Top Animated Backgrounds (After Effects Tutorial)

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No matter what type of videos or animations you work with you’re bound to use backgrounds at some point in time. In this video I cover 4 different animated backgrounds. The techniques are fairly straightforward, it’s how you apply them that makes it stand out.

As always, thank you for watching!


Feel free to skip around:
00:00 - Intro and Examples
00:04 - After Effects
00:14 - First Background
05:53 - Second Background
10:15 - Third Background
12:19 - Fourth Background
17:28 - Final Results

The equipment:
Sony a7iii
Tamron 28-75
Cinebloom 10%
Deity V-MIC D3
Tascam DR-10L
Peak Design Travel Tripod - Aluminium
Amaran 100D + Neewer Softbox

Mac Studio Max M1 64gb Ram
Asus ProArt 27” Monitor

Music Used:
See - Frozen Lake - Slowed and Reverbed

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[LearnUpstairs]

Hey Mapal! Thanks again for an incredible tutorial. Super useful! I have a question in terms of video editing workflow for these tutorials, where do you put everything together? Is it Premiere Pro with a direct link from After Effect? Or do you render every animation and edit it in DaVinci Resolve?
After so many effects, especially the grain overlay, it doesn't preview smoothly over Premiere Pro when working with this direct link. I have a powerful machine, but working in 4K with so many animations is becoming a hassle.
Thanks a ton for the incredible value you're providing!