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May 6, 2026

OpenAI Codex: How To Install n8n MCP Server

In this tutorial, you will learn how to set up the n8n instance-level MCP server in OpenAI Codex. Once installed, Codex can build n8n workflows for you from simple text prompts, with no copying or pasting of JSON between apps.

CodexHostinger VPSMCP

April 29, 2026

How To Setup Tailscale on IOS, MacOS & Hostinger VPS

In this tutorial, you will learn how to set up a Tailscale private mesh network so all of your devices (iPhone, MacBook Pro, and a Hostinger VPS) can talk to each other from anywhere in the world over a free, private, and end-to-end encrypted network. No port forwarding, no firewall rules, and no exposed IP addresses.

Hostinger VPSMacs & iOS

April 24, 2026

How To Create Symlinks on Mac for Obsidian

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create symbolic links (symlinks) on a Mac so you can access any folder inside your Obsidian Vault without moving it from its original location. If your Vault lives in iCloud Drive but you want to work on Markdown files that live in your home directory (like coding project READMEs), this is the video for you.

AIMacs & iOSObsidian

April 17, 2026

How To Build an LLM Knowledge Base in Obsidian with Claude Code

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create your own LLM knowledge base in Obsidian using Claude Code. Inspired by Andrej Karpathy's LLM Wiki concept, this workflow turns Obsidian into a searchable second brain that you can query, expand, and maintain with the help of Claude Code.

AIClaude CodeObsidian

April 10, 2026

How To Disable SSH Password Login on Hostinger VPS

In this tutorial, you will learn how to disable SSH password login on your Hostinger VPS so that only SSH keys are accepted as credentials. Passwords can be guessed or hacked, and removing them as an option eliminates that risk entirely, leaving SSH keys as the only way in.

AIHostinger VPS

April 1, 2026

How To Setup UFW on Hostinger VPS

In this tutorial, you will learn how to set up UFW (Uncomplicated Firewall) on your Hostinger VPS. UFW is a command-line utility that runs at the operating system level, adding a second layer of protection alongside the network firewall in your Hostinger dashboard.

AIHostinger VPS

March 25, 2026

How to Use Claude Code Remote Control on Apple Devices

In this tutorial, you will learn how to use Claude Code Remote Control to start a session on one computer and pick it up from any other device. Whether you're heading to a coffee shop, running an errand, or just want to work from your iPhone on the beach, this feature keeps you connected to your Claude Code sessions from anywhere.

AIClaude Code

March 19, 2026

Hostinger VPS: How To Install Claude Code Safely as a Non-Root User

In this tutorial, I'll walk you through creating a non-root user on your Hostinger VPS, setting up SSH access, and installing Claude Code safely so it runs with proper guardrails from day one. If you're already running Claude Code on your VPS as root, this is the video to watch before you go any further.

AIClaude CodeHostinger VPS

March 12, 2026

Hostinger VPS: How To Create a Non-Root Sudo User

In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create a non-root sudo user on your Hostinger VPS and add it to the sudo group so it still has full admin privileges when you need them. If you've just set up a new VPS and want to follow security best practices from day one, this is your starting point.

AIHostinger VPS

March 10, 2026

How to Reinstall or Change the OS on Your Hostinger VPS

In this tutorial, I'll show you exactly how to reinstall your existing operating system or swap it out for a completely different one. Whether you're recovering from a bad setup, suspected malware, or just want to start fresh with n8n, Claude Code, or another app, this guide walks you through the entire process.

AIHostinger VPS

March 4, 2026

3 Ways To Connect To Your Hostinger VPS Using SFTP

In this tutorial, I'll show you three different ways to connect to your Hostinger VPS using SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) so you can visually browse, edit, and manage your server files just like you would in Finder on your local machine. If you've been staring at the terminal wondering where everything on your VPS is, this video is for you.

AIHostinger VPSTermius SSH

February 26, 2026

How to Restore Claude Code Settings From a Backup

In this tutorial, I'll show you how to restore all of your custom commands, skills, and settings from a backup folder on your computer. If you followed my previous video on backing up Claude Code before uninstalling, this is the next step.

AIClaude Code

February 25, 2026

How to Backup & Uninstall Claude Code (Mac & Windows)

In this tutorial, I'll walk you through how to take inventory of your current Claude Code setup, create a full backup of your settings and custom skills, and do a clean uninstall on both Mac and Windows.

AIClaude Code

February 5, 2026

Hostinger VPS: How To Install Fail2Ban

In this tutorial, you will learn how to install and set up the security tool, Fail2Ban to protect your Hostinger VPS from suspicious activity and brute force login attempts.

AIFail2BanHostinger VPS

February 2, 2026

How To Install Claude Code on Hostinger VPS

In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Claude Code on your Hostinger VPS and how to get started using it as your super-genius developer on your VPS.

AIClaude CodeHostinger VPS

January 29, 2026

Create MacOS Terminal Alias Shortcuts for Obsidian Vaults

In this tutorial, I will show you how to create Terminal Aliases and turn those "obnoxious" iCloud and Obsidian directory paths into simple, one-word shortcuts you can use to change directories, open VS Code and more.

AIMacOS Terminal

January 22, 2026

How To Get Started Using Claude Cowork

In this tutorial, you will how to use Claude Cowork which has the agentic architecture of Claude Code but accessible in Claude Desktop App and not in the Terminal or PowerShell.

AIClaude Desktop

January 19, 2026

Claude Code: How To Add Trusted Directories

In this tutorial, you will learn how to add Trusted Directories (Folders) to prevent Claude Code from asking 'Do You Trust Files?' when launching from a trusted directory.

AIClaude Code

January 6, 2026

Claude Code: Install Uptime Kuma on Hostinger VPS

In this tutorial, you will learn how to use Claude Code to install Uptime Kuma as a Docker container on your Hostinger VPS. Uptime Kuma is a free, open-source monitoring tool that lets you monitor websites, APIs, and other services through a self-hosted dashboard. Instead of manually reading documentation and configuring Docker compose files, Claude Code handles everything in under 5 minutes.

AIClaude CodeDocker

December 23, 2025

How to Change n8n Version Numbers on Hostinger VPS

In this tutorial, you will learn how to manually set, roll back, or "pin" the version of n8n on your self-hosted Hostinger Virtual Private Server (VPS) using the VPS Dashboard & Terminal/SSH.

AIHostinger VPSn8n

November 19, 2025

How To Create a Slack App for n8n Workflows

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a Slack App/Bot to send messages from Slack to trigger n8n workflows and have n8n send messages back.

AIHostinger VPSn8n

November 5, 2025

How To Set Up Google Credentials For N8n in Under 5 Minutes

In this (short version) tutorial, you will learn how to set up Google credentials in n8n for Drive, Docs, Gmail, Calendar, and Sheets using OAuth2 credentials created in Google Cloud Console. This allows your automations to securely read, write, and manage Google data directly within your n8n workflows.

AIAutomationGoogle Cloud

November 4, 2025

Set Up Google Credentials for n8n in Google Cloud

In this tutorial, you will learn how to set up Google credentials in n8n for Drive, Docs, Gmail, Calendar, and Sheets using OAuth2 credentials created in Google Cloud Console. This allows your automations to securely read, write, and manage Google data directly within your n8n workflows.

AIAutomationGoogle Cloud

October 22, 2025

How To Enable pgvector on Neon Postgres for RAG

In this tutorial, you will learn how to enable the pgvector extension to convert your Neon Postgres database into a vector database. This allows you to store and earch vector embeddings, which are necessary components when building Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) systems. The tutorial uses the Neon SQL editor for all the necessary steps.

AINeonRAG

September 18, 2025

How to Create a CLAUDE.md File in Claude Code

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a CLAUDE.md configuration file in Claude Code to provide guidance and instructions to Claude when using Claude Code.

AIClaude Code

September 10, 2025

Connect a Telegram Bot to n8n for Notifications

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create your own Telegram bot using BotFather and connect it to n8n for automated notifications and workflows! This step-by-step tutorial covers everything from bot creation to getting those tricky chat IDs.

AIAutomationn8n

September 2, 2025

How To Update Diffusion Bee Using GitHub

In this tutorial, you will learn how to update DiffusionBee on GitHub so you can use Flux Models locally on your Mac. Diffusion Bee is MacOS only and is the easiest way to run AI Models with Stable Diffusion run locally on your Mac. It is private, no internet required and is 100% free.

AIRAG

August 15, 2025

OpenAI: How To Generate API Keys

In this tutorial, you will learn how to generate OpenAI Secret API Keys so you can access Open AI models in your automation workflows and more.

AIAPIChat GPT

July 9, 2025

How To Train a LoRa on Replicate

This tutorial will show you how to train a LoRa on Replicate.com by uploading images of yourself so all you need to do is use a ‘Trigger Word’ to generate images with your likeness.

AIReplicate

June 18, 2025

How To Create AI Music Videos Using Neural Frames AutoPilot

This tutorial will show you how to use the AutoPilot feature on Neural Frames generate AI music videos by simply uploading a song. Perfect for musicians, content creators, and anyone curious about AI video tools.

AINeural FramesSora

May 28, 2025

How I Made a Viral Baby Podcast Video Using AI (Feat. Jerry Garcia & Hedra)

This tutorial will show you how I created a viral-style baby podcast animation using AI tools like Sora by OpenAI, ElevenLabs, Adobe Podcast, and Hedra. Inspired by the Theo Von and Joe Rogan baby podcast trend, I used a photo of myself to generate “Baby Mike,” then brought him to life with voiceover and animation — including a surprise guest appearance by AI Jerry Garcia.

Adobe PodcastAIChat GPT

May 21, 2025

Adobe Podcasts: How To Create Audiograms

This tutorial will show you how to use Adobe Podcasts to create free audiograms to transform audio content into shareable video clips with waveform animations and captions.

Adobe After EffectsAdobe Podcast

May 7, 2025

AI Build 109: The AI Sticker Pack Vol. 2 (Custom GPTs)

In this Mike Murphy AI Build video, I show you how to take a single idea — an AI-Themed Digital Sticker Pack— make a Custom ChatGPT and then turn the pack into a digital product for sale.

AdobeAdobe After EffectsChat GPT

April 30, 2025

AI Build 108: The AI Sticker Pack (Built with Chat GPT)

In this Mike Murphy AI Build video, I show you how to take a single idea — an AI-Themed Digital Sticker Pack— and turn it into a real product using Chat GPT 4o Image Generator + Adobe After Effects.

AdobeAdobe After EffectsChat GPT

April 8, 2025

How To Use Cursor AI to Build a Wiggle Panel in Adobe After Effects

This free 4-part mini-course shows you how to use Cursor AI—an AI-powered code editor—to build a custom, dock-able Wiggle Panel inside Adobe After Effects. No coding experience required. Just curiosity, creativity, and a desire to build something cool from scratch.

Adobe After EffectsAICursor

March 19, 2025

How To Use Audio & Effects in After Effects

In this tutorial you will learn how to work with audio layers and audio effects. and make a fun audio spectrum animation that is great for sharing on social media and/or promoting podcasts.

Adobe After Effects

February 12, 2025

Luma Mattes in Photoshop + After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to create Luma Mattes in Photoshop and then import and animate in Adobe After Effects CC 2025.

Adobe After Effects

February 5, 2025

How To Use Text Animators in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how control the number of keyframes that loop at the end of animations using the LoopOut Expression in Adobe After Effects CC 2025.

Adobe After Effects

January 29, 2025

Print Frames For Mixed Media in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how control the number of keyframes that loop at the end of animations using the LoopOut Expression in Adobe After Effects CC 2025.

Adobe After Effects

December 25, 2024

Dropdown Menu Expression Control in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to use the Dropdown Menu Control Effect to create simple menus with multiple choice options to control various aspects of your animations in Adobe After Effects CC 2025

Adobe After Effects

November 27, 2024

Shape Layer Types in After Effects

This tutorial is everything you need to know about the 3 different Shape Layer Types in Adobe After Effects CC 2025.

Adobe After Effects

October 17, 2024

Hidden Type Tool Menu in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to access the ‘hidden’ contextual Type Tool Menu in Adobe After Effects CC 2024 to speed up workflow when working with Text.

Adobe After Effects

October 9, 2024

How To Add Motion Blur in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to add Motion Blur to create a realistic and smooth animation in Adobe After Effects CC 2024.

Adobe After Effects

September 18, 2024

How To Add Audio Effects & Sound Presets in After

This tutorial will show you how to add Audio Effects & Sound Animation Presets to create a helicopter & telephone sound effects in Adobe After Effects CC 2024.

Adobe After Effects

September 11, 2024

How To Edit Audio from After Effects in Audition

This tutorial will show you how two ‘round-trip audio workflows’ to send audio layers from After Effects to edit in Adobe Audition and then back to Adobe After Effects CC 2024.

Adobe After Effects

August 21, 2024

How To Use Pick Whips in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to use three different types of Pick Whips in Adobe After Effects CC 2024 to create Parent & Child Relationships between Layers, Properties & Expressions.

Adobe After Effects

June 20, 2024

How To Add valueAtTime Expression (Position) in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to add the valueAtTime Expression to the Rotation Property in Adobe After Effects CC 2024 to reference the value of rotation property of another layer at a specified time on the animation. This will also work on Scale & Opacity Properties

Adobe After Effects

June 18, 2024

valueAtTime Expression (Rotation) in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to add the valueAtTime Expression to the Rotation Property in Adobe After Effects CC 2024 to reference the value of rotation property of another layer at a specified time on the animation. This will also work on Scale & Opacity Properties.

Adobe After Effects

May 16, 2024

How To Use Inertial Bounce Expression in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to use the Inertial Bounce Expression to add bouncing motion to any property from one keyframe to the next based on velocity Adobe After Effects CC 2024.

Adobe After Effects

April 30, 2024

How to Use loopIn Expression in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to use the loopIn Expression in Adobe After Effects CC 2024 to loop or repeat an animation that stops as soon as the CTI reaches the last keyframe.

Adobe After Effects

April 19, 2024

How To Export PNG Sequences in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to export compositions as PNG or JPEG Image Sequences in Adobe After Effects CC 2024 to generate image files for each frame in an animation.

Adobe After Effects

April 9, 2024

How To Use CC Ball Action in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to use the CC Ball Action in Adobe After Effects CC 2024 to create patterns of circles or ‘balls’ or to create 3D Displacement Effects and much more.

Adobe After Effects

April 5, 2024

How To Use CC Glass Effect in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to use the CC Glass Effect in Adobe After Effects CC 2024 to make objects look like ‘glass or porcelain’, ‘stretchy electrical tap’, ‘shaggy rug’ and more!

Adobe After Effects

April 3, 2024

How To Use CC Plastic Effect in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to use the CC Plastic Effect in Adobe After Effects CC 2024 to plastic looking effect on shapes, textured/grunge on text and graphics, and line art effects.

Adobe After Effects

March 28, 2024

How To Rove Across Time in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to create Roving Keyframes to Rove Across Time in Adobe After Effects CC 2024 to create smooth animations across multiple keyframes.

Adobe After Effects

March 19, 2024

How To Run Scale Composition Script in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to run the Scale Composition Script in Adobe After Effects CC 2024 to scale up or scale down the size of an entire Composition and maintain the original aspect ratio.

Adobe After Effects

March 7, 2024

How To Install Lottie Files Plugin For After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to install the Lottie Files Plugin for Adobe After Effects CC 2024 via Adobe Exchange to preview, test & export your After Effects animations as Lottie Files.

Adobe After Effects

January 18, 2024

How To Use Align Panel in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to use the Align Panel in Adobe After Effects CC 2024 to align and distribute layers evenly.

Adobe After Effects

December 14, 2023

How to Use Rotation Tool (W) in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to use the Rotation Tool in Adobe After Effects CC 2024 to free transform the rotation property of any layer(s), including 3D Layers.

Adobe After Effects

December 12, 2023

How to Reopen Closed Paths in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to reopen closed paths or shapes in Adobe After Effects CC 2024 to continue drawing the path using the Pen Tool.

Adobe After Effects

December 5, 2023

How to Set Poster Frame in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to change the Composition Poster Frame in Adobe After Effects CC 2024 and toggle the Transparency Thumbnail grid on and off.

Adobe After Effects

November 30, 2023

How to Use LoopOut Offset Expression in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to use the LoopOut Offset Expression in Adobe After Effects CC 2024 to continue the animation after the last keyframe and it is useful as you can control the speed with the 2 original keyframes.

Adobe After Effects

November 23, 2023

How To Add PingPong Expression In After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to add the PingPong Expression + Modifiers in Adobe After Effects CC 2024 which will create an endless loop between the first and last keyframes.

Adobe After Effects

November 21, 2023

How To Duplicate PreComps In After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to duplicate PreComps As Unique Copies in Adobe After Effects CC 2024, which is helpful to create different versions of a PreComp but keep the same effects, etc.

Adobe After Effects

November 14, 2023

How To Use Gradient Ramp In After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to use the Gradient Ramp Effect in Adobe After Effects to add some design ‘interest’ to solid backgrounds and text.

Adobe After Effects

October 17, 2023

How To Import Photoshop Animations In After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to Export Photoshop Animations and then import into Adobe After Effects CC 2023. This works for Video Timeline & Frame Animations in Photoshop.

Adobe After EffectsPhotoshop

October 5, 2023

Fix: Line Boil Turbulent Displace Stopping

This tutorial will show you how to fix the issue of a Line Boil animation using Turbulent Displace Effect stopping after a certain amount of time when using using the Time Expression on the Evolutions Property Adobe After Effects CC 2023.

Adobe After Effects

August 31, 2023

Increment & Save Version Numbers in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to use Increment & Save in Adobe After Effects CC 2023 to quickly and easily save Project Files with version numbers automatically.

Adobe After Effects

August 29, 2023

How To Use Tritone Effect in Adobe After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to use the Tritone Effect in Adobe After Effects CC 2023 to change the colors of the Highlights, Mid Tones & Shadows and create a vintage or creative look.

Adobe After Effects

August 24, 2023

How To Edit Photoshop Text in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to convert text created in Photoshop to editable text in Adobe After Effects CC 2023. You will also learn the steps to import a Photoshop .psd file into After Effects.

Adobe After EffectsPhotoshop

August 17, 2023

CC Cylinder Effect in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to use the CC Cylinder Effect in After Effects CC 2023 to wrap and animate text around graphics such as a logo.

Adobe After Effects

August 15, 2023

How To Save Comps As Photoshop Layers in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to export an After Effects Composition as a Photoshop .PSD File that you can modify and add designs in Photoshop and them import the Photoshop File as a New Composition in After Effects CC 2023.

Adobe After Effects

August 8, 2023

How To Change Highlight Color in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to change the Default UI Highlight Color in Adobe After Effects CC 2023 from the Default Blue Color to any color you want. The Highlight color is the stroke color you see when you click on any panels and the color used when selecting Tools or the interface text color.

Adobe After Effects

August 3, 2023

How To Add New Comp Viewers in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to add New Composition Viewers in Adobe After Effects CC 2023 to help speed up your workflow by enabling you to view multiple comps/pre-comps in different viewers.

Adobe After Effects

August 1, 2023

How To Animate Textures Using Motion Tile in After Effects

This tutorial will show you a fast and easy way to animate a single texture layer using the Motion Tile Effect in Adobe After Effects CC 2023. This technique works particularly well for grungy and collage-style texture animations.

Adobe After Effects

July 20, 2023

How To Use Wiggler in After Effects

This tutorial will show you use the Wiggler Panel to add random movements to Layer Properties such as Position & Rotation in Adobe After Effects CC 2023.

Adobe After Effects

July 11, 2023

How To Scan Images Into Photoshop

This tutorial will show you how to scan images from your scanner directly into Adobe Photoshop CC 2023

Adobe After Effects

July 6, 2023

Text Animator: Position (After Effects)

This tutorial will show you how to add the Text Animator Color Fill to create a position property animation in After Effects CC 2023.

Adobe After Effects

June 20, 2023

How To Use CC Composite in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to use the CC Composite Effect in Adobe After Effects CC 2023 which makes it possible for you to add effects onto a layer and them bring back a duplicate of the original all on the same layer. CC Composite works on shapes, text, images, graphics, videos, etc.

Adobe After Effects

June 6, 2023

After Effects: Move Position Animation Layers

This tutorial will show you how to move the position of animation layers in Adobe After Effects CC 2023 so the keyframes and animations are not altered.

Adobe After Effects

May 30, 2023

Copy Expressions Only in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to Copy Expressions Only in Adobe After Effects CC 2023 so you can copy an expression from one layer and paste onto one or multiple other layers.

Adobe After Effects

May 18, 2023

How To Use The Properties Panel in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to use the new Properties Panel in Adobe After Effects CC 2023 to speed up making animations by cutting down on the ’twirl time’ of opening layers to access properties and settings.

Adobe After Effects

May 16, 2023

After Effects: How To Use Effect Manager

This tutorial will show you how to use the new Effect Manage in Adobe After Effects CC 2023 to identify effects that cause After Effects to trash and to enable and disable effects.

Adobe After Effects

May 11, 2023

After Effects: How To Swap Out Layer Footage

This tutorial will show you how to swap out or replace footage from the Project Panel to the Layers Panel while retaining the Layer attributes in Adobe After Effects CC 2023.

Adobe After Effects

May 9, 2023

After Effects: Transform Effect

This tutorial will show you how to use the Transform Effect to control the transform properties for multiple layers in Adobe After Effects CC 2023.

Adobe After Effects

May 4, 2023

How To Use Angle Control in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to apply and use the Angle Control Expression Control in Adobe After Effects CC 2023 which controls the rotation of a layer/object.

Adobe After Effects

April 25, 2023

After Effects: How To Use System Color Picker

This tutorial will show you how to change the default Color Picker to the System (computer) Color Picker instead of using the default color picker in Adobe After Effects CC 2023. One advantage of using the System Color Picker is to save custom colors making it easy to access frequently used colors.

Adobe After Effects

April 6, 2023

Separate Position Dimensions in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to separate the dimensions of the Position Property for layers in Adobe After Effects CC 2023. This also works with 3D Layers.

Adobe After Effects

April 4, 2023

After Effects: Color Expression Controls

This tutorial will show you how to use Color Expression Controls in Adobe After Effects CC 2023 so you can control the color properties of individual or multiple layers all at the same time.

Adobe After Effects

March 30, 2023

After Effects: Lock The Effect Controls Panel

This tutorial will show you how to lock the Effects Control Panel in Adobe After Effects CC 2023 so you can make any layer’s effects always visible even when clicking on another layer.

Adobe After Effects

March 7, 2023

Auto-Trace + Scribble in After Effects

Adobe After Effects CC 2023: Auto-Trace + Scribble Hand-Drawn Animation This tutorial will show you how to Auto-Trace a Shape Layer and add the Scribble Effect to create a hand-drawn style animation in Adobe After Effects CC 2023.

Adobe After Effects

February 23, 2023

After Effects: How To Add 3D Extrusion Depth

This tutorial will show you how to add Extrusion Depth to 3D Layers in Adobe After Effects CC 2023 so the object appears to be three-dimensional.

Adobe After Effects

February 9, 2023

How To Animate Source Text in After Effects

This tutorial will show you how to animate the Source Text Property in Adobe After Effects CC 2023 to change the Text without have to add additional Text Layers.

Adobe After Effects

February 7, 2023

After Effects: Time Remapping + LoopOut Expression

This tutorial will show you how to extend looping layers using Time Remapping + loopOut and how to fix the ‘Empty Frame’ issue on Pre-Comps in Adobe After Effects CC 2023.

Adobe After Effects

February 2, 2023

After Effects: How To Use The Type Tool

After Effects CC 2023: How To Use The Type ToolAfter Effects CC 2023: How To Use The Type ToolThis tutorial will show you how to use the Type Tool to add horizontal or vertical text in Adobe After Effects CC 2023.

Adobe After Effects

January 24, 2023

After Effects: Text Around Circle

This tutorial will show you create and animate text around a Circle or any path in Adobe After Effects CC 2023

Adobe After Effects

January 19, 2023

After Effects: Hand-Drawn Effect

This tutorial will show you the fast and easy way to create a ‘Hand-Drawn Effect’ in Adobe After Effects CC 2023 that works on text layers, graphics, shapes, and more and also has automatic animation built-in.

Adobe After Effects

January 5, 2023

After Effects: How To Use RotoBrush 2 Tool

This tutorial will show you how to use the RotoBrush 2 Tool in Adobe After Effects CC 2023 to remove or separate objects from the background

Adobe After Effects

December 29, 2022

After Effects: How To Use Cartoon Effect

This tutorial will show you how to use the Cartoon Effect in Adobe After Effects CC 2023 to create a comic book/cartoon effect or a line art illustration/find edges styled look.

Adobe After Effects

December 15, 2022

After Effects: Grid Effect (How To Use)

This tutorial will show you how to use the Grid in Adobe After Effects CC 2023 to make a background for animations such as cut-out or stop-motion styles. You will learn how to change the background color, grid lines, add animation and texture.

Adobe After Effects

December 13, 2022

After Effects: Puppet Position Pin Tool

This tutorial will show you how to use the Puppet Pin Tool in Adobe After Effects CC 2023. This tool works by adding ‘pins’ to animate or deform any object (shapes, graphics, text, etc).

Adobe After Effects

December 8, 2022

After Effects: Highlighter Animation (Stroke Effect)

This tutorial will show you how to create a Text Highlighter Animation Effect in Adobe After Effects CC 2023. This is a fun and popular effect often used to highlight text in a book or magazine, etc.

Adobe After Effects

November 17, 2022

After Effects 2023: How To Use Track Mattes

This tutorial will show you how to use the new and improved Track Mattes in Adobe After Effects CC 2023. Track Mattes can be used to place or ‘clip’ objects inside of another layer such as shapes, text, videos, etc.

Adobe After Effects

November 15, 2022

After Effects 2023: Sunburst Animation Effect

This tutorial will show you how to use the Sunburst Animation Preset new in Adobe After Effects CC 2023 which can be used as a background or accent graphic animation.

Adobe After Effects

November 3, 2022

After Effects CC 2023: Burst Pop Effect

This tutorial will show you how to add the Burst Pop Effect in Adobe After Effects CC 2023 which is a great way to add some interest and accent graphic animations to any Composition.

Adobe After Effects

November 1, 2022

After Effects 2023: Blinking Cursor Typewriter Console Effect

This tutorial will show you how to add and customize the Blinking Cursor Typewriter Console Effect to Text Layers in Adobe After Effects CC 2023. This effect has a blinking cursor that follows the text as it animates on the screen.

Adobe After Effects

October 27, 2022

After Effects 2023: How To Add Composition Borders

This tutorial will show you how to add a colored Composition Border in Adobe After Effects CC 2023 that can be animated and will resize automatically if the Comp Size changes.

Adobe After Effects

October 20, 2022

After Effects CC 2023: Composition Presets (New!)

This tutorial will show you how to access the new Composition Presets in Adobe After Effects CC 2023 to make it easier to find the most commonly used presets and new sizes for social media.

Adobe After Effects

October 18, 2022

After Effects: How To Create A Countdown Timer

This tutorial will show you how to create a Countdown Timer (from 10 to 0) in Adobe After Effects CC 2022 using a text layer and a Slider Control. You will also learn how to remove the decimals and round down the number and center the numbers in the center of the Composition.

Adobe After Effects

September 8, 2022

After Effects: How To Skew or Slant Text

This tutorial will show you how to skew or slant text and other others in Adobe After Effects CC 2022 using the Transform Effect.

Adobe After Effects

September 1, 2022

After Effects: Keyframe Color Labels

This tutorial will show you how to create and add keyframe color labels and select groups in Adobe After Effects CC 2022. This is helpful for keeping timelines organized.

Adobe After Effects

August 25, 2022

After Effects: How to Use Shift Channels Effect

This tutorial is will show you how to use the Shift Channels Effect in Adobe After Effects CC 2022 to produce an RGB Split or Chromatic Aberration/Distortion that is commonly seen in vintage footage.

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August 23, 2022

After Effects: How To Reset Preferences

This tutorial is will show you how to reset the default preferences in Adobe After Effects CC 2022. This can sometimes help with troubleshooting if After Effects is not behaving as expected.

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August 18, 2022

After Effects: Solids Folder

This tutorial is about the Solids Folder in the Project Panel of Adobe After Effects CC 2022. You will learn how to rename the Solids Folder, how to assign any folder as the Solids Folder, and how to change the default name for the Solids Folder.

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August 16, 2022

After Effects: New Project Templates

This tutorial will show you how to set up and use New Project Templates in Adobe After Effects CC 2022 that automatically load folders and assets in the Project Panel when launching a new After Effects Project. The first step is to set up a folder structure in the Project Panel and the next step is to Save As a Template that is loaded automatically whenever a new project is created.

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August 11, 2022

After Effects CC 2022: How To Use Essential Properties

This tutorial will show you how to use Essential Properties and the Essential Properties Panel in Adobe After Effects CC 2022. The benefit of using Essential Properties is to make it easy to change properties of a Pre-Comp or Nested Comp without ever leaving the Main Comp.

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August 9, 2022

After Effects: How To Add Multiple Strokes

This tutorial will show you how to add multiple stroke effects on Shape Layers in Adobe After Effects CC 2022 to create a ‘digital sticker’ look. In this tutorial, add a text layer and convert it to shapes and then apply 3 different Stroke properties.

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August 5, 2022

After Effects: How To Generate Project Reports

This tutorial will show you how to generate project text file reports in Adobe After Effects CC 2022. Project text file reports include all of the details of an Adobe After Effects project including source file names and drive location, Comp & Pre-comp names, Effects and Fonts used. Reports could be very useful to share with team members or collaborators or for students to learn how a project is made.

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August 4, 2022

After Effects: How To Collect Files

This tutorial will show you how to Collect Files in Adobe After Effects CC 2022 to gather all imported assets and files into one Footage Folder. This is particularly useful for collaborating or working on a project to someone else or for archiving and organizing projects. By placing all footage in one Footage folder saved in the main project folder, this makes sure After Effects will not generate errors when the project is opened as it knows the location of the imported files and folders.

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August 2, 2022

After Effects: How To Remove Unused Footage

This tutorial will show you how to remove unused footage in Adobe After Effects CC 2022. Unused Footage is any file or asset imported into the Project Panel and not being used in any Composition or Pre-Comp.

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July 21, 2022

After Effects: How To Use CC Twister Effect

This tutorial will show you how to use the CC Twister Effect in Adobe After Effects CC 2022 which is a fun effect that twists objects from the front to the backside. The front may be a text layer and you can twist to reveal a different backside.

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July 14, 2022

After Effects: How To Use Texturize Effect​

This tutorial will show you how to use the Texturize Effect in Adobe After Effects CC 2022 to add textures to individual layers or to the entire Composition. The Texturize Effect is under the ‘Stylize’ Effects Category.

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July 12, 2022

After Effects: How To Use the Invert Effect

This tutorial will show you how to use the Invert Effect in Adobe After Effects CC 2022 which inverts or flips the color values of an image. For example, if you have a black background with white specks and you apply the Invert Effect you will get a white background with black specks.

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June 28, 2022

After Effects: How To Save Composition Presets

This tutorial will show you how to save custom Composition Presets in Adobe After Effects CC 2022 so you can quickly create a new Composition with the settings you previously saved by selecting a Preset from a drop-down menu.

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June 23, 2022

After Effects: How To Reveal Comps & Layers in Project Bin

This tutorial will show you how to reveal or show where Compositions & Layers are located in the Project Bin in Adobe After Effects CC 2022. This is useful to identify the original source or to Rename Comps & Layers in the Project Panel.

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June 21, 2022

After Effects: How To Add In & Out Points

This tutorial will show you how to Preview Footage and set In & Out Points in the Comp Window in order to add smaller clips of a longer video to the Composition in Adobe After Effects CC 2022.

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June 16, 2022

After Effects: How To Save Frame As (PSD, JPEG, PNG)

This tutorial will show you how to Save A Frame of the Composition in Adobe After Effects CC 2022 as Photoshop Layers (PSD File) or Jpeg or PNG that can be exported as a file and then re-imported into the project.

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May 19, 2022

After Effects: How To Use Composition Flowchart

This tutorial will show you how to use the Composition Flowchart in Adobe After Effects CC 2022 to get the big picture overview of your projects so you can see all pre-comps, layers, solids, and effects in a flowchart.

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April 28, 2022

After Effects: How To Use Venetian Blinds Effect

After Effects CC 2022: How To Use Venetian Blinds Effect This tutorial will show you how to add and use the Venetian Blinds Effect in Adobe After Effects CC 2022. This effect can be used as a transition to reveal layers underneath or as a standalone effect on a graphic such as a logo or a shape. The Venetian Blinds is versatile and can be used in a variety of creative ways, so keep this one in your motion toolbox.

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April 26, 2022

After Effects: How To Doodle on Videos Using Brush Tool

After Effects CC 2022: How To Doodle on Videos Using Brush Tool This tutorial will show you how to draw or doodle on video clips using the Brush Tool in the Paint Panel in Adobe After Effects CC 2022.

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March 31, 2022

After Effects: How To Create Looping Texture Animations

This tutorial will show you how to create a looping paper texture animation in Adobe After Effects CC 2022 that you can use as a background or overlay over graphics and change the blend mode to add some grit and movement.

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March 29, 2022

After Effects: How To Add Mood Lighting (Amorphous Effect)

This tutorial will show you how to add the Mood Lighting-Amorphous Effect to give your footage some subtle ambient light effects in Adobe After Effects CC 2022. This effect works great to add some movement and lighting to still images or to create a Cinemegraph effect (still image with one part moving)

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March 24, 2022

After Effects: How To Measure Duration Between Two Keyframes

This tutorial will show you how to figure out the time duration or number of frames between two keyframes on the Timeline in Adobe After Effects CC 2022. This is useful if you are trying to keep the distance between sets of keyframes the same and you want to make sure they are the same distance apart.

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March 22, 2022

After Effects: How To Create Paper Cut-Out Look

This tutorial will show you how to create a Paper Cut-Out look in Adobe After Effects CC 2022 to give your animations a ‘Hand-drawn, Stop-Motion’ look and feel.

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August 1, 2020

After Effects: Anchor Point 101

How To Center the Anchor Point in Adobe After Effects CC 2020 After Effects CC: How To Center Anchor Point TThis tutorial is about how to move and center the Anchor Point in Adobe After Effects CC 2020. What is an anchor point? The anchor point is what a layer uses as a reference point to […]

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