Sign up for Artlist and receive 2 months free with an annual subscription: https://artlist.io/artlist-70446/?artlist_aid=skymography_3344&utm_source=affiliate_p&utm_medium=skymography_3344&utm_campaign=skymography_3344 My All Time Favorite Sound Effects collection on Artlist: https://artlist.io/artboard/141ab2d1-2639-402b-911c-2558ecf755b4/3353728 My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/Skymography ► SOCIALS Instagram: https://instagram.com/skymography X (Twitter): https://x.com/skymography ► INQUIRIES sky@skymography.com ► MY WEBSITE https://skymography.com ► TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 1:03 I. Reference is better than tutorials. 2:42 Pre-production stage 3:56 II. Lighting matters more than your camera. 4:23 III. Sound is half the experience. 6:22 Building montage! 7:36 IV. Messy project files will slow you down. 8:04 V. Realize that problem solving is a learnable skill set. 9:00 I ran into some problems... 9:57 VI. Timing & Pacing is better than Complexity. 10:54 feet 11:20 VII. When in doubt... particles & smoke. 11:47 VIII. You don't have to learn what others say is "right." 12:37 Finally creating THE MONEY SHOT 14:30 IX. Get comfortable fixing bad footage. 15:15 X. The best artists cheat. 16:01 THE FINAL PRODUCT Shoutout to ODESZA and Severance fr Thanks for watching :) #animation #vfx #editing ### Ignore this (I have to paste it in the description to get clearance for the Kendrick song at the beginning) ### 🎵 Music licensed from Lickd. The biggest mainstream and stock music platform for content creators. Rigamortus by Kendrick Lamar, https://lickd.lnk.to/aGK0NqID License ID: OGDerkGAVy1 If you want to use music from famous artists, try Lickd to get track credits and unlimited stock music: https://app.lickd.co/r/2c280df684fe4616b84b8b5e40a102ff

Start fresh any day of the year with my sponsor BetterHelp. Click https://betterhelp.com/skymography for a discount on your first month of therapy. My Patreon: https://patreon.com/skymography Where I get all the music & sound effects for my videos (get 2 free months with this link): https://artlist.io/artlist-70446/?artlist_aid=skymography_3344&utm_source=affiliate_p&utm_medium=skymography_3344&utm_campaign=skymography_3344 ► SOCIALS Instagram: https://instagram.com/skymography X (Twitter): https://x.com/skymography ► INQUIRIES sky@skymography.com ► MY WEBSITE https://skymography.com Thanks for watching :)

An experiment to test myself turned into something I could've never expected. Sign up for Artlist and receive 2 months free with an annual subscription: https://artlist.io/artlist-70446/?artlist_aid=skymography_3344&utm_source=affiliate_p&utm_medium=skymography_3344&utm_campaign=skymography_3344 My All Time Favorite Sound Effects collection: https://artlist.io/artboard/141ab2d1-2639-402b-911c-2558ecf755b4/3353728 My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/Skymography The animation & filmmaking masterclass I created with Nathaniel Drew: https://www.fxfcourse.com/ Apply for a scholarship for the course here: https://forms.gle/AEJ6YzXJJujCQasUA ► SOCIALS Instagram: https://instagram.com/skymography X (Twitter): https://x.com/skymography ► INQUIRIES sky@skymography.com ► MY WEBSITE https://skymography.com ► TIMESTAMPS -- For licensing the Gorillaz song at the end of the video (I have to paste this here to get cleared): 🎵 Music licensed from Lickd. She's My Collar (feat. Kali Uchis) by Gorillaz, https://lickd.lnk.to/XyC8nlID License ID: 325Eg8jdvK8 Thanks for watching :)

It's never too late to start looking. ► SOCIALS Instagram: https://instagram.com/skymography X (Twitter): https://x.com/skymography Thank you to my family for helping with the creation of this piece, check out their channels: https://www.youtube.com/@BeneaththeSurfaceYT https://www.youtube.com/@nathanieldrew https://www.youtube.com/@AnArtistsLifeYT Where I get all the music & sound effects for my videos (get 2 free months with this link): https://artlist.io/artlist-70446/?artlist_aid=skymography_3344&utm_source=affiliate_p&utm_medium=skymography_3344&utm_campaign=skymography_3344 ► INQUIRIES sky@skymography.com ► MY WEBSITE https://skymography.com Thanks for watching :)

Sign up for Artlist and receive 2 months free with an annual subscription: https://artlist.io/artlist-70446/?artlist_aid=skymography_3344&utm_source=affiliate_p&utm_medium=skymography_3344&utm_campaign=skymography_3344 My entire sound design collection from this video: https://artlist.io/artboard/28254a6c-0ce8-4ddf-ad36-ffd880e2b3b6/3353728 Artlist's new Sounds of Determination collection: https://artlist.io/collection/sounds-of-determination/11486?utm_source=LP&utm_medium=LP&utm_campaign=SOD My entire sound design philosophy & process: https://youtu.be/c0YINYT4Ozw The animation & filmmaking masterclass I created with Nathaniel Drew: https://www.fxfcourse.com/ (Get 10% off with code SKY10) The Spotify playlist I made for this video: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5HcKzNbNd13qDb8bAGWabT?si=6552f456da9d42a6 ► SOCIALS Instagram: https://instagram.com/skymography X (Twitter): https://x.com/skymography ► INQUIRIES sky@skymography.com ► MY WEBSITE https://skymography.com ► TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 2:37 Part 1: Get It Out Of Your System 4:20 Part 2: Start Asking Questions 8:17 Part 3: The Chopped Method 9:57 The Final 2 Takeaways Thanks for watching :)

Sign up for Artlist and receive 2 months free with an annual subscription: https://artlist.io/artlist-70446/?artlist_aid=skymography_3344&utm_source=affiliate_p&utm_medium=skymography_3344&utm_campaign=skymography_3344 My entire sound design collection from this video: https://artlist.io/artboard/45291cd7-b1f2-43a7-b791-e8ea5a1eb998/3353728 My animation & filmmaking masterclass I created with Nathaniel Drew: https://www.fxfcourse.com/ (Get 10% with code SKY10) ► SOCIALS Instagram: https://instagram.com/skymography X (Twitter): https://x.com/skymography ► INQUIRIES sky@skymography.com ► MY WEBSITE https://skymography.com ► TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 1:03 Part 1: The Building Blocks of Sound 4:53 Part 2: Mistakes (To Avoid) 8:12 Sound Designing The Intro Sequence 25:50 Outro Thanks for watching :)

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This video took a ridiculously long time to make. Seriously. Worth it though! Check out my animation & filmmaking masterclass Frame by Frame (and get 10% off with the code SKY10 at checkout): https://www.fxfcourse.com/ Where I get all the music & sound effects for my videos (get 2 free months with this link): https://artlist.io/artlist-70446/?artlist_aid=skymography_3344&utm_source=affiliate_p&utm_medium=skymography_3344&utm_campaign=skymography_3344 Want to color grade your footage like I do? Use code SKYMOGRAPHY to get 10% off at checkout: www.dehancer.com ► SOCIALS Instagram: https://instagram.com/skymography X (Twitter): https://x.com/skymography ► INQUIRIES sky@skymography.com ► MY WEBSITE https://skymography.com Thanks for watching :)

Inspired by a fantastic effect from designer Tim Hosqo, I show how to make a procedural blur title text reveal animation. Plus some fun techniques sprinkled in (as always) Other tutorials mentioned in this video: Colorama tutorial: https://youtu.be/kZCtLOW877A Keyframe Velocity/Pass-Through Keyframes tutorial: https://youtu.be/9Y4aKNdokjE Where I get all the music for my videos (you get 2 free months with this link): https://artlist.io/referral/3353728/Skyler ► SOCIALS Instagram: https://instagram.com/skymography X (Twitter): https://x.com/skymography ► DOWNLOADS Colorama preset pack: https://skymography.com/Colorama ► MY WEBSITE https://skymography.com ► TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro (what are we making?) 0:17 Setting up the project in AE 0:35 Making the text 0:48 Blur map 1:32 Adding the blur 1:55 Adding color and grain 2:53 Animating the blur map 3:56 Animating the text 5:06 Setting up the displacement (fractal noise) 7:12 Glow 7:29 Animating overlay speckles 8:05 Final stylizing effects 8:58 The final result! Thanks for watching :)

A highly slept on, but super effective method of adding effects into your videos with minimal effort (sounds too good to be true, right?) Download the two example clips: https://skymography.com/reversestabilization Where I get all the music for my videos (you get 2 free months with this link): https://artlist.io/referral/3353728/Skyler ► SOCIALS Instagram: https://instagram.com/skymography X (Twitter): https://x.com/skymography ► MY WEBSITE https://skymography.com ► TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro (what are we making?) 0:47 Example #1: Head Tracking 1:02 Pre-compose properly! 1:22 Using the main effect 3:47 Cleaning up the points 4:35 Adjusting the settings 5:28 Reversing the stabilization (Method 1) 6:50 Reversing the stabilization (Method 2) 8:15 Example #2: Face Tracking (Detailed Analysis) 9:25 Using garbage mattes! 11:03 Completing the track 12:03 Adding elements above my face 12:35 Example #3: Scene Compositing 14:33 Exporting a single frame from After Effects 15:05 Scene painting in Photoshop (generative fill) 15:49 Contextual taskbar is missing? 16:14 Exporting the frame from Photoshop 16:37 Reverse stabilizing the signs 17:10 Masking/Placing the signs 18:38 The other sign 19:05 Adding elements onto the signs 19:41 Compositing tricks for more realism 20:40 Animating the sign text 21:46 Text Exploder plugin 22:00 Using text animation presets instead 22:58 Placing the text (CC Power Pin) 24:04 Using a grid to check proportions 25:00 Compositing the text onto the sign 26:20 Common Problems 27:00 The reason you NEED to pre-compose first! Thanks for watching :)

Check out the full video that this shot is from: https://youtu.be/0JwsimH5GPE

Learn to animate in the style of Ali Abdaal's Youtube Shorts, as well as how to make the paper textures entirely from scratch. With plenty of AE tricks included! Get the complete pack here: https://skymography.com/paperpack Free version: https://skymography.com/paperpackfree See what's inside the pack: https://youtu.be/MTTWokuo1ag ► SOCIALS Instagram: https://instagram.com/skymography X (Twitter): https://X.com/skymography ► MY WEBSITE https://skymography.com ► TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro (what are we making?) 0:52 PART 1: Asset Creation 3:36 Processing in After Effects 5:28 Sequencing layers 6:34 Stabilizing the images 7:27 Removing the background - KEYING 10:48 Fixing keying problems 11:50 Removing the background - ROTO 14:24 Rendering the assets 15:22 PART 2: Essential Tricks 15:35 Extending/Reversing the assets (AE) 16:53 Extending/Reversing the assets (Premiere) 17:37 Extending/Reversing the assets (Resolve) 18:19 Extra visual controls 18:50 Jitter/Wiggle expressions 20:32 A better expression setup (Transform effect) 24:38 Saving as an Animation Preset 26:01 PART 3: Actually Animating! 26:08 Laying out the title text 28:01 Changing the asset speed 28:42 Changing the letter colors 30:08 Quick-swapping assets 30:58 Adding our animation preset! 32:40 Adding a background 33:04 Offsetting the layers randomly 33:50 Adding the "Part 1" text 35:20 Animating the butterflies 39:52 Changing the butterfly colors 40:19 Animating the butterfly trails 43:12 Adding the drop shadow 44:33 Overall scale keyframing 45:48 Final overlay textures 47:23 The last effects (vignette & displacement) 48:25 Outro Thanks for watching :)

A journey into what took over 200 hours to make such a short piece, and why it means so much more than just the hours spent. ► SOCIALS Instagram: https://instagram.com/skymography Twitter: https://twitter.com/skymography ► MY WEBSITE https://skymography.com ► TIMESTAMPS 0:00 The bubble piece 0:32 Introduction 1:16 Part 1 3:06 Shooting the macro footage 6:08 Part 2 7:46 Animating the intro (After Effects) 9:38 Part 3 11:28 Animating the 3D text 12:46 Part 4 13:53 Revealing the animation Thanks for watching :)

► DOWNLOADS 20 free Colorama presets: https://skymography.com/Colorama ► SOCIALS Instagram: https://instagram.com/skymography Twitter: https://twitter.com/skymography ► MY WEBSITE https://skymography.com ► TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 0:22 The effect explained 1:06 The main settings 3:17 Important note about the color picker 3:57 Making palettes with references 5:55 Using photography as a reference 8:05 Examples of how to use Colorama 9:52 Second example 10:39 Other settings 12:22 Saving presets 13:09 Installing presets 13:26 Applying presets (3 ways) 14:08 Final thoughts Thanks for watching :)

Music: Sad Seine – Lambert All footage was shot on the Sony ZV-E1 across Lisbon, Geneva, Zermatt, Paris, Vienna, and in-between travel. ► SOCIALS Instagram: https://instagram.com/skymography Twitter: https://twitter.com/skymography ► MY WEBSITE https://skymography.com Thanks for watching :)

In this video I show to create a jelly-like text reveal animation using a few tools and tricks in After Effects. Tweet at me what you make with it! Inertial Bounce expression by Harry J. Frank: https://www.graymachine.com/top-5-effects-expressions Font used in the video (New Yorkies): https://freefontdl.com/new-yorkies-font/ ► SOCIALS Instagram: https://instagram.com/skymography Twitter: https://twitter.com/skymography ► MY WEBSITE https://skymography.com ► TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 0:24 Making your composition & text 0:54 Reveal animation overview 1:11 Separating the letters into layers 1:54 Revealing the letters 3:42 How to deal with complex letters 6:14 Adjusting pacing of the reveal 6:58 Adding the jelly bounce effect 9:48 Making a global expression controller 11:08 Last steps & final animation Thanks for watching :)

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A few words on where I'm at with creativity. ► SOCIALS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skymography Twitter: https://twitter.com/skymography ► My website: https://skymography.com

In this video, I show you a couple tricks I learned over the years to make your keyframes flow better, and understanding the speed graph more intuitively to make your animations smoother. The full Frida Kahlo video from the last example: https://youtu.be/sPJAXc2j7kA ► SOCIALS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skymography Twitter: https://twitter.com/skymography ► My website: https://skymography.com ► TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 0:18 Setting up our eased keyframes 2:01 Trick 1: Rove Across Time 3:05 Trick 2: Pass-through effect w/ the speed graph 3:43 Understanding the speed graph intuitively 4:43 Comparing the two tricks 5:09 Using the second trick on other keyframe types 5:47 Combining multiple keyframes 6:19 Using the value graph 7:12 Real-world example 8:20 Outro Thanks for watching :)

This took a lot longer than it probably should have... Made with my camera, my keyboard, After Effects, and some time!

Learn how to make a texture out of anything using just your phone camera, After Effects, and what you can find around you! This technique is something I regularly use to get textures on the go, and to add a more authentic look to my animations. Download the textures I made in this video below ↓ ► DOWNLOADS The textures made in this video: https://skymography.com/textures1 (feel free to use them in anything you want) FX Console (free plugin to search effects more easily): https://www.videocopilot.net/blog/2018/05/fx-console-updated-to-v1-0-3/ ► CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:22 Part 1: Capturing Your Textures 0:37 What to look out for 1:08 Part 2: Processing Your Textures 2:15 Adding more control with effects 4:19 Understanding the contrast blending modes 6:07 Part 3: Animating Your Textures 8:00 Adding keyframes 10:34 Effects to help merge your animation and textures 11:11 Trick to get better glow 12:41 Tie it all together 15:19 Final examples 15:26 Outro ► SOCIALS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skymography Twitter: https://twitter.com/skymography ► MY WEBSITE https://skymography.com Thanks for watching :)

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