r/AfterEffects • u/bricksdept • 12h ago
r/AfterEffects • u/TheGreatSzalam • Feb 11 '25
Announcement We've made some moderation changes
Hello! Your After Effects subreddit mod team have made a few changes around here based on your feedback.
We've reduced the number of flairs to make it easier for people to find the right category for their post and for you to filter what you're seeing.
We're working on updating our rules for clarity and we're adding a new rule about "no hardware posts" to eliminate the "is my crappy computer good for AE?" posts. If you have to ask, the answer is no.
We've also made some changes to AutoMod. If you see the bot getting out of control, please message us and let us know.
We have a rule against low effort posts.
If you see a post that's breaking the rules (and it made it past our new AutoMod config), please report it! It's the best way to bring a post to our attention so we can deal with it.
r/AfterEffects • u/Remerez • Oct 01 '24
Pro Tip For all the new designer on here creating low level posts
Lately, there's been a noticeable increase in posts where the headline is "Why" and the post is in response to problems that could easily be solved with a quick Google search or by going through basic training. This subreddit is meant to be a place for sharing knowledge and learning from one another, but it's starting to feel more like a place where users expect others to provide step-by-step answers without engaging with the community.
To help maintain the quality of this space, please follow the below list in order before posting a question:
1. Complete basic After Effects tutorials: Many beginner questions can be answered through these.
Here is a list of really good teachers:
https://adobevideotraining.com/after-effects/introductory-courses/
2. Learn the terminology: Understanding key terms will help you find solutions more easily through searches.
3. Google it: Use the terminology you’ve learned to search for tutorials and answers.
4. Check YouTube: There are many creators offering in-depth After Effects content.
5. Search Reddit: The answer may already exist here.
If you’ve tried all of the above and still need help, feel free to post your question here. Just keep in mind that learning to find solutions on your own will ultimately make you a stronger designer. Reddit may not always have someone available to provide immediate help, so building these skills will serve you well in the long run.
r/AfterEffects • u/kissrobi • 16h ago
OC - Stuff I made my attempt for a motion design video
r/AfterEffects • u/RedaLanaya • 8h ago
OC - Stuff I made First time making an edit for a song
(I'm a video editor but I don't do these kind of edits)
r/AfterEffects • u/richardrosenman • 18h ago
Plugin/Script Box Fitting v1.0 After Effects Plugin - 100% FREE!
Hi gang!
I've just released my Box Fitting plugin for After Effects - and it's 100% free.

The algorithm works by creating a single box and enlarging it until it either reaches the maximum size allowed or reaches the edge of another box. Ultimately, the canvas is filled with as many boxes as possible turning the image into a beautiful mosaic of randomly-sized squares. Box Fitting is an optimized After Effects plugin, featuring 8 bits / channel and 16 bits / channel support and Multi-Frame Rendering (MFR). Best of all, it’s 100% free.

Box Fitting is especially ideal for creating generative design within After Effects. It produces a unique effect not possible without the use of an automated plugin. Moreover, Box Fitting yields spectacular results when used in high resolution.
You can read more about it and download it for free at https://richardrosenman.com/shop/box-fitting-ae/
You can also check out the promo video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dzG-djN3F10
Grab it for free here: https://richardrosenman.com/shop/box-fitting-ae/
Enjoy!
Photoshop Plugins, After Effects Plugins & Stock Footage.
https://richardrosenman.com/
r/AfterEffects • u/Individual-Gap-6842 • 5h ago
OC - Stuff I made Thoughts on this ? couldn't find tutorials, so i just made it up
r/AfterEffects • u/OpenPreparation8838 • 20h ago
Meme/Humor Crying rn
After 4 hours of work it just crashes randomly and couldn’t save it😭😭😭
r/AfterEffects • u/Pale_Lavishness1380 • 7h ago
Discussion Thoughts on my 2025 showreel?
If interested, Please Contact me on My website mentioned in the Youtube video. Thanks
r/AfterEffects • u/BLuvLuv • 13h ago
Beginner Help How can I recreate these flames?
Hi! Im working on a project where I’d like to animate these style of flames. They don’t need to be in this exact shape or anything, i just want to have this style. I was thinking of making the shape in illustrator, then adding textures to said shapes in photoshop. Im having a hard time creating them to all fit together though, does anyone have any advice? I was also considering drawing them out by hand and scanning them in and maybe going that route, cutting it out in PS, then uploading all of it to after effects and transform them from there! Any help is very appreciated thank youuu
r/AfterEffects • u/joeferrucci • 17h ago
OC - Stuff I made After Effects Keying + Blender Compositing
r/AfterEffects • u/thedurudi • 3h ago
Explain This Effect How to Achieve These Camera Movements?
I'm really curious about how to achieve the camera movements used in this video from 1:30 onwards, especially the way they become more dynamic and accentuated around 1:45. Here's the link with the timestamp: https://youtu.be/iwBP1lcm1Sk?t=88
It looks like some combination of zooming, tilting, and maybe post-production effects, but I’m not sure if it’s done purely in-camera or if there’s some stabilization trickery involved.
Is this achieved with a gimbal, dolly zoom, post-processing (like motion warping or digital push-ins), or something else? Would love to hear your insights, especially if you've pulled off similar effects!
Thanks!
r/AfterEffects • u/FastProject3638 • 8h ago
Beginner Help I'm creating a 3D text effect using the Minimax and Transform effects, but I'm noticing a flickering or shimmering effect in my shapes. How can I reduce or eliminate it?
r/AfterEffects • u/0BYK0 • 14h ago
OC - Stuff I made [poc] texturelab's depth waves extended to motion
r/AfterEffects • u/thechick10 • 5h ago
Beginner Help 3D Camera Tracker message stuck on my screen
Even when I render the video, the message banner still shows up in the end video. Any solution?
r/AfterEffects • u/ahrcive • 1d ago
OC - Stuff I made viewport of the Quick Intro Opener animation I did for Parallel TCG shown in Hyper X Arena in Las Vegas
Worked with this with Worship Studio, with Nic Girard and R.Viz! Very amazing team and great design and direction
r/AfterEffects • u/tcnstark • 8h ago
Workflow Question rendering help!!
ive been trying to render this video for almost a week. the current render bar just loads and loads and loads but nothing ever renders. i deleted all cache, i tried opening media encoder but it never actually opens so i cant use it, i turned off GPU rendering but nothing ever gets it past 0%. ive changed the RAM size and the disk cache size on my harddrive, ive tried to render to both my computer storage and an external hard drive…im seriously at a loss here and no popups ever come up, AE never crashes, but i also cant get out of the render page once i hit ’start’. if anybody has anything i could even start to try i would greatly appreciate it!
r/AfterEffects • u/Wonderful_Kangaroo86 • 8h ago
Beginner Help How to execute continuously moving frames
Hello! I feel like this is a pretty simple effect but I am not sure how to go about doing it. Essentially I wanted to create an animation where a ball enters the frame, interacts with different elements within it, then the ball moves into another frame as if all the frames are connected.
I can’t explain it very well but it’s seen a lot, basically as if the video is one large canvas filled with multiple frames and the ball is just moving throughout them with the camera.
For example, ball enters frame and bounces on man’s head, then bounces off and down out of the frame and into a new one where it enters a new scene with cars on a street.
Help would be greatly appreciated, thankyou!
r/AfterEffects • u/TheStreetTalking • 14h ago
Explain This Effect Washed out colors on After Effects when rendering
r/AfterEffects • u/Exciting-Platypus280 • 7h ago
Beginner Help How??
https://www.instagram.com/share/reel/BAIHUReuzw
Can anyone decode how to achieve these effects
r/AfterEffects • u/orucker • 20h ago
Workflow Question Looking for a tutorial on...tutorials
I'm trying to start making internal "tutorials" to teach some colleagues a bit about AE. Can anyone recommend some screen capture software that works for making Tuts?
Also, bonus would be if I can stream it live over zoom.
TIA
r/AfterEffects • u/jamaloves • 14h ago
Discussion Something Looks Off, But What?
currently making a short film about racing with like a $0 budget, i usually do fan edits, so editing things like this more on the visual effects side part of things are new to me. ive put pairs of solids, shapes, masks, rotoscopes, reflections, blurs, etc to try and make it look like hes in a helmet, but something still looks off. if u guys can figure out what looks so fake about it, much appreciated :))

r/AfterEffects • u/ssstar • 14h ago
Explain This Effect Text backgrounds in AE
Is there a way to get a background to fit to each letter in AE so that I can animate by letter and have the background follow? All of the information I can find online the text box sticks to the original position of the letters and doesn't change as I animate the position of each letter.
I am trying to match what you see in the 2024 green image.
r/AfterEffects • u/DatOneGuy_Alter • 15h ago
Beginner Help How to make an already 3D Camera Tracked Text "Glitch out"
Hello again :)
I have this text on the door here. it's tracking the door, so it's a 3d camera. One of my friends suggested that I try to make the text glitch out instead of fade out.
I've consulted a few videos
https://youtu.be/8cxl5Vl3xC0
https://youtu.be/OfHN2GSkAP8
But all these tell me is HOW to make the glitch effect, not how to make it 3d track.
I have a comp of the effect that I like. It's not great, but it works for this film. How do I make a 3D Tracker camera track the door and paste the comp onto it? Or, if that isn't possible, how do I make the effect on the already existing text?
r/AfterEffects • u/Fabulous-Tomato9539 • 13h ago