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Easy After Effects Tricks for Beginners [Video Tutorial]

Hey everyone, welcome back to FilterGrade. In this video we’re going to talk about a few awesome tricks for beginners in After Effects. After Effects is a complicated piece of software, so it’s nice to know a few quick tips. Watch the full video tutorial on our YouTube channel. Audio Keyframes Have you ever wondered […]

10 Masking Animation Tutorials for Your Next Video!

Creating animations for your videos is super easy, and masks are a fantastic way to create some really cool visual effects. In this roundup, we’ve showcased some of the best tutorials for utilizing masking animation in Adobe After Effects, Adobe Animate, and Adobe Premiere. This technique is possible in each program, so it’s up to […]

9 Luxury After Effects Templates for Elegant Visuals

Feeling fancy? You can bring a lot of class to your After Effects compositions with these 10 luxury After Effects templates. These are perfect for creating visuals for clients like resorts, gala events, high-end furniture dealers, luxury car dealerships, and many more. Welcome to a world of clean lines, solid gold, and elegant taste! Do […]

Top 10 Free Animated Templates and Motion Graphics Sets

Animation makes any video project a lot more exciting, but you might be dreading the painstaking process of creating a custom animation. Luckily for you, the generous people of the internet have created countless templates for aspiring creators to use. In this blog, we’ll list ten of our favorites that can be used for your […]

STUNT DOUBLE (2d animated visualizer)

More experimenting, more trial and error, more work behind the scenes. April was a hustle month for us in terms of finding our style. If you saw our recent post covering our ‘KIDS SEE GHOSTS’ visualizer, we talked about crafting our vision – this ‘STUNT DOUBLE’ visualizer is another experiment in finding our creative freedom. […]

Best Sites to Promote Video Editing Work

The internet is a crowded place, and as a video editor it can be difficult to get noticed. Being a content creator is hard enough – but what if all you do is create content for other people? Don’t worry, there are plenty of sites to promote video editing work, whether you’re looking for popularity […]

KIDS SEE GHOSTS (2D Animated Visualizer)

Recently we’ve been working on crafting our style – photo, video, animation, design, etc… and with crafting style comes experimenting! Check out our most recent experiment – a 2D, stop-motion animation! What better way to learn what you like and what looks cool other than try it out? In this project, we used the song […]

How to Create Animated Transitions in After Effects

Hey everyone, today we’re going to be creating some awesome animated transitions in After Effects. After Effects isn’t a video editing program in the same way that Premiere Pro is. Yet you can create some cool transitions that you can bring into your Premiere Pro project, that are simply impossible to create in Premiere Pro. […]

The 15 Best Lower Thirds Templates for Documentaries

15 Lower Thirds Templates for Documentaries - FilterGrade

Lower third texts are essential for documentaries. Whether you need to display a name, place, date, time, or key information these elements are a must. Aside from the basics, these elements need to capture your viewer’s attention without distracting them. Creating lower thirds text can be time-consuming especially if you want them to be animated. […]

10 of the BEST After Effects Templates for 2021

10 of the BEST After Effects Templates 2021 blog - FilterGrade

One of the best ways to enhance any video is by adding effects to create a whole new concept and idea with the raw footage / photos that you have. After Effects Templates are perfect for helping with this because you don’t have to make everything from scratch! You can add your own content and […]