Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
🚀 Learn the 8 core principles that separate good motion design from great motion design: jkinmo.com/mry7xl
There are hundreds of After Effects secrets, features, scripts, and hidden functions that most users don’t even know exist! In this video, I'm revealing my top 25 After Effects secrets that YOU should know in 2025 to work faster and smarter.
Leave a comment below with any of your favorite hidden tips!
👉 jakeinmotion.com/animation-principles-for-motion-designers
⏱️ CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:04 Time Stretch Any Footage Layer
00:29 Skew Keyframes in the Value Graph
01:05 Proportionally Retime Keyframes
01:21 Quick Unparent
01:37 Use Ae as a Web Bowser
02:31 Cycle Blend Modes
02:39 Auto-Orient Along Path
03:00 Rove Across Time
04:02 Copy With Property Links
04:29 Reveal Expressions
04:44 Scale the Expressions Editor
04:58 Customize the Expressions Editor
05:33 Adjust Properties at Different Rates
06:02 Quick Adjust Color Properties
06:14 Reveal Gradient Handles
06:41 Create Null Controllers for Position Properties
07:18 Easily Access Effect Presets
08:19 Scale Composition
08:51 Import Ae Projects
09:09 Select Label Colors
09:25 Add Color Labels to Keyframes
09:57 Live Preview Audio
10:17 Reveal Selected Layer
10:30 Solo Selected Properties
10:41 Hide Specific Properties
11:12 TAKE OFF YOUR HEADPHONES
🔗 RESOURCES:
Launch Into After Effects: jkinmo.com/sv2sqh
📺 ABOUT:
Hey! I'm Jake, a motion designer in Denver, Colorado. I've been using Adobe After Effects professionally since 2010. I try my best to work smarter, not harder, when animating. One of the only things I love as much as motion design is teaching — so this channel is a place for you to learn from my experience.
🔔 SUBSCRIBE for more motion design tips: youtube.com/@JakeInMotion?sub_confirmation=1
📸 Instagram: instagram.com/jakeinmotion
🐤 X: https://x.com/jakeinmotion
💬 Discord: discord.com/invite/b5PkuCCCAu
#AfterEffects #MotionDesign #Tutorial
🚀 Learn the 8 core principles that separate good motion design from great motion design: jkinmo.com/mry7xl
There are hundreds of After Effects secrets, features, scripts, and hidden functions that most users don’t even know exist! In this video, I'm revealing my top 25 After Effects secrets that YOU should know in 2025 to work faster and smarter.
Leave a comment below with any of your favorite hidden tips!
👉 jakeinmotion.com/animation-principles-for-motion-designers
⏱️ CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:04 Time Stretch Any Footage Layer
00:29 Skew Keyframes in the Value Graph
01:05 Proportionally Retime Keyframes
01:21 Quick Unparent
01:37 Use Ae as a Web Bowser
02:31 Cycle Blend Modes
02:39 Auto-Orient Along Path
03:00 Rove Across Time
04:02 Copy With Property Links
04:29 Reveal Expressions
04:44 Scale the Expressions Editor
04:58 Customize the Expressions Editor
05:33 Adjust Properties at Different Rates
06:02 Quick Adjust Color Properties
06:14 Reveal Gradient Handles
06:41 Create Null Controllers for Position Properties
07:18 Easily Access Effect Presets
08:19 Scale Composition
08:51 Import Ae Projects
09:09 Select Label Colors
09:25 Add Color Labels to Keyframes
09:57 Live Preview Audio
10:17 Reveal Selected Layer
10:30 Solo Selected Properties
10:41 Hide Specific Properties
11:12 TAKE OFF YOUR HEADPHONES
🔗 RESOURCES:
Launch Into After Effects: jkinmo.com/sv2sqh
📺 ABOUT:
Hey! I'm Jake, a motion designer in Denver, Colorado. I've been using Adobe After Effects professionally since 2010. I try my best to work smarter, not harder, when animating. One of the only things I love as much as motion design is teaching — so this channel is a place for you to learn from my experience.
🔔 SUBSCRIBE for more motion design tips: youtube.com/@JakeInMotion?sub_confirmation=1
📸 Instagram: instagram.com/jakeinmotion
🐤 X: https://x.com/jakeinmotion
💬 Discord: discord.com/invite/b5PkuCCCAu
#AfterEffects #MotionDesign #Tutorial
