INSTANT Reactive Shadows & Lighting in After Effects

A super quick and easy tutorial on how to achieve the instant reactive lighting and dynamic shadows using Adobe After Effects, only with a few clicks. This tutorial is suitable for beginners.

I'm uploading new motion design tutorials every Thursday! (Sometimes Monday too)

►Please tag me on Instagram @ben_marriott_ if you've used any of the techniques from this video so I can see what awesome things you create

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►Music:
Massive thanks to madmomentsgo for providing that amazing music for my intro!

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~ God bless Kevin ~

[anarmovsumov]

One more diamond here in motion design treasure)

[jankdotTV]

3 minutes??! This is so simple it feels illegal

[Louis-fhsh]

These are the kinds of things that are completely obvious in hindsight but really hard to come up with. Thank you so much for sharing !

[itsluke]

I have literally been binge watching your channel since I found it :)

[jackdonovan]

10 years of motion graphics and this is one of the best tricks I have ever seen.

[Txrje]

This is a great effect, especially for how simple it is! Thanks for sharing :>

[natashahurly]

Your intro made me subscribe. Thanks for the tutorial!

That was SO MUCH EASIER than other techinques I've seen. Great work!

[rafamadeit]

The simplicity of your techniques AND your video edits themselves (Nice short intro with 3min total) is GENIUS. Keep it up!!

[kartikeyadwivedi]

I created a small animation usig this technique and Ben liked my post on Instagram. Honestly I was having a nightmare of a day and Ben made it better. Thank you so much, you're doing more than teaching.

[ahmedadel-owiw]

dude i just love u, every time u upload a video it blows my mind, your such a great person

[sebascruzeiro]

I loved it! thank you so much!
Greetings from Colombia!

[gutobernardo]

Oh, man, parenting properties takes our possibilities through the roof! I'm gonna try that for everything now ❤️

[ezekiel]

such a simple technique, yet it increases the quality so so much.

[unnaturallynatural]

when you pulled out the cc radial blur my mind was blown, SO simple and genius!

[SkittleToucan]

Early Squad. Love your videos. Always watch em in the morning.

[ShehabAhmedYT]

man i rarely ever comment on a YT video but ive been putting off learning after effects for so long since i felt like it was very complicated compared to Premiere but watching your tutorials and following them is really making me be more comfortable and less tense will learning this new software! thank you!

[ScientistX]

The moment you applied that radial blur, I knew where it was going but that, "copy with property links" was something I didn't know!
Thanks for being amazing Ben!

[HelalAndre]

I love you, Ben Marriott!! Thank you for this!

[monstera]

Your tutorials are so helpful! I was hand shading EVERYTHING in my frame-by-frame animations until I found your channel!