Will CarmackI recently got hired to make these parallax animations for The Sphere in Vegas - so I thought it was the perfect time to show you 20 compositing tricks I love to use when I'm animating 3d photos in After Effects!! Please if you want to support me check out my amazing sponsor Square Space: squarespace.com/willcarmack
For Handheld look Alt click on point of interest and paste wiggle(1,60) in the text box - play around with these numbers too to find a look you like!
00:00 intro 00:31 How To lower frame rate 00:40 How To Create handheld look 01:00 Motion Blur Render Tip 01:05 Animate Arms of Character 01:15 How To animate clothes 01:22 How To Make Characters bend 01:42 How To animate stage lights 02:08 add particles in the air 02:17 RENDER TIP FOR SAVING PLAYBACK TIME 02:34 STYLIZE the shadows of a scene 02:54 stylize THE WHITES OF THE SCENE 03:14 Make epic GOD RAYS 03:40 animate lens dust 04:10 create a rack focus 04:20 Animate edges to be more camera like 04:34 final compositing and color tricks 05:07 OUTRO AND AMAZING WEBSITE DISCOUNT
Create Stylized Parallax Photos In After Effects 2024Will Carmack2023-11-01 | I recently got hired to make these parallax animations for The Sphere in Vegas - so I thought it was the perfect time to show you 20 compositing tricks I love to use when I'm animating 3d photos in After Effects!! Please if you want to support me check out my amazing sponsor Square Space: squarespace.com/willcarmack
For Handheld look Alt click on point of interest and paste wiggle(1,60) in the text box - play around with these numbers too to find a look you like!
00:00 intro 00:31 How To lower frame rate 00:40 How To Create handheld look 01:00 Motion Blur Render Tip 01:05 Animate Arms of Character 01:15 How To animate clothes 01:22 How To Make Characters bend 01:42 How To animate stage lights 02:08 add particles in the air 02:17 RENDER TIP FOR SAVING PLAYBACK TIME 02:34 STYLIZE the shadows of a scene 02:54 stylize THE WHITES OF THE SCENE 03:14 Make epic GOD RAYS 03:40 animate lens dust 04:10 create a rack focus 04:20 Animate edges to be more camera like 04:34 final compositing and color tricks 05:07 OUTRO AND AMAZING WEBSITE DISCOUNTMake A Vintage Styled 3D Photo In After Effects | Parallax AnimationWill Carmack2024-06-01 | I've animated tons of old photos & documents for Johnny Harris, and today I'm sharing my favorite after effects tricks to stylize a photo parallax animation look historic & vintage!! ALSO, make my day and check out my sponsor squarespace.com/willcarmack
00:00 Examples Of Effect 00:21 Photoshop Masking 00:46 Rebuild In After Effects 00:58 making camera animation 02:55 Tip 1: Shaky Cam 03:39 Tip 2: 3D Dust & Scratches 05:22 Tip 3: Vintage Black Border 06:39 Tip 4: Flickering Vignette 07:50 Tip 5: Lower Frame Rate 08:21 Recap 08:50 WATCH THIS IF YOU LOVE MEAdd Heavenly Light Rays To Your Videos In After Effects (EASY)Will Carmack2024-05-31 | Light Beams, better known as "God Rays" add so much depth to a video / animation - and in this after effects tutorial I share with you my favorite way to create this effect!! U R WELCOME! By the way, I got you a discount on making a professional website!!! squarespace.com/willcarmack check them out!!
00:00 Examples Of Effect 00:22 The Free Plugin 00:38 Light Beams w/ Moving Footage 03:58 Adding Light Beams To A Forest 05:50 Cinematic Light Beams 07:52 Recap :DCreate Modern Day Matte Paintings In After EffectsWill Carmack2024-04-30 | The modern day matte painting is here!! With the combo of the Generative Fill Ai In Photoshop & the tracking abilities of After Effects, you can add set extensions to any video you want!! Today I will teach you how to make a new background and add it into moving footage!! MAKE AN EPIC WEBSITE Square Space squarespace.com/willcarmack
btw I love youMask Like A Pro Using This Time-Saving 3D Roto Hack | 3D Alpha MattesWill Carmack2024-04-26 | In our permeant quest to find ways to make masking faster and easier, THIS hack is one of my favorites. Essentially we can 3d track in a mask, so we don't have to use the pen tool frame by frame to keep it lined up with the thing we are trying to mask out. Also if you need an epic website, LIKE MINE - SIGN UP FOR SQUARESPACE: squarespace.com/willcarmack
00:13 Alpha Matte Explainer 01:14 Tracking scene 01:28 Make Solid For Alpha Matte 03:00 Re-adjusting 3d Mask 03:54 Alpha Matte In Different 3d space 06:53 WATCH MY OUTRO :DHow To Make Nuclear Blast Animations In After EffectsWill Carmack2024-04-01 | I will show you the best trick to make explosion motion graphics in after effects, you can use this trick to animate Nuke Radius blasts, sonar, points on a map, etc - this effect is so useful and versatile, every motion graphics artist should know it!! ALSO MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER BY MAKING A WEBSITE WITH MY TRUE LOVE, SQUARESPACE :D squarespace.com/willcarmackHow to Animate Lightning In After EffectsWill Carmack2024-03-29 | i have made a ton of animations where im making thors hammer ELECTRIC, and feel like i hve master the effect, and in this tutorial we will learn how to make lightning shoot out of the hammer and how to make it FLY - Alos please support me by supporting my sponsor squarespace.com/willcarmack
00:00 vfx example 00:20 How To Track Lightning 01:45 Where to find assets 02:00 Adding Lightning 04:45 Make the hammer glow 07:20 Alpha matte trick for texture 08:40 HOW TO MAKE HAMMER FLY 11:33 if you love me, watch this partThe Best infinite Zoom Transition in After Effects 2024Will Carmack2024-03-01 | ITS 2024 AND WE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE INFINITE ZOOM TRANSIITONS BETTER, SO I GOT YOU COVERED!! After photoshop came out with their generative expand AI, I have mastered a zoom technique that is so nice and satisfying, so let me SHOW YOU!! Also its time to stop putting off making a website, ITS TIME - sign up here to support yourself and this channel :') squarespace.com/willcarmackHOW TO MAKE IRON MANS TARGETING HOLOGRAMS IN AFTER EFFECTSWill Carmack2024-03-01 | Animating holographic targets shows up in star wars, marvel, Dc, a million tom cruise movies - so learning how to do this in after effects is a must for any VFX artist - YOU CAN DO SO MUCH WITH IT!! Enjoy learning my after effects secrets! Also its time to stop putting off making a website, ITS TIME - sign up here to support yourself and this channel :') squarespace.com/willcarmack
✩ TODAY’S STORIES ✩ – 00:00 - intro 00:29 - where I get my assets 00:41 - motion tracking holograms 01:22 - Putting in H.U.D.s 01:52 - animate hologram colors 02:14 - Animate targeting motion 3:25 - interactive Crosshair zoom 04:01 - TARGET LOCK ON EMENY 04:42 - Scanning People 05:08 - Iron Man Scan Lines 05:53 - LOVE U, SUPPORT MY SPONSOR :DUse Gaussian Splatting & AE To Make Bullet Time AnimationsWill Carmack2024-02-01 | I built a custom 360 rig & figured out how to add lightning and Spiderman webs to my 3d Gaussian Splats. I Had to share this work flow with you so you can bullet time ANYTHING YOU WANT. If you want me to keep dropping this wisdom bombs, please check out my sponsor Squarespace!! squarespace.com/willcarmack
Upload your photos to https://poly.cam/tools/gaussian-splatting to make your gaussian splat!
3d Web file from CG Trader: cgtrader.com/3d-models/science/laboratory/spider-man-web-3d-modelSaying Goodbye to Roto brush: The Better Masking Plugins in After EffectsWill Carmack2023-12-31 | The last tool I ever want to use is the Rotobrush and the pen tool, because with a combination of various keying plugins in After Effects, you can get almost always clean mask of something, or at the very least, make masking WAY EASIER. Adopt these tricks into your work flow to save ourself valuable editing time - SUPPORT MY SPONSOR & GET A DISCOUNT: squarespace.com/willcarmackHow To Make Epic Sci-fi Portals You Can Run Through In After EffectsWill Carmack2023-12-31 | I've animated a million portals for various different clients, and I've perfected my portal editing process and wanted to share the VFX tricks with you, After you make an amazing Portal, make sure you create a Squarespace Website!!! squarespace.com/willcarmack light wrap plugin: news.productioncrate.com/download-free-light-wrap-plugin-for-after-effects
my Instagram: instagram.com/willcarmackAnimator Breaks down How He Made Graphics For Mr BeastWill Carmack2023-12-01 | I was hired to do some graphic animation for some Mr Beast videos, and one of my favorites was the Deaf video, so I wanted to come on here and break down how I made one of the animations - so follow along and learn how to make animations just like a Mr Beast Video!! Also, make my day my supporting my sponsor SquareSpace!! squarespace.com/willcarmack
follow me on instagram!! instagram.com/willcarmackAnimate Your 360 Footage To Have Seamless Transitions In After EffectsWill Carmack2023-11-30 | I recently did a job for RedBull where Im using a 360 cam to teleport between New York and Utah, so to make this look epic, I learned how to create the most seamless transitions with 360 footage, and now I wanted to share with you!! Leave any questions down below, and also make my day by supporting my amazing sponsor, Squarespace!! squarespace.com/willcarmack
Godrays: news.productioncrate.com/download-free-godrays-plugin-for-after-effectsHow To Animate An Editing Tutorial For Tik Tok & InstagramWill Carmack2023-10-30 | As a visual effects artist I go crazy with motion graphics on my behind the scenes videos. Now I'll show YOU all my favorite motion design tricks that made my recent Instagram tutorial go viral!!If you want to support me please support mt sponsor!. **SIGN UP FOR SQUARESPACE: squarespace.com/willcarmack
00:00 intro 00:22 Build Custom Interface 01:10 Create Digital Look 01:38 How To Turn A Screen Shot Into Png 02:03 Make Custom Alpha Channel 02:38 Border Reveal Effect 03:16 Animate Button Clicks 03:29 Pixel Sweep Transition 03:43 Connect All Pieces 03:54 Digital Typing Animation 04:13 Motion Graphics Bounce movement 04:31 ASK ME ANY QUESTIONSHow To Make Any Famous 3D Box In After Effects | NO PLUGINSWill Carmack2023-10-01 | Want to make a minecraft box? A mariokart box?? Any 3d box on your mind?! In this tutorial I show you how I make a 3d box out of a 2d plane in the easiest way possible - LEAVE IN QUESTIONS BELOW!!! Support me by becoming the ultimate ecommerce wizard - squarespace.com/willcarmackTransforming Vintage 35mm Film Slides with AI Expansion | After EffectsWill Carmack2023-10-01 | I have a huge collection of vintage film slides, and made this little effect for an adobe promo recently, and was kind of obsessed with it - So enjoy this ai tutorial on how to make the tiny picture in your 35mm film slide HUGE!! Support me by becoming the ultimate ecommerce wizard - squarespace.com/willcarmackThe Best 3D Camera Hack In After EffectsWill Carmack2023-09-01 | This is my sure way to get the most natural looking footage from animating pictures, or anything im working with in a 3d space in After Effects!! Get a Professional website with my discount code!!! squarespace.com/willcarmackHow I Lost 40 Pounds Counting My Calories| NO MORE KETOWill Carmack2023-08-31 | I recently lost 40 pounds in preparation for a work trip to the Maldives, and where previously I had done this with Keto - I did it with Counting my Calories!! Which one is better?! Get a Professionals website With Squarespace: squarespace.com/willcarmack
if you have any questions about my weight loss journey message me on instagram!! instagram.com/willcarmack5 Easy Tricks To Animate Perfect ExplosionsWill Carmack2023-07-31 | There are 5 tricks I use in After Effects to animate explosions to look like they were filmed in camera! With lens flares, lens dust, light wraps, motion blur, and heat distortion you will make professionally composited explosions. Get 10% off a Squarespace website today with my code!! squarespace.com/willcarmack
Follow me on Instagram!! instagram.com/willcarmackHow to Animate Lokis Sacred TimeLine Exploding | After EffectsWill Carmack2023-07-30 | Loki season 2 is coming out so I wanted to show you how to create the animation from The TVA screen, when he breaks the sacred timeline and it starts to branch! Not only that , but how to composite this animation onto any Screen. Get 10% off A website today: squarespace.com/willcarmack
Chapters ► 00:23 Grid Background 01:28 Display lines 01:47 Digital Blinking 02:34 Rising Counter Animation 03:50 flickering scroller text 05:03 Timeline Branches Out 07:30 Branches Turn Orange 07:57 Compositing Into A Television 09:34 Giving you This project File For FreeMr Beasts Hired Me Onto His After Effects TeamWill Carmack2023-07-04 | Hi my name is Will Carmack and im a freelancer VFX artist and recently I made animations for Mr Beast's $500,000 plane video!! Today I will be breaking down my creative work flow to make the perfect graphic for Mr beasts video!! Keep my silly dreams alive by checking out my amazing sponsor Squarespace - Get 10% off With my link today: squarespace.com/willcarmack
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► instagram.com/willcarmackCreate Star Lords Rocket Boots in After Effects | EASY AE TutorialWill Carmack2023-05-23 | From Guardians of The Galaxy, Learn how to Create Star Lord's Rocket Boots in After Effects!! This is a super hero compositing master class, from how to animate fire, how to motion track footage, and blend all of your assets together with adjustment layers!! ENJOY; and of course make your life easier and more productive by signing up with Squarespace!! squarespace.com/willcarmack
Here's a little guide I typed out for myself to follow during the tutorial, I am copy and pasting it here because I think it may help people to follow along:
Masking the boots Motion tracking + null Production crate + Sparks + Smoke + Torch Link to null then manually rotate / position assets Curves + Motion Blur + tint Add boots edge light with duplicating mask + Fill then mask to edge Camera track + Add landing smokes + Production crate Floor light - adjustment layers with curves effect + wiggle expression Heat distortion adjustment layer Lens dirt +tint
Follow me on instagram @willcamrackHow To Remove Wires And Get A Clean Background With After EffectsWill Carmack2023-05-01 | This is one of the greatest After Effects Tools ever, SIMPLE WIRE REMOVER, This allows for stunt men and vfx artists to play around with practical effects on set, like using ropes to have floating items or... people flying off buildings - while having the confidence to make the ropes / wires invisible in the edit!!
Btw if your're living in 2023 without a website WHAT ARE YOU DOING, Sign up for squarespace and get 10% off!!!I Created Star Lords Glowing Helmet Eyes With VFX | After EffectsWill Carmack2023-05-01 | I'm creating an entire cinematic universe where i'm John Quill, a Variant Peter Quill, so I have tons of experiences making Starlord's Eye glow!! Let me show you the best way to do it! Marvel vfx are always my favorite. Also what are you doing?!! SIGN UP FOR SQUARESPACE squarespace.com/willcarmack
So remember if you want to have Peter Quills Helmet, from Guardians of the Galaxy, to really pop - make sure you always use this glow editing workflow in After Effects :D
Follow me on instagram!! @willcarmackHow To Turn Any Drag & Drop Fire Asset Slo-Motion In After Effects TutorialWill Carmack2023-04-01 | All the fire assets you can download offline never have the right frame rate to make them slo -motion, so you cant ever composite slo motion clips - but with this frame blending trick you can make any vfx fire asset slo motion in after effects!! don't forget to sign up for Squarespace - Squarespace!! squarespace.com/willcarmackThe Hidden Lightroom Plugin In After Effects | Best Color Correction Tool EverWill Carmack2023-04-01 | Lightroom has amazing color / hue / saturation sliders that lets you isolate and control one color, but guess what?! After Effects has one too, it's just called selective color! Let me show you my favorite color correcting plugin - don't forget to sign up for Squarespace - Squarespace!! squarespace.com/willcarmackHow To Make a Png Plane look Like Its Flying | AE Motion Graphics TutorialWill Carmack2023-03-01 | ALSO LEGENDS, don't forget to sign up for Squarespace - Squarespace!! squarespace.com/willcarmackOptical Glow VS. Deep Glow - Which Ones Better? After Effects TutorialWill Carmack2023-01-31 | As A professional vfx artist I have STRONG opinions on glow plugins, and today I will breakdown why Optical glow, is the best plugin ever, dethroning Deep Glow, the plugin i've been loyal to for years! Let me help you SEE WHY!! ALSO LEGENDS, don't forget to sign up for Squarespace - Squarespace!! squarespace.com/willcarmack
check out my best work on insta!! instagram.com/itswillcarmackAfter Effects Light Wrap Master Class | After Effects TutorialWill Carmack2023-01-31 | Light Wrapping is a key component into blending Green Screen elements into your fake backgrounds!! Today, I'll be doing a full professional breakdown on my favorite way to that, and thats with Production crates free light wrap plugin!! ALSO LEGENDS, don't forget to sign up for Squarespace - Squarespace!! squarespace.com/willcarmack
squarespace.com/willcarmackHow To Make A Retro Mario Kart Box In After EffectsWill Carmack2022-10-01 | I perfected the process to make a customizable Mario-Kart Box in After Effects!! Stick around to the end to learn all the cool retro effects!! Also guys please if you want to support this channel, please support my sponsor Squarespace!! Get 10% off your first website or domain with my link squarespace.com/willcarmackA Year Off Keto... How Does It Feel?Will Carmack2022-08-01 | I talk about what its been like going off keto!! Also please check out my sponsors squarespace httpss://squarespace.com/willcarmack3 Ways To Export Videos With A Transparent Background | After Effects & PremiereWill Carmack2022-07-01 | In this video I show you every way to export a video with a transparent background!! ! If you want to support me, please support my amazing sponsor SQUARESPACE squarespace.com/willcarmackAnimating Handheld Movement Onto 3D Cameras in After EffectsWill Carmack2022-07-01 | In this tutorial I show you how to make any 3d camera in after effects look like it has handheld motion!! If you want to support me, please support my amazing sponsor SQUARESPACE squarespace.com/willcarmackEnding This Channel? Plus... I Got Fat AgainWill Carmack2022-06-01 | hahaha okay I hope it's obvious this is a lighthearted video, I just wanted to vocalize my feelings towards being a youtuber and if it's even for me anymore!! If you want to support me, please support my amazing sponsor SQUARESPACE squarespace.com/willcarmackMy God... I Turned 25 - New House / Life UpdateWill Carmack2022-05-31 | I turned 25 on the 28th! So I thought I should finally reconnect with you guys and let you know how my life is going!! Also if you want to support me, please support my amazing sponsor SQUARESPACE squarespace.com/willcarmackThe Most Valuable Thing I learn From Cinecom.NetWill Carmack2022-05-01 | Today I show you one of the handiest effects I've ever learned from Cinecom.net!! All link's below, but FIRST if you want to support me, please support my amazing sponsor SQUARESPACE squarespace.com/willcarmack
Cinecom's Expression Website: cinecom.net/after-effects-tutorials/super-easy-animations-expressions Cinecom's Rotation video: youtube.com/watch?v=jVNIvb-0A_A&t=2s Ariana Music Video: youtube.com/watch?v=tcYodQoapMgHow To Edit Your Punches Harder In Adobe PremiereWill Carmack2022-04-30 | In today's tutorial I show you how to edit your punches to look way better in Adobe Premiere! If you want to support me, please support my amazing sponsor SQUARESPACE squarespace.com/willcarmackHow To Fake Lower Frame Rates In Adobe After EffectsWill Carmack2022-03-31 | Let me show you how to digitally re-create any frame rate using Posterize Time In Adobe After Effects! If you want to support me, please support my amazing sponsor SQUARESPACE squarespace.com/willcarmackHow To Animate Clothing To Move In Pictures | AE TutorialWill Carmack2022-03-30 | Today I show you how to use the Bulge Tool in After Effects to animate clothing clothing to move and flow in the wind! One of my favorite editing hacks to animate pictures with! If you want to support me, please support my amazing sponsor SQUARESPACE squarespace.com/willcarmackHow To Make Video Game Buttons In After EffectsWill Carmack2022-02-28 | If you are into motion design, this tutorial is for you! I explain how you can create a button effect in After Effects you could use for video game animations. If you want to support me, please support my amazing sponsor SQUARESPACE squarespace.com/willcarmackDay and Night Drone Wipe Effect | After Effects TutorialWill Carmack2022-02-28 | In this tutorial I show you how to split screen the same subject, but shot at different times of day! Creating this cool night and day effect. If you want to support me, please support my amazing sponsor SQUARESPACE squarespace.com/willcarmackHow To Make A Weapon Fly Across The Screen | Element 3D TutorialWill Carmack2022-01-30 | Here is how I animated a CG gun to fly out of someones hand!! PLEASE SUPPORT MY SPONSOR IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT ME: Get 10% of a website or domain here: squarespace.com3D Tracking Star Wars Ships Into Your Scene | Element 3d Tracking TutorialWill Carmack2022-01-28 | If you have element 3d, knowing how to track in your models is ESSENTIAL. So here I will show you how to track models of starwars ships into a scene! PLEASE SUPPORT MY SPONSOR IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT ME: Get 10% of a website or domain here: squarespace.com