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Countryside landscape with a painting effect, with wavy brush strokes like a Van Gogh painting, made with the "Van Gogh Effect" for After Effects
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VAN GOGH EFFECT
For Adobe After Effects

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Swirly Van Gogh Effect - After Effects (Animated Painting from Footage)
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What is it?

The Van Gogh Effect for Adobe After Effects allows you to instantly turn your 4K footage into a realistic, animated painting - in a style that imitates master painter Vincent Van Gogh.

The Van Gogh Effect works equally well for both footage and images, and is completely customizable using convenient controls. Easily achieve the trademark swirls of the famous "Starry Night", or the wavy brush strokes of Van Gogh's self portraits. With authentic brush textures, custom paint strokes, and an unmistakable Van Gogh style, this effect will turn your ordinary footage into a post-impressionist masterpiece!

Create animated paintings in the style of 
VINCENT VAN GOGH

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Just drop in your HD or 4K footage or photo, and instantly generate one of two animated Van Gogh looks. Both options can be customized with controls to get the best look for your unique footage.

The "Van Gogh Effect" tutorial shows how to give your footage a Van Gogh painting look in After Effects

Even After Effects beginners will have no problem turning their footage to a post-impressionist painting!

Van Gogh Effect used in an exhibit in the Van Gogh Museum

The Van Gogh Effect was prominently displayed on the walls of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam!

Art themed box with artist supplies and used canvas

The "Van Gogh Effect" and over 40 other unique art effects are included in the "Creation Art Effects" template.

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Swirling paint strokes effect on an image of lights, resembling Van Gogh's "Starry Night"
  • This template is compatible with Adobe After Effects, version CS5 and all later versions. Works on both PCs and Macs. No plugins required.

  • This template was upgraded and updated in 2018. The video tutorial was made prior to the update and some elements may look or work a little differently. Be sure to read the written instructions in the template - they are thorough and up-to-date.

  • The template includes both HD (1920x1080) and 4K (4096x2160) comps. The effects work great on photos, text, and graphics with transparent backgrounds, but it is not designed for exporting images at a higher resolution than 4096x2160.

  • The two Van Gogh Effect comps in this template are 10 and 15 frames per second, giving them the choppy stop-motion look seen in the demo video. The reduced frame rate also speeds up render times considerably. You can change their frame rates in the "Composition Settings" panel, or if you like the look of a reduced frame rate, but need to export at a higher rate like 29.97fps or 25fps, create a new comp with the higher frame rate, and place the Van Gogh Effect comp into that one.

  • Frame images, animated mattes, and alternate paint and canvas textures are included.

  • This template has been "universalized", so it will work in After Effects running in any language (CS6 and up).

The Van Gogh Effect template is not a plugin, so there is nothing to install. Rather, it's an Adobe After Effects project file, commonly known as a "template" because most of the work is already done and the user needs only to make their own customizations. This template is compatible with version CS5 as well as all later versions of After Effects.

Van Gogh Effect contains copyrighted intellectual property. The animations you create with this product are 100% yours and can be used for commercial purposes, but the sharing or online posting of project files with or for anyone other than a client is prohibited. See the Terms and Conditions for more details.

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Need to Know

lens flare camera lens reflection made in After Effects
The Van Gogh Effect applied to the European countryside in After Effects, with a swirling brush strokes style.
A field of sunflowers with the Van Gogh Effect for video, converting it to wavy paint strokes like an animated Vincent Van Gogh painting.
A recreation of the famous Vincent Van Gogh self-portrait, made with Photoshop, and then given a Van Gogh painting effect in After Effects
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