After Effects Tutorials & Tips
Creation Effects produces After Effects video tutorials covering a variety of tips and effect how-to's. Give them a watch and learn something new! Subscribe to the Creation Effects YouTube channel to see when new videos are released.
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.
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.
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.