Intro to After Effects Expression

In this lesson we'll cover how to use expressions in After Effects.
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[@yoranramselaar9773]

How can this great tutorial only have 5 likes, Like for real, this was really helpful to me! I am a beginning animator and this helped me out in a way I definitely didn't expect when I clicked on the video. I appreciate the tutorials you make and want to thank you ! :)

[@schoolofmotion]

Thanks!

[@satya0812v]

Because the is the title is wrong, the title should be 'basics of time expression'

[@thatoagang4112]

P

[@LoganGardner]

I love this turorial so much!! I’m an avid AE user but I don’t really use expressions. I am going to start forcing myself to. I am a programmer as well so I will have a lot of fun with this! Thank you! 😊

[@Awakenbeing]

So much Thank you for giving us insight into the expression world, I now began to understand AE expressions. I will spend my time understanding them more.I really applaud the way you taught us.million thnx.

[@piyushdamle5931]

Great job, really helping :D Thanks for the tute

[@AustinThomasFilms]

Great video, I love that you explained how everything works instead of just showing the steps.

[@fabiantorres4668]

I learned a ton!!! thank you!!!.

[@kusemererwarobert9198]

This is what I wanted for this. Thanks

[@michaelmuller6029]

Your channel is exactly what I need right now. I am a growing motion-graphics freelancer and still have the feeling that a lot of my animations could be achieved faster. Your Videos provide exactly what I need. Thank you so much for that!

[@schoolofmotion]

That's amazing to hear!

[@mubashirshah1508]

I love it, thank you

[@ahmedamine6504]

great job very helpfull thanks alot

[@nenehpatel8341]

I was waaay too happy when I worked out how to use this expression :D

[@Red0Ray]

me too

[@flynnreviews4435]

this was really informative , cheers!

[@QueenRachel666]

Great vid. Thanks!

[@StevenRud]

Brilliant tutorial!!! Thanks for sharing!!!👍🏻👍🏻😎😎

[@kyleashcraft3093]

That's pretty cool - thanks!

[@abbyumstead7535]

so helpful and thorough.

[@changleon7441]

Expressions will make sooo much sense if after effects is node based… great tutorial, very clear

[@hazemobid8672]

great tut. thanks

[@modu4755]

wow i love your video. now i got the point of expression.

[@vmartme]

Really cool many thanks :)

[@mewbot5700]

mannnnn , this is amazing. I love youuu so much. thanksss I'm damn happy!!!!

[@tentacle_sama3822]

Everything I wanted to know Perfect

[@Chris-ts8ih]

Honestly this is a wonderful tutorial but it still scares the life out of me. But with preservence I will be more comfortable with this soon. I will continue watching more examples of expressions until I feel comfortable using it on my own.Thank you for the amazing tutorial!

[@schoolofmotion]

They may seem scary but once you get down the basics you'll use them all the dang time. Keep at it and best of luck!

[@AryMir]

Thank you for this GREAT tutorial!

[@factfix2362]

mate brilliant tutorial and so well paced - thanks!

[@chandahouangvilay2938]

Thank you for one of the best expressions tutorials!

[@pigsflynews]

Great intro. I had no idea about expressions. You opened my mind. Brilliant thanks

[@faithsubbu]

Seeing your video for first time. Fantastic tutorial!!!! Definitely subscribing & hope to learn more from you.

[@wDec149]

just subscribed :) really enjoyed watching this tutorial. it was super clear and concise and easy to follow. will definitely be checking out the other expression videos!

[@kouassijonathan7734]

Great thanks a lot

[@marquesmarceloo]

Thank you so much!!

[@RedstoneCraftermc]

amazing tut

[@mashtea818]

Thanks from Iran

[@dahaekim5336]

like like like. thank you!

[@DANIELDOMINC]

thank you

[@ciraykkalsreehari]

Thank you bro... Well Explained. SUBSCRIBED❤❤❤

[@suryakrishna4662]

Wow! Never knew these existed :)

[@galefraney]

Great tutorial, perfect explanations!!

[@st.lucient4755]

I'm learning a lot don't get me wrong, but it's ironic that he started with "Nobody likes to do math" and went "We're gonna do math" 5 minutes after LMAO

[@ankitsonker3411]

this is the awesome tutorial for learn about expressions. thank you so much

[@3lc0y0t3]

Thank you!

[@abjithlesly3649]

100% valuable 👍👍 👌👌

[@foziariaz2766]

Superb 👌👌

[@layan6511]

thank you!!!

[@adrianfels2985]

I'm at 9:30 and going to watch it until the end tomorrow. It's so interesting and so well done, but I'm too tired. Hopefully I can find more free content for this! Thank you!

[@adrianfels2985]

That tutorial is really great!

[@JonBeech]

Where are the project files on the site?

[@mikesheehan5946]

Your tutorials and teaching style are outstanding. Thank you for your help! Big up

[@AlohaMichaelDaly]

Great work Can you do a digital clock animation w expressions?

[@NoyumiAo]

Damn didnt even know this was a thing in After Effects!

[@lukesegreto4940]

Great tutorial! Makes expressions feel far less intimidating, thanks!

[@StuartSmithcreativespace]

Very useful thank you, far better than Adobe’s own. Could you maybe put the expressions on the screen in a bigger size next time? Would be an extra bit of help. Thank you.

[@trant.l.h.7235]

amazing

[@Stephanie-cd6pc]

As a beginner to expressions, this was SOOOOO easy to understand! thank you so much for this!

[@electricarchaic]

Wow I have some wheels looping from another tutorial that suggested using loopOut(type = "cycle", numKeyframes = 0); but I could not figure out how to slow it down. I will now reprogram my wheels to use what you've demonstrated here. So thanks, I can see the light now !

[@BrianBrayMedia]

Excellent explanation. Thank you!

[@artsvanberg]

Great video, it was was really easy to follow and good tips! 👏😃

[@daviddycide7548]

Thanks mate

[@KurtQuinn]

Thanks so much for this! You are seriously a great teacher. Is there a way to use expressions/controls to cycle through different images? I need to create an animation of an egg beater with eight different images of the egg beater (the eight images are of the beater in eight different positions of rotation). Thank you!

[@schoolofmotion]

Yeah you can totally do that with an array connected to if/then statements for opacity.

[@chippsanders9614]

Well done. Thanks for the help!

[@walterliao6717]

Very useful video. thanks. Do you master C4D? Any video about C4D?

[@zerobadideas]

i love expressions :)

[@schoolofmotion]

us too!

[@gellayo9885]

Thanks a lot! This is really helpful tutorial!

[@gallopproductions7942]

WOW!

[@azddines4077]

THANKS

[@KarenAJS]

very helpful!

[@schoolofmotion]

Glad you enjoyed. Expressions can really be a superpower once you understand them.

[@cristina6209]

Hi! I went to the webpage but could not find the project files, can you please help with this? Thank you so much!

[@HarisLaus]

some people really love math

[@calebzarn2906]

I made a clock with key frames a month ago, wish I saw this back then! The controller really seems to simplify things. If I wanted the hands to start at 1oclock, spin a few times and land at 5oclock, I'm guessing I could just key frame the controller?

[@schoolofmotion]

Exactly! And you could also add a little ease in the graph editor to make the whole thing smoother.

[@sandrosmaximus2121]

thx

[@ogbbillions]

great

[@Foollysickbro]

Thank you so much. I love how you explain everything so a newby like me can understand.

[@eurasia2941]

Good tutorial. I am happy to learn about the expressions but, moreover, the problem of the clock was exactly my problem of the moment and it is now solved. Thank you.

[@naatkeey]

Yay comp sci!

[@awadalsayed8670]

an awesome tut.thanks too much helpfully & simple way thanks again

[@yitphady3787]

That I like this

[@saravanakumar4904]

Hi your teaching is very nice please help me how to make digital timer?

[@schoolofmotion]

That's a good idea! There are lots of ways you could do that in AE.

[@aloka1997]

how is the shortcuts and any thing you click on the keyboard is written ,, i don't think it is in montage , is it a software or what screen recorder do you use

[@schoolofmotion]

Yes, it is an external software called screenflow.

[@aloka1997]

thanks alot

[@aloka1997]

and also thanks for the video and fast response :D

[@m1LeyViRuS]

I CAN'T FIND THE PROJECT FILES ON THE WEBSITE.

[@tangojaa3412]

I use Ae cc2018 in my Mac pro 2016 now ,when I hit U ,nothing happened. the same is Command+return as you said when finished expression-writing . Do you know what am I missing ?THX

[@schoolofmotion]

You modified something on your layer right?

[@ObayAlslman]

❤❤

[@derbygirlsrule]

hmmm- does not seem to be any project files for this, when I am logged into my account. I can find the tutorial but does not seem to have the download files posted anymore. It would be great if they were there still to make following along more beneficial.

[@DarkMatterr]

I'm still at the 10 min mark but, say I wanna do an expression for the time to go -360° (anticlockwise) within 10 seconds, do I just do "time*-36"?

[@yodecimpolinda8884]

thats what i was thinking

[@firdausismail2589]

Hi there, how you calculate/make the clock accurate on time?

[@schoolofmotion]

add the following expression to the end of each hand + (the time you want*120). You may have to adjust the start time as needed for your project depending on the location of the playhead.

[@collinr811]

it will be accurate twice a day :)

[@bhasfunk8203]

Hi, I want to learn expressions in after effect, I don't find any source where I can learn. Please guide me

[@clarissahanekom2478]

This tutorial literally covers expressions, just watch through it

[@AngadSokhi]

What a superb teacher. Thanks

[@TheMadHaxor]

is it safe to assume that time*(3/360); would result in the same speed?

[@TheMadHaxor]

It became clear that it is once you introduced the slider variable. Cheers dude :)

[@peterkirschke7910]

Is it possible to get the lessen files? I didn`t found them...

[@schoolofmotion]

Hi Peter, the project files can be downloaded from the tutorial page on our website: www.schoolofmotion.com/tutorials/after-effects-expressions-101/

[@m1LeyViRuS]

@@schoolofmotion Hello. I cannot find the project files on the website! Best regards, J. Felipe

[@inthecloud1156]

I wanna learn Haki too

[@astutestudio6719]

thanks*10

[@maxmagnus777]

Hi I am not getting the list of expressions any more. It is not finishing typing my procedures or variable names. Example: I write "wigg" and it should offer to finish the name of my procedure with "LE" -> "wiggLE". or I write "to" and it is not offering me list of procedures from which I can choose "toComp()" for example. I must had clicked something somewhere in AE. I hate how it is easy to mess this program up.

[@freeloader69]

Where's the seconds hand, bruh?! :P Thanks for the video, btw.

[@taevhvn]

as soon as math was mentioned I knew I was fucked

[@alanoorchannel4469]

THANKS .... For introduction how to use expressions .... very help full

[@Jolontokhalilswork]

javascript is so much practical effect in real life . exaple : look at this video

[@MunkhboldDashdorj]

How to learn all other expressions. This video only time expression.

[@nokrimchimarak1246]

I'll stick with the keyframe 😅

[@Mayank-lf2ym]

For that I can speed of the video 17:43

[@sparchstudio9005]

ad after 40 seconds -- come on

[@seblestuto7632]

très bonne video si il ya des francais ici venez voir ma video en francais pour l'expression Value @

[@moddymadeye]

I like to do math