Animated music video made in After Effects (similar to Coldplay's "Don't Panic" music video)

[mountmystic]

did u make a video on how u made this!!

[monlegaspi]

Great Editing bro! now i'm more inspired to create one my own using our orig songs ;) thanks for sharing!!! - Ramon from the Philippines =)

[AyoCapoWon]

looks like a professional video what kind of Cam did u use?=]

[Sashaface001]

this is great, I have been assigned the project "create a masterpiece in a week" I have only used after effects twice and I am lost for ideas

[DLMTheDead]

Do you think you could teach me? I am on pc.

[DarkStarEdd]

i wanna learn 2 this sooo BAD =D

[TheFrameHunters]

awesome



[iTH1ZZZ]

Wow... really nice. Wish I could learn how to do this. I only mess with graphix. What class do you take for this? I'm interested.

[theriseuptv]

Dude make a tutorial about how to make this video!!! you are good!!!!

[BlackConcreteTV]

Aey I need you to do a video for me!!! I will pay you!!! hit me up with a email

[MrRaddog123]

steve

Just started using after effects myself, your right very timing consuming!

Good Job & Thanks for sharing!!!

[ImDrunkOnBaileys]

I started freaking out when the ticking started... :\ I have not slept in days... might be losing my sanity *nervous laugh*

[bee5120]

I have a question @stevedamouth : is this your own composed music or is it a cover of a song? If it's a cover, what is the title and artist? It's quite a nice song. :)

[Feliz37]

Amazing, simply amazing! I'm an independent christian artist . . . I wish I could create a video for one of my songs like this. Congratulations - hard work that truly paid off!

[faresgila]

WOW! +A

[wallarts]

great job i'm gonna try it

[davewallace4]

one of the most beautiful and original music videos i've ever seen. and i do this stuff for a living.

brilliant work brother.

[TheFunfilms]

just GREAT ,it is awesome I think to buiy it and now that I see this video I have more inspiration to buy it,

but, it was difficult??

[SilvatunG84]

i have just started learnin after effects and maya purely so i can make music videos for myself , im no expert but this video was pure inspiration. i loved it , it seemed proffessional and beautifully constructed. something to aspire to , thank you

[stevedamouth]

@SilvatunG84

Thanks :-D

[ArtistAve]

. question? you said you cut holes for the eyes and the mouth (i'm assuming in photoshop) and then you just layered it on top of video but how did you blend it so you cant tell where the image ends and the video begins this is cool, something similiar to what i've been wanting to create. But you said you

[stevedamouth]

@ArtistAve

Yeah you can do it in photoshop and import either a .PSD or a .PNG so it works with alpha channels. However you could also do it with the masks in aftereffects by just highlighting the layer and then clicking on the circle masking tool to make circles around the eyes and then feathering it out.

You can make the video look the same as the image in the foreground by just playing around with curves, hues etc... in aftereffects.

[epiph0ne]

Is it completely in 2D? I mean, is there any 3D-animation involved?

[stevedamouth]

All 2D images and video positioned in 3D space.

[epiph0ne]

Then how did you animate the facial expressions? Using a tool like ''Liquify'' in Photoshop?

[stevedamouth]

nope, much more simple that that! It's just an image with holes for eyes and mouth, behind that is a video parented to the image layer above and masked so it doesn't overlap from behind.

By parenting the layers together you can animate the top layer and the layer behind will move/rotate/scale with its parent.

Hope this helps.

[epiph0ne]

Wow, didn't think of that. Thanks!

[ONEyeMarco]

very goood job, 7 stars :)!!!

[DiegoINSOMNIA]

DUDE!!.. looks awesome.. would you like to made a video for a song of my band???.. I know its a lot of work, but of course.. if you want to do it I would be honored.

[rrrobdnice85]

I love this video mad love!!!!!!!!!!!

[coketastic]

that's really awesome

[Demandred14]

Amazing, Lots of Software Needed O.O

[andrewthedrummerboy]

where can I download this song???

[stevedamouth]

It's Abacus by Fionn Regan. You can probably find it on itunes.

[andrewthedrummerboy]

awesome. I love it. =)

[VampireArisa]

AMAZING!

[tomhsharky]

Well done! I have no idea how you managed to do graphics like that in AE. The visuals flow really smoothly into each other. I love the descent through the rain to a house bit.

[Faith2c]

This is amazing! Very good! Love it!