Animated Grain shading in After Effects tutorial - Noise and textured gradients
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- Опубликовано: 5 мар 2019
- A tutorial on animated grain shading, noisy and textured gradients in After Effects.
I break down 2 methods that I've used in commercial motion design projects to achieve different grain shading looks.
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This is AMAZING!! Thank you, Ben! I have a silly question that I've been battling with for the past hour and I can't figure it out. When I follow your steps exactly in my own comp, the dissolve blending mode does nothing. When I bring your comp (the one downloaded from DB) into my project, it works perfectly. I can repeat the steps in your comp (Eye Rig 02) and everything works as it should. If I copy your layers into my comp though, the blending mode doesn't work again. I've been working with AE for a long time and I've gone back and forth between both of our comp settings and they're exactly the same...I've even had a couple of my co-workers take a look and they can't figure it out either. Is there any reason you can think of for why this would be happening? Or am I just getting Adobe'd haha. Thank you!!! So excited for more tutorials!
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you dig the tutorial and are applying the techniques!! Hmmmm, that's a real head-scratcher. The only things I can think are maybe the layer is a 3D layer (dissolve won't work on those) or that both layers are the same colour (the fill effect hasn't been applied yet.) I'm happy to take a look at the file and see if I can diagnose it. You email it to me at ben@benmarriott.com. And maybe we can get to the bottom of it. :D
@@BenMarriott You are AMAZING!! I'll send it your way. Thank you so much! :)
@@amandanalette9873
No problem at all, very happy to help! troubleshooting AE is fine as long as it's not an hour before a client deadline o_0 haha.
Ok well, I've had a look and tried some stuff and I've come to the conclusion that....
I have no idea what's going on and that it must be some sort of demon magic.
Totally bizarre. It works fine if you add any effect to it, (like fill as you said, or even a transform without even adding any settings.)
I installed CC 2019 to open the project, so I thought It could be a CC19 issue, (I'm CC 20184lyf) but I started another project and it works fine. I might just be that project for some reason. Maybe it might work if you start a new one.
I don't have any real explanations. Truly an unexplained phenomenon.
@@BenMarriott Well first of all thank you so much for taking a look at it! It makes me feel 1000000000 times better that you couldn't get it to work either because at least I'm not crazy haha. Demon magic sounds about right so I'm going to go with that. THANKS AGAIN!!! You're stuff is incredible and I'm so pumped to see more!
Amanda Ake Thanks so much! Yeah I was starting for so long trying to figure it out. A true mystery for the ages. 😂 Hope you enjoy the next tutorial!!!
3D artists: using high sample rates, intense optimisation and extreamly complex artificial inteligence to remove noise from renders
Ben: "OI LETS ADD NOISE"
I incidentally love the aesthetic of the noise in Cycles renders 😆
Ben! This is amazing!
Tutorial wise - love the pace, love your presence and your generosity of experience and knowledge!
I love that you take the time to hand make the grain texture for the second eyeball! I think each technique has their place in different contexts but I really respect that as a digital animator you value analoguesque effects. You're a star! Can't wait for more!
Thank you so much Sha-an!!! :D That's so goddam awesome of you to say. I think there's so much value in adding as many hand-made elements into a piece as allows. It can take a lot longer, but I think you can feel it in the end results. :)
You are truly dedicated. Just look at the time your pc reads... staying up so late just to make these videos for us. Thank you!
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@@illyyin it's a joke xD if you notice, the time doesn't change throughout the whole video.. plus look at the date xD
That loop output is a massive trick - saving me a bunch of time already! Thank you!
Hi Ben, here's a third method you and your viewers may find interesting:
1) create a shade layer and add a mask as in first method, then add a second mask and set it to intersect (for rim light)
2) make sure your shade layer has "preserve underlying transparency" switch on
3) add noise alpha effect and set "original alpha" to edges
4) add levels effect and set it as you see fit
5) add fast blur with tiny blurriness, let's say 0.3 pixels
That's it. ;]
Advantages are following:
- you can set opacity of shading layer as you need.
- noise can be both animated (animate noise phase) or static
- levels effect lets you to change the amount of shading drastically, without need to ever touch masks
- less layers in composition
- not distorting whole compositon
there's another thing i'd like to mention: loopOut and loopIn expressions introduce glitching.
your composition has 10 frames, 0 to 9. when looped as you've done (and probably 99.9% of other users ever) after effects will skip frame 0 on first loop and then cut loop at number 8 on every other loop.
it's after effects bug which - as far as i'm concerned - haven't been fixed yet. sometimes it doesn't matter, but often it does (when looped composition contains animation of character for example).
the only workaround i've found so far is this:
1) create composition which you want to loop (again 10 frames, 0 to 9)
2) duplicate your very first frame (number 0) and move it in timeline outside time boundary - in our example on frame 10
3) in main composition do time remap and leave keyframes as they were created
4) add loopOut() expression
what will happen is this:
- after effects will go from frame 0 to frame 10
- then they will skip frame 0, so next loop starts with frame number 1, but this time loop ends at frame 9
- these jumps repeat forever, but because you made a copy of frame 0 at frame 10, your loop is still intact
this might be little bit confusing explanation, so here's a project with both examples (shading and looping problem - blue number is correct frame number, green number is solution, the rest is mess):
we.tl/t-7Oh1PrVHoK
hope it helps ;]
Mate..... Thanks so much! This might be the best comment in youtube history. I'm definitely going to try out alpha noise. I've never seen that effect! :D And thanks for the looping tip. I've stopped using this method because of all the dropped frames. It was driving me mad. I just copy and paste like 100 layers in a comp haha, definitely not very elegant. Thanks again. :D You're a real one
any chance you can upload that project again? Id love to take a look too!
Hi, there. Would you be able to reshare the project example? Thanks
Is this still working?
1) create a shade layer and add a mask as in first method, then add a second mask and set it to intersect (for rim light)
2) make sure your shade layer has "preserve underlying transparency" switch on
3) add noise alpha effect and set "original alpha" to edges
4) add levels effect and set it as you see fit
5) add fast blur with tiny blurriness, let's say 0.3 pixels
tried to replicate this and noise alpha doesn't do anything.
@@tiagopimenta1579 hi, it does. if noise alpha doesn't seem to do anything, use levels effect before noise alpha and set it to be used on alpha channel to tweak the coverage of the noise. if there's no gradient or greyscale in the alpha channel and noise alpha has "original alpha" set to edges, you will only see the shape in full colour with no noise.
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Thank you! Finallly someone who not only shows great techniques but also has tasteful designs!
Thanks so much! :D So glad you're enjoying them
I'm obsessed with your channel. Seriously you have the best on-trend tutorials out there.
It’s crazy, I was just about to look for a tutorial for grain effect 😮 love your lessons !
I've been shooting film and animating for years and have never gotten my head properly into Motion Graphics, you are certainly helping me bridge that gap, my friend. Thanks! x
Thank you for your tutorials, really appreciate you taking the time to create these for us to learn
Wow this is exactly what I needed for my school project. Your after effects videos are by far the most helpful I've seen on youtube so I just wanted to say thanks so much and you're awesome :)
Hi Haley, thank you so much for the amazing feedback and encouragement! :)
Wow, I've found my new favorite motion graphics YT channel!! Keep the tuts coming, Ben!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it
just popping in to say your channel is wonderful, i've only been using after effects for a couple weeks but with tutorials like this and a little research and experimentation on my own, i can really see the progress i'm making. it's really inspiring to see what you do !!
That's awesome. Thank you so much for the amazing feedback!! :)
Ahhh been following you for almost a year now and I’ve always been curious as to how you add the grain textures on your work. This is so helpful and I’ve learn new tips and tricks! Can’t wait for more tutorials!
Thank you so much!!! So glad you liked it. :D I can't wait to share more, if you've got any suggestions I'd love to hear 'em :D
Ben Marriot, I owe you my (animation) life - Method 2 is exactly what I've been trying to do for days! Thank you!
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Thank you! This is the tutorial I've been looking for for a long time.
Thank you Ben! This is AWESOME! I loved method nr 1 even more than nr 2. Cheers!
i always wondering the dither effect sooo muchhh, i love this tutorial
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Bloody awesome tutorials, learning SO much and so quickly too!
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This was incredibly satisfying to watch.
Thanks so much, dude!! please insert animated grain to all your upcoming projects and ever aspect of your life. :D
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Hey Ben, thanks for being here with all sorts of AE tutorials, you are... really helping me out through midterms HAHA
I'm making something that I personally really like just because I have all sorts of style guides and tutorials to go through.
Thanks for equipping me with some awesome tools :>
Thank you so much! :D That's so awesome to hear. Good luck with those midterms! :D
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Amazing work Ben! I like method 2 more. Please keep such tutorials coming up!
Thanks so much! :D I'm a #2 man myself
It was the one of the things i really wanted to know! thx!!
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After years I've found some easy way to apply loop expressions: the best one is in the last version of Duik there is a Looper button to apply an effect to your property with loop expressions where you can choose offset, cycle, in, out, in&out,... --> Game breaker.
Before that, I was using a pre-maid expression in a KBar or in KEYboard, accessible in 1 click, it's more convenient. Hope it helps ;)
I really really like your introducing video! I whish you good luck for the next ^^
Nicolas Grandry Thanks so much dude!!! Awesome I'll check those out. I loop texture comps so much, there must be an easier way 😀 Really appreciate your support, I really dig your work!!
Thank you ben! It’s so useful!!
you are a genius! I wish I could be a better motion graphics artist, but as a beginner, I always like that kind of tutorial! Thanks a lot!
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Hey Ben, really appreciated this tutorial! Thanks man :) I definitely prefer the second option but agree it could make production of characters and animations tedious so if on a tight deadline I’d go for option one. Love all your work - from Manchester!
Daniel Cohen Thanks so much! Agreed, especially if the motion is fast enough, method 1 can be just as effective. That's why I animated that character a lot more. :)
I am a beginner and I am improving now. I am still learning from you. Thank you so much, Ben. ( sorry about bad in english).
Hi there thank you for sharing! using this tutorial, the first part but instead I use dancing dissolve! amazing tut, thank you very much!
this is awesome, love your work and the tutorial, please make more soon!!
Thanks so much!!! More coming ever week :D
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Gonna hope for more!
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Thanks Julius!!! So glad you dig. I'm excited to keep improving a share more.
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Whoa the looping trick!!
Earlier I was watching an episode of Explained and I wondered how they made those grainy/animated backgrounds for their graphs. fast forward a couple of hours, I stumble on this tutorial.
I'm happy I stumbled upon your channel as it makes me want to get back to the ol' Oxberry and turn some cranks
Awesome job I’m excited!
MadChookFilms Thank you so much!!! I can't wait to show more. I hope you make some awesome grain animation
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Happy to help!
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Thank you so much! :D That's so awesome of you, I really appreciate it :)
Ben, for looping you can also add in the time remapping the expression: "looOut()" , and voila, will work
thank you for your tips!
Thank you so much for the awesome tips. really helpful. loved the long process though.
Thank you so much for watching. I hope you enjoyed the updated version too, it's quicker and much easier:ruclips.net/video/h9uxAmqt5aQ/видео.html
this is amazing
Great methods! You can also use the HLS Noise effect and then just keyframe the Lightness value to get a nice looping noise grain texture directly in After Effects without needing to set anything up in Illustrator or Photoshop beforehand.
Thanks for yours tutorials 🐁
this is awesome man thank you. For a quick and easy way to get the shading to shake like in the second option, you can apply a turbulent displace filter with a huge 'size' and tiny 'amount' then apply a posterize time filter over the top of that and set the frame rate to 12. This will give you the jittery effect you got by looping slightly different frames by just moving the frame around ever so slightly, every 2 frames.
thanks for the tutorial i've been trying to figure out this texture for a while!
Thanks dude! So glad you enjoyed it. That's a awesome idea. I'm definitely going to play around with that. Thanks so much for taking the time to leave such great comment :D I really appreciate it.
Thank you so much. I'm always watching the video😊😊
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Thanks for the tut! About that looping a comp, I don't know if you know about this but I always import my frames as png sequence, just interpret the footage as 12,5 fps and loop it as many times as I need, instead of making a seperate composition where I arrange them to be on doubles by hand. That way you don't have a precomp, but just the footage as a layer! But maybe that's just what I personally like best haha :)
I love how you make it look cool!
Just for looping, i prefer to use "freeze at last keyframe" at the time tag. It's doing the same thing you did, but in one move! :)
Thanks again fo the tut! Keep up!
Thank you!
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Really great stuff. I'm definitely going to frame-by-frame your intro. Subscribed!
Haha, thanks so much! My plan with the intro was to make something people wouldn't get bored watching and hopefully see something new each time. So glad you dig it!
LOVELY!
Your work is beautiful Marriott, thank you very much for such a good tutorial, a hug. I have used google translator sorry.
Thank you so much for watching. Haha, I can understand you completely. Thanks so much for the awesome comment, Ale!
Big fan of your work ...I like method 1 ... because I really like after effects
Lyricsvid Thanks so much!! I was stoked when I figured out I could get decent looking grain without leaving AE
..thank you! great tut!
Your the most talented person in the world you can animate I can hardly make a thumbnail
Maybe cause I don’t got adobe and those things and my internet sucks but you you are amazing
Sir, you are a genius. Thank you very much!!!
Thanks so much for watching! :D
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thanks, u teach me something that i"ve had since i was a child
Excellent.
Good tutorial! I like options! Thank you!
Thank you so much! I'll be posting an updated version of this animation tonight. I think you'll dig it :)
It's much faster to import the grain texture frames as a png sequence, then adjust the fps under "interpret footage" then "main". On that panel, you can change the fps and the number of loops instead of manually setting them all up in a comp.
Both methods arre awesome and useful. But I think method number 2 looks interesting and cooler.
Hi Ben. You are my creative obsession as continue my journey to becoming an mo'graph artist. Thank you for sharing.
The pleasure is all mine, thanks so much for the support :)
@@BenMarriott you're welcome! :)
I don't even know after effects but it is fun to watch