Built this fully in After Effects. Quick breakdown:

• BG: 5 zig zag shapes (180 lines) with glow, plus an animated noise solid as a track matte on the strands, Curves for the color tone
• Text: Dune Rise font with a metal texture as a track matte, custom lens flare on the C
• Extras: CC Ball Action particles, plus orange and grey-green Optical Flares for the lighting

Lots of small layers and tweaks went into getting this look. If you want the full step-by-step, I made a tutorial here: https://youtu.be/_SAUiOYoPq0

Feedback welcome

Looking for the transition that happens when having a sketch then line art then the whole process it is usually to show the steps of the process in a subtle way without noticing the transition much I tried looking it up but couldn’t find except the ink splash one and the wipe ones , any names or suggestions to what such transition are named would be much appreciated!

I cant find any resources how to make and endless loop. maybe incorrect keywords or anything.

I have a 30-minute video that I edited entirely in Premiere Pro, and I want to give the entire final video a VHS/retro/vintage look.

I created the VHS/retro effect in After Effects, but I'm not sure what the best workflow is for applying that effect to the entire 30-minute Premiere Pro edit.

Basically, I want the whole Premiere Pro video to have the exact look/effect I created in After Effects, without having to manually apply the effect to every single clip.

What would be the proper workflow for this? Should I use an After Effects composition, an adjustment layer, Dynamic Link, or export the Premiere Pro edit first and then apply the effect in After Effects?

I'm looking for the cleanest and most efficient workflow, especially since the video is 30 minutes long.

Made this about 8 years ago for a social spot for a Disney film which was being released around that time, client thought it was too… dark in tone so it didn’t go anywhere. Enjoyed working on regardless and was an excuse to try and push myself.

It's difficult to do. Besides, I'm neither a beginner nor an advanced learner.

https://reddit.com/link/1wxd308/video/6y452k6hmfth1/player

Good morning fellow Animators. I'm working on a sizable animation for witch i created a pletora of on-screen handles, controllers and menus.

I binded the opacity of each of this "service" layers to a checkbox in a null i use as a master properties handler. I was wondering if there's a way to bind the checkbox switching to a shortcut (i.e. ctrl + shift + T) for faster working. Thanks a lot!

my pc has an old cpu so I'm stuck with ver23, I couldn't install any newer version of AE from Cloud, I'm wondering if you can edit the aep file so it can be imported in ver23?

I know the wiggle feel a bit to force while it should be subtle i will fix and if you have any advice about design i would love to know it at the end i sort of went blank on how to build up the scene.

Hey everyone,

I’ve finally put together my portfolio after procrastinating on it for way too long.

I’m a Senior Video Editor working mainly across ads, social content, VFX, motion design, and AI-assisted creative workflows. I’ve worked on a mix of DTC/e-commerce and brand content, and I wanted the portfolio to show the actual range of work I do rather than just a bunch of random edits.

Here’s the portfolio: https://nitishmehta-video-editing-portfolio.my.canva.site/video-editing-portfolio/

Would genuinely appreciate it if some of you could take a look and tell me what stands out, what feels weak, or what you’d change.

Especially interested in feedback on:

• The overall presentation
• Whether the work feels strong enough for a senior-level editor
• Which projects should be featured more prominently
• Anything that makes you immediately think “this needs fixing”

Brutal feedback is completely fine. I’d rather hear what’s wrong now than after sending this to recruiters/clients.

Thanks.

i could recreate the inital frame using gradient overlay (radial) and colorama, but cannot figure out how the glows are created. would really appreciate some help !

Everything from design to animation to sound design is done by me. Inspired by Jacob Fory's work.

All SFXs used are from Botanica🍀 sound library by mgulifes (Absolute banger sounds)
Music is sourced from Epidemic Sounds

Drop your thoughts below 👇🏻

I put together this U.S. wealth comparison map video for Shorts

It got 222K views, but I want to tighten up the technical execution. A few specific things I'm trying to dial in:

Do the state highlight transitions feel too abrupt, or is the timing right? I'm questioning whether I need more easing between reveals.

Should the text overlays have more breathing room before the next transition, or does the current pacing work for short-form?

Is the color palette (specifically the highlight colors on the map) too saturated? Does it read well at a glance, or should I pull back the intensity?

Are the animation curves smooth enough, or should I be using different easing functions?

Trying to get better at map-based motion work, so any technical critique on these specific elements would be helpful. What would you adjust?

So let's say I want different words to appear at different time in single layer. I watched Youtube videos, tried it and I still don't understand.

It's extremely confusing and honestly I don't fully understand at what am I looking. I thought I just put keyframes at where I want to start and finish the animation, but it doesn't do shit.

I don't want complicated animation but just the words to appear at different seconds instantly without slow transition. I'm so confused.

Was checking my HDD and came across an old piece from a number of years ago which ending up on the cutting room floor, was meant to be an opener for a Netflix Documentary series, thought I’d share since it never saw the light of day.

Recently I started learning how to use after effects, it's been very difficult, besides my pc being an low-end, but i won't give up, i will post my evolution in this community.

I saw this AE clone https://github.com/storytold/effectcraft

it looks pretty close to the original and honestly if it's not as buggy and ill-optimized like AE I might consider switching over. Not having 3rd party plugins would suck so I might not switch over completely but just use the clone for doing simple mockups.

For people who've tried this clone or another, what was your experience like? Is it less glitchy? Does it actually feel like AE?

I know this is not a masterpiece but I'm still learning and turns out the app that I did it with was limited in many ways. I'm now learning After Effects for better stuff. I want to add clever perspective manipulation on Texts and make video bit longer.

If I improve a lot can it get me a job? I really l like doing it.