Agreed! Also worth noting for people who don't know that you can use mask paths for positioning too - so you could for example auto trace a layer, then use those mask/s to drive the animation of your layer.
I wish I found this video a couple weeks ago just for the Convert to Paragraph tip... I feel like a lot of After Effects is doing something a really clunky way for hours and then discovering a way to do that same thing in minutes or even seconds. Great tips!
So true! A lot of what separates beginners from pros is just familiarization with the software, knowing hotkeys, and practice. We're happy you picked up a few new tricks, and we can't wait to see what you do with them.
I just screamed, “WHAT?!” rather loudly at my screen at 6:45. I created a whole macro that did a bunch of ridiculous stuff including expressions to work around this, and it was that easy?! You just right-click?! 🤦🏼♀️ 😐 I’ll just be over here pondering what other stupid life choices I’ve made.
I always had a feeling this was a feature but never knew how to do it until now. I always kept thinking "There's gotta be a way to mask the effect directly and not have to make it on an adjustment layer."
That's why you have to look for the what's new videos and blog posts adobe makes every time they release a new version, they even put the what's new section in the home screen of every new release so you don't miss out on those magical new features.
great video guys thanks! Just one question: why didn’t you draw the path with the pen tool directly onto the ellipse layer, instead of shape layer > copy and paste path data?
this was the fix for the situation where you already have text and instead of creating a box and copy pasting the thext there, right click and convert to paragraph is faster.
@@deejaymanners This is true. I work with a lot of text in Ae and its so frustrating to have to copy and paste the text to a bounding box and have to reformat it. Now I dont have to!
Great tips. When you paste the path onto the position at 5:12 where does After Effects get the keyframe spacing/timing from? The path was created at one point without keyframes yet After Effects has spaced the path nodes as keyframes over time. What determines this time spacing?
@@TimoKanal AFX places keyframes in time such that the speed of the animation is constant, just like what you would get if you selected a group of keyframes, right clicked, and selected rove across time. Note that the keys in between the start and end are smaller in size and move automatically as you move the start and/or end. This indicates that those keyframes are “roving” and will automatically adjust to keep the speed constant. Looking at the speed of the animation in the graph editor can make this easier to visualize. To move keyframes between the start and end you have to select the keys, right click and unselect rove across time.
Neat tutorial lots of respect lady.. Still my rant to Adobe (as usual) what use is hidden paragraph option or an entire library of the effects panel with no individual thumbnail preview like in oh i don't know perhaps powerpoint! It's 2020 get over it seriously dude Adobe WTF...#?! when am i going to get a tool less stiflly technically curved instead more artistically bend ?!
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Definitely changed my life with these. The only thing I was aware of was the pen tool path feature the others were gold and new ground for me. Thank you!
If you want to make a quick Paragraph text, just : > Select the Text Tool, Left Click and drag out a BOX in the Comp window. You will automatically be in Paragraph mode 🙂
That point to paragraph text thing is horrible. I spent hours trying to google it and came up with zip. If you create a separate video for just this issue and name the video something obvious like 'how to make your text wrap properly and behave like it does in every other package in the world and stop shouting at your screen and upsetting the dog and the neighbours' then it'll be getting trillions of views.
Just because it’s a right click does not mean it’s hidden, and it’s definitely not SUPER-SECRET. If you’re not right clicking on everything then you’re less than an amateur
Please never stop making tip videos. I mostly use AE for VFX, not motion, but thisLayer(.)name is game changing for that tedious, well paid work we all know and love.
School of Motion Loves You...and Jesus does too. Crikes. Just take my kidneys now...the anonymous internet advertiser who wants to sell crap LOVES EVERYONE. Loves me too, I have no doubt.
The pen tool is definitely the best tool. :) Bezier/10
Hi Ben!!!
Loveee your content!
Agreed! Also worth noting for people who don't know that you can use mask paths for positioning too - so you could for example auto trace a layer, then use those mask/s to drive the animation of your layer.
after all these years using After Effects I always learn a new feature, that's why I love After Effects!!
Never thought about the mask on effect, just saved me from a ton of layers ty so much
she has got such an ugly VOICE! disgusting ... sounds like femena!
I’m also impressed by the compositing mask like most everyone else. Thanks for sharing these tips.
I wish I found this video a couple weeks ago just for the Convert to Paragraph tip... I feel like a lot of After Effects is doing something a really clunky way for hours and then discovering a way to do that same thing in minutes or even seconds. Great tips!
So true! A lot of what separates beginners from pros is just familiarization with the software, knowing hotkeys, and practice. We're happy you picked up a few new tricks, and we can't wait to see what you do with them.
I just screamed, “WHAT?!” rather loudly at my screen at 6:45. I created a whole macro that did a bunch of ridiculous stuff including expressions to work around this, and it was that easy?! You just right-click?! 🤦🏼♀️
😐 I’ll just be over here pondering what other stupid life choices I’ve made.
The compositing mask blew my mind, omg. This will make _everything_ easier
Ikr? I've been duplicating comps/layers for this up until now!
Im putting inside my brain right on. Superrr
I always had a feeling this was a feature but never knew how to do it until now. I always kept thinking "There's gotta be a way to mask the effect directly and not have to make it on an adjustment layer."
isn't that basic stuff (no offense)
That's why you have to look for the what's new videos and blog posts adobe makes every time they release a new version, they even put the what's new section in the home screen of every new release so you don't miss out on those magical new features.
Motion tracker + smoothing?! 🤯🤯 thanks Sara!
Oh my god! The compositing mask is a huge time saver! Really great tips, thank you.
This is gold! Thanks
Our thoughts exactly!
These were some great secret tricks I never knew about! Fantastic video!
I am so glad I found this video .
You also can create box text dragging the mouse while you create
Ah, four years in AE and I will only found out now about three of these features! Thank you a lot!
great video guys thanks! Just one question: why didn’t you draw the path with the pen tool directly onto the ellipse layer, instead of shape layer > copy and paste path data?
I love you guys. Your tips are always something that is not obvious.
WOW! This is the most useful "top 5 tools"-kind video tutorial I have ever seen! Thank you so much!
You don't have to use "Convert to Paragraph Text". Instead, just click the text icon and drag a box on the composition & start typing
this was the fix for the situation where you already have text and instead of creating a box and copy pasting the thext there, right click and convert to paragraph is faster.
@@deejaymanners This is true. I work with a lot of text in Ae and its so frustrating to have to copy and paste the text to a bounding box and have to reformat it. Now I dont have to!
THESE WERE REALLY AMAZING TIPS THANK U S OO MUCH FOR THIS !!!
Very useful tips!
Been using AE since 2005. Found new things here!!
excellent tutorial again. very easy to follow. clearly spoken too.
Thank you! 🤟
Awesome tips, Sara! Thanks a million!!!
Super useful!
Hey, to create a Paragraph text, all you need to do is, with the text tool selected, click and drag to create a box.
Great tips. When you paste the path onto the position at 5:12 where does After Effects get the keyframe spacing/timing from? The path was created at one point without keyframes yet After Effects has spaced the path nodes as keyframes over time. What determines this time spacing?
Exactly what I was wondering too.
@@TimoKanal AFX places keyframes in time such that the speed of the animation is constant, just like what you would get if you selected a group of keyframes, right clicked, and selected rove across time.
Note that the keys in between the start and end are smaller in size and move automatically as you move the start and/or end. This indicates that those keyframes are “roving” and will automatically adjust to keep the speed constant. Looking at the speed of the animation in the graph editor can make this easier to visualize.
To move keyframes between the start and end you have to select the keys, right click and unselect rove across time.
amazing wonderful , biggest like, u teach very nice , fully played.
this was so useful!! thank you
Powerful 🤩
No. That paragraph box feature isn't hidden. You can simpply click and drag when Text is selected.
Great video
hooooooooly!!! thank you so much
great tips many thanks!
i was looking for mask effects all time... TNX
LOVE IT
Thank you soooo much, there are really some good tricks to fasten workflows ;)
Very helpful. Super useful.
Magic.
Superb♦❣♦
Brilliant
thank you Great tips .
Loved it...
Neat tutorial lots of respect lady.. Still my rant to Adobe (as usual) what use is hidden paragraph option or an entire library of the effects panel with no individual thumbnail preview like in oh i don't know perhaps powerpoint! It's 2020 get over it seriously dude Adobe WTF...#?! when am i going to get a tool less stiflly technically curved instead more artistically bend ?!
Thanks great and helpful🙏🙏🙏👍
I clearly haven't been making enough use of the compositing options. Thank you!
Bravo!
It's super magic!
1000 Like to this. Love it.
NICE
Yeah compositing mask just made my face explode
great
great video
I like that
Number 5 changes everything hahaha. OMG.
its very nice and cool they share this here.... because their courses are way beyond my $reach$
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Hello school of motion with 5 AE tool and when I have After effects cs6 not cc
Who will the 5 tools benefit me and others plz?
The title got me, lets see...
I mean... more efficiency for changing text names is not what I'd call completely revolutionary. :)
i cant watch a video from your webstie, is there any problem?
Hey! I just checked and it seems to be working now!
@@yousawnothing644 im still cant watch any video, why :(
omfg the motion sketch tool... i literally froze and gasped. so much time i've wasted...
Like 😎👍🏻➕
sis
this just reminded me how broken and hacky after effects is
haha, I read Stools 😝
Hey if you start presenting your skills. Start with the result. Show it clear, than explain.
The irony here is at least 3 of these can be done way faster. And the other 2 are pretty useless.
Definitely changed my life with these. The only thing I was aware of was the pen tool path feature the others were gold and new ground for me. Thank you!
Mind = Blown!!! As a long term Ae user I always saw these options and just assumed they6 were useless... Wow... Great tips!!!
ahh.. the paragraph and layer name are new and going to reduce the amount of swearing my dogs hear.
If you want to make a quick Paragraph text, just : > Select the Text Tool, Left Click and drag out a BOX in the Comp window. You will automatically be in Paragraph mode 🙂
That point to paragraph text thing is horrible. I spent hours trying to google it and came up with zip. If you create a separate video for just this issue and name the video something obvious like 'how to make your text wrap properly and behave like it does in every other package in the world and stop shouting at your screen and upsetting the dog and the neighbours' then it'll be getting trillions of views.
You need to learn how to zoom in on your tutorials… For a closer view of what you are doing.
This channel is basically all about expressions
Really good tips! Thank you!
Great set of tips, very clearly presented.
Great Tips!!!
excellent info. thanks
Thank god i don't need to rename my layer multiple times again if i create a text!
super magic
Great tips, thanks for sharing
This video is awesome
mind blown on the compositing option one
Great tips, as always!
Thank you for sharing ♥️
Thanks
thanks
This was fantastic. Thank you.
Just because it’s a right click does not mean it’s hidden, and it’s definitely not SUPER-SECRET. If you’re not right clicking on everything then you’re less than an amateur
Amaaaaaaaaazing thank youuuuuuuu
very helpful - thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Please never stop making tip videos. I mostly use AE for VFX, not motion, but thisLayer(.)name is game changing for that tedious, well paid work we all know and love.
WOW!! Those were actually pretty awesome!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
School of Motion Loves You...and Jesus does too. Crikes. Just take my kidneys now...the anonymous internet advertiser who wants to sell crap LOVES EVERYONE. Loves me too, I have no doubt.
Dude, Convert to Paragraph Text!!!! YES, I needed that one so bad Haha
Also too, you can click on the Text tool and then just drag a box with your mouse...
So do I!
Super helpful, thanks! I‘ve been using compositing mask for quite a time now, I think I discovered that by accident 😁
Wow why did I not know about the Compositing Options for effects? Thank you!
Such awesome tips!! Thank you! ^_^
Never thought about the mask on effect, just saved me from a ton of layers ty so much
A very helpful video, thank youi!