Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 21 hours ago
After Effects 26.3 brings Depth of Field to the Advanced 3D renderer, improved mask tracking, Illustrator copy and paste, Curl Noise, better variable font filtering, and a very useful way to copy frames directly to the clipboard.
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how each feature works, where the limitations are, and which ones might genuinely improve your workflow.
🔗 LINKS
youtube.com/live/XlWmj5RdVwI?si=A8i1ZlohGpWDQ5gD @JakeInMotion
👉 FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL
⏵ instagram.com/sternfx1
⏵ facebook.com/sternfx
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🎥 IN-DEPTH TRAINING
School Of Motion: https://som.bz/eran
LinkedIn Learning: bit.ly/linkedin_sternfx
Website: sternfx.co.uk
00:00 - Introduction
00:46 - Depth of Field in the Advanced 3D renderer
02:40 - Copy and paste Illustrator and SVG content
05:53 - Updated Mask Tracker
07:38 - Curl Noise effect
08:59 - Find Variable Fonts by Axis
10:07 - Copy a frame to the clipboard
After Effects 26.3 brings Depth of Field to the Advanced 3D renderer, improved mask tracking, Illustrator copy and paste, Curl Noise, better variable font filtering, and a very useful way to copy frames directly to the clipboard.
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how each feature works, where the limitations are, and which ones might genuinely improve your workflow.
🔗 LINKS
youtube.com/live/XlWmj5RdVwI?si=A8i1ZlohGpWDQ5gD @JakeInMotion
👉 FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL
⏵ instagram.com/sternfx1
⏵ facebook.com/sternfx
⏵ linkedin.com/in/sternfx
🎥 IN-DEPTH TRAINING
School Of Motion: https://som.bz/eran
LinkedIn Learning: bit.ly/linkedin_sternfx
Website: sternfx.co.uk
00:00 - Introduction
00:46 - Depth of Field in the Advanced 3D renderer
02:40 - Copy and paste Illustrator and SVG content
05:53 - Updated Mask Tracker
07:38 - Curl Noise effect
08:59 - Find Variable Fonts by Axis
10:07 - Copy a frame to the clipboard
