How To Animate PNG Stickers & Export With Transparency in After Effects

Description

In this tutorial, I will show you my complete start-to-finish workflow for animating AI-Generated PNG Stickers using the looping wiggle expression in Adobe After Effects CC 2025 and exporting with transparency using Adobe Media Encoder.

**Open AI Custom GPTs:
**https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpts/

Looping Wiggle Expression:
https://www.motionscript.com/design-guide/looping-wiggle.html

🧰 What You Will Learn:

• How I generate PNG Stickers using Custom ChapGPT
• How I animated the digital sticker using After Effects
• How to add looping wiggle expression for seamless loops
• How I export stickers as Animated GIFS & 5-second videos using Adobe Media Encoder

📦 **AI Sticker Packs on GumRoad
https://mikemurphyshop.gumroad.com/l/aistickerpack01
**https://mikemurphyshop.gumroad.com/l/aistickerpack02

Includes:

• 10 PNG Graphics
• 10 Looping .MOV Video Files (5-seconds each)
• 10 Animated GIFs
• Quick Start Guide + Screenshot Previews

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🛠 Tools & Effects Used

• Adobe After Effects CC 2025: https://mikemurphy.co/adobe
• ChatGPT: https://chat.openai.com/

🌹 Generate PNG Stickers

1. Open ChatGpt.com
2. Enter Prompt with text, color & transparent background in ‘Sticker Generator Custom GPT’
3. Hover cursor over graphic and click ‘download’ arrow in the top-right corner

🌹 Animate PNG Stickers

1. Create New Composition (1080x1080, 5 seconds)
2. Import PNG Sticker
3. Drag PNG Sticker on Comp
4. Press P for Position
5. Option + Click and add ‘looping wiggle expression’
6. Adjust frequenct, amp, time (set to comp duration)
7. Press R for Rotation
8. Option + Click and add ‘looping wiggle expression’
9. Adjust frequency, amp, time (set to comp duration)

🌹 Export PNG Stickers

1. Go to File Menu
2. Export
3. Select ‘Add to Adobe Media Encoder Queue’
4. Duplicate Output
5. Search ‘Preset Browser’ for Animated GIF w/transparency and drag 1st output
6. Search for ‘4444’ and drag Apple ProRes 4444 w/transparency on 2nd output
7. Change Output File Location (where to save)
8. Click ‘green play icon’ to Start Queue
9. Done!

⏱ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introduction To Build 109
00:16 AI Build Series
00:34 Generate Stickers (Chat GPT)
00:56 Custom GPT Instructions
01:16 Generate & Download Sticker
01:27 Open After Effects
01:52 Toggle Transparency Grid
02:07 Import PNG Sticker
02:17 Basic Wiggle Expression
02:31 Looping Wiggle Expression (MotionScript.com)
03:29 Preview Seamless Looping Wiggle
03:51 Save Animation Presets
04:33 Apply Animation Presets
05:05 Export Using Adobe Media Encoder
05:26 Queue + Preset Browser
05:36 Animated GIF Preset
06:00 Save AME Encoding Presets
06:42 Export 5-Second Video File
07:16 Apple ProRes 4444
07:34 Start Queue

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**Software Used:
**Adobe After Effects CC 2025 (Click To Try or Buy)
Cursor AI