Top 20 Best Effects in After Effects

There are hundreds of amazing effects within After Effects. To help simplify which effects you should look at, this is my top 20 best effects list. Of course, this list is my opinion and I build this top 20 list based on how often I use these effects. Please comment below which effects are missed out on this list!

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Timecode:
0:00 Intro
0:32 Force Motion Blur
0:58 Fill
1:13 Motion Tile
1:52 Vignette
2:17 Drop Shadow
2:37 3D Camera Tracker
2:59 Light Sweep
3:18 Audio Spectrum
3:38 Warp Stabilizer
4:07 Lumetri Color
4:47 Unlimited Elements
5:12 Particle World
5:39 Noise
6:08 Fractal Noise
6:36 Remove Grain
7:03 Gradient Ramp
7:24 Glow
7:47 Camera Lens Blur
8:11 Gaussian Blur
8:26 Keylight
9:01 Optics Compensation

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[SonduckFilm]

Hey everyone! This list is just my opinion based on the most common effects I use. Please let us know which effects you think should be included on this list!

[morganlwinston]

0:32 Force Motion Blur
0:58 Fill
1:13 Motion Tile
1:52 Vignette
2:17 Drop Shadow
2:37 3D Camera Tracker
2:59 Light Sweep
3:18 Audio Spectrum
3:38 Warp Stabilizer
4:07 Lumetri Color
5:12 Particle World
5:39 Noise
6:08 Fractal Noise
6:36 Remove Grain
7:03 Gradient Ramp
7:24 Glow
7:47 Camera Lens Blur
8:11 Gaussian Blur
8:26 Keylight
9:01 Optics Compensation


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[EdwardSeeber]

This was a perfect review for me plus I learned a few new effects, thx 😁

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[ScriptSleuth]

Thanks for the great video! You got me super-excited to work on some more After Effects chops. Have a great week!

[DuncanSmith]

This was super helpful, even though I’ve been using AE for a while, I still found some stuff I hadn’t seen before 👊🏻

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[CharminaRose]

I am definitely going to apply these effects on my YouTube video! 😍 thank you for sharing🙌

[JewelfactX]

Thanks man to remind me those effects again. :)

[rockrockshouse]

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[dollarproduction]

Very responsive effects! Thanks a bunch for making this kind of videos.

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You help me a lot mate. Nice vids with good explanation too.

[bySterling]

Amazing highlight vid Jo$h!
Man, I gotta practice and create w AE more!

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You are truly a source of inspiration, the only reason why I have a job now is because of channels like yours.
Again.. Thank you!

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