This is one of the most incredible hands on tutorials I've ever seen. I love how you showed all these little tricks to make something simple look beautiful. Every other tutorial on TH-cam barely uses actionable and relevant examples at all.
Thanks School of motion! Glad I came across your channel. I was wondering why you don't have over 100K subs. I think I have come a long way in motion graphics and animations solely from learning on TH-cam & till now learnt a lot from guys like Mt Mograph, Tutvids,, Video Copilot, etc. But this is the first time I learnt how to use precomps meaningfully. Thanks again! I wish you'll become big on youtube because you thoroughly deserve it.
Thanks for the kind words. The subs will come, we just recently switched to TH-cam over Vimeo, but we're growing steady. Can't wait to get more tutorials out there in the future.
If time permits, please make a tutorial on creating an explainer video as complex as your kinetic typography animation. Actually, I saw you first on Vimeo, then searched your name on YT to see if you are on this platform as well. Best wishes School of Motion!
Wow-this is an incredible illustration and resource! I woke up this morning thinking that as a beginner in the After Effects world, I need a better understanding of precomps. And this was the perfect first shot at diving into that! Thanks so much for making this available.
is not only important to make good tutorials video , but also the empathy of the guy talking with the ppl who are watching the video , like telling he was afraid of pre-compose too at the begining! je tyvm
I love the fact that he did two separate examples, and the one from the tutorial is more simple, but he explains it so well, that now I understand and can appreciate the things that he did for the first one. That's how you teach! Great content
School of Motion is the best thing to ever happen. I’ve decided to change career and am pursuing MoGraph. College student again and these videos are soooo helpful!
I have come across this video so many times, but for whatever reason, have always just decided I didn't care to watch it. Well, now, I finally am watching it and I'm only 7 minutes in currently and feel like I've already learned so much!
Thank you for this Joey. I have watched 100's of AE tutorials on TH-cam and I have to say this is the best one so far. So informative and useful with so many shortcuts etc which can be used when working on other projects. Being able to take someone from a blank comp right through to the end with a fantastic and professional final animation is very skillful. I appreciate just how much thought you must have put into this and will be recommending this channel to everyone!
You are truly awesome. I never knew the power of precomp in after effects until now. You are genius. I learned a lot from this amazing tutorial. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and making this awesome video.
Usually, i won't spend my time on so long 40+ minutes video, but this video really drags me in, and it so perfect for me. It makes that cool animation is looking so easy. Thankss~
I don't comment a lot on TH-cam, but this was probably the best used 40 minutes of my life. It's fast, to the point, informative, well thought out and in general just plain nice to watch video. Definitely subscribing and I am certain I will watch all of your videos. Huge thank you.
Awesome thanks! It's not just the main tutorial content itself, but all the tips and tricks e.g. keyboard shortcuts you throw in that double its usefulness. It's the same with your other tuts. Great stuff!
Great tutorial. You can learn a lot of things not only about pre-composing. When you start to use After Effects there a lot of useful hints about other topics like effects, shortcuts, etc...
FYI - at 3:54 he's editing in the Value Graph and not the Speed Graph (see drop down menu icon right next to the eyeball, lower middle part of the screen).
A good trick I use for speeding up or slowing down a SET of keyframes. For instance, let's say you have 10 keyframes for a random flicker, if you highlight them all, hold ALT, and then drag the LAST keyframe backwards or forward, it will change the space between all your keyframes relative to eachother. This is great for cleaning up the timing without having to play with each one.
School of Motion School of Motion made me realize how much I love design and motion. I’m back at school and using SoM alongside with my education to get into this field. Much ❤️
Loved this video. I learned a lot especially the thingy and the yankee. hahaha. Please keep sharing these free videos. They are gold. With COVID, wish I could afford your animation courses among the others. The only thing that I'm still unsure about is when it's appropriate to use "Leave all attributes in ....." when comping. I haven't been able to get a clear understanding of that quiet yet.
Wow, I'm somewhat new to After Effects and don't mess with comps too much (scary, like you said). But this was great! You also helped a lot with general shortcuts and techniques which is always awesome. Thank you so much!
Hey, Joey! Thanks for the tips. I'm pretty well versed in AE but still find myself steering away from precomps. But now I'm super ready to dive in so thank you! Also, learned a lot about the graph editor. Thanks!
Instead of double clicking on the rectangle, i find it easier to create a shape layer, click 'add' and select rectangle, click 'add 'again and select 'stroke' of 'fill'or both. rectangle will be perfectly centered. just saying... Anyways, love your tutorials! learnig a lot. Thanks!
Definitely an awesome video and I learned a lot. One request: maybe a tiny bit slower on the next couple? I know it's a bit difficult because there's a lot to cover but I felt as though it was impossible to follow along in After Effects while watching.
Great tutorial so far! Around 15:55 when you ctrl click position for separate dimension, my separate dimensions is grayed out. Any reason why or way to fix this? Thanks!
what is the difference between (leave all attributes and move all attributes, when should we use leave all attributes option and when we should use move all attributes option
Hey, great tutorial, but I have a question. When you pickwhip the fill layer to the stroke layer in the first square comp, is there anything else you are doing to cause the fill to parent it's motion to the stroke layer. This doesn't happen for me! I am getting past it by just keeping the keyframe info in the fill layer, but if i need to change the stroke i will need to make a new fill duplicate each time.
This is one of the most incredible hands on tutorials I've ever seen. I love how you showed all these little tricks to make something simple look beautiful. Every other tutorial on TH-cam barely uses actionable and relevant examples at all.
This channel is so under rated.
WE ARE NOW 10 LAYERS DEEP---dude, this is just like Inception. so cooool~
Exactly what came to my mind when he said it.
Thanks School of motion! Glad I came across your channel. I was wondering why you don't have over 100K subs. I think I have come a long way in motion graphics and animations solely from learning on TH-cam & till now learnt a lot from guys like Mt Mograph, Tutvids,, Video Copilot, etc. But this is the first time I learnt how to use precomps meaningfully. Thanks again! I wish you'll become big on youtube because you thoroughly deserve it.
Thanks for the kind words. The subs will come, we just recently switched to TH-cam over Vimeo, but we're growing steady. Can't wait to get more tutorials out there in the future.
If time permits, please make a tutorial on creating an explainer video as complex as your kinetic typography animation. Actually, I saw you first on Vimeo, then searched your name on YT to see if you are on this platform as well. Best wishes School of Motion!
Wow-this is an incredible illustration and resource! I woke up this morning thinking that as a beginner in the After Effects world, I need a better understanding of precomps. And this was the perfect first shot at diving into that! Thanks so much for making this available.
is not only important to make good tutorials video , but also the empathy of the guy talking with the ppl who are watching the video , like telling he was afraid of pre-compose too at the begining! je tyvm
I love the fact that he did two separate examples, and the one from the tutorial is more simple, but he explains it so well, that now I understand and can appreciate the things that he did for the first one.
That's how you teach! Great content
School of Motion is the best thing to ever happen. I’ve decided to change career and am pursuing MoGraph. College student again and these videos are soooo helpful!
I have come across this video so many times, but for whatever reason, have always just decided I didn't care to watch it. Well, now, I finally am watching it and I'm only 7 minutes in currently and feel like I've already learned so much!
Ha! That's amazing :) Glad you found it helpful.
When I use the CC Repetile effect, there's a small black line in between repeats, so it's not perfectly seamless. Any suggestions?
So, this video just flooded my creative brain after working with AE for about a month. As the title says....I'm empowered! Thank You!!
Thank you for this Joey. I have watched 100's of AE tutorials on TH-cam and I have to say this is the best one so far. So informative and useful with so many shortcuts etc which can be used when working on other projects. Being able to take someone from a blank comp right through to the end with a fantastic and professional final animation is very skillful. I appreciate just how much thought you must have put into this and will be recommending this channel to everyone!
One of the most thought through instructional videos I've found. Well done
You are truly awesome. I never knew the power of precomp in after effects until now. You are genius. I learned a lot from this amazing tutorial. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and making this awesome video.
Thanks Kalpit, best of luck on your projects.
Usually, i won't spend my time on so long 40+ minutes video, but this video really drags me in, and it so perfect for me. It makes that cool animation is looking so easy. Thankss~
I don't comment a lot on TH-cam, but this was probably the best used 40 minutes of my life. It's fast, to the point, informative, well thought out and in general just plain nice to watch video. Definitely subscribing and I am certain I will watch all of your videos. Huge thank you.
Thanks for the kind words. We definitely try our best to help people in the industry. Best of luck to you on your MoGraph journey.
Awesome thanks! It's not just the main tutorial content itself, but all the tips and tricks e.g. keyboard shortcuts you throw in that double its usefulness. It's the same with your other tuts. Great stuff!
The tips in between are just 👌🏼🔥✨
Very interesting lesson! Thank you.
Very glad it helped you out.
brilliant teacher - thanks for giving the shortcuts really helpful!
This tutorial was awesome and I picked up a whole bunch of other things unrelated to precomps that helped me in my pieces!
Great tutorial. You can learn a lot of things not only about pre-composing. When you start to use After Effects there a lot of useful hints about other topics like effects, shortcuts, etc...
Love your style - the way you speak, the way you explain, the way you teach! Excellent stuff - learnt a lot!
Just discovered this channel- loving the high quality content, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for commenting! Glad your here
FYI - at 3:54 he's editing in the Value Graph and not the Speed Graph (see drop down menu icon right next to the eyeball, lower middle part of the screen).
Thanks for great tutorial. I laways tried to avoid using pre-comp in AE but this tut really shows great power of using them. Thanks again. Subscribed.
Useful techniques, easy to follow, nice to watch.Thank you
A good trick I use for speeding up or slowing down a SET of keyframes. For instance, let's say you have 10 keyframes for a random flicker, if you highlight them all, hold ALT, and then drag the LAST keyframe backwards or forward, it will change the space between all your keyframes relative to eachother. This is great for cleaning up the timing without having to play with each one.
Great tutorial as always-- Joey you sound EXACTLY like Bryan Konietzko.
Whhhhaatttt! This is some god level motion! ❤️❤️❤️ Highly appreciate this and recommend this! Love ittttt ❤️❤️
INSANELY USEFUL TUTORIAL.
Watching this video got me excited about motion graphics again - great use of a simplistic function fer an incredible result!
I love love love SoM... You make it much easier to understand
You're absolutely welcome! Thanks for commenting!
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Motion made me realize how much I love design and motion. I’m back at school and using SoM alongside with my education to get into this field. Much ❤️
@@ItsJustMeStevie That warms our hearts! Keep at it!
Brilliant and simple. The first Tut in AE I felt engaged- start - finish!
Loved it. I'm quite new so have never precomped. Looking forward to following along doing my own. Superb video
I learned a lot in this tutorial. I'll be watching more of your videos. Thanks!
Best channel I have found! Learning so many great tips with these tuts. Thanks so much.
Loved this video. I learned a lot especially the thingy and the yankee. hahaha. Please keep sharing these free videos. They are gold. With COVID, wish I could afford your animation courses among the others. The only thing that I'm still unsure about is when it's appropriate to use "Leave all attributes in ....." when comping. I haven't been able to get a clear understanding of that quiet yet.
Excellent tutorial! I really appreciated some of the beginner techniques as well.
Such a fantastic Tutorial!!!! So many helpful shortcut keys given out during the session! Awesome Job! thanks so much!
Really helpfull... precomp, shortcuts and other stuff... you explain the reason behind every key...
I really love how you created this.
Great tutorial. Thnx!
Wow, I'm somewhat new to After Effects and don't mess with comps too much (scary, like you said). But this was great! You also helped a lot with general shortcuts and techniques which is always awesome. Thank you so much!
Thank you, best video I have seen so far!
Hey, Joey! Thanks for the tips. I'm pretty well versed in AE but still find myself steering away from precomps. But now I'm super ready to dive in so thank you! Also, learned a lot about the graph editor. Thanks!
Sweet! Yeah precomps are great if used correctly.
Awesome thanks had fun planting seeds!!
Veeery nice! This might be one of the best AE tutorials I've ever seen! I will definitely check your other tutorials out!
great booster, thanks you bro
So insightful!
Thank you!
Oh my god... It's amazing!!!! Thank you very much!!!! so nice. best teacher that I have never seen
Thank you for everything you do, Joey
This was amazing I have learnt so much in a short of time.
Many thanks for showing it has inspired to learn more about After Effects, Very cool.
Instead of double clicking on the rectangle, i find it easier to create a shape layer, click 'add' and select rectangle, click 'add 'again and select 'stroke' of 'fill'or both. rectangle will be perfectly centered. just saying... Anyways, love your tutorials! learnig a lot. Thanks!
so practical thanks alot
this is awesome ! i need to watch that video from the actual beginning.
you are a great teacher, keep the good works up
really awesome video! even learning some of the shortcuts you used was really helpful
great stuff man, I'm watching all your vids. Stepping my expression game up!
You'll be an expression expert in no-time!
You made it cristal clear, thank you sooooo much!
You are a great teacher. Thank you so much!!
Great explained mate, thanks
I have learned something new. Thank You, Teacher!
you guys r amazing.....
God I feel like I learned so much; very clear and easy to follow, and really highlights all the good parts of pre comps for me
Love it.. Thank you so much.. Appreciate this tutorial
Definitely an awesome video and I learned a lot. One request: maybe a tiny bit slower on the next couple? I know it's a bit difficult because there's a lot to cover but I felt as though it was impossible to follow along in After Effects while watching.
Greatfull tutorial, thanks a lot man.
Great tutorial so far! Around 15:55 when you ctrl click position for separate dimension, my separate dimensions is grayed out. Any reason why or way to fix this? Thanks!
LOL "Two kinda little glitchies."
This video just helped me a lot. Thanks so much!!!
Thank YOU! 🔥🔥🔥
They should add wow-button in addition to like for videos like this. Awesome and very helpful. Thank u
Great video!
This was especially amazing, thank you!
Thank you endeed for your channel class. I have a cuestion for you: how do I do to UNCOMPOSE the composed layers? Thanks for answer. Best regards
If you've gone too far to command+z you can just go into the precomp copy and paste in the master comp.
School of Motion thank you for this amazing tutorial !!! It's incredible
Very informative.
Very very good. Thank you.
This is beautiful
Cool tutorial, thanks!
You're a Legend. Thank you
very helpful tut...
especially the shortcuts..helps the flow huh?
what is the difference between (leave all attributes and move all attributes, when should we use leave all attributes option and when we should use move all attributes option
I love the bumper School of Motion, very funny and interesting to see, one time to make the tutorial bumper School of Motion.
Thanks a lot !
how'd you get just the rotation and scale properties to show up?
Great video, thanks
I do enjoyed this even I don't have AE.
Thank you!
This is impressive!
Awesome content!
Great tutorial!
What do you use to show key presses at the bottom of your video?
School of Motion: There's nothing to it
Me: Drooling
You Sir, got a sub!
nice tutorial. I learnt a lot.
Thanks
excellent, i used to do something similar in Flash
Thanx
Hey, great tutorial, but I have a question. When you pickwhip the fill layer to the stroke layer in the first square comp, is there anything else you are doing to cause the fill to parent it's motion to the stroke layer. This doesn't happen for me! I am getting past it by just keeping the keyframe info in the fill layer, but if i need to change the stroke i will need to make a new fill duplicate each time.
Congrats but at 3:56 the handle (only the handle) is moved up but when I do it moves the whole keyframe. Can someone help me?
”I do want a stroke!” Whoah there buddy
Ctrl-alt-delete on Windows would be Command-option-esc on a Mac
if your machine freezes.