After Effects Sketches for 5/2/23
I’ve been spending too much time this week in Discord servers answering basic After Effects questions and trying out the shots that are giving people trouble.
Not a front for a secret organization.
Written by Rob Schultz (human).
I’ve been spending too much time this week in Discord servers answering basic After Effects questions and trying out the shots that are giving people trouble.
I make little sketches in After Effects all the time, sometimes to help someone else figure out a shot, or just to recreate something I find interesting. I usually don’t share them anywhere, but what if I did? It might go a little something like this…
Now available in the lobby!
The project for this shot is a meme-fountain.
Like the movie Jaws, I knew I had a winner on my hands with this one.
-Award-winning comedy writer,
Rob
Poor Gonk droid.
This is not my design. This is one of the first things I built in Cavalry, just copying something I saw posted in the After Effects discord. I’m sorry I don’t know who made it originally,
Above: Cavalry
Below: After Effects
Word on the street is that Cavalry is going to get some features in the near future that might allow for this sort of thing.
Continuing to play with Cavalry. Sometimes fun, sometimes frustrating. It feels like there’s a lot more clicking than I’m used to.
Trains and lighthouses are the number one topics in America right now, so it was important to do something about each of those.
The cloud of Z’s is flying around dynamically, without any keyframing. I haven’t been able to figure out how to make Jean’s hand follow the cloud, so you’ll just have to assume she’s the one controlling everything.