After Effects Tutorial Beginner CS6/CC | How To Make a Cartoon Animation

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In this Adobe After Effects CC tutorial for beginners, you will learn how to use After Effects animation, and make your own cartoon! Export your cartoon to share on KZbin or Facebook! :)
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[@TeeKayBee]

This is one of the best detailed tutorials ever.

[@jessejayjones]

+Psychosis Gaming Thank you! :)

[@TeeKayBee]

Jesse J. Jones no problem :D

[@waynereineke2658]

I having been using After Effects for a while now and am average with it. I am always interested in learning new things with it, and came across your tutorial. This was hands down a great tutorial. Nothing left to want. Simple, concise, educational...you really should consider doing more, or teaching this type of thing if you already don't. Well done!

[@jessejayjones]

+Wayne Reineke (Sixfishdesign) Thank you so much for the kind words! After Effects is one of my favorite animation programs, I always love learning new things with it! :)

[@valeriaaliaga9051]

This is the first time I watched such a clear and easy to understand tutorial for animation :D Thanks a lot! It really was helpful for a newbie like me ^^

[@jessejayjones]

+Valeria Aliaga (Taurine SaiyanGirlHeart) Thank you! I'm glad to hear that! :)

[@ExtranomicalGaming]

I can't tell you how many videos i've watched that you just crammed into 1 + even more information Most detailed and easiest tutorial i've found. Thanks!

[@jessejayjones]

+DakotaOP Thank you so much! In glad this was helpful to you! :)

[@SpikeycakeV]

You're amazing Jesse! I love how you show everything in detail. xoxo

[@jessejayjones]

+Veda Kozma Thank you so much! That means a lot to me. :)

[@mycupcakehustle]

You have the perfect tutorial voice. so easy to follow.

[@jessejayjones]

+akeara williams Thank you so much! :)

[@CreativePetKeeping]

+Keara Suckra Omg..I was thinking the same thing... his voice is so friendly and nice

[@mycupcakehustle]

haha yes. i wish i had the ability to not sound like a squeaky mouse lol

[@keshowu6011]

I was struggling on animating and there I find this video! This was so helpful and I can finish my school projects now ^^ Thank you so much

[@touringsynesthesia]

I'm only 5 minutes in and I've already learned so much. Great clear tutorial.

[@mercedesrose6658]

I have a final project in my animation class and this is going to save my life!! Thank you!

[@misfittradesman3007]

This is the tutorial I've been looking for! Many thanks, Sir

[@neimos6891]

Just wanted to point out that you have a happy jolly voice which makes it very entertaining to learn! yay. thanks for the tutorial btw ;)

[@jessejayjones]

+Neimos Haha, thanks. I'm glad it helped! :)

[@hegrollhaylie9141]

Thank the lord you exist all the other tutorials are confuseing...i have a hand-me-down computar from my mom who dose graphic design so i have a bunch of Adobe things so....im learning to use them, thanks! 😄

[@hardiklakhalani6268]

I like that line "Even If You Never Opened the Program Before!" It gives so much relief.

[@jessejayjones]

+Hardik Lakhalani Thank you, I'm glad to hear that! :)

[@hamzaqureshi3020]

A perfect animator thanks a lot JJJ.

[@ruhiandart7944]

watched several tutorials on yt but i just get more confused. luckily i found this ! this is what i really need. thanks ^^

[@jaredwong773]

Thank you so much!!!! I only had 7 days to use the trial!!!!! You helped so muchh!!!!! I finished what my teacher commanded me to do!!!!! THANK YOUUUU GREAT TUTORIAL!!!!!! I SUBBED!!!!!!

[@jessejayjones]

+Nightmarez Gaming You're welcome! Thank you for the support! :)

[@daankroonen6260]

Thank you so much this helped me getting thro the basics and i start learning the program better now. This was an realy great animation tutorial, Keep up the good work ;)

[@jessejayjones]

+Daan Kroonen I'm so glad to hear that! After Effects is one of my favorite programs to play around in! :)

[@Limathebean]

THIS IS SO HELPFUL!

[@misinformed222]

I feel like this video could have been a bit more detailed on why it took me so long to find you. Top notch video.

[@jessejayjones]

+misinformed222 Thank you! :)

[@sketcheadfilms]

Do you teach classes? I feel like you'd be a natural at it.

[@jessejayjones]

+Sketchead Thanks! I teach workshops and some tutoring when I can! :)

[@jessejayjones]

It's from The Animators Survival Kit by Richard Williams. A book every animator should have! :)

[@fansgame3266]

+Jesse J. Jones your sound makes me understand for study

[@azzloo789]

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[@Dj_Barlethh]

BEST TUTORIAL EVER FOR BEGINNERS

[@ghoitoki27]

The best tutorial ever i seen

[@expedia4806]

Thx Jesse it wuz a helpful vid . I'm glad u post it

[@jessejayjones]

+Top Amazing That's great to hear! :D

[@komatkamit7183]

Good Tutorial, Love this video :)

[@EmEffingBi]

very helpful thank you and my brain easily welcomes your friendly voice as it delivers instructions sir.

[@jessejayjones]

+ingrid baez Glad to hear it! Thank you! :)

[@CharliesChannel101]

thanks so much, really helped starting a fun hobby

[@jessejayjones]

So glad to hear it!! I love animating! :D

[@Epic_MKW]

Great tutorial! Really informative and easy to understand.

[@jessejayjones]

+Epic0007224 Thanks, I'm glad to hear that! :)

[@jiho1035]

Your explain is very good for listening and know it 🥰🥰💯🙏 finally I got great teacher 😁

[@Hayaiko]

Thank you so much for this! It was so easy to understand! :)

[@jessejayjones]

+K-Seki I'm glad to hear it! :)

[@SilverShinepony]

I love key framing in AE , tweening is awesome and also color corrections are amazing. But I´ve used it to animate since 3 Years.... for more complex animations don´t use it. But for beginning it´s great

[@jessejayjones]

For sure! I like using all sorts of different animation programs and techniques! :)

[@panteganapantegana]

Excellent tutorial! Thank you!

[@jessejayjones]

+panteganapantegana You're welcome! Glad it helped! :)

[@rohitkhati8267]

best video i ever watch thank you for making this video very helpful

[@jessejayjones]

Glad it was helpful :)

[@dogkun20]

very good tutorial! thanks!

[@jessejayjones]

+Aya Yanagisawa Thank you so much! I'm glad it was helpful! :)

[@bluerabbitbymira]

Jesse ~! Thanks so much~! great tutorial. learned a lot from you . thank you♡

[@leonsaul9067]

Thank you !!! Your tutorial is Exellent :D

[@jessejayjones]

+VALfilms You're welcome! I'm glad it was helpful! :D

[@BIANCA12345699]

J. J. J. you are the best adobe tutorial and not only KZbinr E-V-E-R! Epic!!!

[@jessejayjones]

Thank you! :)

[@hotpopcorncake]

Your my hero Jesse.

[@jessejayjones]

Thanks man.

[@iamaladder4036]

I can't wait to start animating

[@jessejayjones]

+I am a Ladder Can't wait to see what you come up with! :D

[@amirharodi3822]

wow! great tutorial. learned a lot. thank you!

[@jessejayjones]

Glad to hear it! :)

[@Ahmedmtantawy]

this was really helpful, thanks a lot man

[@jessejayjones]

+Ahmed Tantawy I'm so glad to hear it! Thank you! :D

[@Muskid_Designed]

You are good, I love the toturial

[@priden1544]

Amazing tutorial. A step by step tutorial to where as I can learn if I should left click or right click XD. No joke I keep getting confused in a fast, informative tutorial. Like Alan Becker's. And you actually talk to your subscribers. All comments have your reply

[@jessejayjones]

+Richard Kirito I try to help as much as I can. :) Please let me know if you have any questions!

[@Tom02official]

you have a great voice for this kind of thing!

[@jessejayjones]

+Tom02 Thank you! :)

[@yaky1238]

Great vid

[@markentube1813]

the best tutorial ever.

[@AirOctivParanormal]

Thanks a lot. Great tutorial

[@jessejayjones]

+Esoteric Wanderer Thank you so much! I'm glad it was helpful! :)

[@marriettg.7404]

i actaully learned something :D thanks youssss

[@lou-xq1ic]

This Was Very *HelpFull* :3!!

[@jessejayjones]

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[@RamirezElky]

This was an AMAZING tutorial!!!!! thank you thank you thank you soooo much!!!

[@jessejayjones]

+Creky Panda You're welcome! Glad it was helpful! :)

[@RamirezElky]

Jesse J. Jones You have no idea, just by this one tutorial I've been so inspired to animate that I've already worked on around 3 proyects! :D

[@dr.stevetstanko3093]

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[@mohammadmizanurrahmanshoji9211]

its awesome brother

[@jessejayjones]

Glad to hear it! :)

[@ulatbulu8673]

I LOVE IT!!! THNKS YOU!!

[@jessejayjones]

+Mbak Tube Welcome! :)

[@Fwiller]

Very helpful! Thanks :)

[@jessejayjones]

Hey! Thank you so much man! :D

[@CT02]

this is amazing

[@jessejayjones]

+Charlotte Pix Thanks! I love After Effects. :D

[@yokiskeleton2410]

great lesson! thanks for tutorial a lot.

[@jessejayjones]

+Yoki Skeleton You're welcome! Glad it was helpful. :)

[@harmonicposting]

This is silly and amazing :P Good job on this useful tut!

[@jessejayjones]

+ʟᴏʟᴅᴀᴡɴツ Thank you! :)

[@adhamahmed3770]

You should have like a million subscribers! your really helpful polite and help a lot out for people like me the want to animate!

[@jessejayjones]

+MeMe Dude Thanks so much! :)

[@gravityoftheearth358]

Perfect explanation for a beginner like me

[@baconatorrock1349]

Best tut ever

[@jessejayjones]

+Baconator Rock Thank you! I'm glad it helped! :)

[@chamindavithanage]

Thank you very much....

[@draconic1922]

Wherever I go to watch tutorials for animation most of them say hey you need to get animators survival kit and now I guess I am buying it after all

[@NishantKumar-oo8ii]

Awesomeeeeeee Sir thanks a lot

[@jessejayjones]

+Nishant Kumar You're welcome! I'm glad it was helpful! :D

[@RezaJafari1984]

You are a genius

[@harryk4469]

Thanks Jesse and Kiddoridler I did it 😊

[@jessejayjones]

+Harris Khan Yay! :D

[@felidawn]

Hiya, so Im having a pretty big problem that I can really figure out how to fix. Every time I import the files of my drawings, they are way more pixelated then what the PNG file actually looks like. Both my project and files are done on 1920 by 1080 canvases. Am I doing something wrong?

[@a.g7116]

much hanks bro

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I lov eu so much u just made me pass middle school thx so much bro

[@jessejayjones]

+XxElitesnipeboy Haha, that's great! You're welcome! :)

[@xvcbfbdj3595]

I could create a stick figure walking, then update my drawings and create a cartoon character in place of the stick figure?

[@jessejayjones]

Correct! :)

[@doom5895]

S. McCullough you could also use styks for that (pivot animation program)

[@clayainslie3359]

So each layer have like a dotted outline right? It shows you where the layer ends. Like every time you select a new layer you get a box, that box is the layer and you can stretch and scale right? well how do i turn off show all of them at once? because I have about 6 boxes showing at once and its hard to focus on one layer with all these gray lines everywhere

[@jessejayjones]

+Clay Ainslie You could lock the layers you don't want to transform. That's what I would suggest! :)

[@GingerbreadPlayer]

I want to start animating, so I subscribed so I don't forget Ur channel

[@jessejayjones]

+Gingerbread Player Thank you so much for the support! :D

[@BaSickFirst]

Can we use another format other than QuickTime?

[@Rightpropertypk]

i need little help after duplicate layer i can't give them sequence i follow your all step but can't create sequence of the layer

[@VanSamDo]

thanks man!

[@jessejayjones]

+Van Sam Do Welcome! :)

[@akvisuals_]

some reason when i try to change the rotation point it movies the whole layer that i chose.... any help with that

[@ahmedmattar2043]

Thank you ! Mattarinooo

[@jessejayjones]

+Ahmed Mattar Hey! Glad it was helpful to you! :D

[@doom5895]

Is there other things you can do with after affects for animation?

[@binhletran546]

Love u so much 😘😘😘

[@ClearVod]

whenever i watch the animation after dragging the pin it just moves up and down slowly help?

[@GAMER-ln2xe]

you cool bro your work amazing

[@franfinesim]

how do you upload those layers? AE always uploads the file as merged layers

[@samudraputra3784]

this video is important and grateful to movie

[@jessejayjones]

+Yudha 18 Thank you! I'm glad to hear that! :)

[@stephaniebear218]

I'm on 13 minutes and when I try to copy the keyframes... it affects the previous one. it's when we are going to the fifth... what am I doing wrong?

[@ngawai8672]

thank brother

[@jessejayjones]

+မူး မူးေလး Welcome! :)

[@johnhenry15]

amazing video man! does the puppet pin system work on characters abit more defined or does it only work for stick figures?

[@jessejayjones]

+John Henry Yup! It will work with any character art you want, or even photos! :D

[@johnhenry15]

Jesse J. Jones Superb!

[@robertleefardoe]

i followed the video exactly, of how to set up the parameters for a new composition, but my background is black - instead of this white/ grey checkered background. can anyone help?

[@jessejayjones]

+Bob Smith There's a checkered button under the preview window that will turn transparency to a checkered background. :)

[@Vlbhk91]

how do you have a png to 4 images? I only have 1 png to 1 image

[@lucy_the_cat6207]

I have a question: does flash have bone rig? If so could you do a video about it?

[@jessejayjones]

+Lucy_The_Cat Anim8's It does, but the bone tool in Flash is terrible! Draw With Jazza has a video about it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoGwmIqJnMmshZY to help you out! :)

[@georgeharrison8413]

I know this doesn't matter, but what type of windows/os are you using?(I use Windows 10)I noticed that buttons kinda looked different.

[@jessejayjones]

I use Windows 7 with the graphics turned down for performance. :)

[@rainbowskittle5596]

I might have messed something up but I can't find H.264 in "Video Codec" on QuickTime Options. I use CC 2017 though, so that might be why? In which case, what do I pick instead?

[@jessejayjones]

+Rainbow Skittle Do you have QuickTime installed?

[@rainbowskittle5596]

Jesse J. Jones i dont. i can try that. thanks!! very useful video btw! :D

[@maxgorden499]

:D Thanks! did you disable themes to help with performance?

[@jessejayjones]

+Zach Jordan Welcome! And yes, lol.

[@swiftlyswan]

i'm sorry if you've mentioned this before but is there a way of animating to a sound file on after effects? like if i were to make an animated music video (i'm a beginner so not yet) would i be able to animate with the song behind it ?

[@jessejayjones]

Yup! Use File>Import to bring in your sound, and add it to the timeline! Then you can hold CTRL and drag your playhead to hear the sound.

[@swiftlyswan]

that's great thank you! your tutorial is really helpful!

[@facelessman8128]

I just came up with a very random idea, but I'm unsure if that's possible. So my question is, can I give my stick figure (when I've made one) a viking helmet and sword? I'd also like to add the question if it's possible to make him say "Charge!" or some other "cool" phrase?

[@jessejayjones]

+KhalDryWit Producties Haha, sure! You can absolutely do those things! :D

[@samudraputra3784]

and very helpful

[@arvyngnine837]

whoa

[@arifkuyucu]

Thanks for tutorials. I can't follow the mouse movementm. Usually very fast. Can you slow down at critical points. Sometimes I also dumber :)

[@jessejayjones]

+Arif Kuyucu Sure, I'll be sure to try to keep that in mind for future tutorials! :)

[@Bearial99]

Awesome video! What type of animation do you mainly focus on?

[@jessejayjones]

+Thegamingpup Official Thank you!! I mostly do 2D frame by frame animation in Toon Boom! :)

[@Bearial99]

cool!

[@ghoitoki27]

Hello my name is FE2 maptest playz, I'm about to talk that how did you get that After Effect CS6. Thank You!

[@arthikalexander316]

+Jesse J. Jones when I import the images, the white background of each image covers the one below it, how do I fix this?

[@jessejayjones]

You need to save it as .png's with transparent backgrounds.

[@arthikalexander316]

Jesse J. Jones thanx man.. Really helped me out... Really useful tutorial :) actually learnt everything you tried to teach and I already feel more confident about trying out animation

[@jessejayjones]

Thank you! I'm really glad to hear that. :)

[@JellyfishBones]

I'm looking forward to watching more of you Vids hopefully it works out for me I'm trying to make a small animation for our channel intro with jelly fish

[@jessejayjones]

Awesome!! I'm glad you like them. Good luck with your animation! :D

[@seebasedcng]

whenever I start trying to animate and set key frames, only the legs move. I am editing the position of the arms the same way, but for some reason they stay the same in every frame. Any tips?

[@jessejayjones]

It sounds like the stopwatch isn't enabled on the arms layer? That'd be my guess