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A collection of tips, tricks, scripts and general comments on working with Adobe After Effects.
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After Effects scripts are a great addition to any motion designers workflow, and yet some motion designers shy away from using them, here's 4 simple reasons why you should start using After Effects scripts in your workflow:
Read more →At made by loop we're big fans of saving time and effort when it comes to After Effects, so here's 8 different ways to save yourself time and improve your workflow in After Effects:
Read more →Whether you're drawing a line between two points, underlining some text, or creating a simple lightsaber effect, knowing how to animate a line in After Effects is one of the basic skills you need in your motion design toolbox.
Read more →After Effects Scripts are incredibly useful tools that extend the functionality of After Effects in some way, usually saving the user time and effort when performing particular tasks.
Read more →A great motion design proposal can make all the difference when landing new clients. A well crafted proposal, or motion design project plan, is your first real opportunity to impress your client and showcase your vision for their project.
Read more →At the start of any new motion design project it’s vital to establish both what the client wants to get across in the animation, and the overall scope of the work you’ll be doing.
Read more →A common question that gets asked is: What is After Effects used for?
Read more →After Effects templates get a bit of a bad rep in the motion design world, there's a view that it's perhaps cheating to use them, however in some instances they can really help save time and money for both yourself and your clients.
Read more →It's almost a right of passage for a motion designer to have a go at creating a glitch effect in After Effects at some point in their career.
Read more →In this tutorial I'm going to run through how to create a sci-fi UI or HUD in After Effects using our Chronos sci-fi UI template kit.
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Read more →The Made by Loop blog is a space where we share posts on After Effects scripts, templates for After Effects, and anything else related to the world of animation and motion design.
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