AI Build 107: Texture Animation Rig for After Effects (Built with Cursor AI)
April 23, 2025 · Mike Murphy
In this Mike Murphy AI Build video, I show you how to take a single idea — animating textures with a stop-motion look — and turn it into a real product using Adobe After Effects + Cursor AI (smart code editor).
Description
✨ Adobe After Effects + Cursor AI: Building a stop-motion style texture animation rig In this Mike Murphy AI Build video, I show you how to take a single idea — animating textures with a stop-motion look — and turn it into a real product using Adobe After Effects + Cursor AI (smart code editor)
This is AI Build 107: The Animated Texture Rig
A simple, powerful preset that adds jittery, handmade motion to any scanned texture using only a few slider controls.
🧰 What You Will Learn:
- How to create stop-motion style animation with expressions
- How to use posterizeTime(), seedRandom(), and slider controls
- How to package an After Effects preset (.ffx) as a digital product
- How I use AI tools like Cursor + ChatGPT in my creative workflow
📦 **Grab Texture Rig (FFX + Script + Project File)
**https://mikemurphyshop.gumroad.com/texturerig
Includes:
- The .ffx preset
- A controller builder script (.jsx)
- A working .aep project
- Setup screenshots + walkthrough guide
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🛠 Tools & Effects Used
- App: Adobe After Effects CC 2025
- Download Cursor: https://cursor.com
[Your Gumroad Link Here]
Includes:
- The .ffx preset
- A controller builder script (.jsx)
- A working .aep project
- Setup screenshots + walkthrough guide
📦 RESOURCES & DOWNLOADS
- 🎓 After Effects User Guide Course: https://aeuserguide.com
- 🎨 Terrapin Textures: https://terrapintextures.com
- 🔧 My Gear & AI Tools: https://mikemurphy.co/resources
- 🖥 Adobe After Effects: https://mikemurphy.co/adobe (affiliate)
🌹 AI Build: The Animated Texture Rig
- Idea: How can I speed up animated textures for stop-motion style?
- Plan: Figure out which AI Tool to use and if it’s even possible to make
- Build: Open Cursor and enter text prompt
- Build: Add Expressions & Test
- Build: Debug & Troubleshoot using ChatGPT + Curso
- Document: ReadMe file, Build Log, screenshots, pdfs
- Package: Gather assets and final product and compress (.zip)
- Ship: Upload and sell on GumRoad or similar
- Rinse and repeat!
⏱ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introduction To Part 4
00:47 Idea Stage: Speed Up Texture Animation Workflow
01:53 Why a texture rig?
02:19 AI Build 107 Project Folder
02:37 Make Things Wiggle
03:02 Vibe Code Experience
03:25 Prompt 1
04:13 Highlighted Code (Green)
04:51 Create New Comp (AE)
05:26 Create Null Object + Slider Controls
06:00 Rename Slider Controls
06:56 Add Expression to Transform Properties
07:35 Debug & Troubleshoot
08:09 Chat GPT Expression Fix
09:05 Cursor: Unsaved Changes
09:26 Base Scale Slider
10:01 Cursor: Copy Expressions
10:29 Position: Add Expression
10:48 Rotation: Add Expression
11:09 Scale Add Expression
11:37 Save Rig as Preset
12:18 Side Tip: Ask Chat!!
13:05 Document + Ship
14:04 GumRoad: Add Product
14:41 Ship (Publish)!!!
💾 Resources & Downloads
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**Software Used:
**Adobe After Effects CC 2025 (Click To Try or Buy)
Cursor AI