This tutorial explains how to create a very simple map highlight effect in After Effects. It can be done with a solid layer, a mask, one built-in effect, and a layer style. Here’s how:
After Effects
The blog posts and tutorials in this category are about After Effects. These resources should help video editors in virtually every version of the software.
After Effects, commonly referred to as AE, is an animation and motion graphics software by Adobe. No matter what NLE a video editor knows (Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro X, etc.), learning AE is a must! The blog posts and tutorials about AE on the Edit Video Faster website teach shortcuts, provide tips, and expert insights from a freelance video editor and video producer with over a decade in the industry.
Here are some topics you will learn about on this website:
- Copying effects of a property onto another layer
- Creating guides and copying them into other compositions
- Adjusting the volume in After Effects
- How to change the space of letters and lines of text
- Changing font and color of text layers
- Making solids and how to change their colors
- Solving common importing issues
- Keyboard shortcuts to show and hide properties
- And so much more!
Why Use a Pre-Comp for Text in After Effects
This article explains the power behind using pre-comps for text in After Effects. You’ll learn what a pre-comp is, how to make a pre-comp with a text layer, how to edit text inside a pre-comp, and how to make variations of a pre-comp.
Easily Create Transitions Using Animation Presets in After Effects
This article shows you dozens of different pre-made transitions that are already sitting in After Effects waiting for you to use. They’re tucked away but once you know where to find them they’re pretty easy to use. Here’s where you can find them and how to use them:
Quickly Change Transparency and Fade In or Out Layer in After Effects
This article is on how to quickly change the transparency (also known as “opacity”) and do a fade in or fade out of a layer in After Effects. It’s super easy to do and takes only a few seconds. Here’s how:
How to Export a Frame (.jpg, .png, .psd, .tif) from After Effects in Seconds
This tutorial is on how to export a still frame out of After Effects. In it you’ll learn how to take a frame in After Effects and export a JPEG (.jpg), PNG (.png), PSD (.psd), or TIFF (.tif). And you will learn how to export a still with or without an alpha channel as well. Here’s how:
Export QuickTime Video with Alpha Channel in After Effects
This tutorial is on how to export a QuickTime video with an alpha channel from After Effects. It’s simple to do. Here’s how:
Solving a Common JPEG and Image Import Issue in After Effects
This tutorial is on how to solve a common JPEG and image import issue in After Effects. If you have a JPEG, TIF, PNG, or PSD image that you imported into After Effects and it’s only a handful of frames long, more than likely you accidentally imported an image sequence instead of just the one image file. Here’s how to fix it:
How to Change Text Font in After Effects
This tutorial is on how to change the font for text in After Effects. It’s super simple to do!
Change Space Between Lines of Text in After Effects
This tutorial is on how to change the space between lines of text in After Effects. You can watch the video and/or read the written tutorial.
How to Change Duration of a Composition in After Effects
This tutorial is on how to change the duration or length of a Composition in After Effects.