After Effects Tutorial - LED signboard

[CatValentineLVR]

thank you! didnt realize it was so easy :)

[TronicPro]

RAD! such a sick effect, works so well. BIG THANKS- BRILLANT TUTORIAL!!! crisp,clear instructions! GOOD WORK

[erniecleds]

nice i like it

[redpanda503]

hey,can u help me i dont have ccball can u tell me where i can find it

[shortformvideos]

@redpanda503 That usually means that you're using the demo version or an illegal download. If you know your software is kosher, then you'll need to re-install it, as the Cycore effects are part of the standard installation of After Effects.

[redpanda503]

@shortformvideos kk so i cant do this type of thing on the demo version then?? thnks for quick reply =]

[mnvikes169]

Hey man! Thanks for this tutorial! It helped me greatly!!!

[u2good2b4gotn]

Could you use the CC Ball action with video to produce a pixelly rough cut TV effect? Or would something else in AE work to produce the static effect?

[shortformvideos]

@u2good2b4gotn Think you might be better off using the Mosaic effect for this.

[jchercha]

thank you

[joshcookify]

Great, easy to follow tutorial, good pacing and I learned something. Sounds like a sub to me. Nice work.

[vidlook2]

owh yeah this one is gr8 im sure some ppl wont believe that i made this(they even wont believe if i say wit tut)

[polyrider81]

Cool, hadn't give a go to a CC ball action so far. Thanks!

[Spyzation]

Great tutorial ! U just earned yourself a subscriber :)

[FOREFFECTS]

Hi, big THX again, now it's working like i wanted . GL for ur next tutorial ;)

[DELET59]

Hi shortformvideos, big THX again, now it's like i wanted. Gl for ur next tutorial ;)

[FOREFFECTS]

Hiiiiiiiii, big thx for ur tutorial, but how can i do to make the text less fast, pls?

[Dark3nrgy]

@FOREFFECTS you just move the last keyframe in abit, the closer the last keyframe is to the start, the faster the thext will be, as it has less time to cover the same distance, speeding them up.

[iStatiKzZ]

awesome tutorial this is just great ^^

[TeksTekkers]

cc ball is not in my presets and effects, help?!

[maitysanjana]

GREAT TUTORIAL....KEEP IT UP FOR THE NEWBEES LIKE ME. THANKS

[Viscountsky1961]

Thank you for a wonderfully explained tutorial. I am working on a highlight reel of my sons hockey season. This could work well in the intro. Thank you so much for the creative inspiration!

[Robadobdingdong]

AMAZING

[poonrajendra]

thank you very very much for this video tutorial.

[yaymans]

make it animate is not working i got the keyframe part

[shortformvideos]

@yaymans The CC Sphere layer uses the text layer as its basis. Move the text, and the CC Sphere layer will reflect the changes. If it's not moving, it's because you haven't set the keyframes on your text correctly.

[Milkshakman]

Exactly what I was looking for :)

thanks so much.

[nikhilcpatel]

Many Thanks for a quick reply. Yes you are right, I was using CamStuio with it's lossless codec. It was capturing 200fps (funny), but great quality, then I found solution to convert that AVIs in H.264 MOV 24fps using FormatFactory. And It was working great. But you are right again. It has no extra functions. Thanks anyway! - Nikhil

[shortformvideos]

@nikhilcpatel I seem to recall that I had some success with using the 'Interpret Footage' feature in After Effects and setting the Alpha Transparency value to Ignore. But if your system isn't broken then don't try and fix it :)

[nikhilcpatel]

Hey, This is very nice tutorial. May I know which software you use to capture the tutorial?

Many Thanks!

[shortformvideos]

@nikhilcpatel Thanks. I use Camtasia Recorder to capture the screen, then Camtasia Studio to manually create the zoom points, (I also take out all the stumbles and restarts, here.) There is a free screencap tool called CamStudio that you can use if you're on a PC, but I've had problems editing the material it creates (screen capture codecs are very efficient, but not edit-friendly).

[culturacolombia]

Very nice!!! thanks a lot!

[adamharrison180]

I seem to have some kind of green cross over my work :/! is there a way to clear it?

[shortformvideos]

@adamharrison180 Sounds like what you're looking at is a watermark from an unlicensed/unregistered plug-in. There's a really easy way of fixing this - buy a legal copy of the software, instead of ripping stuff off demonoid.

[adamharrison180]

@shortformvideos Nope i downloaded the CC things off the website, It seems it is the Watermark.

[shortformvideos]

@adamharrison180 If you had a kosher copy of AE, they would already be installed.

[petenicezz]

where can i find the tutorial to do the optical flares light show effects

[shortformvideos]

@petenicezz optical flares is a pack from videocopilot. I have no tutorials that fit this description, but was planning on doing a panavision lens flare effect tutorial in the not-too-distant future. I'll let you know when I get around to it.

[JohnCenafan790]

can i put square led's in place of the balls ?

[shortformvideos]

@JohnCenafan790 that's a really good question - not with cc ball action, but you might be able to apply the Mosaic effect to the end result to square everything off. I'll look into it and get back to you.

[JohnCenafan790]

@shortformvideos okay...thank you...you know i want it because i make stages and i want to make LED Panels :) ...thank you and reply i want to know

[shortformvideos]

@JohnCenafan790 Apply the mosaic effect to the text layer and Dark LEDs layer. Make sure you match the horizontal and vertical block values to the number of LEDs in your signboard. If you're using the project file that comes with this tute, those values will be 83 horizontal and 18 vertical.

[JohnCenafan790]

@shortformvideos can you make a tutorial about that please :) it would be very helpful :)

[lazarotheboss123]

ok you know where i can get after effects for free

[shortformvideos]

@lazarotheboss123 No. And if you'd read the comments on my channel page, you'll know that asking how to pirate software gets you blocked.

[lazarotheboss123]

can you maake this tutorial in sony vegas please

[shortformvideos]

@lazarotheboss123 Unless Vegas has changed a lot since I last looked, you can't do this kind of thing with it. (It's really just a video editing app, not an fx/compositing app).

[VibrancyDesign]

Hey, this is a really nice tutorial.  I can see how useful the concepts are, and how you could turn anything into an LED signboard!

[suryaklsv]

U simply rock!!

[KAPOWH4XZ]

mine hasn't got cc ball action, were do i download it from?

[shortformvideos]

@KAPOWH4XZ - CC Ball Action has been in After Effects for as long as I remember, so it should be installed as standard. Run the installation process again.

[thissitesuxxx]

@KAPOWH4XZ

It's sometimes not in the pirate-version ;-)

[thefinalshotfilms]

@KAPOWH4XZ CC Effects are free downloadable plugins By Cycore FX , Just search for Cycore Effects Over the net. You'll find the website

[shortformvideos]

@thefinalshotfilms Only the unlockable demo is available for free (which will place a green cross on your exports).