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Snapshots in After Effects

Posted on October 6, 2011 by in After Effects, Quick Tips | No Comments

Complex loops can be difficult in After Effects, but at least they are possible. Pretty much anything can be looped using their parameters: layers, effects, even expressions. But, for me, probably the hardest part is getting that last frame to look perfect, so that your loop will be perfectly seamless. Well, After Effects can help with that, [...]

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Text at random Y Positions in After Effects

Posted on September 27, 2011 by in Expression | No Comments

I have been working on a project recently that required tons of text boxes to be placed at random y positions on the screen. I wanted to be able to reuse the project for different composition sizes (HD, SD, 2K, etc), and needed to also factor in a “title-safe” area… Instead of manually doing all of this, I wrote this little [...]

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