Ultimate Text Morph Animation in After Effects

[@Ehiliem]

Me: So it was fractal noise and turbulent displace again? Ben: Always have been.

[@UAP_Video]

dont forget Gaussian Blur!

[@bypugs]

Literally 😭😭 those two are the best combo

[@MrJack123455]

I believe in turbulent displacement supremacy

[@timsaunders8679]

This is class! With the issue with the words of different length, when you are animating the opacity between words, you could also animate the tracking of the letters on both words, making the short word subtly space wider and have the long word really bunched up initially and then easing into its normal length. Such a wicked effect though Ben, keep up the wizardry!

[@mpbMKE]

I'll be stuffing this into every project that comes to me for the next 6 months and you can't stop me.

[@videoarkade]

This man is a mograph machine! So much great content, Ben. Your Motion Design course has been beyond fantastic. Looking forward to week 3!

[@BenMarriott]

Thanks so much! I'm so glad you're enjoying the course :D And thanks for watching and all the support over the years.

[@joypraythank]

No wonder why you label this "Ultimate ...". This is much better than using traditional text morphing techniques. The best part is the flexibility to replace any text. Re-usable and very convenient. Thank you very much.

[@AyoubProds]

I hope you'll be making a fully beginner-friendly course to Motion Design in the future, I've checked your course and it looks amazing but it felt like it was advanced for me. I think my level is a bit intermediate with AE but I really want to learn motion design as a career and I want to start from the absolute basics. Thank you so much for the fantastic content!

[@2181425]

Try Video Co-pilots Basic Training. It's free and although it's not motion design oriented it will familiarise yourself with After Effects in general. Also The course Ben is running seems like they would help you but I'm not sure.

[@mjvidediting16]

You can also try motion practice by ben on school of motion, or just try some of their courses.

[@BenMarriott]

Just between you and me... that's the next course I'm working on. Thanks so much for watching and all the support :D

[@HorribleHomeVideo]

thats on you to fix, not them

[@noog6756]

This is beginner friendly

[@EmmaEryn]

i am binging your entire channel right now, i took one class in AE in college like two years ago and i decided it was time to really start using it and i feel like i've learned 10,000% more just by watching your videos!!

[@jennipotts]

Radical AND easy? Wow. And super straightforward tutorial with efficient process. No unnecessary long dialog/over-explaining/urge to increase the playback speed. THANK YOU!

[@atternok]

The best one you do is, giving the project file for free !!! This helps me a lot. I use it as an template to make other projects and even helps me understand the making more easily. Thank you Ben !!

[@VadimID]

Wow. This technique is very cool. All these tools were available many years ago, but there were no such tutorials. This can be used not only with text, but with many different things.

[@kggraphics978]

This is an amazing tutorial not only does he provide us with very very well explained steps on how to create this effect he also gives the link to the ae. file to download. Seriously this guy is briliant and not enough people give credit. Seriosuly the amount of tutorials that waste my time are shocking. seriously man this is amazing big cheers!

[@stevenfreebairn2553]

Ben's just knocking it out of the park again.

[@GhostMcGrady]

Dude! I’ve seen a bunch of ways to morph text but this might be my favorite! So sick dude.

[@chaardewar]

Always a heart for you and kimchi ❤️

[@BenMarriott]

We're very appreciative :)

[@GrandeGio95]

Every time I watch one of your videos, I feel enlightened

[@brandon4095]

Ben you are my favourite KZbinr 💙

[@BenMarriott]

Thanks Andrew! You're my new favourite commenter :D

[@Adhithya2003]

@@BenMarriott lol wholesome 😂😂

[@taebae2862]

I've been hardcore bingeing your videos and haven't seen my family in a month....THANK YOU!!!!!

[@ariasbarbagallo]

I've searched KZbin far and wide for this. You did it again Ben. Thanks!

[@FriedlichChiller]

8:04 Huge fan of this little AE file animation. It's so simple and fun and communicates exactly what it needs to.

[@marekblaisx]

When I add a background to my composition, the effect does not work anymore. I dont get sharp edges but the effect goes back to easing in and out of juste the opacity and gaussian blur of my layers. Does anyone know why this is happening? Thank you so much for this tutorial nonetheless ! It really is enlightening !

[@chronops4316]

very elegant solution for a such a nice morph effect

[@MikeLisii]

Wowww, just wowwww! Have I used before Gaussian blur levels, turbulent displace - yes, have I ever tried to combine them to create a morph effect - Of course not. Thats what is amazing about AE, you can combine 2 effects in a totally different way for a completely different effect. Thank you Ben always a pleasure to watch your videos.

[@AmbroseReed]

I'm already a subscriber, but this is the second or third time I've searched for a specific solution and a video of yours I hadn't seen popped up. Truly perfect for what I was trying to do, thank you!

[@remigiogonzalezardanaz5676]

This is amazing. I thought it was going to be Path keyframes, morphing between the shape of two texts, and using the blur/sharpen technique. But this idea is waaaaay better and more flexible. Thanks Ben. Saludos desde Argentina amigo!

[@DJWeekly]

Same. I was worried about the path thing. This is great and so easily editable!

[@theprior89]

Excellent tutorial. Very easy to follow and a lot simpler than other techniques out there, but still a quality result. Thank you!

[@yojacq]

tysm

[@turtlelearns3d]

Ohh, this is so smooth 🤌

[@CyborgCollective]

This is exactly what I was looking for, thanks so much. Always appreciate short and to the point tutorials.

[@Milanesa.a.Caballo]

Excellent. Thank you so very much :) saviour for sure

[@dfvid]

Had to stop mid tutorial to give you a 'cheeky like'. Top tutorial, once again!

[@BenMarriott]

Much appreciated! thank you so much! :)

[@nishantnijosson]

A clean morph, no BS, and no frills. Can't get better than that 🏅

[@PanewsONE]

I love how you're using this technique for text morph. I've known about it for quite a while, but this interpretation gives it quite a fresh twist! Great job mate 👌

[@loomonda18]

Love this, thank you soo much! Would this method work with morphing objects/vector elements as well?

[@jacoboswald5731]

Always love these videos so much! The best AE tutorial channel out there for sure!

[@thetredits]

thanks

[@closed1666]

Thank you Ben! I'm definitely going to use this :D

[@BenMarriott]

Amazing! Please send it to me when you do :)

[@closed1666]

@@BenMarriott Ofc! :DD

[@Arachnidmadness]

A true master. I will be binging watching your other videos. Thank you!

[@bartorillafel]

Always amazing, Ben!

[@christianzavanaiu16]

Yes very good, perfect for the global marketing project I'm working on..

[@hassanarshad9720]

So nice. the effects give the frame by frame animation

[@0afrosamurai]

Great work, Ben! Your approach, technical knowledge and deep explanations are amazing.

[@epiphanyvideomarketing7541]

This is so much faster and better than the traditional way of morphing things. Thanks for this. Great tutorial. Saved me loads of time.

[@jaretanderson]

I appreciate how efficient you make your videos! I learn so much per minute of video watched.

[@pavlosberd.609]

So about the problem with words that are not of similar length i found a solution! i just unlink the scale of the word getting morphed so you can scale on one axis and then animate the scale with the same keyframes you did with the blur by expanding the shorter words scale horizontally so it matches the next words and vice versa for the longer words. It worked for me! maybe you will have to play with the opacity a bit but for me it was perfect.

[@joeltanner5733]

Nice Video. You could also sharpen the blured objects with the simple chocker effect

[@skullgatha]

Brilliant! Exactly what I was looking for.

[@modularitycreatives]

To be honest before I watch the tutorial I thought you did it with roughen edges. But this way is somehow even simpler and more editable.

[@uberkup]

Again some simple touch and great results!

[@studiomatuto1673]

👏👏👏👏 Very nice, simple and functional. Congratulations!

[@usovsstudio2574]

Thank you! It's very simple trick, but very interesting result!

[@MA-fh7ui]

i need to give you money, this is too good

[@BenMarriott]

I accept likes, subscribes and visa :)

[@danielpistola]

Another banger! Thanks, Ben. You're incredibly helpful.

[@sblga]

Great video! I never thought that gausian blur and levels can achieve this look. Thanks!

[@Nils316]

Great tutorial! You explain everything very clearly and it’s really easy to understand. Great Content❤️

[@remaasali2515]

I’ve done Transformation for my last year uni animation title it looks good thnxs

[@npurkis]

Genius, Ben, as always. Thanks for sharing x

[@mnumrqz]

love it!, thank you for sharing Ben, best teacher ever

[@johnfisher3602]

Very good tutorial! Thank you so much! 🎉

[@TheBryancrochet]

What a great simple effect! I was able to replicate the effect in Fusion following your example!

[@Martincyborg]

Awesome use of techniques!

[@alexa8146]

Great content. Would love to see some "how they did it" videos, unpicking techniques behind existing animations / animation styles

[@MrPedroamoedo]

This is super cool Love your videos!

[@Rockberries]

Efficient and clever as always, thanks a lot Ben!

[@sunnywiz3601]

That's Awesome 💯💯💯

[@dubzin_]

Thanks so much! This is defs beginer friendly, helped me learn and make smth cool! :))

[@AndyRedwood]

Clear and beauteous as always, thanks!

[@WojySmokes]

This is so cool. Im going to try to use it to blur two B&W images

[@lilu8208]

its so useful! Thanks!

[@lucasbianchi5218]

espectacular amigo!!! sos muy grande! gracias

[@yairwalden]

Great TUT as always @ben! In case of long and short words it's a nice solution to animate tracking between the 2 (around the opacity keyframes TC)

[@mikal2338]

I get no Change when I change the Alpha Channel? Why is that, I do have a Video in the background that i'm trying to put this effect on

[@mateuszpaszko9542]

Is it possible to do this effect in Premier Pro ?

[@dadriz3235]

Oh my... this is just soooo easy! Perfect! Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks Ben :)

[@Ae_motionvfx]

Love your work! Keep up 👏

[@craftycurate]

Love your tutorials and your natural teaching style, Ben. Have found a use for this already :)

[@rougz7832]

Man, you are so good!

[@tariqalexanderwaheed476]

That is sooooo amazing 🎉 and at the same Time soooo Brain friendly easy to do that it is amazing 😄

[@cbrendesign]

awesome technique - thanks!

[@stevesmith8419]

Wooow so cool and easy at the same time

[@missjayythemua8267]

Super beginner friendly! Thank you so much.

[@언제나웃음-u8p]

WOW NICE!

[@kevinmunozmendoza]

Waouw this is dope thank you !

[@dashabel7864]

Thank you! This is what I was looking for!

[@MarchionRoTheEye]

That's so smooth

[@alideep9656]

Thank you

[@miguelespinoza4546]

love it. thanks for the content !!!!

[@comsci]

Super cool! Thx a lot !

[@teabagNBG]

very nice tut... i have a bunch of cool cartoon transisions wich looks awesome with this kind of effects on... looks like liquid...

[@Poppaneedsanap]

Brilliant as always!

[@jenniferbogartz4924]

Thank you!

[@nathanielhutauruk197]

a new hope

[@BenMarriott]

An elegant weapon for a more civilized age.

[@ben_grubb]

Love this! Thanks so much.

[@evgeniicherniak3332]

Thanks Ben!

[@alexdib3915]

Very cool but you made it very simple! thank you, great work

[@skycladsquirrel]

Awesome as always!

[@pen8142]

Thank you.

[@mrvideographe6001]

I recognised this effect from the MotionLove youtube channel. They showed how to do it in Apple Motion but I recognised it from the Apple Event 2019 when they used

[@mrvideographe6001]

it accidentally posted it

[@Wratach]

Thanks for the great tutorial! Super informative, as always :)

[@noqualms11]

You legend!!! Thanks!

[@chantalp7015]

I*ve head this question in my head ever since I started watching this channel for the first time: why use the posterise time fx instead of adjusting the frame rate in the comps settings?