Tutorial Light Writing with Adobe After Effects - Part 1B

In this tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use AE to simulate the popular light writing effect seen in recent Sprint commercials.

See the first half of this tutorial here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aCsSYF2R5M

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Category:

Film & Animation

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• Light
• Writing
• Aharon
• Rabinowiz
• Creative
• Cow
• After
• Effects
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[Jestek100]

I loved the way you explained every thing. Your a great teacher, and I look foward to learning from you. Your the best, and when Im rich I will credit you. Thanks alot.

[arabinowitz]

@Jestek100 I wish you much success!

[arabinowitz]

Ctrl+K(Windows) Cmd+K (Mac) - go into the comp settings and chage fps there.

[rmenga4]

does it work in 5.5 after effects

[arabinowitz]

it should. but it's been a while since i used 5.5. most of it should work.

[viralpatel2010]

this software look really hard to use but your instructons make it all easy and stuff...ur really bad ass...but i wanted to know how to make the same exact thing but with text so i can write my name instead on making a star...

[arabinowitz]

In AE 7, select your text layer and choose Layer > Create Outlines. In AE CS3, this no longer works... Either choose Layer > Auto-Trace (not very precise) or you can copy and paste outlined text from Illustrator.

[SeansFallOutBoy]

you sound like Brian of Family Guy lol cool

[rudolf895]

you are awesome

[nickanikz]

haha, thx for the vid! I love the 'OYA' part :)))

[hichloelizabeth]

thank you for this tutorial! am a beginner but could, and did follow every step you said and the end result was perfect! its great because you explained everything, and even with the mac keyboard explaination was greattt! thanks a lottt! xxx

[animedorkchelsie]

ok...to be honest...i just listened to this cuz i love ur voice...Oo

[Todesgift]

:D You speak like Andrew Kramer :D

[dchamp5432]

can u do this with premiere pro cs4

[ken11122233353]

nice voice :>

[apeironka]

It`s great! I hope I will make it too.....