Animation Post Production Like a PRO (After Effects Beginner Tutorial)
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2024
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In this video I will teach you how to create Post-Production for your 2D Animations like a professional. We’ll use Adobe After Effects and explore the process of color correction, color grading, compositing and animating. You can apply this to both an Anime or a Western animation look.
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00:00 Why Do They Look Better?
00:31 The Goal of Post Production
01:05 Importing Your Animation
04:20 After Effects Timeline
06:14 Push Your Values
07:02 Effects & Adjustment Layers
09:01 Integration Pass
10:07 Color Script & Mood Boards
10:57 Masks & Mattes
14:59 Backgrounds
16:05 Animation Keyframes
17:58 Null Objects
18:58 Ease In and Out
20:22 Puppet Pin Tool
21:34 Animating Masks
22:24 Animating Effects
24:16 Camera Movements
26:03 Parallax, Pans and Trucks
27:48 Automatic Rim Lights
29:40 Highlights
30:57 Lighting Change
33:04 10 Secret Hacks
33:22 Bloom Effect
34:08 Fake Animated Lighting
34:52 Blur Vignette
35:34 Time Remapping
36:55 Bulge Effect
37:34 LUTs
38:17 Anime Line Art
39:19 Chromatic Aberration
40:42 Mask Sequence
41:39 Complex Scene Breakdown
43:00 Exporting
44:22 Outro
Remember: "Every line you draw, you are one line closer to your dream!"
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Your videos have been really useful. Can't wait to learn more
can you share project files
@@amrindersingh7524 he shares them on his patreon
Do you need a highend computer & graphics card in order to use it? I only have a AMD Ryzen 3 2200G with Radeon Vega Graphics 3.50 GHz
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As a young aspiring animator, you are a damn lifesaver. The fact that i dont even have to PAY for something like this makes me feel grateful. Thank you!
Best of luck in your art journey! You got this!!
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as a 13 year old aspiring animator.. I agree! This changes so much for me. (Feel free to check out my animations on my channel. I'm not currently looking for subs or anything, but i'd like more people to see it
I’m not kidding when I say you taught me literally everything I could not find a good tutorial for before the halfway point. Not just for animation, but in general, this was exactly what I was looking for and I’m so hyped this video is finally out! Thanks you so much.
This comment means so much, thank you! As you can tell a ton of work went into this one haha! But I'm so very glad it has helped you. Can't wait to see what you'll create with it Toxicality!
@@ManuMercurial I hope you have a lovely day/night!
Adobe animate is good for animation and photoshop is good for background right?? Please reply anyone
@@manjudevi9542 Yes! Or you can do both backgrounds and animation on Clip Studio Paint.
Adobe Animate is more geared towards Cutout animation with a 'flash' style to it. While CSP is for Frame-by-frame animation like the one in this video. But you can use Animate for that too if you want, its just a bit limited in terms of drawing tools
Nice
Dude... this is literally the EXACT video I needed right now.
I just finished the coloring and shading for an animation and got aftereffects with my school with no idea on how to use it.
hey same lol, i actually just finished a really short animation to test out after effects and now i have this to help me for my next stuff ^^
That makes me so happy to hear! Can't wait to see what you create with this! (my DMs are open in my socials) Glad this was helpful!!
@@ManuMercurial dude me tooo!!! thanks so much for making this video!! i am using da vinci resolve and just started learning how to composite and really needed this cus i usually animate the lighting and stuff within my krita or csp file. can't wait to try it out! :D
@@mitsukiyoukofunny, was thinking the same! CSP has some nice options like the 2d camera, but learning post production workflow outside of it is really helpful!
Actually a saint for artists, your videos are leagues better than the top art tutorial channels. You are a blessing for artists who want to improve, thank you truly
This is such a huge compliment, thank you Potato Cheems. Truly appreciate you taking the time to watch this and writing this 🙇
I agree
I can only imagine how hard it was to make this, because not only did you have to make a fantastic animation, you also had to record yourself making it and navigating the menus in an easy to follow manner while speaking your thoughts out loud. Your knowledge and expertise is fantastic, but I also want to give huge credit for your teaching ability here. Thank you so much Manu!! ❤
This truly means a lot Anvy! Thank you for noticing this. I love teaching and makes me really happy to hear it is coming across. I appreciate you taking the time to watch it!
You saved every beginner animator. After Effect can do so much but i dont know how to use it, so thank you from the bottom of my heart. Im subbing.
Welcome aboard Vysansya! Happy to hear it was useful!
My monke brain don't understand a thing here, I don't even want to be an animator why am i watching this😂.
Teaching me things my college doesn't teach me on how to animate. This needs to be mandatory knowledge for artists :)
Not an AE user (tempted after this but MONEY) but I'm absolutely in LOVE with this tutorial! While the buttons aren't the same, one could definitely cook up ways to take this info and apply it elsewhere, and I am in the kitchen. Your channel is always so informative and just makes me want to do so much more with my work! Thank you!
Love it! I'm too hoping that's the case, since I want to give other post production software a try and replicate this!
Are you using Davinci Resolve by any chance? Let me know how it goes!
Thanks for watching!
Pirate it
To give this tutorial totally free, you're an angel. Thank you sooo much!
Thanks for taking the time to watch it!
this has changed my life, I've been trying to get back into animation since I started when I was 12, but all the needed software was always so overwhelming, and I am good at both now but never knew how to use them to my advantage, you've really opened my eyes and taught me so much! thank you!
I’m not even joking when I say this is an literal godsend for aspiring animators and after effects. Thank you so much!
This channel only comes with killer videos, I swear. I already loved your previous video that was something I had trouble with and now you go straight to the heart with pos-production. My guy your channel is winning my heart in every upload
Ay PrettySpectrum, so glad you found it helpful! Thank you so very much for sticking around!
Dude this Video looks like it took you A long time to make, so in dept and easy to follow unlike other tutorials I've come across on youtube so far you my friend you deserved an award for such a master piece, it was long and in dept it hold on to my attention usually i'll find myself bepping on these long ass videos but for yours it keep me up and that my friend is impressive great work man keep it coming, Subscribing to you was the best choice i have ever made you Rock man.
This comment means a lot Anthony! Thank you for sticking with me for so long Keep animating my dude!! Glad you liked it!
I think my favorite part of the production funnel is still post-production, or as I call it the hidden hand of success. I appreciate people sharing their workflows to success more and more these days.
I have been looking for After Effects tutorials for 2D animators for so long! Seriously, thank you so much for providing this content for free. This is literally everything I've wanted to learn about compositing but have never known how to find. Thank you!!!
Thank you so much for this video, you gathered all the techniques that everyone knows in the industry but is so hard to guess if you're learning by yourself. This may be the best tutorial I've ever seen about this field of use of After Effects !
Thank you Kiks! Gathering all these resources on one was precisely my goal so it makes me really happy to see you say that Glad it was helpful!
These are actually tips and tricks that would make just a normal art picture absolutely amazing too. These are the tricks I've never heard of but makes so much sense seeing them applied here. Thank you so much for making this video I have a lot of studying to do
Up till now I had been animating shadows and highlights in my production, so knowing that some pipelines do so in after effects is an eye opener, that's my favorite one so far! I loved how step-by-step the video is, slowly bringing in new techniques that you use to add subtle but strong changes to a work that is seamlessly just local colors plus a beautiful bg. This will be my go-to for the basics, so thanks a bunch!
MAN, this is insane! I was already amazed but when you showed anti aliasing addon for lineart my head just went crazy, this was the biggest mystery in animation for me, in every video every professional artist uses hard edge brushes but in the actual anime i have never seen pixelated lineart, NO ONE EVER mentioned this simple thing...
I’ve always loved animations and after effects
My love for them both has pushed me to do so much
I can’t wait to do more with it now that I’ve learned all of this lol
Super helpful!
0:10 I almost forgot this one... this story actually amazing
Such useful information, just what I was looking for! Subbed ✌🏻
In making a cinematic movie bar, don't add black bars manually, leave the composition at just 1920×800 cuz for you tube videos, when the quality dropped, the black bar becomes blurry due to compression but its okay...I think.
Hard agree! 👍 Its what I do with my short films and youtube actually resizes the screen better when there are no bars since it has more space (when going into theatre mode) BUT the bars disappear.
So if you really really really want the bars the be there always, for the look and feel, its better to add them, otherwise just crop the final export like Zipity says!
Bravo on creating such an in-depth, comprehensive tutorial. Every animation creator should have this video bookmarked/saved!
From someone who is just starting and has no resources to do a good animation, this is the huggest salvation, thanks a lot man, hopefully one day I can support you, thank you a houndred times 🙏🙏
It's always a blessing seeing your videos! You have no idea how much I needed this video!
Thanks so much for this. I've been scared to look into tutorials in after effects cause it seems like a very complex software to use. i'm glad you showed us ACTUAL beginner or entry level expertise with a few pro tips and not go on a rant on every little detail and make me forget 90% of it. This is a goated After effects tutorial
wonderful tutorial, thank you so so much! I love it
Very good, post production of anime is very complex, it's no wonder that anime makes cinema that influences everything today.
Im shocked how useful and insightful this video is. Thank you!!!
you and dong chang have some of the most useful animation stuff out there
You literally taught me everything, i will use it on my projects from now on. Thank you so much!!!
This is a great tutorial! You cover so many different aspects but in a really understandable way that could get anybody started in After Effects.
This clip always shows up as my recommendation but I don't pay much attention to it and just watch the tuts I need right away, luckily I decided to watch this clip today. More then awesome. Thank you very much.
I immediately hit that subscribe button man your tutorial is so AMAZING please don't stop posting
I knew many but your illustrations for the examples are so so mesmerizing that I didn't care to see them again
Cool tutorial!
Actually you don't need to duplicate the layer to mask. Just reactivate the layer and good to go.
You only need to deactivate when you're using it as a luma matte instead of an alpha matte with some effects to change the color.
The current version of After effects allows you to use the same mask layer to multiple layers. It doesn't considers the layer position anymore. Just use the new spiral selector next to the track matte dropdown menu.
why doesnt this have 1 million views yet
Hahaha thank you for your encouraging words!! Hopefully we'll hit that number with a video one day!
@@ManuMercurial keep bangers like this coming, and it will one day, and if it doesnt ill make sure that it will
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It already does)
Great tutorial!
thank you!!! learned so much more
This video is a LIFELINE and i am so excited to test everything out when i get to compositing!
These videos deserve to have millions of views
Thank you for the good wishes! I'll try to create a 1 million views banger animation one day! 🙇
@@ManuMercurial oh wow you replied! your cel shading video helped me so much with my art and I just want to say thank you!
@@mynkrafter You're very welcome! Thanks for watching both videos!
God damn this tutorial is SO GOOD! Thanks Manu!
WOW
i am not from the 2D animation side but this video is absolutely amazing for any after effects beginner to understand alot of major features and possible things to achieve in after effects.
thanks alot ☺
This is a kick ass tutorial. Im not even here for animation, and I already know the bare essentials for color theory and after effects and editing overall, but got dam the first half of this video was so pleasing to watch and learn
This is SUCH a good tutorial. I’m saving it for later in watch later because I’m going to uni for animation this year and this will absolutely help when I have the right tools
Ahhh you just elevated me to another level, thank you!
I love how I was breathlessly waiting for this to come out and then I missed it by EIGHT MONTHS hahahahaha classic.
Thank you so much for doing these Manu, I don't know anyone else on youtube who explains this many things in one video, as simply, concisely, entertainingly and understandably as you do. I know I will refer back to this many times, as I start to try leveling up my 2D animation game.
thank you so much
Truly appreciate your kind words Jill! I hope I can keep on delivering value through my videos to you Thank you for waiting patiently haha I know it took a long time!
@@ManuMercurial haha not as long as it took me to realise it was out already! XD Now I know what those bell icons are for I guess 🤣
rock on!
i cannot begin to tell you how grateful i am you made this video.. there's a sequence i'm trying to plan out but i have no clue how to translate into animation... until i found this video.. if you ever do online classes or mentorships, i would love to participate. instantly subscribed!!!!!
Youre really teaching the important stuff. thanks
Ive been looking for this to learn, thankyou so much.
This tutorial is legendary
This was soo helpful, thank you!
i cannot emphasize enough how useful this video is!!!! thank you so much for uploading this, you're godsent
This is so helpful! Thanks so much :)
You don't know how grateful I am that I found your channel!
Top Tier content. Saludos desde Peru amigo
Well down. You did an excellent job explaining it. 👍
I just wanted to say how much I appreciate this video; it not only taught me so much about compositing and after effects, but it showed me how to really elevate my animations! Just know that this video alone was a huge influence with my own work. It's even making it's rounds with my art college professors, as I've been telling them about your video and how helpful it is! It's going to help even more artists like me, so thank you! :)
Thank you for your kind words and for the sharing the video Henleash. Truly means a lot that you took the time to watch it and apply it! Wishing you the best of luck with your projects!!
Bro just taught us how to make an anime.....This Tutorial is the best tutorial i have ever gott....thanks ..1 sub added
Welcome Aboard Eren! Thank you for taking the time to watch it!
I'm no animator nor an artist but i appreciate the effort you've put out in this video, bravo.
awesome tutorial! Thank you very much! Today I discovered your channel and I think I will stay longer :)
just wanna say you've been a massive help thanks to this video! whenever i go to composite something i always come back to this in case i forget to kudos :D
Absolutely fantastic!!! Iv'e been looking for an in depth video like this for ages. Thanks so much for sharing, and the beautiful way that you break everything down!!
Thank you so much for taking the time to watch it! Happy you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much for your time and effort you put into these videos to help the art community!! This was so helpful and will help us create awesome animations with great effects!!
Woooooooooooow - this is sooooo good! Very nice! Thanks for this tutorial! This is like a full course on post production for animation! Thanks!
This is my first ever comment. And man, you earned a salute . You just showed me how much I still have to learn . you really are professional
Life saver video!
dude you have no idea how much all your videos are helping me in my animation thesis!!! thanks a lot bro, you have an amazing way to explain and produce things 💕💕
Thanks a lot of the huge compliment! Wish you the best of luck with your thesis!! I know how hard it can be sometimes seeing the amount of work it is, but I promise baby steps will eventually take you to the finish line. YOU GOT THIS!
Man you are awsome, i learned so much from this.. Subscribed and liked❤
This tutorial is insane! Thanks a lot
i might not use it anytime soon but i def took a lot from it, thank you
This is THE video I've been looking for! How to actually use after effects for post production on my animations! I've learned many features of after effects but couldn't find a good video on how to use that knowledge to make my animations better. Thank you for this!!
Thanks for being here Skelly! Best of luck with your upcoming projects!!
Wow words cannot describe how GOOD this tutorial is! I might not use AE at the moment but this tempted me for SURE to inform myself more about Animation and how it works, tysm!!
Wish you the best of luck on your journey Ellie! The fundamentals here can be applied to any project's post production regardless of the software
I LOVE this video. You barely have any proper videos on how to composit 2D animation. Thanks for showing you workflow!
Love this…AMAZING
This was phenomenal. My initial reaction is that I should probably download this, just in case you ever take it down. So much value. Thank you.
No worries! After the amount of work that went into this, there is 0% chance I'll ever take this down Thank you for taking the time to watch this!
@@ManuMercurial Hahah, well it's super appreciated! You are doing God's work. Thanks again and have a great weekend.
@@oskararnarson You too!
Such a helpful tutorial! Thank you so much for creating this!!!
hi, i'm currently working on Post for an animation and this tutorial is helping me so much, thanks a lot Manu!
Hi Car! Your art is lovely! Can't wait to see what you'll create using this. Let's keep working hard!!
Wow! That's very helpful! I'm a student at a magnet school in a military town, and I'm taking animation there, and this is a cool way to composite animations without being too flat. I honestly love the anime style of compositing, and I also apply some old school animation terms like DX (Double exposure) which gives a translucent appearance, and Backlighting which is useful for glows and other things.
Go for it!! That sounds so so cool! I wish I could've included more things like that, but the video was already pretty long as it is.
But can't wait to see what you'll create using those techniques!
Man this is insane thank you sm
Wow, this is incredible! I learned a lot about color theory and how to 'plus' a scene a various ways!
Post Production is such a fun process! Glad it was helpful!!
OMG ! i thank you from the bottom of my heart my man
love all of it
great stuff man, glad i've found your channel
This is exactly what I've been searching for all my life
Thank you so much for this!! I’m starting my thesis film soon and this is exactly the kind of help I needed, I love this step by step. After Effects has always been kind of frustrating to me as I was going in blind and the workflow for AE being different from other Adobe programs felt pretty unintuitive, hopefully this will let me work with less stress when I need to pick it back up. Also I have to say your work looks great, I’ll have to check out the rest of your channel after this!
I feel you! This is exactly why I decided to make this video. After Effects kinda feels all over the place, but if you go in order, thinking about what you want to achieve, then its actually quite streamlined! Best of luck with your thesis!!
I get so hyped when I see one of your videos dude. You’re a great teacher!
Thank you Christian this really means a lot! Appreciate you being here!
This is a Dense Juicy Tutorial! I am so grateful!
This is brilliant sir, truly brilliant! I must say that all your videos are really well put together; not only that, they have been extremely helpful to me. Thank you.
This makes me super happy to hear, thanks for the encouraging words!!
This tutorial is amazing! Not even for Beginners, i got a bunch of lil tips now, thanks man! :D
Great video. Learned a lot🙏
I was just here to learn about Camera movement, but now I'm wishing I had watch this video when I first started out. It's really comprehensive!
That's like finding a treasure! Thank you and Good Luck in all your stuff!
Whatever you do out here are always gold man. Keep up the amazing work! 🙏💜
Thank you for taking the time to check my videos Prince Nishikigoi! 🙇 I appreciate your kind words!
This is actually so helpful I’m trying to transition from alight motion on my iPad to after effects and actually some of these tips translate pretty well to alight motion!!!
Ooo happy to hear! Best of luck with your projects Arouu
Thank you very much for making and sharing this tutorial. Your teaching is so clear and efficient. I am grateful to you for sharing your technical knowledge and can't wait to check out more of your work.
This is a fantastic bit of teaching and I can't thank you enough for making this video for anyone to watch. I will absolutely be studying this working on my own projects. :3
Glad it was helpful! Wish you the best of luck with your projects!