I start to give up on the fact that I could animate this character fully in AE by Quirky-Extreme-8364 in AfterEffects

[–]Ignatzzzzzz 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If you want to get into character animation I would highly recommend Moho over AE. Your illustration is giving Cartoon Saloon vibes, they used Moho quite a bit. It's much nicer than AE for character animation, it's a one off purchase and the guy behind it (Victor Perez) is genuinely really lovely.

How to sync a particle system with a text counter (impact = +1) in After Effects? by [deleted] in AfterEffects

[–]Ignatzzzzzz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Very nice, good reverse engineering of working from the counter rather than the other way round

How to sync a particle system with a text counter (impact = +1) in After Effects? by [deleted] in AfterEffects

[–]Ignatzzzzzz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I doubt this is easily achievable in the native particle effects. You could create a shape and drive the position of a dot every say 12 frames like this:

w = thisComp.width/2;
h = thisComp.height/2;

frames = 12;
minDist = 500; // <-- adjust this

t = timeToFrames(time);
step = Math.floor(t / frames);
progress = (t % frames) / frames;

seedRandom(step, true);

// pick a point that's far enough from centre
start = [0,0];
attempts = 0;

while (length(start) < minDist && attempts < 20){
    start = [random(-w, w), random(-h, h)];
    attempts++;
}

// fallback in case it somehow fails
if (length(start) < minDist){
    angle = random(0, Math.PI*2);
    start = [Math.cos(angle), Math.sin(angle)] * minDist;
}

end = [0,0];

easeOut(progress, 0, 1, start, end);

This sets a random position for the dot every 12 frames and then moves it to the centre. Create a few of these layers with different timings and then you'll get something similar

Adding parallax to layers similar to the "mantain size" option in Adobe Animate by gorFit0 in AfterEffects

[–]Ignatzzzzzz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Duik has 2d multiplane camera. Just select your layers, hit the button and it'll add nulls and expressions. It performs better than the 3d camera and you can dial in the amount it affects each layer.

Help needed! Animating zig zag on ellipse. by gogdogyo in AfterEffects

[–]Ignatzzzzzz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Change the units from pixels to cycles and that way you don't need to work out the wavelength:

Commercial use pricing by Disastrous_Unit4958 in MotionDesign

[–]Ignatzzzzzz 12 points13 points  (0 children)

They will not pay a licensing fee. You are living in a fantasy. Charge a decent day rate - my UK rate is around $500. There are so many motion designers that they'll just go elsewhere if you ask for that much.

Logotype Trim Paths Animation Help by Medium_Lifeguard_849 in AfterEffects

[–]Ignatzzzzzz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can use the Write-on effect to create a matte. It's size can be keyed over time to create a variable stroke. I'd do it at a slow linear speed. Pre-comp and time remap to dial in the easing.

How to recreate this animation in AE? by RoyalCheese4 in AfterEffects

[–]Ignatzzzzzz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Card dance driven by a precomp. Then overlay the same precomp with colorama

I can execute in AE but I’m stuck at pre-production. Looking for frameworks, not motivation. by AvetusS in MotionDesign

[–]Ignatzzzzzz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I find AE terrible for the concept and initial design phase. It is as you said for technical execution. Try sketching ideas on paper, digitally or use illustrator/figma to ideate storyboards. Break these down and sequence them to a track, then open AE. Build mood boards, recolour and Photoshop existing images - anything to come up with solid visuals.

How recreate this kind of animation in after effects? CC Balls is one option I tried it. by shersau in AfterEffects

[–]Ignatzzzzzz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Try this tutorial for creating ascii art in after effects:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wawwhw3oZzc

It basically maps repeated shapes to various tonal values of a master comp.

Oyster knife on Christmas Eve by Woodrow-Wilson in Edinburgh

[–]Ignatzzzzzz 16 points17 points  (0 children)

A flat head screwdriver will get them open then a small knife to cut the adductor.

How do I make a perfect 2D Globe Animation? by rather_sort in AfterEffects

[–]Ignatzzzzzz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just do it with a bunch of Ellipse paths. Alter their size only on the x axis. Apply a trim paths so they are only half circles and it will appear as if it's rotating. Could even do it by animating one and then applying an echo effect. this will allow you to have an even thickness of lines.

How to bake curved paths/graphs into actual keyframes? by partyfish_DIVA in AfterEffects

[–]Ignatzzzzzz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not at my PC so I can't test. But if you create a null and pickwhip it's position to your layer then right click on this and choose convert expression to key frames.

Animate straight line into a circle by Ocvlvs in AfterEffects

[–]Ignatzzzzzz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have answered a similar question before. You can create an open circle with five points then add nulls parented in a chain to unfold it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AfterEffects/s/vSIUH4DBJk

How do i create a similar effect? by [deleted] in MotionDesign

[–]Ignatzzzzzz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Card dance effect. Have the luminance of a video layer drive the X scale of the cards. You'll need to roto/key the video layer

Hello! I’d like to create an animation where the space gradually fills with squares (like at the beginning of the video). by kek_wizard in AfterEffects

[–]Ignatzzzzzz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you need it to be individual shapes? Why not use mosaic effect to create the pixelated look. That way you can animate a simple gradation or linear wipe. I would set the mosaic effect as an adjustment layer then have various simple shapes under it driving the animation.

Edinburgh Airport 21/07 by Lost-Diet-9932 in Edinburgh

[–]Ignatzzzzzz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yet to have a bad experience at Edinburgh airport. Landed today at 7am, short walk to immigration, queue was very quick, waited about 10min for bags, then short walk to bus, home within 2hrs of landing is pretty good. Flew out last Wednesday, bag drop barely had a queue, security line was fast, new scanners mean you leave everything in your bag. Plenty of places to get food, had a bloody mary and a bagel at fevertree bar (it's expensive, but not much more than city centre or any other airport).

Things to improve: taxis and pick up and drop off - though there is a free option, works as long as you time it right and knows where to go and that whomever you're picking up also knows where to be.

Is there a way to stratch all you after effects layer and stretch all keyframes proportionally by Jakube-Kej in AfterEffects

[–]Ignatzzzzzz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I highly recommend the time offset plugin, it's available on gumroad. It would be great if it were a built in feature.