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

[@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! :)

[@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

[@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]

yeah

[@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! :)

[@touringsynesthesia]

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

[@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! :)

[@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! :)

[@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! :)

[@mercedesrose6658]

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

[@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! :)

[@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. :)

[@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)

[@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! :)

[@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

[@ruhiandart7944]

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

[@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! :)

[@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!

[@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

[@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! 😄

[@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! :)

[@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! :)

[@misfittradesman3007]

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

[@bluerabbitbymira]

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

[@sockjoeart4606]

I honestly can't decide whether to use After Effects, Flash, or Premiere. I think I am going to go with After Effects as I like the how it is not vector based but I don't know which one is best for animating. What do you think?

[@jessejayjones]

+ItsJoeartANDRart They're all very different programs for very different uses! But you should definitely use what helps you tell your stories! Flash you can draw in, where Premiere and After Effects you have to import all of your images, that's the main difference! :)

[@sockjoeart4606]

Jesse J. Jones `Hmmm okay thanks for explaining!

[@jessejayjones]

ItsJoeartANDRart Anytime! :D

[@boombybimblebikbus]

It really depends on what form of animation you want to do. If you want to do hand drawn animation, definitely go for Flash. As for After Effects or Premiere, Premiere is for compiling all the footage you have into a final video, it is for editing the final video. There is only a limited number of effects you can use in Premiere. However, After Effects is not meant for editing a long video. AE (After FX) is meant for adding effects to clips, which can then be compiled into Premiere and edited and exported together to make the finished product. What is done in this video cannot be done in Premiere, but get Premiere and either Flash or After Effects for animation. Flash for hand drawn animation, and AE for keyframe based animation, like what Jesse is doing here. Hope I helped!

[@BIANCA12345699]

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

[@jessejayjones]

Thank you! :)

[@iamaladder4036]

I can't wait to start animating

[@jessejayjones]

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

[@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! :)

[@CharliesChannel101]

thanks so much, really helped starting a fun hobby

[@jessejayjones]

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

[@rohitkhati8267]

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

[@jessejayjones]

Glad it was helpful :)

[@hamzaqureshi3020]

A perfect animator thanks a lot JJJ.

[@Dj_Barlethh]

BEST TUTORIAL EVER FOR BEGINNERS

[@jiho1035]

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

[@harryk4469]

Thanks Jesse and Kiddoridler I did it 😊

[@jessejayjones]

+Harris Khan Yay! :D

[@Tom02official]

you have a great voice for this kind of thing!

[@jessejayjones]

+Tom02 Thank you! :)

[@markentube1813]

the best tutorial ever.

[@BaSickFirst]

Can we use another format other than QuickTime?

[@OCAQelvin]

11:51😁 singing ''little bit higher'' song

[@expedia4806]

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

[@jessejayjones]

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

[@Epic_MKW]

Great tutorial! Really informative and easy to understand.

[@jessejayjones]

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

[@hotpopcorncake]

Your my hero Jesse.

[@jessejayjones]

Thanks man.

[@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! :)

[@CascadiaParanormalAdventures]

Thanks a lot. Great tutorial

[@jessejayjones]

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

[@Hayaiko]

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

[@jessejayjones]

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

[@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!

[@panteganapantegana]

Excellent tutorial! Thank you!

[@jessejayjones]

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

[@ghoitoki27]

The best tutorial ever i seen

[@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

[@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?

[@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! :)

[@ConnorMcFarlane]

thanks so much. I can finally animate now!!

[@jessejayjones]

+HeroBibble Stop Motion I'm so glad to hear that! :D

[@ConnorMcFarlane]

Jesse J. Jones yeah, I think it's cool that you reply to all your comments, I try to do that too

[@arthikalexander316]

Jesse J. Jones when I import the images, the white background of each image covers the previous image, how to fix this?

[@ConnorMcFarlane]

you have to go into photoshop and make the background transparent using the lasso or magic wand tool. I would reccomend the magic wand tool

[@arthikalexander316]

HB Stop Motion thank you so much :) greatly appreciated

[@PokemonGo-uo6gn]

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! :)

[@chamindavithanage]

Thank you very much....

[@gravityoftheearth358]

Perfect explanation for a beginner like me

[@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

[@Ahmedmtantawy]

this was really helpful, thanks a lot man

[@jessejayjones]

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

[@lou-xq1ic]

This Was Very *HelpFull* :3!!

[@jessejayjones]

+Jordan.Antidote o ᗜ o Glad to hear it! :)

[@komatkamit7183]

Good Tutorial, Love this video :)

[@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

[@akvisuals_]

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

[@doom5895]

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

[@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. :)

[@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!

[@JamDecks]

I thought all this time I need a third party plug in to animate joints.

[@samudraputra3784]

this video is important and grateful to movie

[@jessejayjones]

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

[@dr.stevetstanko3093]

i rarely sub people but i guess you deserve it .. have a good day . thanx buddy

[@baconatorrock1349]

Best tut ever

[@jessejayjones]

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

[@valeriewilliams1575]

could you use paint? or is that something too basic, sorry I'm a noob with this.

[@jessejayjones]

+valerie williams You could, but I would recommend Krita which is free and can use transparency. :)

[@maxgorden499]

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

[@jessejayjones]

+Zach Jordan Welcome! And yes, lol.

[@leonsaul9067]

Thank you !!! Your tutorial is Exellent :D

[@jessejayjones]

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

[@ulatbulu8673]

I LOVE IT!!! THNKS YOU!!

[@jessejayjones]

+Mbak Tube Welcome! :)

[@ohbruh1477]

Once I click new composition, it doesn't give me that transparent background. Am I missing something?

[@jessejayjones]

That's an option you can click on, under the preview panel there's a checkered box you click to turn it on. :)

[@ohbruh1477]

Jesse J. Jones Thank you!

[@jessejayjones]

You're welcome! :)

[@P-P-Panda]

Which is the best to start with? After Effects,Flash,Toon Boom,(other)? I'm currently just making little animations on my iPad and I want to expand in the future to a better program.

[@jessejayjones]

+Sugar Waffle Depends what you want to do, they all a great for different purposes. :) Flash/Animate is prolly the easiest to start with.

[@P-P-Panda]

Okay! Thank you so much. Awesome videos btw.

[@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

[@yokiskeleton2410]

great lesson! thanks for tutorial a lot.

[@jessejayjones]

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

[@Sheriff-Karstonian]

Can you change the stage to different colors for one video?

[@Sheriff-Karstonian]

+TheKarstonian Nevermind, a rectangle layered one below of the text solved that right up! I really enjoy your videos and when I get my first one up on my channel I will be sure to let you know, you have taught me MUCH!!!

[@jessejayjones]

+TheKarstonian I'm so glad to hear that man! I can't wait to see what you come up with!! :)

[@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!

[@dogkun20]

very good tutorial! thanks!

[@jessejayjones]

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

[@KnightAssassin]

Help at 1:46 his background is transparent but mine isent

[@jessejayjones]

+HDvortex Press the checkerboard button under the preview window. :)

[@franfinesim]

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

[@kazuko8102]

is it different in the 2021 version?

[@simplychocoart7978]

Yes.

[@z0i9]

Hey Jesse! I'm new to this channel and animation in general. What is your favorite software for animating? What software do you recommend for simple, barely moving talking characters? I don't really want to delve too deep into animation. All I really want is the ability to make a simple character that I can use as a puppet for videos, and the ability to animate simple cute stuff for my girlfriend. Thanks!

[@jessejayjones]

+Andrés López Welcome! I personally prefer Toon Boom way more than Flash, but Flash is great for hobbyists. :)

[@VanSamDo]

thanks man!

[@jessejayjones]

+Van Sam Do Welcome! :)

[@ahmedmattar2043]

Thank you ! Mattarinooo

[@jessejayjones]

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

[@DarthTribal]

How would you do this if the 'character' you had was in a tribal design? I've tried it but it keeps moving things separately to other parts, even thought they're the same image.

[@jessejayjones]

You need to parent parts to the layers they're supposed to be attached to. So for example, parent a shoulder pad to the arm!

[@DarthTribal]

But it's all one layer. How do I do that?

[@jessejayjones]

If it's all on the same layer, it shouldn't be able to move separately. Not sure what the issue would be.

[@DarthTribal]

Jesse J. Jones It's because it's me. These weird in-explainable things always come my way lol.

[@jessejayjones]

+Darth Tribal Well if you figure it out, let me know so we can help anyone else that experiences the same issue! :) Cheers!

[@mohammadmizanurrahmanshoji9211]

its awesome brother

[@jessejayjones]

Glad to hear it! :)

[@Limathebean]

THIS IS SO HELPFUL!

[@NishantKumar-oo8ii]

Awesomeeeeeee Sir thanks a lot

[@jessejayjones]

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

[@ClearVod]

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

[@CT02]

this is amazing

[@jessejayjones]

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

[@yaky1238]

Great vid

[@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! :)

[@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! :)

[@marriettg.7404]

i actaully learned something :D thanks youssss

[@Fwiller]

Very helpful! Thanks :)

[@jessejayjones]

Hey! Thank you so much man! :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

[@GAMER-ln2xe]

you cool bro your work amazing

[@GrundersmashGFXGaming]

are after effect or flash best to animate??

[@jessejayjones]

+Grundersmash GFX//Gaming! It depends! They're both very different programs. After Effects is better for motion graphics, special effects, and general video editing. Whereas Flash (soon to be Adobe Animate) is better for hand-drawn animation! :)

[@GrundersmashGFXGaming]

Thx!

[@harmonicposting]

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

[@jessejayjones]

+ʟᴏʟᴅᴀᴡɴツ Thank you! :)