Top 30 Best Effects in After Effects

Today we're diving into the best effects built right into After Effects! That's right no plugins and not sponsored! The 30 effects on this list are the ones that have helped the most when creating VFX, motion graphics, animations, and color correction in After Effects. The reason these effects are considered the Top 30 Best Effects, is because they run fast, are versatile, and super effective for a number of use cases when working on projects in After Effects. That means they get a well-deserved Black Mixture stamp of approval! Anyways, I'm excited to share these with you and I hope this helps you save time, as you get to creating in After Effects.

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[marlenegoo]

30 - Rotobrush & Refine edge
29 - Time displacement
28 - Tint
27 - Liquify
26 - Puppet pin tool
25 - Mosaic
24 - Leave color
23 - Warp stabilizer
22 - CC Vignette
21 - Spill suppressor
20 - Optics compensation
19 - Keylight
18 - Hue/Saturation
17 - Camera lens blur
16 - Audio spectrum
15 - Drop shadow
14 - Motion tile
13 - Light sweep
12 - CC Particle world
11 - Displacement map & Turbulent displace
10 - Venetian blinds
9 - Fill & Gradient ramp
8 - Add noise & Add grain
7 - Fractal noise
6 - Simple choker
5 - Linear wipe
4 - Gaussian & Fast box blur
3 - Motion tracker & Camera tracker
2 - Glow
1 - Curves

[Ace-szux]

I've only been editing videos for about 2-3 months and as I am only 6 minutes into this video I wish I knew these things before, thanks for this awesome video

[darkmekaro]

I'm always happy to see these types of videos because AE has so many options its hard to keep track of everything it can do, thanks again for the great videos.

[MrGweilo]

I feel this could have been a blanket black mixture stamp of approval for all these 30 effects, either at the start or at the end.

[rafaelpulido]

appreciate the hardwork put behind this. such a underrated youtuber

[zaynakassim]

This is BRILLIANT. You are so underrated. I hope you get more attention for these masterpieces!

[Poluxthefifth]

Boy, you made me fall in love with AE again. I´m definitely taking it back into my graphics arsenal-

[troozl-]

You've actually got so quality stuff on your channel. Keep that up man!

[liquaard]

3 time displacement
3.5 tint
4.5 liquify
6 mosaic - low pixel *
13 camera lens blur
15 motion tile
17 displacement map & turbulent displace
18 ventitan blind --- scan line effect *
20 fractal noise

[scooticery]

been using Ae for 25 yrs, and i paused this video every time i took a sip of water cuz i knew id miss something if i didn't!

[krishiyer]

This is a very important video revealing us all the hidden treasures. Thank you so much. 🙏

[GoodTimesHD]

great video! I would add shift channels, and set alpha to luminance inside the effect to composite smoke/fog better than screen mode. Also to create RGB splits

[jamilgotcher]

I love this video! All these years I didn't really understand what after effects was which is like you said basically Photoshop for videos. Do you ever use curves to make a vignette? It makes a nicer vignette rather than using "vignette" which uses black to darken the edges, make a feathered mask in curves, invert it, it darkens the colors, it looks more natural. I learned about making a vignette using curves from my Dad, he's been using Photoshop since the 90s.

[michaelstadnikfilm]

Thank you, for giving us this overview. There is always so much to learn new about AE.

[saeidmemariyan]

Much appreciated - This is valuable information not easily gained on it's own.

[Diloman]

25 years ago I start as a teacher in After Effects to sale the product, Now I see many thing still the same or upgrades and some new, still be a great software, thanks for your video!

[hiddenbrothers]

The most structured and detailed tutorial i ca across until now. Thank you very much!

[idobleicher]

Super amazing, keep posting, please! you got my head focused for half an hour and didn't move it for a moment.
I like the content, and I like the display of the content. I learn so much with just 1 video.
And going to make a video of me doing portals :)

[frolleanne]

Hey, very good job. Thanks a lot it was a lot of information. So, very valuable.

[ChrisFarrar]

Thank you for this! I'm just starting to get into Aftereffects and this has been extremely helpful!