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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

TUTORIAL: HOW TO CREATE ABSTRACT MOTION BACKGROUNDS IN AFTER EFFECTS WITHOUT 3RD PARTY PLUGINS

This is a preview of the effect.




I have always wondered how people made great abstract motion graphics backgrounds and perhaps you are like me, without any clue. Lots of sites are selling their abstract backgrounds and if you would love to learn a technique or two and save money, then let's go!


Step 1

Create a new composition of any size










Step 2

create a new layer of a particular colour. This is going to be the layer we will duplicate and use to create the rest of the effect.












Step 3

With the layer selected, Go to Effects>Transition>CC Grid Wipe. This will apply the effect but you will not see anything yet unless you do some adjustments to some of the settings.  

These are the settings we would alter to sell the effect:

  • completion
  • center
  • border
  • tiles
Before proceeding, duplicate your layer a few times by going to Edit>Duplicate. Change the colours of the duplicate layers to whatever cool colours you want.













Step 4

Choose the first layer and press the home button, to set the timeline at frame 0. Now under the effects tab, press the stopwatch next to completion to set a keyframe. Move to about 1 second and drag the slider to 100. You will now see the layer beneath. 












Step 5

Press U to reveal the keyframes you created in the previous step and click on completion. This highlights both keyframes (they turn yellow). Go to Edit>Copy. Select the layers below the first layer and choose Edit>paste.












Step 6

Offset the position of the keyframes in the layers, to create your desired abstract background animation. You can then go ahead to add your own creative details by adjusting or even animating the other parameters of the effect. 






You can show me what you created with this effect.

Cyb3r

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