After Effects Tutorials, Resources, and Articles

How to Customize Your Workspace in After Effects

Hey everyone, welcome to FilterGrade. Today we’re talking about custom workspaces in After Effects, so you can optimize your workflow and finish your projects faster. All Adobe programs offer some sort of customization, and After Effects is no different. These programs can be used for a wide variety of tasks so it needs to be […]

How to Make Transitions in After Effects

Hey everyone, welcome back to FilterGrade. Today we’re going to be talking about creating and exporting your own transitions in After Effects. Some transitions can’t really be exported because you need to use the footage itself to create an effect, but today we’ll be showing you the kind of transitions that can be exported, and […]

The Best Graphics Cards for Video Editing Programs

Hey everyone, welcome to FilterGrade. In this article and video we’re covering what to look for in a graphics card for video editing. We’ll be talking about Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, Vegas Pro, and other less-common editing platforms. Some have unique hardware preferences and we’ll be going into more detail about those. […]

How to Get a Film Look in After Effects

In this guide, we’re using After Effects to turn modern footage into Super 8 style footage and VHS style footage. These two vintage styles look great and can be accomplished pretty easily with the features in After Effects. Today we’ll be using color grading, pre-compositions, creating chromatic aberration, and adding film grain. Let’s get into […]

7 Color Grading Certifications You Need

Color grading is essential to filmmaking but is also a tedious and sometimes complex process that takes time to master. While you can approach color grading with a learn as you go approach, or trial and error approach, this won’t always result in the best look of your film. There are hundreds of online courses […]

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. […]

New Multi-Frame Rendering Public Beta for After Effects

In the March 2021 Adobe update, After Effects received a brand new feature called multi-frame rendering. In this video we’re going to cover what this means and why the update is a big deal. And if you go on to like this video, consider liking the video and subscribing to FilterGrade for more tutorials and […]

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 […]