So this little tweet about my go-to method for highlighting text got some attention: https://twitter.com/conigs/status/1054397169980096513 It might not come as a surprise that I also have a script to make this even easier. Save this to your scripts folder, or into a KBar button. Then follow these …
FX Console is one of those now indispensable enhancements for After Effects. In addition to easily searching for effects and presets to apply, it also serves as a gallery for taking, comparing, and exporting screen shots of your comps. KBar is another great extension to create custom toolbars …
The latest version of After Effects was released today (v15.0), and with it a slew of new features. One of those features allowed me to make the Curvy Connector preset! Easily connect two layers in an After Effects comp with a controllable “S” curve. How controllable? Take a …
There's been many times where I needed a matching rectangle behind a text layer, or even just need to know a shape layer's size and center. I got tired of remember the exact usage of the sourceRectAtTime() expression, especially getting the time right. So I made this preset. …
Sometimes you want to select a group of layers in After Effects, and just move them all to the current time indicator and keep their relative timing. So you think ”I’ll just hit [ and move them all!” Only then you’re immediately hitting undo as you notice all …
Update: Oscillate is now a preset and part of Conigs Mixtape! Download it today! There’s many occasions I just need a certain parameter in After Effects to go between two values. There’s several ways to do this (including keyframing), but one of the go-to methods is using the …
A lot of bounce expressions rely on either setting parameters like frequency and decay, leading to guess work for when bounces will end or how long they'll last. Or the expression will settle the bounce on the last keyframe, giving you no real idea how fast the object will …
It all started with this tweet: the sooner interlaced video dies a horrible death, the better.less than a minute ago via webDan Lucyszyn-Hintondan_hin Once I retweeted that, it elicited the following response: @dan_hin @conigs |W|h|a|t|s w|r|o|n|g w|i|t|h i|n|t|e|r|l|a|c|i|n|g|?|less than a minute ago via Twitter for MacDan Herwigvonherwig @vonherwig …
If you're a motion designer, you'll be interested in something new I'm helping with. A few of us are starting something called The Motion League. More details will come in the next couple weeks.
I want everything we do—that I do personally, that our office does—to be beautiful. I don't give a damn whether the client understands that that's worth anything or that a client thinks it's worth anything or whether it is worth anything. It's worth it to me. – Saul …