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How to Add Free Animations to Live-Action Video in 30 Minutes With After Effects

Tutorial • Intermediate

Learn how to create your own animations in this quick tutorial. We'll combine a free character from Reallusion into live-action stock video from Envato...

Jonathan Lam • 13 Jul 2022
Animation

How Lighting Imparts Emotion in an Animated Scene

Tutorial • Beginner

In animation, lighting is incredibly important and is often used to give audiences a better understanding of the scene. In this tutorial, you'll learn how...

Jonathan Lam • 12 Jul 2022
Animation

How to Add Noise and Grain to Lens Flares in After Effects and Fix Banding

Tutorial • Intermediate

In this lesson, you're going to learn about a pro-tip that will help your lens flares and gradations look fantastic when you export.

Jonathan Lam • 25 Jun 2022
Animation

5 Top Character Kits for Animation in After Effects

Tutorial • Beginner

A showcase the top character construction kits for animating in After Effects, available from Envato Elements.

Nona Blackman • 21 Jun 2022
Animation

5 Top Character Constructor Kits for Animation With Editable Designs

Tutorial • Beginner

Looking for character constructor kits that you can use to create your own animations? Today we'll showcase the top PSD character constructor kits for...

Nona Blackman • 1 Jun 2022
Logo Animations

5 Top Hand-Drawn Animation Style Logo Templates for After Effects

Tutorial • Beginner

Try one of these stunning hand drawn logo animation templates for After Effects, available from Envato Elements and Envato Market.

Nona Blackman • 31 May 2022
Animation

How to Animate a Dancing Character With ActorCore and Blender for Free

Tutorial • Advanced

Learn how to use ActorCore to find and download characters and animations, for free, and how to use them in Blender to create a video.

Jonathan Lam • 27 May 2022
Animation

How to Animate Handwriting With a Video Template for After Effects

Tutorial • Beginner

Add a touch of elegance to your next video with a realistic handwriting animation! Creating a handwriting effect in After Effects is easier than you think.

Andrew Blackman • 19 May 2022
Text Effects

How to Animate Handwritten Text in After Effects

Tutorial • Intermediate

Learn the write-on animation technique to make custom animated handwritten text using Adobe After Effects in this tutorial.

Jonathan Lam • 19 May 2022
Animation

3 Top Hand-Drawn Animation Apps for Beginners & Pros on Android

Tutorial • Beginner

Animation apps are a great way to create on mobile devices. Here are three of our favourites for Android, available from Google Play.

Marie Gardiner • 13 May 2022
Animation

How to Use Shape Layers to Animate in After Effects

Tutorial • Beginner

Shape layers are super powerful tools for creating graphics and much more inside of After Effects. In this lesson, you will see exactly how they work.

Jonathan Lam • 4 May 2022
Animation

How to Use Spatial Interpolation for Motion Animation in After Effects

Tutorial • Beginner

In this lesson you will learn about spatial interpolation using an example project with a text layer.

Jonathan Lam • 3 May 2022