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How to extend the time line in Adobe After effects

Hey, this is just a quick tutorial on how to extend the time line of a composition in Adobe After Effects. Had a few people asking this so I figure there are probably more out there searching for it. So here you go! :D

I just realised there’s no smiley faces in this video D:

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How to export video In adobe after effects

In this video I show you how to export or render video in Adobe After Effects CS3, CS4. Its not as easy as it might seem and is unintuitive compared to some video software. Usually you tend to go for File > export but with After Effects you Render the video rather than import it. This is because of the animation and 3D effects that are used in After Effects.

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Super Awesome text animation effect from Adobe After Effects Tutorial

Heeeey guys and girls! :D

I have been working on a project with my band and we recently put out some video blogs and I created the text intro for them and guess what!? I used the same techniques to create it as I did in the tutorials I made! So you can see them in action. I have added a few little effects to jazz it up and make it more unique but it’s pretty much the same thing as the tutorials.


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Top Text effects in Adobe After Effects CS4/CS3 Tutorial

Over the past few weeks I’ve shown you how to add a cool gradient to your text, and animate the opacity, scale, rotation, and skew to make it look really funky and cool! Check out this compilation of the weeks work to see what I’m talking about! :D
Don’t forget to post your comments on the blog or even better if you have a go your self post up the text you make as a video response on YouTube!
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How to add Skew effect to text in Adobe After Effects

This is the last in my short series of text animation tutorials for Adobe After Effects. In this video I show you how to use the Skew animator to make text seem elastic and cartoonish. I think on it’s own skew can look a bit boring and amateurish but used with the other effects I’ve shown you it looks really cool and stylish. Leave a comment to let me know what you think or if you’ve have a go hop over to my YouTube page and post it up as a video response! :D

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How to animate text rotation in Adobe After Effects

This is just a sort tutorial to add a little more animation to the text we have so far. On their own the effects might look a little drab and simple but all together I think they make the text more awesome like and interesting to look at. OK it’s not dancing the fandango, but that would distract form your title sequence. It adds just enough animation to draw your eye to the text with out stealing the show. Check it out and don’t forget to tell me what you think!

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How to make Text jump out at you – Scale Effect in After Effects

Continuing on from the opacity effect I showed you yesterday. In this tutorial I show you how to add the Scale animator to your text to make it pop out, or sit back, into your composition. If you haven’t seen them I’d recommend going to see the previous two blogs to watch the series from the start. This is a very simple effect and when used together with the other animation effects I’m going to show you, they look awesome and stylish!

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How to animate text opacity in Adobe After Effects

Yesterday I showed you how to add a gradient effect to your text in After Effects using the ramp tool (find this video here). Today I am going to show you how to add an animation preset and for the opacity value of the text and how to animate it.

Enjoy!
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How to add a gradient to text in Adobe After Effects

Hey so here is my tutorial about adding a gradient effect to your text in Adobe After Effects CS4, it should also work in CS3, 7.0 and other versions of After Effects because it is a standard preset effect in After Effects. This is the first of a series of simple text effects for After Effects I will be doing. Hope you find this useful!

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