Uploaded July 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
(Updated 2025!) đź’ This effect is only $25 at creationeffects.com/network. Create and animate complex networks of dots and connecting lines - perfect for creating abstract, science and technology-themed backgrounds.
Create unlimited groups of dots that you can animate independently using the motion controls, and connect them within the group, or with other dot groups - giving you more control in your animations. Use a variety of types of lines, such as straight, dotted, lightning, and audio-driven waveforms. Slider controls allow or quick and easy customization of points and lines.
(Updated 2025!) đź’ This effect is only $25 at creationeffects.com/network. Create and animate complex networks of dots and connecting lines - perfect for creating abstract, science and technology-themed backgrounds.
Create unlimited groups of dots that you can animate independently using the motion controls, and connect them within the group, or with other dot groups - giving you more control in your animations. Use a variety of types of lines, such as straight, dotted, lightning, and audio-driven waveforms. Slider controls allow or quick and easy customization of points and lines.








![Brushstroke Write-On Effect | After Effects Tutorial (for streaky calligraphy strokes)
This After Effects tutorial shows how to make realistic, calligraphic brush strokes with a write-on effect. Or you can download the animation preset at https://www.creationeffects.com/effects/scribe-after-effects-brushstroke.
The animation preset is just $19 and has customization controls and additional features not shown in this tutorial.
With this technique that uses the Echo effect, you can get a stroke with parallel streaks (like a paintbrush) and varied width (like a calligraphy pen). The stroke writes itself out as it follows a path that you draw with the Pen tool.
At 6:00, paste the following expression onto the Brush layers Rotation:
p1 = position.valueAtTime(time - thisComp.frameDuration);
p2 = position.valueAtTime(time);
value + radiansToDegrees(Math.atan2(p2[1] - p1[1], p2[0] - p1[0]));
at 8:45, paste this expression into the Echo Time property of the Echo effect:
s = effect(Echo Spacing)(Slider);
- thisComp.frameDuration / s;
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:54 Make a brush texture
02:03 Scribe (optional preset)
03:07 Draw a path
05:30 Adding streaks
07:07 Echo effect
10:01 Keying out streaks
10:51 Compositing and color
11:40 Roughen edges
11:54 Rotating & scaling brush
14:40 Mixed Media Effect Brushstroke Write-On Effect | After Effects Tutorial (for streaky calligraphy strokes)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nNPEFPg4w4s/mqdefault.jpg)

