Diverging Paths - Adobe After Effects tutorial

[@AndyEngelkemier]

YES, Overloard! I can't believe I didn't know about that for too long. Such a time saver.

[@ECAbrams]

It's a winner. Saves me so much time.

[@elvisschmoulianoff768]

You sir, are a bloody legend! These are some of the absolute best tutorials I've ever come across, THANK YOU SO MUCH for making them! Not only are they really well constructed and easy to follow along, you're also an absolute delight to learn from. In all my years of learning to create with Adobe I've never found anyone else who makes me smile this much while learning what I can do with all the mystical treats these programs have on offer. Thank you for doing a bloody excellent job at being you and for taking the time to share your fabulous brain box x

[@bigfootry]

"... pickwhip holding down shift so all the properties get zeroed out..." Life.Changed.

[@EverlastingEclipses]

its esepcially important shortcut when you are 3d tracking a lot of shit in 3d space.. its very useful

[@dagrial]

x2

[@hanzlagonewild]

Really helpful hahaha

[@taniquahook168]

100%. Lost my shit when it worked XD

[@taylorking7135]

Was already subscribed, but this tutorial is THE ONE. Unbelievable how difficult this is in AE

[@paulalamkins]

Evan, you must have been INSIDE MY HEAD because it was just yesterday I was considering how I would accomplish this very thing... the answer is so simple - a single very long or very tall comp. Thanks for saving me many headaches!

[@ECAbrams]

You're very welcome. If this channel can prevent even one headache than mission accomplished.

[@sonu-d6e]

Garrett Evans Wow thank you Garrett, you've made my day!

[@nadiareyes1479]

Actually works.. Just disable the real time protection in Setting. Wasnt sure that it would work .Awesome bruh..

[@webili]

Your Tutorials are Exceptional! I appreciate the knowledge you've shared :D

[@andreafranco6857]

Your tutorials are always some of the best out there! You explain things in the best possible way. Thanks man!

[@nicoleturc]

You're my all time reference ! Thanks for all !

[@ECAbrams]

Thank you very much.

[@giellelenardvillajuan8273]

This works. Recommended to try this out. Thanks a lot for your help

[@matias_espinosa]

Please cover the other method as well! Fantastic tutorials, my dude. Thank you!

[@ir34p3ri5]

idk how you even draw the paths so nicely

[@ECAbrams]

Grids, guides, and holding shift when I pull out the handles at regular intervals and angles. Nice and even and symmetrical and boring is the life for me :)

[@ir34p3ri5]

@@ECAbrams haha okay thanks

[@dvoob]

Thanks Evan, I owe a lot of my career in the film world to you. This one's a fun one!

[@antonvideo2390]

un hero de los after effects ha vuelto. guay. sigue hermano

[@jamietr5418]

I was looking for this all over the internet for the last couple of days but couldn't find any tutorial or what it's called. Then I came across your tutorial!! I was like why I didn't see this before and then noticed you just posted it! You da best!! Your tutorials are always very unique!

[@Animotion1]

this video is 3yrs old, but still a LIFESAVERR thank you so much from a fellow youtuber :)

[@ECAbrams]

Glad I could help!

[@Candycanecanecane]

amazing tut, loved this effect, learned how you arranged your files and arrangements and all the small deets, pog champ

[@syahziq95]

Really Awesome Tutorial Subhan-Allah .

[@Sudheer7143]

Lots of love from india . I was searching for this from a week . Thank you very much.

[@ECAbrams]

Welcome! The technique certainly has some limitations but I hope it gets you where you wanted to go :)

[@Sudheer7143]

@@ECAbrams please upload advanced motion graphics animation. Your channel will grow with in a month.

[@hashimmuslimen232]

Aweso tutorial bro! I like how you gets down to bus

[@ilikemuffins6293]

good work king, love you

[@mordekaihorowitz]

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for

[@MediaProcast]

OMG! Your voice is the music itself.

[@shyamb9443]

Thank you very much, helped a lot.

[@ECAbrams]

You're welcome! Glad to hear it!

[@woodlandpirates]

Thanks, this help me a lot to create pirate treasure animation map - awesome tutorial!

[@KurtisBenson]

I'm currently working on a project as I type this that is very similar to this. You have some really awesome and helpful tips! Thank you!

[@ECAbrams]

That's a fun coincidence! Now, would it be handy to have a fully 3d approach as well? I was planning on making that the followup in a couple weeks.

[@KurtisBenson]

@@ECAbrams A 3D approach would be super cool. There's always more than 1 way to do an effect depending on what you're trying to accomplish. I know there's a cool way of doing the trails with Particular but I haven't fully figured out how to do that.

[@ECAbrams]

@@KurtisBenson Ah! Then some #spoilers here, when we revisit this kind of thing we'll definitely be working in the particular aux-particle solution and probably a c4d lite approach for good measure.

[@t-stars6849]

Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. God bless you .

[@facundonieves9102]

Thank you man for sharing this stuff

[@avalancheofawsome]

The best tutorials on the internet! Always learn more than the video offers and incredibly well explained.

[@paolorurale3929]

grazie per la tua competenza

[@1WillyDAVID]

Really awesome process, thanks a lot for sharing it

[@toddlawrimore3577]

Cool. Didn't know about the shift-pickwhip option. Great tutorial. Thank you.

[@yasminmohamed7019]

just beca a subscriber keep up the good work Sir.

[@richochet]

Thanks. I realize this is rather old, but I'd really like to see the other method you mentioned too please Evan !

[@ECAbrams]

Which method is this?

[@asfouranass4308]

Well done ECAbrams i miss ur videos

[@ECAbrams]

We're making it happen once a week so far. Back on that new content here in 2020!

[@jconway2907]

Hey Evan! At 8:40 you separate the dimensions of the camera. Any difference if you just added a Null to the camera to move it in the separate dimensions? Thanks!!

[@ECAbrams]

Not really? Except the steps to add the null. But functionally it would be capable of the same movement. Why?

[@jconway2907]

@@ECAbrams No, that's just how I often do it so just wondered if there was a difference.Thanks, and I sooo appreciate your tutorials!

[@relazingmusictheory8466]

seriously helped thank you!!

[@xdgamerabdo8518]

good job male, thanks!

[@dezignnation5770]

Things for the effort it's cool like I expect

[@louisseanyoung4874]

Cool You really help me Well done!

[@colinem903]

Thank you awesome tutorial !

[@ECAbrams]

You're welcome!

[@MSK-ud8wu]

Thank you so much for your great tips!

[@wiolonczela3572]

thank you, I learned a lot new stuff

[@markomilanov3860]

ECA is the man!

[@Rollmax22]

this is a great and simple tutorial tutorial for those who are learning some of the deeper AE tools but want example on how to use them!

[@ECAbrams]

Glad you liked it!

[@sbddreamatrix7891]

That was excellent. I was just wondering how to do that and you explained it so simply! Thank you so much for your great tips!

[@ECAbrams]

That's fantastic. I'm glad this helped.

[@leo_fdez]

me encanta tu trabajo ! sos increible ! muchas gracias por compartir tus conocimientos ! un abrazo!

[@ranjello5084]

Please keep making tutorials. I swear I've learned SO much from you than I have from the college course I took.

[@ranjello5084]

Definitely my skill in After Effects, learning all the basics AND THEN SOME, was from you. Keep up the good work!

[@monojit6820]

hey! your lighting and picture quality looks better than before. Good job.

[@ECAbrams]

lol. Some lights and a cheap lil 4k camera will do that. Now I just have to get my colour grading situation locked down. Glad you enjoy it!

[@youtubereact_v1]

Thank you for posting this

[@HowToAnimateTutorial]

Omg that’s so cool I love it keep up the good work

[@beniramirez1492]

Thank you for your reply!

[@JoshKeatonFan]

Thank you so much! I'm learning After Effects CC (2020 Release) from the Classroom in a Book I bought from Amazon. Great video! I'm on an After Effects kick right now! Love the things I can do. I'm just consuming everything I can get.

[@RobertoVillaLobby]

This tutorial is gold 😍 Did i miss you explain how you make the circle animation when the balls arrive at the end, or is it not mentioned? Was also interested in that for another practice project i'm doing.

[@babylilacforever]

This is so cool I really want to try this out !

[@irimiaionut3618]

Thanks for all of your tips! I've just been getting into producing myself for my artists and mannnnn. It's like science lmao. Thanks a ton!

[@ccs9669]

I've been looking for something like this! Thank you so much

[@network-profi4307]

Awesome!!!! I've needed this. Thanks. Please also post the other method :)

[@mhanutko]

Hey Evan, this really is a great rig for these simple but elegant movements. Sometimes it's these little things to make an easy looking animation really easy animating.

[@ECAbrams]

100% anything I can do to simplify the process, I'll do it.

[@ricardomorales6754]

Really enjoy every tutorial! Thanks, man!

[@SproutMeansGrow]

There needs to be a "reaction" video made showing people watching this with their jaws on the floor ... while having big, goofy, grateful grins on their faces.

[@ebubeonyema3209]

Thnak you for this. Lovely tutorial as always. Definitely adding this to my arsenal of techniques.

[@ECAbrams]

Absolutely! Love to see what you make with this stuff!

[@cosmicrus1988]

Great job, nice delivery on the tut man and thank you!

[@ECAbrams]

It's like we say, ECabrams delivers the tuts.

[@tiphanilaw]

Thank you! I think I got what I needed from this tutorial. I’m transforming a 2d graphic of some interconnected plant roots into an animated graphic of the plant roots interconnecting with each other. If you have some other tutorials you think might be helpful feel free to throw them at me. If I manage to pull it off I will for sure tag you in the final product!

[@lyzawastaken]

damn calling out right now. Hey, when you're passionate about sotNice tutorialng it makes you actually want to study it!

[@-_-...129]

genius video thank you soooo much

[@ECAbrams]

Glad it helped!

[@shubhendrapatel]

really refreshing tutorial. 10/10 Thanks

[@obv_design9310]

What a great tutorial! 😊Thank you so much!!!👍👍👍👍👍

[@dalimiso]

Simple, effective and awesome method. Has opened path to new ways of creating content. Thanks! Like and subscribe earned.

[@motionhubacademy]

Well done.. I really love your voice 😀

[@ECAbrams]

Thank you very much. I've started recording these standing up so now I can really project!

[@nationalflexible8441]

Great work!

[@roymalambo6434]

i can`t believe you just uploaded this today.

[@ECAbrams]

Me too, for many reasons. It's been a topic I have neglected in my "most requested" bin for a long time.

[@diegogamba7825]

SOLID 10 Tutorial! thank you

[@mrogeriox]

Muito Obrigado!

[@ECAbrams]

De nada!

[@saaawry]

Thank you very much! What a good video ! Keep up creating contents please :) Really good content for real

[@dagrial]

Loved this tutorial! Learned a lot of new things! Thanks for sharing. Very good explanations as well. Cheers!

[@gopoo]

Great one. Thanks a lot! Would like to know, whether we can create 3D stroke in after effects? If yes, could you please do a tutorial.

[@ECAbrams]

Depends. You can make any layer 3d that you want. Now, is that a stroke with depth? Not really. To make a stroke in 3d space as you would with a sweep in c4d for example is not natively possible and would need 3rd party plugins.

[@gopoo]

@@ECAbrams Yes, with depth. Thank you for updating me. Hope AE would bring that feature soon!

[@ir34p3ri5]

Can you please make a tutorial showing a something like a rocket ship moving past stars then stopping/ slowing down next to some some planets before continuing before continuing on and looping? I've been trying to ages and it's driving me crazy Thanks a lot!

[@jconway2907]

Hi Evan! Any possibility of a tutorial expanding on the visualizing/prepping the canvas needed for the type framing you mentioned 1:38? Not for this specific project, but for 3D type projects in general. It made so much sense here but that tends to be a sticking point for me! Thanks!!

[@SamBrownVideo]

Very nice mate 🙂 keep em coming!

[@ECAbrams]

Thank you so much. I'll try :)

[@Matony]

Wonderful tutorial, thanks a bunch 🙌🏻

[@ECAbrams]

you are welcome a bunch!

[@ElliotMosher]

Dude, this is amazing. I've been doing the same type of visuals lately, but definitely doing it the hard way. I learned like 5 new things in this video!

[@ECAbrams]

Great to hear!

[@sofiapapachr]

Thank you very much for your answer. BUT... the first vertex is at its place at the beginning of the line. Nevertheless, the Null object-Trace path starts from the middle. It's driving me crazy!!! On top of this it appears and runs outside and far away of the line.

[@ECAbrams]

When you look at the motion path of the null, how does it compare to the shape layer path? Could it be some scale and position change has taken place so the movement of the null needs to be moved and scaled down to match? Or the path needs to be moved and scaled up to match? It sounds to me like something is amiss like that.

[@jeroendonker]

Great tutorial! One thing though, I made some banner ads using roughly the same method of a bigger comp with paths from Illustrator moving in a smaller viewport. I animated it using only position of the bigger comp. My point is that using a camera seems a little too much, the animation doesn't need one…

[@ramkumart7609]

You are really helpful

[@SproutMeansGrow]

When I open your file, AE says there is an effect called "Form" missing. Where can I find that?

[@ECAbrams]

There's Form used in the work file? That seems like an oversight on my part. You can ignore that message and delete any instances of form you find. It has not impact on the techniques we're examining in this tutorial. it is a lovely 3rd aprty plugin from red giant. I should fix up the aep to not have any instances of that around.

[@markushart6372]

Thank you so much. Brilliant :)

[@hardikxds]

Great Tutorial! Thanks a lot!

[@Akingzart]

Proper learnt alot

[@heinschultz8970]

Amazing! Thanks man, learning a ton from you.

[@ECAbrams]

You're very welcome. Glad you dig the channel.

[@Geritopia]

"Let's cooking show this" ...wow, I need to borrow that. I need to be more hip. Good tutorial.

[@ECAbrams]

It definitely keeps the record time down :)

[@leifnicole]

A newbie question if I may. What benefit does the adding the camera/3D effect bring to the piece please?

[@ECAbrams]

That's what allows us to follow the movement of a thing as it moves off-screen. Otherwise, we would need to animate the "stuff" of the scene to be in the frame. When that's just one thing, it's not a big deal. But as you work up to more complex and involved scenes it is easier to animate a large scene and then animate your view of that scene.

[@leifnicole]

@@ECAbrams Thank you!

[@KZLR]

Question: How Great are these tutorials! Answer: F'n Great!

[@anilkumarmallavalli8128]

Hi please do a tutorial on zipper close and open....

[@ECAbrams]

oooh, an interesting idea for sure. I'll see what I can do.

[@7abochka774]

Thank you in advance

[@zaybrazile427]

Well to be fair shape of you lody softs just like the first random notes that popped into Nice tutorials head

[@channyicho]

Cool as Ice!! Thanks!!

[@ismatzahra3]

Bro, can you please explain the process of making those paths in Illustrator? PLEASEEEEEEEE???? Please do reply :S

[@ECAbrams]

certainly. In this case I just took the pen tool and click, drag, click dragged out all the points and curves I wanted in each path. Using the grid as a reference helps to keep the paths more regular. Does that help?

[@ismatzahra3]

@@ECAbrams thanks bro. I will give it a try as you have mentioned. I am very new to AI that's why i.

[@johnjwa8584]

I'm running into a problem where the trace path starts the null at the wrong end of the line. I cant just time reverse the keyframes as then the trim path linked value isnt correct. Reverse path direction doesn't seem to do anything. Other than redrawing the line in Illustrator starting at the other end, is there anything else I can do?

[@dagrial]

I have the same problem.