After Effects Tutorial: Hand writing animation / animating still images

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In this after effects tutorial you will learn how to animate still images in a organic, natural and convincing way.
You will learn how to create a handwriting font that looks like really written on paper and you will learn how to animate this handwriting without keyframing it.

Effects you will learn:
- directional blur
- roughen edges
- tint
- levels
- add grain

Tools you will learn:
Motion sketch
Blending modes

[PaolaJulissa]

this is amazing!! you have no idea how hard it is to find people who explain well and you make it seem so easy...thank you thank you!!!

[WilliamPetrauskas]

I would like to see you animating the heart, because the "I" is a straight path..

[Simplyaliah]

you have no idea how long I have wanted to this! thank you so much, I subscribed 🖒

[erobertfie]

Thanks. Very well presented and easy to understand.  Thanks for sharing it.

[DingXiaoke]

If I know this earlier, I would animation much faster, imagine you can use input like wacom pen or leap motion to create animation in real time, like acting the physics. I am working on hand drawing animations. Thank you so much for this!

[hadang]

This tutorial is very helpful! Many thanks!

[zainukappan]

Simple and Powerfull Tutorials... amazing....

[AsmShirFiverr]

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[safwan]

Thank you for this wonderful tutorial.

[untoldstoriesmedia]

hey man thank you for tutorial!!hello from Kazakhstan!

[ganeshthia]

Great. Slowly and nicely explained (unlike some other people video). I have learned something today. Thank you and much appreciate.

-Ganesh.

[makesalsanotwar]

Yep, thank you!! I want make a animation with that :)

[TugceGuler]

Thank you so much. This helped me a lot. You are amazing

[sabarianim]

Hi!!!
Very Nice,
But One Mistake Using Red Marker to right Black Letter.

[fredg]

the music is also used in the trailer for tabletop simulator

[calidoso]

Excellent explication and very amazing.  Super mega!  Thanks a million

[pantulen]

wow...really really nice tutorial, thank u!

[SailorXOdesSa]

Thank you for the tutorial :)
looks nice ! ^^

[Trazynn]

This is awesome, but there ought to be a faster way to animated the masking, can't you motionsketch that as well? or perhaps anchor an eraser type of tool to your pen so you do both at the same time?

[jaffersyed]

Hi Flomo, great tutorial....please let me know how to do the heart as well...thanks