Looping Dynamic Background animation After Effects Tutorial

In todays After Effects tutorial I show you how to make an animated and dynamic background. We're using simple shapes and and animate the with the time displacement effect using a fractal noise effect to steer the animation size. In the end we stylise the animation and place it in 3d space. Using depth afield to make it more appealing

You can create this in After Effects CS6 or newer versions.

[rotkiw]

"Yeah, thanks for watching, and if you liked it, give me maybe a thumbs up, if not that's fine too I don't really do for likings, I just really do it for educational purposes." There on the youtube there's not many like you, and I can see that you wanna just pass knowledge, and that's awesome. Really respect you and keep good work 'cause I really like way you teach and guide AE.

[nikyabodigital]

this is like the effect that you will almost use in every part of your project so the bg is not boring. just with this your motion graphic will look so professional

[JustJYouKnow]

Very helpful! I'm currently working on overlays for my streams and this tutorial is giving inspiration and practical application at the same time. :)

[jeffreysmith]

For those having issues with getting it to loop -- the main comp needs to be set to 5 seconds. Doesn't matter if your keyframes are all matched, if the main comp itself is longer than 5 seconds it won't loop correctly

[JackSinister]

Probably the best tutorial I've ever watched

[hannarevolve]

thanks a lot. Your tutorial helped me out a lot. Many many many thanks

[maurogoncalves]

Thank you very much, this tutorial gave me ideas on how to make nonstop backgrounds.

[destructorestelargalactico]

Have just follow the tutorial witha After Effects CS5 and it works totally fine

[palakchopra]

Thanks for the tutorial! Had the issue with loop zooming out every time it started again. It was because I was changing the value of just the x axis from the transform options. Using the the red or either of the axis solved the issue like in the video solved the problem.

[OORVOKKI]

Thank you for magnificent tutorial. This i tried to make two years ago without any succeed. You are very good to explain.😊

[BenHekr]

For anyone using AE 2021 and having trouble getting it to loop perfectly. Duplicate the "Cross Grid" comp (The actual composition in the project window, not just in another comp) and change the Max Displacement Time to -1 (or the negative version of the Cross Grid's Max Displacement Time). Double the length of your main composition and place both "Cross Grid" and Cross Grid Reversed in that comp, one playing right after the other. Then precomp Cross Grid and Reverse to keep them as a single video in the main. Now it should loop perfectly.

[wiriya_loka]

thank you! creative uses of fractal noise never had in my mind lol

[dominoeffect]

Easy to follow! The ruler grid technique was helpful for looping. Thank you!

[bananabike]

That was very helpful! I didn't even know about the Motion Tile option :o
I'm defnitely going to try this out, thank you for making this tutorial!!

[NickyAlmasy]

Great tutorial! Very clear with brilliant result in the end.

[marquesmarceloo]

What a beautiful creation! Thank you very much!

[agustinmartinez]

Greate tutorial i learn a loot, thanks for this tutorial :D!!!

[ktnmsct]

Pro tip: If you count how many rows and columns you have, you can match the mosaic count as well, so you won't have to add black solid or adjust the position.

Great tutorial and very nicely explained. Thank you!

[samazoid]

love this tutorial and also addicted to ur accent