hi my name is jake and i motion designer
from ukraine that's why I have this
weird something different april fools
and now we will make this effect let's
get started
most of you are asking where did I learn
all of these techniques I have one
answer it is free tutorial like this on
YouTube and best way to learn effect is
not to have project with already made
effect best way is to have raw footage
and repeat all steps from tutorials only
by repeating step-by-step tutorials with
the time you'll remember all techniques
and then use them in your own project
this is why I'll leave only arrived
video footage which will be linked in
the description so you would have this
free footage to practice on so I'm using
After Effects CC 2015 you can use any
version of After Effects for this
tutorial we don't need to have any
external plugins or any expensive
equipment to shoot these kinds of videos
so let's import our footage link to it
will be in description go to file import
file this is my video click import and
then left mouse click and drag on this
icon here to create a new composition if
you want to film your own footage you
need to have your camera sitting still
on tripod lighting in your scene should
not change through all your video and
then step into frame and start making
these kinds of movements like you dodged
some bullets select our layer and press
ctrl D on keyboard we made a copy this
layer below let's call it background
press return on keyboard to rename it
and this one let's name it with the
number now select this layer above and
go to effect King difference met here in
difference layer let's set it to
background so how this effect works so
basically this effect looks at two
footages this one and this one and then
with this option here this effect is
trying to see the difference between
this layer and this layer let's also
freeze-frame it so
our background right mouse click on it
and go to time free screen so now we
have this clean plate throughout all
your video so as you can guess only
thing is different is me in this shot so
if we shut this layer off we can see how
all is cut out with this match
intolerance we can adjust how much is
removed let's set it to about seven your
goal is to have your character fully in
place now let's go to effect mad mad
choker and this effect allows you to
refine your edges with these two values
we can adjust our edges let's play with
them until we get some good results okay
this looks pretty good let's enable our
background so now let's find about four
good movements which we can use just cut
this layer by grabbing this end to this
moment where this movement starts and
let's cut it from this end to left mouse
click hold and cut to this moment let's
move it over here so now we have this
first movement now we need to have some
copies of this movement so select this
layer press ctrl G to make a copy move
one frame and move it over here again
make a copy move one frame
I'm just kidding let's delete all of
this for this we have effect which
called echo just type here echo and drag
and drop on our layer here let's
increase amount of echos 15 is good and
here we can change the mode I already
tried all of these and this one seems to
work best so let's select composite in
front as you can see now we have these
15 echoes follows me around this already
looks pretty cool now let's make some
adjustments let's change this decay with
this value you can adjust how these
echoes fades out let's set it to 0.8 and
now let's duplicate this layer to have
more movements press ctrl D let's shut
this layer for now and shut this echo
effect too it helps to work faster so
now select this Pan behind tool and
click hold and drag to left as you can
see that's how we can scroll our footage
let's use this motion here let's enable
our effect then select again our layer
and press ctrl D on keyboard shut this
layer off set time cursor to the
beginning shut this echo effect and
let's find our next movement this looks
pretty good
let's make another copy press ctrl D
shut this layer off and let's find our
last movement this looks good and let's
cut our footage dragged by this end to
this moment then right mouse click on
this work area and choose trim come to
work area let's enable all of our layers
make sure that echo effect is enabled on
each of them
now one by one let's make them look
better shut all of them off and let's
work with this one let's remove all of
these echoes at the beginning I want to
have them only from this moment so let's
use selection tool here we can animate
this de key to remove all of these
echoes at the beginning click on this
stopwatch here then press you on
keyboard it allows you to see our key
frames and here let's set it to zero
let's move them over here to this moment
so this is how you can remove echoes
where you don't want to have them let's
go to effect transition linear wipe it's
cutting our layer like this
let's change angle to zero and my goal
is to cut our legs off like this and
then bring out the feather so we need to
have only upper body we are doing this
so we would not have all of these legs
at the bottom so let's shut this layer
off again and enable this linear wipe
now let's press T on keyboard let's set
a keyframe here and here let's set it to
zero and let's cut this layer to this
moment and let's also duplicate this
layer like this and move it over here
let's press key on keyboard to see our
intensity and let's set it intensity to
zero and cut this layer to this moment
let's also set it here to 75 and expand
this layer by grabbing this end and move
those keyframes here as you can see this
adds more complexity to this movement
let's see what we can do with this layer
here we need to copy this linear wipe
effect from this layer select it and
press ctrl C on keyboard and then select
this new layer which we are working on
by the way you can enable and disable
them to see you on which layer you're
working on so select this layer and
press ctrl V to paste again we are doing
this so we would not have too many legs
at the bottom let's move it over here
and let's also animate intensity press T
on keyboard let's set it to zero
move this keyframe to beginning and
about here let's set it to 75 well
time as well
okay it looks pretty good let's work on
this layer here let's cut out using this
pen tool here then press M on keyboard
to see our mask and here change to
subtract let's also animate our
intensity press T on keyboard set a
keyframe and set it to zero then move
this keyframe to the beginning and here
let's set it to about 60 let's move it
over here and time it well and let's
work on this final layer here let's also
use this linear wipe select it press
ctrl C on keyboard then select this
layer above where I am leaning forward
and press control V let's also animate
our intensity press T on keyboard let's
set a keyframe and set it to zero move
it over and let's set it to 75 and also
move it over here let's time it well and
let's adjust this linear wipe so it will
cut off only our legs so now we need to
have our legs let's select this layer
above press ctrl D on keyboard and let's
remove all of these effects select this
top one
press shift on keyboard and select this
bottom one it will select all and then
press Delete on keyboard now let's press
T on keyboard to make sure that our
intensity is set to 100 like this and
remove all of these keyframes by
clicking here so about here where we
have these legs visible let's cut with
this pen tool here
press F on keyboard to feather the edge
press return on keyboard and rename it
to legs and let's set it below of
everything so now we have our legs let's
extend to the beginning and let's also
freeze-frame it to we shot this layers
off right mouse click on this layer and
go to time freeze-frame let's enable all
of these layers back and see result
let's also make sure that this guy here
is visible till the end
choose selection tool here let's find it
this is right layer extended till the
end and press T on keyboard let's move
these keyframes over here when you film
all your movements always after dodging
motion try to get back on original place
and now let's make all of these three
guys disappear and this final guy should
be visible so let's delete these three
layers right mouse click on it and go to
time enable time remapping let's set a
keyframe here and about here scroll
through to find the time where I come
back to original place like this also
here
and here
now we can also animate our decay let's
move it over here set a keyframe press
you on keyboard to see our keyframes and
about here let's set it to zero let's
copy these keyframes select them and
press ctrl C on keyboard set time cursor
to first one and select both of these
layers and press control V and finally
let's select all of these layers press T
on keyboard to animate our intensity set
a keyframe and about here let's set it
to zero
let's also adjust timing on this layer
here a right mouse click on this layer
and go to time enable time remapping
about here let's set a keyframe and
about here by scrolling this time value
we will speed up my motion of standing
up like this and now let's press T on
keyboard set a keyframe move over here
and about here let's set it to 100 let's
preview this okay it looks pretty good
if you want to have more movements you
can always select one of these layers
press ctrl D and just timing like this
and this is how you can make more
movements just by duplicating these
layers let's delete it and now I'm going
to show you how to color great in matrix
style let's go to layer new adjustment
layer then go to effect color correction
curves here in green channel let's make
this shape then in blue Channel let's
make it warmer and an RGB Channel let's
make this s-curve let's also add some
film look go to layer new solid color
set to black and then go to effect
transition CC just let's set it right to
0 and completion let's set it to 75 we
can also select all of these layers with
our footage use this pick whip and
parent to this background player then
select this background layer and using
arrow keys let's adjust our framing and
now let's see result if you're a
beginner I recommend to work with one
layer at a time next tutorial will be on
iron fist so don't forget to subscribe
and leave a comment which effect you
want me to make fun fact I had Easter
in my last tutorial about April Fool's
intro let's open it as you remember it
was shield effect and if you downloaded
this project from description you can
open shield composition select this text
layer then scroll down here embed
options let's set it to none and
rotation let's set it to zero so here I
have a hidden message let's make it more
comfortable to read and here is actually
English words so listen to this I
decided that when I will shoot April
first if you can read this you can
change this font so listen to this I
decided that when I will shoot April
first episode it will be After Effects
tutorial I will shoot intro exactly the
same as usual but I'll say at the end
April Fool's so this is pretty much my
idea for April Fool's video you can also
check the site from description below to
this video they have free templates each
month so you can check now links to the
three stuff is in the description I hope
you liked this effect make sure to
subscribe to see more thanks for
watching guys see you next time
you
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