HACK To Create A Repeater Effect For Compositions In After Effects

Learn how to create beautiful symmetrical spreads and arrays with this simple hack in After Effects!

Follow us on Social Media!

[DanorGerald]

This is totally awesome. I spent forever trying to find someone who had figured this out. It's a use case that should definitely be solved with expressions versus duplicating and manual animating ... Great workflow...very impressed.

[judelyncubillas]

THIS IS GOLD! Thank you for explaining it so well, I had watch another tutorial using slider I got the gist of it after a few hours of rewatching to figure out what does it really do.
This is so easy to understand

[NatePfeil]

Crop Comp to Region of Interest was worth the like button all on its own. Great shortcut!

[BBand]

4:54 you don't have to memorize angles. It's just 360 divided by [the number of objects]
You can literally just type 360/3 into After effects for three objects and it will figure out 120 for you.

[jacksimcox]

That’s a really cool effect, probably going to be a lifesaver

[diederickboeschoten]

Really like the way you explain it! Very clear, thanks!

[pitik]

Thank you for the tutorial. I think these basic things should be easier in AE. So complicated and many steps to create such a simple animation.

[ItsJustMeStevie]

I have watched this video 5x and still find it challening. Will keep watching. Thank you so much!!! Question: If one isn't using a png or a 3d image, would it be best to use a repeater instead? Just trying to get an understanding of when its best to use this method...

[deeerguy]

I WILL USE THIS trick for any composition repeater. Thank you, you are a alife saver!

[JamesXu-rs]

Thank you so much for creating tutorials like this, I see this effect in MV's all the time - there's a few days till my deadline so thanks for the clutch!

[ZaneMillecchia]

helpful thank you!! always forgetting how powerful the index function is

[nickjames]

Hi Jordy. Awesome tutorial. But I can't figure out how you do the linear repetition. I tried using Position as you said, and I can't it to work. Can you make a tutorial for doing it that way? Thanks very much in advance.

[hitkill]

I kinda wished there was a way to repeat comps without actually duplicating them. But this is amazing as it is. I can use this technique. Thanks, Jordan.

[SlaterMGFX]

Simply brilliant. I've been looking for this for Thank you.

[janeelliott]

this was exactly what I needed to do thanks Much!

[charleswilliams]

Nice! Any tips on randomising placement and scale, for a less orderly, more chaotic composition, eg snowflakes? Thanks, great tutorial.

[jorgecarlosquintoalbarran]

Thanks for the Tutorial, it's really a great effect.

[williamgarcia]

Great stuff!
Thank you for the knowledge!

[applearrowmedia]

Just the kind of stuff I need! Thanks :)

[Amyzinq]

I ran into a huge problem during this. The effect I was going for was a straight line of repeated images. But whenever I attach the composition to the Slider control it only moves diagonally...