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.

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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.

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!

After Effects tutorial - how to seamlessly loop footage

Learn how to endlessly loop a video clip in After Effects, making the end seamlessly transition to the beginning.

After Effects tutorial - how to make a retro pixelated 8-bit effect

Learn how to give your footage an 8-bit effect, like a retro video game, in Adobe After Effects.

After Effects tutorial - How to add 3D extrusion to text

How to make text 3D in After Effects by adding a 3D extrustion.

After Effects tutorial - How to make 3D cloud movement from a photo

How to get easy 3D clouds and sky from a 2D sky image in After Effects.

After Effects Tutorial - How to create a realistic 3D water effect in After Effects

How to make realistic, 3D water in Adobe After Effects, without plugins!

Ocean planet fly over tutorial for after effects.

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.

After Effects tutorial - how to make chiseled stone text, like the Lord of the Rings title

How to create chiseled stone text like The Lord of the Rings title in After Effects

After Effects tutorial - How to quit and force save your work

How to force After Effects to quit and save your work, when you get the spinning wheel of death.

After Effects tutorial - How to make an opening curtain animation

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.

After Effects tutorial - Color correction trick for colorblind editors

Easy color correction trick for colorblind After Effects users.

After Effects tutorial - How to make a text to sand or dust reveal transition

How to make text dissolve into sand or dust that blows away in the wind in After Effects.

After Effects tutorial - How to make realistic fire 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.

After Effects tutorial - Make a floating orb and particle trail

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.

After Effects tutorial - How to make thickening growing vines and flourishes

Learn how to create growing flourishes and vines that thicken as they grow.

Character Animator tutorial - How to turn yourself into a cartoon puppet character

How to make yourself into a cartoon puppet using Character Animator & Photoshop.

(Download Photoshop puppet file)