ae tips & tricks I wish I knew as a beginner || after effects tutorial 

Be sure to share your own tips that I didn't get to in this video to help out others who might need them! :D

Be organized: sometimes when we are editing we just bring all the media we r gonna need but we make a whole mess on the "project" panel, you can make folders/carpets to put them in a organized way, i always make these folders/carpets: compositions, videos, photos, overlays.

a rendering tip for everyone!! sometimes if your edits are between 35s-1min long and hella detailed with effects, 3d and layers, rendering can take an absolute AGE and you may not know if your ae has actually crashed in the middle of rendering. so what I do is to preview your whole edit on Full resolution so it basically 'pre-renders' your edit - this can also take a while, but shorter than adding it to your render queue straight away - and when it reaches the end, add it to the render queue (make sure to have caps lock on to stop it from previewing and render quicker) and it should render within 1-2mins or less. bonus rendering tip: before you prerender your edit, check your media disk cache (Edit>Preferences>Media & Disk Cache>Empty Disk Cache) and delete the disk cache. this doesn't delete your edit at all or ruin any of your progress -- all it does is it deletes what it has previewed while you've been editing and just makes everything a hell of a lot faster/less susceptible to crashes. DO NOT CHOOSE THE 'Clean Database and Cache option' because that might delete everything. hope this helps everyone with their edits! i myself have been editing 3 and a half years, and technically haven't edited in a while but editing is almost muscle memory to me and i love seeing everyone's creativity and ideas being brought to life.

a tip that i can share is like when you play the audio you can click the asterisk (*) and it will automatically put marks without stopping it idk if yall know this already but this is very useful for me

For my audio marking, I always mark directly onto the audio using shift+8 (asterisk). This is for in case I ever want to move my audio and the rest of my work to a different length or area in the timeline as the markers above can't move together with my work.(or maybe i haven't found a way for that yet)

I stopped editing bc I felt I was never going to be good as ones like you. But I’m worrying about my self more I’m starting a slime business, sewing a dress, and editing again. You encouraged me so much. Thank you

You literally highlighted every problem i've ever had on ae as a beginner, I wish I knew these earlier haha, but you still taught some tips I didn't even know, so THANK YOU

If your motion blur, 3d is not showing in timeline just click on toggle/switch modes.👍🏻

IVE BEEN EDITING ON AFTER EFFECTS FOR TWO YEARS AND THE FIRST TIP JUST SAVED MY LIFE ILY

Thank you sm for this! Your first beginners after effects wme was the reason why I started editing cause you made it sm easier.. forever grateful to you Lauren💗

The first tip changed my life!!!! I couldn’t for the life of me not get frustrated every time I was looking for clips, to the point choosing clips would be harder than the actual effects. Thank you so much🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

this is a great video! a tip that i've seen no one talk about that i really struggled with for awhile was the audio hardware settings. i'm not sure if this is just for my laptop or if other editors have had this issue as well, but whenever i would unplug my earbuds and then plug them back in awhile later, i wouldn't be able to hear the audio (an example of this would be if i wanted to hear something through the computer's speakers for a minute, but then replug my earbuds back in, there would be no sound). so what you do to fix this problem is go to the top of the screen where it says 'edit' then to 'prefrences' then to 'audio hardware' then there should be an option that says 'default output' where you can then change between the computer's speakers and whatever listening device you have plugged in. you don't have to do this every single time you open after effects, but let's say you had earbuds plugged in while editing then you closed your laptop and took your earbuds out, then it'll have you do this, at least in my experience. hope this helps someone!

Your voice is so unbelievably satisfying, I somehow managed to watch this entire video while paying all my attention to your voice and thinking about nothing but the words you were saying, but without actually comprehending a single one due to how hard I was focusing on how you were saying things instead of what you were actually saying

Yesterday I watched a video of yours and it was about transitions , I did the inside 3D Cube one and my result was not the best but it’s just the beginning ✨, I appreciate it that you make these videos because some of us can learn by little by little and then and can have a better result , thank you :3 💎.

ive been using au for 2yrs and these tips are still incredibly helpful

my fave editor back again, you've literally saved me many times

Thank you so much for the first tip! I kind of knew that it existed but not exactly how it works, so this is a game changer!

okay so I've been editing for almost maybe 2 years now so this is like common sense to me at this point but def def I think this is a great compilation of tips that beginners may not know, and I can say I didn't know when I first started, but I wish I did anyways I just wanted to say that this was a great videooo!! and thought id share a tip that I don't see many many editors talk about, and bear with me ill try my best to explain it okay so let's say you have a picture(or a video) you want to edit on your timeline, if you want to cut it at 1second, instead of cutting it with ctrl + shift + D and then deleting the excess, you can just simply trim it! all you have to do that is click alt + ] to end the clip there, and you can do the same to start a clip at a certain point- trim the beginning, by using alt + [ . and another tip I have for layers is, if you have 2 layers A and B respectively first layer and second, but you want to make B the first layer and A the second, you can simply click on Ctrl + ] to move it above and ctrl + [ to move it below I hope this was easy to understand lol hehe and if it wasn't you can just watch this video, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KYgTEH-9T-c.html

One of my favourites is if you need to proportion your key frames. Select all your key frames and hold alt and pull with the mouse to the length of your clip. Saved me so much time and don't be scared to mess up. Some of the best effects and transitions I've made were by accident or mistake lol

i’ve been editing for 6+ years but i still learned so many new things tysm!! 💙 :)

So glad these videos are getting recommended to me now that I started AE. Thank you! Will sub

Starknstrange, I have just started using aftereffects, coming from someone who only knew CC and AM, seeing AE for the first time scared me a little, but your videos helped me understand the basics and how to actually begin, Thank you so much

the cutting of clips was actually REALLY helpful, thank you for making this video!

this was so helpful!! thank you!! expecially the cutting clips bit, iv been doing it the wrong way this whole time😭 it would take me ages just to put scenes together

im so glad ur back and being active again TvT ily

That first tip just saved my life. Thank you! ♥️

girl your mic is so KRISP i love it and thanks for the tips

You finnaly posted!!!

you don’t know how much it’s vidéo will be helpful 😭🙏🏾💝

was scared to learn ae for so long but watching your tutorials just makes me want to edit on there all the time, you make things so clear and so easy to understand, thank you so much, these are so helpful!!!

Omg thanks for the first tip! It helps alot I was struggling so hard today but when I found this, I'm so grateful

I’m literally subscribing to your channel cause this video was soooo helpful. Mainly the first tip!

im into this edit community since january 2021, and even now im still learning so much about this program, ily, tysm for this video, and i hope you can comeback to your yt channel soon bc you give a lot of inspiration and all ur edits are so incredible!!

i literally love you. thank you

I love these tips sm as beginner ae editor i really appreciate it ❤❤

I'm editing in After Effects for more then one year but I was still doing a lot of things harder to my self then it actually is. Thank to this video I can save a lot of time wile editing. Thank you so much! ❤

best editor of the community literally

thanks for this video and all the comments also, I just got ae a couple days ago and this has been really helpful!

BRO THANK YOU SO MUCH I RECENTLY GOT AFTER EFFECTS AND THIS HELPED SO MUCH

omg thank you so much!! I am learning ae and this helped me so much!!

TYSM FOR THIS!! This was super helpful ♥️

tysm tip #1 helped me sm ily

omg i just got ae and i am stressing so much tysm for posting this video

Thank you so much your instructions were so easy to follow !! This helper a lot ❤️

Omg you’re such a life savior!! Thankyou very much!

Thanks for sharing this I've been doing my edits on premiere pro and wanted to move over to After effects but have been so overwhelmed by it. Honestly what drew me in was the thumbnail because I've had this idea for a wanda edit but have been wanting to do it with after effects thanks for sharing this again. Big help

snapped as always

Your voice is so soothing! I love it🥰

THE #3 HELPED ME FOR SO MANY THING OMG

This video really helped me. Thank you very much!

Great video, and i really like your education style, it keeps me focusing on the video.

thanks for the video! some of the tips i already knew (doesn't mean others did as well) but some came off really helpful! also you give off the helpful mommy vibes in this video, it's so comforting!

You're the best editor , also your voice is so cute , I love the way you explain about editing , keep it up 🫡

i've been editing for years now and i didnt know some of these! thank you 🫡

THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS IS SO USEFUL

Thank you so much! This was really helpful for me.

Awesome tips!!

Try different styles until you feel comfortable and you actually have fun bc some editors I’ve known gave up bc they didn’t like their style and don’t compare yourself to other editors edit for fun! ( stay organized aswell where your overlays are on your computer especially cause I’ve had major issues with finding my scenes as other stuff.)

Great video as always!

Thank u for this video..i was about to learn editing in ae and this makes it easier..ty❤️

You're a God send. Thank you so much for this

I absolutely love your voice 😩💘

TYSM. It was super helpful

this is a really good video, thanks so much!

best tutorial EVER!!!!! well done

Btw, with the separate dimensions one if you go into the graph editor you can select separate dimensions at the bottom (it’s like 2 lines with an x and y on it) I just find it easier than right clicking :)

this is great! tysm ♥

Love this video 😍 really helpful

God bless you for posting again ❤️

tip 3 was a real time/lifesaver

Im using ae for years but one of the tip on the video is a life savier

thanks u very much for all this effort

Great tips! Thanks.

Ive been editing for almost 2 years n I had no idea about the 1st and 3rd one tysm

IM SORRY ITS JUST SO NICE HEARING SOMEONE TALK IN AN EDITIING VIDEO ABOUT USING AFTER EFFECTS OR JUST EDITING IN GENERAL OMG TYSM ITS SO GREAT OBKSBKD I FORGOT PPL THAT EDIT KNOW HOW TO TALK BAHAHAHAHH

I can't believe literally no one is talking about how satisfying Nice tutorials voice softs.

this tips and tricks are super helpful for a noob like me 😁 tysm keep uploading more videos like this 👍

Aaa thank you for the tips! -- As well as adding a voiceover. Made it much easier for me to follow 🫶✨

Thank you for the tips! I appreciate it.

4:12 you can even change the amount of lines are in the grid in settings :)

i actually use after effects for some time now, but some of the tips were pretty helpful even for me thx :D

well understood. Thank you you are the best teacher.

Tip #1 alone saved hours! 😃

This channel needs to have a comeback!!

LIFE SAVER

Aweso tutorial bro! I like how you gets down to bus

Laurennnnn why did you took so long to send new videos I'm a huge fan of you since 2018, thank you for this ❤❤❤

Got some nice work.. I really liked the how to videos.. More of those would be dope. :) Appreciate you sharing your talents/work/knowledge with us! :)

i absofuckinlutely loved your content, KEEP CREATING !

this was very useful thank you very much

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!

really cool!

Excellent video, thanks. I'm forever messing up my workspace, will certainly be customising mine now :-)

If u add layer markers remember to add them to the audio because if u precomp any of the videos or photos the layer marker will go away

tip 3 broke my heart

OH MY GOD THANK YOU SO MUCH

bro i just subcribed you . thanks for this video and try to make many videos like this . love you bro

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ive been cutting my clips the long way tysmmmmmmmm

it very well! Good Job!

love this:) tysm!