After Effects Tutorials & Tips
Creation Effects produces After Effects video tutorials covering a variety of tips and effects. Give them a watch and learn something new!
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💡 AE Tutorial Shorts
Learn how to convert your footage into 3D particles in After Effects in 60 seconds!
In 60 seconds, learn to create a fluted glass refraction effect with the Displacement Map effect.
Ever needed to mask a moving object? This method automates the process using Rotoscoping and Auto-Trace.
Learn how to make drifting, 3D light streaks from particles. Check out Wisp for a more advanced option.
Take two minutes to learn how to make a simple bursting circle pop animation that leaves a grainy echo trail.
This 30-second AE tutorial shows how to get that choppy motion-blur look seen in the "Chungking Express".
In 60 seconds, learn how to make 3D water and waves in AE! (Scroll down for full-length tutorial)
Learn to convert text or a logo into moving 3D particles using the CC Ball Action effect.
Learn how to give your footage a grainy stop-motion look in After Effects.
See what multiple Turbulent Displace effects do to textures! Download the Fractal Noisier preset for free!
Take 25 seconds to learn this useful color tip for After Effects!
🎬 Full-Length AE Tutorials
How to turn your footage into 3D particles!
For a more advanced option, check out the Sticky Particles Effect.
How to give your footage a retro VHS look in After Effects. For more options and presets, check out the popular Creation VHS Effects template!
How to make text dissolve into sand or dust that blows away in the wind in After Effects.
How to create a realistic fire animation in After Effects.
Learn how to add various notes, labels, comments, and instructions to you AE templates.
How to make a glowing, floating, 3D orb and composite it onto camera-tracked footage. Then, learn how to add 3D particle trails using the Wisp template.
Learn how to create growing flourishes and vines that thicken as they grow.
How to make yourself into a cartoon puppet using Character Animator & Photoshop.
Convert your footage to text characters with this ASCII effect tutorial!
Learn how to make a meteor shower or rocket debris in After Effects, inspired by the Starship explosion in Jan' 2025.
Learn how to use AI in Photoshop to generate grass images, and turn them into a 3D field of grass blowing in the wind in After Effects.
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Don't have Photoshop? Download the images at the bottom of the Landscaper page.
A cool technique for making particle animations in After Effects. For finished animations, check out Pixel Pusher!
Learn how to endlessly loop a video clip in After Effects, making the end seamlessly transition to the beginning.
Learn how to give your footage an 8-bit effect, like a retro video game, in Adobe After Effects.
How to make text 3D in After Effects by adding a 3D extrustion.
How to get easy 3D clouds and sky from a 2D sky image in After Effects.
Learn how to make mixed media animations in After Effects, and download these free assets to use in your animation! For a huge collection of mixed media effects, check out the Mixed Media Effect template.
How to make realistic, 3D water in Adobe After Effects, without plugins!
Create a mesmerizing, high-speed ocean flyover with Fractal Noise in After Effects.
How to make a glittery titanium title with particles in After Effects.
How to create chiseled stone text like The Lord of the Rings title in After Effects
How to force After Effects to quit and save your work, when you get the spinning wheel of death.
How to create a realistic opening curtain animation in After Effects. Or, for $10, get the Opening Curtain template with a theater scene and other features.
Easy color correction trick for colorblind After Effects users.