it in After effects to avoid the whole XML faff

[@rebane2001]

Animating and easing?

[@DEFACTO9]

10/10 round-up. info.. no bloat or self interest.Theres a lesson here folks.

[@ravikashalkar]

Please make another update for 2018 AE

[@alans056]

I'm curious about the last tip, knowing how to use templates. How do professionnal Motion Graphics artists think of this ? Do pros also use templates ? Or is it frowned upon in the industry ?

[@SonduckFilm]

I look at it this way. If you have to turn a job around fairly quick and a template is very close to the final result your client/boss wants, then go for it. At the end of the day, your trying to make your client happy and sometimes being economical about time and money is the way to go. Most of the time this is a doable solution.

[@alans056]

I see, thanks. And you would bill the client the price of the template ?

[@SonduckFilm]

Depends. If they requested it, then yes. If it's a lower budget job, then maybe. If they are paying for my desired rates, then no. It's really up to how you want to run your business.

Do you ever get clients online as a freelancer? Could you give tips on that?

[@clemj7928]

templates are fine as long as you tweak them enough so they don't look the same as other people's templates

[@guitargenuis100]

Amazing, amazing, amazing, tutorials! I teach a film class and when I want to dabble in AE I often send my class to your channel. Very well put together, and easy to understand. Thank you for the time spent on all of these and PLEASE continue to keep up the excellent work!

[@SonduckFilm]

Thank you! I'm honored that you show my videos in your class. I'll do my best to post quality videos in the future.

[@EddyDucreoMusic]

tHANKS GUYS. THIS IS HELPFUL FOR ME. sORRY FOR THE CAPS--IM RENDERING HAHAHA AND TOO LAZY TO REMOVE CAPS. :)

[@felipeedoardo]

Only I noticed Ken’s Burn?

[@chandru_sh]

Thank you.. :-) I think you forgot how to use Mattes or (and) Masks ...

[@kaishadowninja5989]

What we've missed? You!

[@hahyyt473]

He is extremely great

[@mukuljain6394]

dude ur work is awesome! just get urself a verified sign so that ppl will consider u more and u will get plenty more views! u have enough subscriber to get one! atb keep up the good work! :)

[@JustJeyPlays]

This Moment when you think you know quite alot about AfterEffects, then you see this Video and feel like your new to the Software....

[@benja5797]

Andrew Kramer! hahahaha... he's actually one of them

[@andresbarajas5851]

....make sure Output Color set to Straight not Premultiplied when rendering with alphas, especially if you have soft edges....Premultiplied (matted) smashes everything on top of a black background before cutting out an alpha, which will make soft light-colored edges grey and muddy....ironically Straight "premultiplies" only the colors present in the graphics creating weird banned halos around all soft edges that will ultimately look pure and clean once the alpha is applied.

[@FinalHarps]

Very helpful thank you. Now I know what I need to learn as an beginner

[@clickhitz]

how much dose someone make if doing adobe type of jobs full time make,?

[@platinumpineapple9943]

Gustavo l pick a better job

[@dr.review6442]

What, Andrew Kramer is an alien, this explains why he makes so beutiful and goog films

[@BerishaFatian]

I think slideshows are just important as logo animations

[@Thoughts2High]

Am I the only one who tries to re-invent the wheel every time? x-)

[@izvumi]

does it costs money?

[@TrapTribeTT]

nice quick video can i request a tutorial anf if yes then how

[@SonduckFilm]

I do requested tutorial every now and then. Just comment and I'll read it.

[@TrapTribeTT]

SonduckFilm ok sir thx for the reply

[@BlueBatRay2]

Rotoscoping?

[@Trist10TheChristian]

That's a premiere feature...

[@tiaan_va]

Ummm... Are you nuts??? If premiere was meant for rotoscoping god help us all.. The only time you roto in Premiere is if you are stuck somewhere in the middle of nowhere without an internet connection and only have Premiere on you machine as a last resort

[@Trist10TheChristian]

Tiaan van Aardt they work literally the exact same

[@tiaan_va]

CLEARLY you have never used after effects before. AE has a LOT more functionality in regards to rotoscoping than premiere will ever have. In Premiere it is too track effects to footage in a rough manner, AE is a fully fledged compositing program made for things like roto. Don't go about making retarded statements if you don't know what you are talking about.

[@Trist10TheChristian]

Tiaan van Aardt wanna see my reel? Hahahahaha

[@malikfarchach5673]

Are you my brother that you place on the Arabic translation of videos to benefit more For reference only KZbin allows you to translate your words automatically Thank you anyway

[@shushilasharma6997]

graph editor...

[@socproductionsofficialtv1]

next time add the 1-10 order in the description with link for faster search.thank you

[@parbinkumar007]

#Need_Big_Hlp 1st, How to mack chennal logo?? 2nd, How to mack intro video for youtube??

[@goputrooper4474]

I can make you one.

[@parbinkumar007]

Gopu Trooper hlp me to learn...

[@goputrooper4474]

I don't do tutorials, sorry. But I can make you one.

[@Triannosaurus]

how did color correcting and motion tracking get lumped together as number 5? lmao

[@timo4744]

hi

[@NeeNiekVG]

i dont know any of these i just downloaded after effects

[@kskashi]

#RBBG

[@WanJieMing]

Number One : You don't need to BUY them. You can find some free websites like shareae

[@RyeCA]

Do you have a new microphone or are you sick? you sound different :O

[@SonduckFilm]

I think I was closer to my mic than usual. I'm fine! :)

[@RyeCA]

SonduckFilm Ok, good! Maybe it was just me. happy new year :)

[@markschorah3847]

Just tried to log-on your website .. got a warning ... 'The owner of www.sonduckfilm.com has configured their website improperly. '

[@rememberme5968]

Very fast

[@SharedMasterxD]

dude where u study all this things? or maybe u learn self-taught?

[@SonduckFilm]

Self taught and online tutorials.

[@abdelwahdlaatiba8197]

you are talking too fast you should slow down

[@gergototh2012]

cliche, banality, platitude

[@iammedusa2734]

I’m not buying a damn thing