MotionIsland on After Effects Snapshot vs Screenshot
Another great After Effects tutorial, this on After Effects Snapshot vs screenshots, a function that can be confusing from the nomenclature.
Rich Young at ProVideoCoalitions January 2022 After Effects Roundup
I know it's a miracle, Rich Young at Pro Video Coalition has posted his January 2022 After Effects roundup and I am posting about it only a couple of days late! Once again it is full of videos and tips and tricks and releases and is a must read for anyone using After Effects.
PremiumBeat’s Caleb Ward has an article on Professional Video Editing Tips and Techniques with links to many videos
It is well worth checking out for any beginner editors out there.
MotionIsland on working with After Effects Repeater
MotionIsland has a tutorial on how to use the After Effects Repeater. Check it out for sure.
Chadwick Shoults of Creative Video Tips on creating Project Setting Presets in DaVinci Resolve
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTCknbS5Xhc Yes Chadwick Shoults has done it again with another must watch tutorial for using DaVinci Resolve.
Creative Dojo has a video tutorial on Dynamic Auto Resize & Auto Scale text
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n0RKDlbGas This is very cool, and very useful for making templates, especially in commercial, direct response and web video advertising. Make sure to subscribe to Creative Dojo on YouTube. Expressions are amazing, and I wish I was better at writing them instead of just using them, and this goes through the expressions so you can get some information about how it works.
PremiumBeat with 5 tips for Organizing your Compositions in After Effects
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDRSlKJqHec Charles Yeager at Premium beats has this article and the above video on organizing your After Effects Compositions. Yes yes yes, cleaning up After Effects Projects is a must, and sometimes I wish that Template makers spent more time making theme easier to use and modify as I basically never use them exactly as intended. Anything to clean things up so if another graphics artist comes or even you after a break will be able to quickly figure things out.
DIYPhotography has a tutorial video 13 Clever Gimbal Tricks you Need to Master
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMzJnOEfM8c Using a Gimbal is much harder than you think, so if you are going to be using one, you need some hints to learn to get the most cinematic shots.
MotionIsland on Discovering and mastering After Effects Trim Paths
Check out MotionIsland's Tutorial on Trim Paths for Shape layers in After Effects.
ProVideoCoalition After Effects Roundup for August 2021
Rich Young at PVC has released his August After Effects Roundup and I know I am posting this a bit late, but well worth a read.