After Effects Tutorial - Laser-etched metal pt2

The finishing touches include highlights, sparks, heat haze and smoke. Had to butcher the original footage to squeeze it into 15mins, so it's a bit choppy, and there are bits missing - like the masking of the smoke layer and the re-adjustment of the transparency keyframes.

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[ScrewBeast90]

Can you explain more clearly from 7:46 to 8:15

i don't get what you need to press

[shortformvideos]

@ScrewBeast90 All I'm doing is creating a keyframe at the beginning and end of the timeline, and changing the keyframe value for Sub Offset at the end of the timeline to create that motion you see. It seems to me that this is the first time you've used After Effects, so I understand that these things seem complicated. But I can recommend Adobe's Classroom in a Book for AE to get your head around the basics - it's where I got started.

[MrOndraman]

2:49 what button should i hold please? I don´t understand :D

[shortformvideos]

@MrOndraman Holding down the ALT key (Option key on a Mac) and clicking on the stopwatch icon next to a property will let you create an Expression. Basically, an Expression is a piece of Javascript that lets you control certain values of a layer in powerful ways - the pickwhip (that little spiral icon) lets you create basic expressions by dragging and dropping, so you don't need to know how to write Javascript to create a basic expression. If that makes sense.

[MrDewmz]

@shortformvideos You do such an awesome job responding to people (Busymama was actually my wife's name) I'm curious though. You omitted the masking of the smoke, and I sorta worked out a way to do it..but is it possible for me to mask both the smoke AND the haze? Again, thanks for all your replies.

[shortformvideos]

@MrDewmz If the smoke and haze effects are on different layers, then you could just copy the mask you've created on one and paste it onto the other (select mask, ctrl+c, ctrl+v onto new layer). Bear in mind that the masks will be affected by any scale or position values that you've applied, so if the layers are different, the masks won't match up. Hope that helps.

[shortformvideos]

@ExTremImPacTII Sorry, but no.

[shortformvideos]

@hotpot8200 Sorry, but no.

[guilliano01]

That was brilliant. Cheers Teacher :)!

[SimpleLifeHighThink]

Thank u my teacher (^__^)~

[MrOndraman]

Thank u a lot :)

[shortformvideos]

@TheFredy157 The Cycore effects package is part of the standard installation of After Effects. If it's not on your system, it's because you're using the demo version, or an illegal copy.