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NEW TUTORIAL: Seamlessly Looping Background (Patreon)

Published:
2017-07-08 21:51:17
Imported:
2021-05

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Hello!

Here's an EXCiting new motion graphics tutorial, which I have decided to release at a lower pledge level just because... I'm still being a bit slow with the behind-the-scenes content.

Hope those of you who work in After Effects find this 42-min step by step guide useful. Please let me know if I didn't cover something well enough or if you have any questions.

LEARNING!

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TUTORIAL: Seamlessly Looping Background

Learn to build a complex motion graphics background that loops endlessly, without using any stock footage or images, just the default After Effects features.

Comments

Anonymous

I'll never have ANY use for this tutorial but it killed the last hour of my nightshift so I thanks, it was useful.

Anonymous

Early in the video you used hue and exposure separately. Why not use Lumetri Color which has all of that in one thing? Is it a rendering speed issue or just a personal preference?

CaptainDisillusion
>>6068270

Yeah, the couple of times I've tried Lumetri, it was so incredibly slow, I just couldn't get anything done... When I have to do any detailed grading in AE, I kinda like Color Finesse. But for simple tweaks, Exposure, Hue and Curves can't be beat, IMO.

Anonymous

Well that was so interesting I wish I had a reason to use it.

Anonymous

How did you scrub the playhead so that it snapped to the in/out of a clip? That would come in super handy for a production I'm doing right now.

CaptainDisillusion
>>6073604

Hold shift as you scrub. Also, I believe pressing "i" and "o" jumps the playhead to the in/out point of the selected layer.

Anonymous

To loop the particles, since their generation is fairly random and not entirely noticeable, couldn't you have split the footage in half and reversed the second clip to end up back at the front to make a loop as well? (I suppose I could just try it my damn self but boy am I lazy today)

CaptainDisillusion
>>6076420

Hmm, well if the particles had exactly the same fade in/out time, remained a solid color and weren't moving in a common direction, I guess you might be able to get away with it (still, I think everything suddenly reversing together would catch the eye). But the particles in my example fade in fast, fade out slow, turn from white to red and scroll to the left. Reversing that would be super obvious. Give it a try when you feel less lazy :)

CaptainDisillusion
>>6070615

Ha, if I got you into motion graphics design despite you not having any interest in it, I'd feel weirdly proud :P

Anonymous

I turned on depth of field on that first camera and turned up the aperture, but nothing happens for some reason. Although I did get inspiration from this so that's great :D