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10 Top Animation Elements Template Packs for Final Cut Pro

Tutorial • Beginner

With these flexible templates for Final Cut Pro you can create complex animations in a fraction of the time.

Nona Blackman • 26 Dec 2021
Animation

10 Top Winter Scene Animation Templates for After Effects

Tutorial • Beginner

Check out our favourite winter scene animated templates for After Effects featuring snowy scenes, festive cheer and an abundance of family time.

Marie Gardiner • 1 Dec 2021
Animation

How to Mix Real Characters Into 2D Animation With Cartoon Animator and After Effects

Tutorial • Intermediate

Combining real life footage with 2D animations and cartoon backgrounds is a rare blend of styles that can make your project really stand out! With the help...

Jonathan Lam • 26 Oct 2021
Animation

10 Top Lottie Animation Templates for After Effects

Tutorial • Beginner

Lottie helps you include animations on platforms quickly and easily as they work on any device and can scale without distortion. Get started with Lottie...

Marie Gardiner • 14 Oct 2021
Animation

10 Top Logo Reveal Templates for After Effects

Tutorial • Beginner

A quick review of top templates for After Effects to help you make a short animated logo reveal for your brand.

André Bluteau • 5 Oct 2021
Animation

How to Add Special Effects to Cartoon Animation Using After Effects

Tutorial • Intermediate

Adding special effects to a cartoon animation can really help give your project that wow factor! Adobe After Effects is capable of achieving a wide variety...

Jonathan Lam • 5 Oct 2021
Animation

How to Add Motion Blur Effects to Cartoon Animation Using After Effects

Tutorial • Intermediate

Motion blur is essential when creating movement in animation. Motion needs some degree of blur to make your videos look natural, this is especially true for...

Jonathan Lam • 28 Sep 2021
Animation

3 Ways to Colour Grade Cartoon Animation Using After Effects

Tutorial • Intermediate

Adding Color Grading to an animation can help to convey a specific emotion, style or atmosphere. In this tutorial, you will learn how to add color grading to...

Jonathan Lam • 28 Sep 2021
Animation

How to Add Soft Shadow Effects to Cartoon Animation Using After Effects

Tutorial • Intermediate

Soft shadow lighting effects are essential for adding that sense of believability when adding objects or characters into a scene. In this tutorial, you will...

Jonathan Lam • 24 Sep 2021
Scripts & Plug-ins

How to Add Soft Lighting to Cartoon Animation in After Effects

Tutorial • Intermediate

Adding glowing lighting effects to your cartoon animations can help brighten an area of your scene and add more emphasis to it. In this tutorial, you will...

Jonathan Lam • 24 Sep 2021
Animation

8 Top Online Education Scene Animation Templates for After Effects

Tutorial • Beginner

Check out our ten favourite After Effects animation templates featuring education, programming and coding scenes, from Envato Elements.

Marie Gardiner • 9 Sep 2021
Animation

10 Top Office Scene Animation Templates for After Effects

Tutorial • Beginner

Scene situations play out particular scenarios with animated characters. In this article we’ll show you ten of our favourite animation templates featuring...

Marie Gardiner • 29 Jul 2021