How To Animate a Waving Flag - After Effects Tutorial

[@OliverRandorff]

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[@AyangStudios]

Lol complicated

[@joeywowie]

I tried animating some cartoon flames using this method, trying to achieve a 3D effect in After Effects and it worked perfectly - thank you!

[@nicksteel1858]

This is an absolutely brilliant tutorial, concise, to the point and easy to follow. Thank you! I ended up creating a much simpler animation as I was briefed to create a flat colour visual style, but I followed your tutorial through to the end because it was so good 🙂

[@ismaelsamandu7078]

Perhaps the best flag animation tutorial in terms of simplicity and result's quality. Keep it up buddy!

[@foxmasterpiece2370]

My flag is an image (not a solid) and it measures 1500 x 1080. Once I apply the first effect, on the left edge. The left part of the flag keeps moving and does not remain static. What am I doing wrong?

[@anas.g]

Only one thing is left for this tutorial to be perfect, is how to loop the animation so it will look smooth as a gif

[@gilafonsoo]

I was about to say the same

[@gilafonsoo]

@@imwahi how?

[@qty.4206]

because in the intro for example I want to make an acoustic soft, but later I want to make a distortion or any other effects in that sa

[@RichardMillerMMVVIDEO]

much better demo than another guy that went into the expressions and just kept typing expressions and didnt show the expressions very well and it failed.. this was easy thank you

[@shehab9002]

I am brand new to DAW and soft soft - these tutorials are excellent an very helpful to get soone like up and running. Appreciate

[@kaelrison7775]

This is an amazing tutorial! Quick question: When I add wave warp to my flag, it almost looks like the flag gets cut off, almost like it's in a bounding box that's not giving it enough room? Have you experienced that before?

[@longhairmaster]

Hi! Had the same issue! Try to position "Grow Bounds" Effect ABOVE the Wave Warp and extend the pixels - should work :)

[@joshuacontreras]

@@longhairmaster Thank you thank you thank you! I had the same issue and now we're back up and running. Best!

[@almontaghem]

well done really . Im from Iran and really love this project . Best wishes . THANKS

[@Animotion1]

Love this tutorial so much! Didn't know this was possible. Thank you!

[@OliverRandorff]

Animotion No problem! So glad that you enjoyed 🤟

[@wilsonwijaya7017]

You took the words right outta my mouth.

[@dindadwiputri8434]

YOU ARE A GOD... NO QUESTION ABOUT IT

[@sinnlos9600]

I have an element with a more complex form and im not able to pin it to the left edge. Is there a way to pin the object at specific points?

[@daanthijssen1748]

I am looking for a solution, maybe I find it

[@SugestaoDeNome]

Thanks, your tutorial helped me a lot.

[@OliverRandorff]

I'm glad to hear that Victor!

[@unfoldlab]

Great 3D waving animation tutorial， really helped me a lot, thanks bro

[@OliverRandorff]

No problem!

[@AntonioDeCia]

Thank you Oliver Randorff

[@EdwinGodfrey-s3z]

Thank you for doing this tutorial at a speed that is easy to follow - a rarity on AE vids

[@mohamedsofyan986]

You are/were not alone! I pray you found what has worked for you!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Excellent tutorial

[@sovasonyasouls]

So simple and so cool.

[@OliverRandorff]

Simplicity is key 🙌

[@KingdomOfRusstravia1985]

Great tutorial, thx!

[@jeasonpala]

Trying to make a soft you hear in your head co to life might be the hardest part starting out but I guess that requires so solid

[@glensumatra1629]

onto the software. I'd like to make soft from my ukulele, keyboard, etc., but don't know how to transfer. Do I need a microphone or

[@brimlotraction1398]

thank you oliver, i really appreciate it

[@devrajkoli4355]

still works! followed steps exactly and it works, thx a ton and keep up the awesome videos

[@TheSilverSentry]

You have my like, sir! Awesome job!

[@OliverRandorff]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed!

[@monarchofenochdhu]

THis is brilliant and quite a steep learning curve. Can you give me an example of a practical application for this. Having created my flag animation is it possible to use it like a .gif file in an image composition, ie using a landscape background to a web page and displaying the flag on the page so it appears as part of the overall setting?

[@rubangga4694]

TNice tutorialS WAS SOOOOOO HELPFUL!!

[@OliverRandorff]

Happy to help!

[@MansourVFX]

your explanation of the steps is very organized and deliberate.i like it very much

[@OliverRandorff]

Ahmad Mansour Thanks for the feedback!

[@techcreater5109]

Everything works perfectly

[@LeluTouch664]

Great video, the program works great

[@slowedvibes6046]

Thank you men! It's the best video I've seen

[@LonelyWolf2k1]

why we always precompose after using fractal noise or turbulent noise for displacement map

[@freemanjoel]

Spot on. You made me look good.

[@htetoia4390]

Hello! Great tutorial! I am working on an animation and this is really helpful! In my project, the flag is attached to a person, and I want these two to transform in scale together, and also the flag still waving. I believe this is possible, but I am an apprentice in after effects and I am just trying to learn! If you have the time and you can give me some tips on how to do that I would really appreciate it! If not that's ok, the tutorial itself is really helpful & awesome! Thanks!

[@OliverRandorff]

You would have to precompose the flag and then parent it to the persons hand. That way it moves with him

[@htetoia4390]

@@OliverRandorff Thank you!

[@sasimo7019]

TNice tutorials was so detailed! Great video for beginners. Thank you!

[@JosepMotion]

Great tut, Oliver! How could you make it loop? I love turbulent displace and wave warp, but can't figure out a way to loop them. Thanks

[@OliverRandorff]

To be honest, I’m not quite sure as of right now. Turbulent displace is the most difficult to loop, but there must be some way. Try going through the CreativeCow forum - that’s always where I find help for my expressions

[@JosepMotion]

@@OliverRandorff "this is the way". 😅

[@GARTZ09]

@@JosepMotion hey, do you have any idea on how to loop it

[@leilanipatrick111]

Excellent tutorial, thanks!

[@bulbakalimbulmaca]

Thank you 🤗

[@N0RAMAKI]

thank you very much! this video was very helpful i had a problem with pinning the flag to the left edge, because after i move it back to the middle it's lose it's effect

[@OliverRandorff]

That’s because you have to move it after it’s pre-comped

[@_kevinwm]

Great tutorial! On point, clear and efficient

[@rachelroot241]

wish i could like this vid 100 times! THANK YOU

[@OliverRandorff]

No, thank you!

[@Malzma]

One of the most useful channels I've been founded ! Thanks

[@OliverRandorff]

EGY Courses Thank you so much - really appreciate the support!

[@PranavNamojuYT]

best tutorial ever!

[@pedro_a_martins]

This was a great tutorial! Thank you so much for the information!

[@TheSquishBucket]

"This is fine for now" describes many things in life.

[@ludwigSamo]

this helped a lot with my graduation film! i didnt have to animate it by hand :D thanks so much!!

[@LordDarthSmyth]

Thanks a bunch, man. Helped me a lot.

[@OliverRandorff]

No problem, glad it was helpful!

[@rahuldeshpande9997]

This is brilliant dude. Thank you!

[@OliverRandorff]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@alithomaga]

Great tutorial. simple and efficient. Thank you!

[@carlosmaury3573]

thanks for the tutorial, it was very useful

[@OliverRandorff]

Glad to hear that

[@mira-graphics]

Really like your tutorial sir.

[@jossandoval3518]

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[@alessandrorizzo9705]

Thank you Oliver, that's was definetely a super pro tutorial. Amazing.

[@OliverRandorff]

Appreciate it, thanks!

[@efilinasumurungompusunggu5456]

THANKS FOR THIS IV BEEN SEARCHING FO SOOO LONG

[@OliverRandorff]

Haha, I'm glad that you finally found what you were looking for!

[@parseeek]

Wow! It's aaaaaamaaaaaziiiing!

[@alegf7585]

Wanted to thank you for a great vid. Helped a lot. I've been trying to get going in both soft soft and didn't get very far. TNice tutorials vid helped a

[@OlegShandra]

Dude that's awesome

[@brianlopez8614]

I just made my own version of your faux bottle rotation. I'm going to try this now. Your tutorials are great for beginners. Great quality and easy to understand.

[@OliverRandorff]

Brian Lopez Really appreciate the feedback - and great that you are following along!

[@green_island]

Great video I got the simple and best design idea. Keep it UP. 🤗🤗🤗🤗

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[@joseffx7695]

Nice tutorial.... Very helpful

[@joshuadavis3392]

Thanks bro! It helped me a lot!

[@batecanimationstudio]

Thanks man. Nice tutorial!

[@everportillo5634]

nice ! runs great on my laptop on medium settings :)

[@IvanAndoni]

Thank you very much, that was easy way to wave flag, and great details.

[@OliverRandorff]

You’re welcome!

[@alt57segundo93]

BROOO thankyou so much, this really helped and the tutorial was really easy to use as well :)

[@MarcellineWijaya]

sorry, i wanna ask, why when i put the wave warp to my flag, the wave effect is croping? do you have any solution? thanks

[@adlybast773]

it really helps me alot. thank you man

[@OliverRandorff]

adly bast glad you enjoyed 🙌

[@braj4136]

Nicely explained

[@KhalilCh]

Thank you very much it is brilliant tutorial

[@connorgioiafigliu]

Thanks for the tutorial!

[@OliverRandorff]

You’re very welcome

[@ninjahattoriofficial6255]

Best Author

[@ShivKumar-zy8ev]

I tNice tutorialnk you speak for a good portion of us.

[@JenanHannaway]

Does anyone know how to make the animation loop smoohtly? And can this be exported as a GIF? Or is it going to be too big a file size?

[@ardasavascogullar7866]

My flag just looks like cut from up edge and down edge when I apply the wave warp effect. Why is that happening and how can I send you a screenshot?

[@ardasavascogullar7866]

Solved, PNG caused this problem. Changed it to jpg its OK but I have another problem now. My Flag has to be on a white background. My shadows looks like white :( how can I fix this?

[@OliverRandorff]

You have to duplicate the layer so you have the flag underneath and then the shadow “map” on top. That way the shadow is on top of the flag and not the background

[@thinnerthanlife5386]

Man what an inspiration... How do you even come up with this stuff?

[@OliverRandorff]

I experiment quite a lot. Try different things until I find the easiest and best way to do a certain thing

[@christopheraaron7]

Wow! Excellent Tutorial. My organization's logo is a flag and this video has us looking very classy! Thank you. Great work!

[@fikus5567]

Thanks I wanna get into electronic soft.

[@mickvannobelen2171]

very helpful content, thanks for sharing

[@tomascastiglioni8071]

Really helpful, thank you Oliver!

[@OliverRandorff]

Tomás Castiglioni no problem!

[@kolkatatravelstream4959]

In the setup, appreciate the videos! Maybe a dumb question but is there a way to export content in mono in soft20?

[@mrlyam3974]

Thanks my brother

[@OliverRandorff]

You are very welcome!

[@soothingsoundsrelaxshack4737]

Very good work creating the waving flag. Going to give it a try. Thanks. Subscribed.

[@syamimshahab6117]

can you teach me how to loop it or, teach me how to make the black background transparent ?

[@rusarusa0]

thanks a lot! you helped me to pass the exam

[@OliverRandorff]

That’s great to hear, which exam?

[@rusarusa0]

@@OliverRandorff visual effects, we just started to study after effects (vgik university of cinematography)

[@sachiranasinghe3875]

Thanks, It's a good technique.

[@rovendaclag8706]

It's been a wild ride.

[@MountainsFactory]

Very helpfull and very clear tutorial, Thanx!

[@ikodaboss6468]

If tNice tutorials isnt the most true tNice tutorialng ive ever read

[@danielsillence8135]

I'm using this for a checkered flag but it's giving this optical illusion because of the flags symmetry and doesn't look natural, is there a way to make a checkered flag look a bit more random/organic?

[@cardermedia]

Brilliant tutorial, thanks so much for this!

[@OliverRandorff]

No problem, hope you enjoyed!

[@sushant3dartist]

Excellent....Thanks for sharing!

[@OliverRandorff]

No problem!

[@anhoanghocgioi3140]

Wow, amazing! Not too complicated but very clean and beautiful. This is what happens when people use their brain into vfx xD

[@OliverRandorff]

Hahaha thanks!

[@kutramanjar]

Great tutorial! thanks

[@OliverRandorff]

prasad gurav glad you enjoyed it, thank you 🙌

[@nappon-an8359]

Thanks for this.

[@OliverRandorff]

No problem!

[@adityaferryansugiarto5856]

Thank you well explained tutorial ! hope your channel grow fast

[@OliverRandorff]

Glad you enjoyed it! And thanks for the kind words :)

[@ianwills7011]

Oliver, you don't explain how you imported the ai file to start with. when I import mine, the bounding box is set to the document size, which then causes problems with the pinning. How do you get the bounding box tight to the ai layers? Also, your flag elements don't appear in the project panel, and i don't understand why. bw ian

[@OliverRandorff]

Hi Ian, That’s because I use a script called Overlord to export from illustrator. Otherwise it’s quite easy to illustrate the flag directly in After Effects, if that is needed

[@ianwills7011]

@@OliverRandorff Ah, I see! well, I am happier drawing in Illustrator, so I will investigate further. Thanks for the explanation.

[@OliverRandorff]

Ian Wills you’re welcome