# After Effects -- Popular Moves

#### Motion

* [Whip Pans ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QYkq82bC_Q&list=PLn_T6l_0VhIOohRHIZougu3jcaTkCmLlx&index=34&t=0s)
* Drifts
* [Speed Ramping ](https://youtu.be/4O5Fxnp1JiM)
* [Motion Tracking/Mocha](https://borisfx.com/support/documentation/mocha/quick-start-guide/)
* [Camera Tracking](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqFskLSlToY)

#### Stacking Effects

* Distortions
* [Pixelation Transition ](https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk02V2htUOJGQmXol3pM3nsucG3PinA%3A1603219558448&ei=ZjCPX5vjGqSLytMP_YaaoAQ&q=after+effects+pixelation&oq=after+effects+pixelation&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzIECCMQJzIFCAAQyQMyBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjoECAAQR1CYrQFYmK0BYJawAWgAcAJ4AIABPogBPpIBATGYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6yAEIwAEB&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwibrpyi6sPsAhWkhXIEHX2DBkQQ4dUDCA0&uact=5#kpvalbx=_ijCPX5KsOuCpytMPot-3gAw14)
* [8 Bit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ7osGm4s_Q)
* [Fractal and Turbulent Noise](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QOUmiHxA7c)
* Color Corrections
* Greenscreen
* [Keylight](https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/after-effects-green-screen/)
* [Luma Key](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQIN4he4wcI)
* [Double Exposures](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ_3zDCWTu8)

#### Generators

* [Sound Waves](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JULvPhhc_0o)
* Particle generations
* [Snow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uwNW59KVkg)
* [Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7ZCbtLd01Q&app=desktop)
* [Smoke](https://www.rocketstock.com/blog/5-ways-to-create-smoke-in-after-effects/)

#### Camera animation

* 3D Motion
* Rotating Scenes
* Flybys
* Rotobrush
* [and Rotobrush 2!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nYs9RjxiFk&feature=youtu.be)(in AE 2020)

#### Text/Title animation

* [Block Quote Animation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkgmCGJ4FJU)
* [Font Animation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKD3B-IecwU)

#### Popular expressions

* [Interpolation Expressions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTivs6mMzpU)
* Wiggle
* This expression will randomly move your layer on the x and y axis if it’s a 2D layer.
* wiggle( frequency , amount );
* loopOut
* The Loop expression is probably to most used after effects expression, it allows you to repeat your animation
* loopOut("cycle");
* Inertial bounce
* The bounce expression is very useful to make your animations and titles look dynamic with a nice elastic movement, just make 2 keyframes position and past the code below.
* n = 0;

if (numKeys > 0){

n = nearestKey(time).index;

if (key(n).time > time){

n–;

}

}

if (n == 0){

t = 0;

}else{

t = time – key(n).time;

}

if (n > 0){

v = velocityAtTime(key(n).time – thisComp.frameDuration/10);

amp = .05;

freq = 4.0;

decay = 2.0;

value + v*amp*Math.sin(freq*t*2*Math.PI)/Math.exp(decay*t);

}else{

value;

}

* Time
* Time expression is good for constant animation, the higher the number next to “time” below the faster your animation will be.
* time*150
* to Comp
* This is a perfect and easy way to create cool dynamic motion in 3D space with 2D layers.
* layer = thisComp.layer(“Null 1”)

layer.toComp([0,0,0])

* Fade
* The automatic fade expression is useful when you don’t want to bother a create keyframes for a fade animation.
* transition = 20;

if (marker.numKeys<2){

tSecs = transition / ( 1 / thisComp.frameDuration);

linear(time, inPoint, inPoint + tSecs, 0, 100)

- linear(time, outPoint - tSecs, outPoint, 0, 100)

}else{

linear(time, inPoint, marker.key(1).time, 0, 100)

- linear(time, marker.key(2).time, outPoint, 0, 100)

}

* Motion Trail
* As you can see below with this motion trail expression you can get some pretty interesting animation of layers trailing .
* //Apply to position

delay = 5; //number of frames to delay

d = delay*thisComp.frameDuration*(index - 1);

thisComp.layer(1).position.valueAtTime(time - d)

* //Apply to Opacity

opacityFactor = .75;

Math.pow(opacityFactor,index - 1)*100

* Squash/Stretch
* This bouncing squash and stretch expression should make your animation a bit more alive by adding a proportional scale to your shapes or images.
* maxDev = 13; // max deviation in pixels

spd = 30; //speed of oscillation

decay = 1.0; //how fast it slows down

t = time - inPoint;

x = scale[0] + maxDev*Math.sin(spd*t)/Math.exp(decay*t);

y = scale[0]*scale[1]/x;

[x,y]

* Rotation
* Here is another After Effects rotation expression, no keyframes needed to make a simple 360 rotation on a layer.

veloc = 360; //360 Degree Rotation per Second

r = rotation + (time - inPoint) *veloc;

[r]

* Blink
* The blinking expression becomes super handy when you don’t want to repeat a bunch of opacity keyframes over and over or want to animate a cursor quickly.
* blinkSpeed=15;

n= Math.sin(time*blinkSpeed);

if(n<0) 0 else 100;