Realistic Ink Bleed (Procedural) - After Effects CC Tutorial

After Effects tutorial on creating a realistic ink bleed effect with any high res transparent .png file.
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Intro Credits:
Intro music "Untitled" by Monstroll
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Intro sound effects courtesy of freesound.org
00:00 Intro
00:37 Setup Comp
2:05 Add Effects
7:40 Setup New Composition
8:45 Time Remap
9:45 Finishing Touches/ Closing Thoughts

[@silverfox9648]

the last step really made the difference!

[@nilricci4835]

this is the foundation of my new channel aesthetics and I am THANKFUL :'D

[@RusticVisuals]

Nice tutorial, I do dnd edits for people and have just been using ink spread animation overlays. This is a nice tutorial for me to heighten that a bit, I'm not an after effects user but I think I know all the effects I can substitute to achieve this result

[@lazerslab]

Thanks hopefully it is able to transition into other software - I think for the most part the distortion and blurs do the heavy lifting - good luck!

[@artem_astaroth]

Amazing, thank you so much!

[@lazerlaboratory]

Thanks for watching! Glad it was helpful!

[@krakenjade8564]

Can I just thank you for sharing this. This is next level awesome. Thanks dude!

[@lazerslab]

Glad you dig it - thanks for checkin it out!

[@Alisa-inspiration]

This IS such a dope idea! Thank you for the inspiration

[@jesskazen]

THIS IS GREAT JIMMY!

[@lazerslab]

Thanks Jess!

[@SaraDesigner]

Amazing content , I will support your channel to provide more techniques in after effects, thank u

[@lazerslab]

Thanks for that!

[@ravinderseehray]

very easy to learn

[@siderakis2]

Very original and clear instructions 👍

[@rajatsharma8697]

Lovely Awesome fabulous

[@MUDHD]

Love the Intro animation🤖👏

[@lazerslab]

Thanks!

[@PsyklonAeon]

nice tutorial really handy thanks

[@Dave-ei4jp]

For the german AE users: In german it's called "Maske unterfüllen". There were no correct translations on the internet.

[@desmanage]

What a superb effect, who'd a thought the doubling up of the overlay layer would have such an impact - the man's a genius I tell ya'
You have a new subscriber and a like (more of a luv really, but you get the drift...)
KP

[@lazerslab]

That's the best part about experimenting with layers and effects - every now and again the results are much cooler than expected! Thanks a lot!!

[@kabayankota]

Thank you!

[@blueguy5764]

Thank you for this :D

[@athavankandiah7643]

Can you add this to texts or is it only for pics?

[@SkillcapInc]

Could this work with an actual video?

[@lazerslab]

I'm sure it would do something... Not sure if the results would be as predictable or useful - but I'm sure it would be interesting!

[@gerardorojas3856]

How can we create a trail or constant path with this “ink effect”, would be nice if we can have a tutorial please, so we can create a narrative story with a camera traveling from point to point telling a story with this ink effect. Hope you realize what I mean. :(

[@lazerslab]

I've tried this without luck. It would require real time affecting the point of ink origin. The effect I describe here though, affects the entire image all at once. You might want to look into the Mr.Mercury effect though, or particle systems, to get the effect you want. I know it can be done, it's just a lot more complicated than it seems. Probably better off trying it in a 3d workspace like blender.

[@gerardorojas3856]

@@lazerslab thank you for the suggestion, has been hard journey looking for information to get this technique haha

[@CokeReggae08]

hey, my only showing matte effect is mocha shape, do you have an idea why i dont see the choker?

[@lazerslab]

I was unable to recreate the issue you mentioned - It's possible that some image formats might not support matte choker - So if you aren't using a transparent .png I would say try with that and see if the effect shows up.

[@LeighWilliamson]

My matte choker is not working at all. Is there something I may have switched off to make this happen?

[@lazerslab]

The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is the tiny little "fx" box at the top left of the effect bar. I guess the other thing too, which might be a little obvious, but make sure the image you are working on has a proper alpha channel. If it is a jpg, tif, or png without alpha transparency, than the matte choker effect will only affect the edges of it's square shape (not the targeted central design)

[@LeighWilliamson]

LAZERS LAB found out I had a solid below my png. Daaa. Felt so stupid 🤪 thanks for the awesome tut!

[@lazerslab]

@@LeighWilliamson Ha - been there! Glad it worked out!

[@Drewengtheway]

Fantastic! I'll hit you up on instagram with the results !

[@lazerslab]

Do it!