Sketch effect

Let’s add a cool sketch effect to your videos right inside After Effects — no plug-ins needed. I’ll show you each step so you can get that hand-drawn look for your projects. Along the way, you’ll pick up some useful techniques to enhance your After Effects skills.

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This tutorial shows how to build a color fade text animation in After Effects. The animation is driven by text animators and simple controls, making it easy to adjust the look, create variations, and reuse it across different projects.
In this video I'll show how to create a film texture transition in After Effects using a simple setup. Instead of playing the texture normally, we control it with an expression to create a stepped, jittery motion that feels more analog. The transition is easy to reuse and you can generate variations just by changing a single control.
In this video I'll show how to build a realistic gold text animation in After Effects and turn it into a reusable preset. The setup is fully control-based, so you can adjust the look, create variations and reuse the same animation in different projects without rebuilding it.
In this tutorial we’ll create retro-style backgrounds in After Effects using a setup that’s easy to reuse and tweak. Instead of building everything from scratch each time, we’ll focus on a flexible base that lets you generate different looks quickly while keeping things consistent.
In this tutorial we’ll create bold grunge titles in After Effects using a flexible setup that’s easy to reuse and adjust. We’ll focus on a solid base that lets you generate different looks while keeping everything consistent.
Bring your text to life with a randomized bounce animation in After Effects. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to make each character start from a unique position and bounce smoothly into place — using just simple expressions. Clean, customizable, and no plugins needed.

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