Animated Brush Strokes in After Effects

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A nice and easy video for beginners to After Effects. Here I'll show you how to create a custom animated brush in After Effects and animate it down a shape layer paths. If you've never used shape layers, paths or masks before this will be the tutorial for you.
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[@kushalsv]

ah shit never thought something like this was even possible! Insane! Thanks!

[@Michael_Tierney]

No worries at all. Glad I could help out :)

[@pnksmigge5324]

I've never seen a more controllable way to do this or similar effects, you are a crazy man, Michael. Be careful, we need you!

[@joellang2847]

hey love this tutorial, it honestly saved me because my ipad is broken! if you are someone who is looking for a shortcut, i would recommend using an ipad or phone with a drawing app. screen record, draw what you would like in white text with a black background, and stop the screen record. import it to your editing software and just use a lighten effect on it!

[@k4baneri27]

omg thank u so muchh!!

[@fadhliyunus]

HOW IN THE WORLD WOULD ANYBODY EVEN THOUGHT OF THIS??! GENIUS! Thanks Michael! Great job!

[@tariksonverdi9340]

How Should ı cahnge the brush color?

[@moirahornik5043]

Thanks Michael! Can’t believe how easy this stuff is when you explain it.

[@Michael_Tierney]

Thanks Moira! Always happy to break effects down into a nice simple tutorial :)

[@MrLindizzle]

This is the best tutorial I've watched for animating brush strokes. Thanks!

[@Michael_Tierney]

"Best tutorial"... Level up ha. Thanks, glad I could help :)

[@MM-oq1lb]

5 minutes of sweetness! Thank you!!!!

[@conchaid8197]

this is something i needed for my project!!! thank you a lot dude!!!

[@kamaur01]

Oldie but a goodie. I switched to doing that using particular because computers were not fast enough to handle that before. I can't say that it has gotten that much less processor-intensive.

[@MotionOndra]

This is ingenious! Thanks.

[@michalvician5435]

Perfect! Straight to the point. Thank you!

[@Michael_Tierney]

Thanks for stopping by :)

[@raquetamalvada]

That was CLEVER. Kudos to you.

[@BehradDavoudi]

great tutorial as always michael!!

[@Michael_Tierney]

Cheers Kyle, thanks for stopping by :)

[@serenamanganini1188]

awesome! thank you for sharing this!

[@iclonethefirst]

Great Video form your side. It shows simultaneously your skill and what AE is clearly lacking towards features ^^

[@badappledesignz]

Very Cool! Thank you.

[@sun.kitsch]

I was really lost at 2:40 and after ctrl+c you need to click position and ctrl+v he says paste but took me a while to understand he was saying paste.

[@whohelloworld]

30 min 😞 Thx bro

[@bjones4326]

Thank you!! Thought it just wasn't working!

[@filipecaldasmotion]

Great tutorial, thanks!

[@adorethecouture_official]

Hey! great video! looks like a brush!! how do you change the color of it????

[@Elementathens]

Brilliant!!!

[@casperholm700]

still awesome... now thinking.. Could I use they adjustment layer as a mask to reveal a underlying image to add the bristle effect to the edge of the reveal?

[@saemranian]

Great, Thanks for sharing.

[@leatherzeppelin_krystalserpent]

thank you so much!

[@ralphmoreau2768]

well done nice and quick

[@leksalovsen]

Thank you for your video!

[@Michael_Tierney]

Thank you for the view! :)

[@omblaythezvee88]

You’re the man !!!

[@casperholm700]

Pretty goddamn awesome... Now how can you change brush stroke color?

[@pitoalan]

I'd like to know that as well...

[@hansghrk]

Mine animates the same as the example, but when I add the echo it starts with the completed image and then slowly erases it in the motion I want it to come in as -- anyone know the problem?

[@dp3580]

Thanks!

[@hemantnarkhede3043]

Increase the decay and set the echo time to -0.003 and bam it will look even more realistic

[@audyafathia7307]

love it

[@tareklarine5260]

Fractal noise has never failed to impress me, and its elites secret lol

[@Michael_Tierney]

The first rule of Fractal club 🤫

[@naeunlee2259]

Brilliant.

[@starcraftnewbie2003]

amazing.

[@MikelKiriakos]

very cool trick

[@caisagrace]

this tutorial is amazing omg... i wish my computer could handle it 😭

[@undonevfx8089]

thanks you sir

[@abdalrhmanalfawaier2141]

I will publish this chancel, perfect bro

I want to do something like this as animation on my website, any idea how I could do this?? :)

[@chrissriss2184]

It is cool!

[@memesalad1822]

Thank you sir

[@Michael_Tierney]

Thanks for stopping by :)

[@nakulll]

Can anyone please let me know how to have the free transform handles for the strokes we create using the brush tool?

[@sujalshrestha4258]

Sir can you please make a brush stroke animation of the text Gorkhas

[@drewneujahr7897]

Thanks for the tutorial. My path is building off rather than writing on. Also what's the best way to apply this to a stand alone element. would you use this as a luma matte for a solid? Thanks.

[@redheadeded6853]

Having the same issue, not sure why it is wiping the shape rather than building it?

[@renejotas]

hey all you need to do is set the echo time to a reverse time: like -0,020

[@quarksvideo8683]

parfait in french! hihihi merci !

[@nanaemaximalist]

can you make a shape with a transparent fill?

[@dericsilva7681]

How would you do this on a video background that isn't a solid color?

[@niamhdonnelly5719]

Is there any way to make the brush stroke white?

[@brandoncheer8692]

after effects won't let me drag the brush comp into the timeline. is there a solution for this?

[@LimeArt09]

totally unrelated to what I'm looking for but this is very interesting

[@cessnabor]

The tutorial is god, but when brush finished painting path after 1 sec everything erased. How solve this problem?

[@johnalmighty]

What happens in the event we do not want it to echo out?

[@senseivity]

2:43 Brush - P . what next when the position was opened ?! why the points were placed automatically on what did you click?

[@senseivity]

Хех, смысл тогда снимать видео? Если нечего не понятно.

[@rehanfarooqui2071]

can we pretty please get a tutorial on that amazing intro

[@JakobWelker]

Hey, first of all thanks for the tutorial :) What do you recommend to stop the fractal effect at the end? I dont want the effect to reverse but to just stop when the letter is finished. I'd really appreciate an answer.

[@gregllo424]

YES DUDE! I was gonna comment the same thing! I need answers! lol

[@gregllo424]

According to the people in the comments, you gotta increase the amount of echoes! Hope it works!

[@JakobWelker]

@@gregllo424 Not really the way I want to. What I did now is to just frezze the last frame (create a still) and stretch that to the end.

[@lukasschuling2373]

@@JakobWelker I'm by no means an expert, but I'd double the entire thing, but instead of adding the fractal to the mask leave it a full circle. Key it to 0 Oopacity at the beginning, key it to whatever your final opacity was on the first layer and you'll have perfectly round finish to your line...

[@virtualchungus]

Can u Change the color of the stroke? Edit: NVM got it, just used Tint effect under fractal, Great vid :3

[@Jacolvi]

Thanks!

[@DrLiaraTSoni]

HAHAHA wow that was creative

[@hillarycarrigan]

Anyone have insight into why my shape animates-off? I'd like my letter to remain on-screen once it's been created, but after a moment it sort of erases itself (as if I was effecting "start" and "end" properties of a stroke, for example).

[@sevengoeke412]

I'm having the same issue! did you find the solution?

[@KelfranGt]

You need to increase the number of echoes so that it stays on the screen

[@mssonoma1]

*edit - I figured it out - increased the echo time (Seconds)!

[@hillarycarrigan]

@@KelfranGt Great, I'll give this a go. Thanks!

[@sheldonnorton7545]

frickin brilliant

[@Jacolvi]

somebody knows why it flickers??

[@esasans582]

after click cntrl + C what the next? :( i dont even understand

[@jaggeredsapien9618]

The rendering is taking a while but its awesome...

[@kereldavis]

I've tried this like 15 times alongside this video and I keep getting the same outcome, I could really use some help with this. It works fine all the way up until I add the echo. When I play it back, the stroke starts erasing itself from where it starts to its end until its completely disappeared. I haven't reduced any opacity or anything. Any solution for this?

[@KableTdi]

increase the echo number

[@GuilhermeScarpim]

This is "gambiarra" thanks

[@user-xs3hp3bl1r]

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[@tristanpersaud6735]

Excellent tutorial. Would expect nothing but the best from Yorkshire. Remember what they say, if it's not from Yorkshire, it's _ _ _ _ _.

[@Ceriummm]

Can you change the colour in any way?

[@Michael_Tierney]

Sure, just use the black and white as an alpha over a solid colour or use the Fill effect.

[@nevada_s]

my brush is not even moving 1 frame, I repeated it 13 times event copied steps

[@user-vq7lh1uq2i]

Клас

[@resinepatrimoine5793]

at 2:40 Do we have to guess?

[@tief1975]

💯

[@rawn9617]

how to change the colour?

[@JoshCarne]

Hey! If you go into the brush comp. Add a Fill to the solid layer and select whichever colour you like, then change the fill blending mode to screen/whichever one you like best :)

[@unluckyalt6664]

@@JoshCarne can I have two colors in the fill? I’m trying to make the vice city logo line and it requires white on pink

[@jasona377]

Add the tritone effect... most easy option.

[@sarahmichaud8365]

Somehow my brush stroke was backwards : P

[@BlackoutGamingChannel]

Sounds like you're a fellow Hullensian? :D

[@dennis5698]

Lur lur lur

[@user-nw1kd9zf8z]

that's a great tutorial, but my pc wasn't that happy about me watching it😅

[@chiefwahoo4547]

With an accent like yours, you need to name the main comp something else .

[@inloveartshop]

We are looking for an excellent part-time designer like you recently. The main content is to create die designs related to card making. Are you interested in joining us?

[@esasans582]

sorry i dont understand with your tutorial :(

[@ImParzelli]

Why do they make it so damn complicated..

[@lloydreed4721]

For a beginner its too quick and complicated

[@Panther-]

all this for a brush effect wtf,mannnn ae needs to get with the times

[@uxdeya7660]

I've never seen a more controllable way to do this or similar effects, you are a crazy man, Michael. Be careful, we need you!