Learn various After Effects techniques for creating a dancing can animation. In Part one learn Puppet Pin tool basics and how to use the motion sketch feature to animate to music.
Part two demonstrates After Effects Shape Layers, Fractal Noise and Grid effects to create background elements, and animating them using the Convert Audio to Keyframes feature.
Part three continues with using Layers to add organic, auto-animating elements to the background.
In Part four, learn how to use the After Effects’ Color Link effect to integrate the can into the background, work with various Layer Styles, create a 3D text animation and add other finishing touches.
Thank you!!! This was something really new for me to learn, and I appreciate very much!
I think this series will be extremely awesome !
Thanks & can’t wait to see the next one.
Hi John,
Top job on this first part of the tutorial… clear, concise and very informative! Loved the video in video of you talking too, felt like a one on one lesson which is pretty cool!
Looking forward to the next installment.
Cheers
Ben
Nice John! I liked the live video of yourself in the beginning. Adds a nice touch to the tutorial.
John, I enjoyed this tutorial and look forward to more. Now I know how to properly use the starch tool. I also got a kick out of seeing the little inset box with your countenance!
Glad you like it, and didn’t run away screaming when you saw me 😉 Also, Todd from Adobe reminded me of a better way to reset puppet pins, I’ll add this to Lesson 2.
This has been a favorite tute of mine for a while, there have been a couple of times when I could have done with a better explanation of the puppet tool. This offers a great explanation. Worth checking out.
hey this is great should coming handy thanks allot
Fantastic. Looking forward to Pt. 2!
I’m also looking forward to the next MILG! Any word on that? 🙂
Hi John,
Thanks for the tutorial. I hadn’t really gotten around to playing with the “puppet” tool until you inspired me. I made myself a dancing Guinness can (at least I think it was dancing – ha). Maybe I just drank the Guinness and imagined it dancing. I’m already thinking of new ways to use it. I saw a tutorial where it was used to create smoke streaming over the outline of a car to show aerodynamics. The layer used a directional particular effect and then was precomped. The puppet tool was used on the precomp to “mold” the directional particles over the top of the car. Thanks for all the help you give. It is greatly appreciated.
Brett
No word on MILG 6 yet but stay tuned. Brett, I know that tutorial by my buddy Jim, a creative use of the Puppet Pin tool to be sure.
Here’s a link to the tutorial: http://library.creativecow.net/articles/geduldick_jim/Motion_AE.php
Hi John, Thanks heaps for sharing these tuts.
Luv your work. D
nice tutorial
thanks
Regarding MILG 6 … please, please, pleeeeease cover AE + C4D. I’m tellin’ you + John Dickerson + AE + C4D would make a killer combination! 🙂
great tutorial, i wish it could be more often.
It’s just a great PLEASURE to look to this tutorial !
I can’t tell you how greatful I am for your blog, which joyfully feeds my passion for AE.
🙂
i love this tutorial… quiet funny and fantastic
thanks!!
Fot some reason the pop-up won’t play on my mac. Any thoughts?
Matt try right clicking on the link and saving the movie to your desktop.
Imagine this tutorial.i like it very much.
Thanks much John, Amazing tutorial btw Please how I can find the source file of the can, thanks again.
Hi Morsiii, that file is copyright but you could do a Google search for Red Bull perhaps and find a can?
Hey,
Ball’s Show Man
When you want to come to Brazil for one of these wonderful workshops?
Abrasive
Hey John,
Sorry for asking but where did you get this awesome music you used? Hope your still reading here. Greets from a true fan! 😀
Hi there, that track came with the Adobe Soundbooth install 🙂 Best, John.
awesome tutorial. I’m always watching video tutorials and I truly appreciate this one for its clarity, resolution, and directness. You waste no time on irrelevant topics. Definitely the best tutorial I’ve ever watched.
Thanks Chris! Best wishes, John.
how to record can dance???
Move your cursor over a pin point and hold down the Command (Control key), the click to start recording. Best wishes, John.
That Works…Thank you,and sorry for my bad English..
nice tutorial thank you..
Hi, could you please tell me where to get this music? i mean, i cant seem to find one… Please reply
Great tutorial! It’s exactly what I was looking for 🙂
Really great Tutorial, a just have a question … Where can i find the part 2 of this tuturial?
Thank you!
How can I watch this in fullscreen, I only get partial
hey i lke ts 1 animation… whr can is dancng wth d music.. n hw its work lke step by step wth d music…
m gonna make tht…. pls tel me d latest techniques.. n which software r cmng…
Great tutorial…!! and great work…
i think this tutorial is easy but effective, thanks…
Love this! Thank you! But, I can’t get the audio to play while I’m moving the puppet tool. Your tutorial says to click the mouse button. I’m using a PC, not Apple. Any advice?
Hi Pam, on the mac you hold down Command while clicking and dragging the point. On PC I presume it’s the Control key.