You NEED to be using Null Objects in After Effects 

Please do more tutorials on After effect. I have already watched your courses on Skillshare. You are great.

Ur style of teaching are so good, you take things from mere basics to advance in no time.

Mannnn. I have got in the habit of watching your videos even if I think I know something about the subject. Global controls on a null! I was using solids, this changes everything. Thanks Jake!

Your tuts are articulate, concise, and engaging. Well done Jake, you get my subscription!

Jack your teaching strategy just mind bowing.

Jake all your tuts are great, training new juniors and was literally about to make a video covering exactly this and now I can just link to you're channel instead. Thanks so much man!

"Copy with Property Links" this is really helpful. Was wondering there would be a way to do this and now I got it. This is why I watch your videos even though I know the concept very well (Null Object in this context)! You are insane, Jake. Keep helping us!!

You are the best out there! Keep them coming!

A few years ago this video helped me SOO much! I just watched it again. Very helpful!

Jake you are the man. First time I see using Null as a slide. Thank you.

Daaaang, Jake! So glad you started these mini videos. Especially this one. I had a vague idea what Null Objects were previously. This video was perfect in helping me understand them much more. I'm jazzed to find a way to start using them.

Jake, thank you so much for these cool tuts. You are a really great teacher!

Nice share, thanks! First time opening AE and I just wanted to bring one video/object in to scene with the motion of a different video layer and I stumbled on some skater dudes video with literally millions of subs. This guy taught less in 24 minutes than you accomplished clearly and concisely in the first 2 minutes. Thanks again, I will sub and check out your other content and videos.

Great tutorial. Just heard about the multiple null tricks (I've been using one null and doing it all manually). Thankfully you've made an amazing tutorial. Ps. I love your skillshare classes too

Jake do not stop making those awesome tutorials

the best teacher on youtube

Thank you! Now I understand after many videos of explanations, time and patience of understanding null effects. :))

Thanks so much. I really enjoy your (skillshare and youtube) classes.

Excellent I love the way you explain things, keep going !

"It's good!" :) Priceless tutorial, thank you so much, Jake!

Really Really Great for Sharing Thanks sir!

Why didn't I think about using Null objects to control effects on mutliple layers before!!! So useful thank you.

great tutorial!! helped a lot since i’ve been wanting to learn about null objects more :)

very beautiful tutorial and information. thanks alot

Useful video! Pls make more like this!

This Video Is the most perfect one about understanding Null Objects

Such useful and important things to know. Thank you!

This was fantastic, thanks.

Really great explaining this.Thanks for the tip!

hey Jake!! this was amazing helpful tutorial. Can you also do a tutorial of shape morphing? Like a cartoon game console changes, transforms to a rocket sort of?

This must be the clearest tutorial I have watched.

superb. Thanks for explaining it!

I love this one ! I have a question how to create squash and strech with expressions ?

Really great! Simple, effective and well explained. Thanx!

Your works are really helpful. Keep up with the good work. And thank you very much to share all these useful contents.

Thank u! I love your tutorials, u explain the principals of each after effects buttons)!

Excellent tutorial, dude. Keep 'em coming!

This was fantastic.

I have followed you since Skillshare, thanks for the useful content! Keep on going

thankyou! please do keep sharing such stuffs. thanks

THANK YOU SO MUCH BRO! I had some doubts about null objects, but you cleared them up... you're the man. Keep the good content. Subscribed! :D Greetings from Mexico ;)

Thanks for this-sheesh-I thought the basic mechanics of the rolling/bouncing box, as you show here, would be the simplest built-in thing in AE. It ain't-but at least I can do it now. Cheers!

REally Great.Thank alot

I can't believe I didn't know about copy property links. actually I totally believe that, I learn something new about After Effects everyday. Still, this tutorial is invaluable and you are great.

Subscribed! Well done - that was great and I learned quite a deal. Keep it up Jake

Amazing explanation about null objects...

FANTASTIC TEACHER.

for a second i was only listening and tought that your voice tone sounds very similar to Andrew Kramer from VideoCopilot. Great tut BTW.

skillshare and youtube channel awesome

Man if you make video about expression that would be lot's helpful for us , specially for me!🧡❤😀

this is great thanks but just still curious -- couldnt we do the same animation with just the redbox layer? instead of null? or will there be a slight difference?

Here is a Badge called "Respect" from me. :D I thought I knew how to use null objects until I saw this video. I watched it at 1.25 Speed because I'm not an absolute beginner. So, Thank you. I subbed you.

Thank you Jake - great tutorial !

Thanks, I learn a lot of new stuff! Great tutorial!

It was awesome. Thank u

Thank you! this was great!

Genius Jake! Love you

best tutorial ever at 0:33 seconds of the video find the answer!!! where are the null object? thank you

really cool, if you hold ctrl while moving the null it snaps to the edges of the cube

Amazing tutorial!! Thanks

Very nice, especially the part where a null can globally control effects, I had no idea! Thanks.

outstanding tutorial!

Please can you do video about a rectangle move in a arc there is a video about 12 principles and one of that is arc ... so can you demonstrate how can you make a rectangle move as arc way ?? Thank you

Great video! thanks

You need more subs bruh, the video was very informative ♥️

Great work Jake and no thumbs down as of 11-5-18!

you got me a bit confused there when you deleted the first null object, I didn't notice until you added the second one but overall thanks

Great tut

Thanks! Nice and clear tutorial! And I have a question, how could you add the Noise HLS around the box? When I added the noise HLS effect, the noises are everywhere inside the box and ground. Thanks a lot!

Thanks for this tutorial Please am very new in graphics generally please i need some to tutor me all through graphics journey please i need more of you sir thanks.

Thank you!

Thanks for sharing your knowledge, Jake! ps-I found you through the Ukramedia podcast.

Jake can you DEMYSTIFY animation curves in AE (DEEP DIVE) video I'm so curious about it

Great krate-throwing ;-) Is there a tutorial about using null-objects to create a simple arm rig? I have 3 layers (upper arm + forearm + hand) and would like to make sort of an ik-rig without duik bassel or rubberhose. Just like a jumping jack?

Well done. Do you know why nulls look different between creating a new null vs. dragging a previously created null from the project panel in to a comp? I realize creating new nulls is very little overhead, but I like to reuse things when I can - and dragging a null from the project panel shows solid, set opacity to 0 to match a created null but the box doesn't show?

Super helpful

Thanks, Jake! You are always super thorough and easy to understand. I am trying to do this same sort of animation with a pill-shaped object. Would you use null objects the same way for it to roll on the pill edge or is there a different technique?

This video is change my editing in ae 💖💖💖💖🔥🔥

wow, btw dude where are you? , its been a year , you didn't upload any videos :(

Thanks, Jake!

Great! Thank you!

How do we know which null to parent with which? I'm asking about the parenting direction.

Jake, I find the tool "Link Focus Distance To Layer" useful, but it's only available for two-node cameras. Since I'd like to stick with one-node cameras, is there a workaround to achieve this basically auto-fous tool? Thanks.

Hey Jake, just subscribed. Do you think you could make a future tutorial on Track Mattes. I got the basic understanding of what they are but I still find them a bit confusing and not knowing when/ how to properly use them. Thanks.

How did you get the grain to go along the edge of the square so well? I tried adding a radial gradient fill, but it is still circular and doesn't exactly match the edge as well as yours. These are great tutorials btw!

Keep going bro, waiting more from you :)

Very good one. Made 15 minutes look like 5! What would happen if I haven´t separated dimensions whilst animating?

This will make my job easier thanks!

Hey Jake. Forgive the dumb question, but how did you achieve the ground effect?

Thanks

Nice rolling box Jake! Can you roll an egg though??!?!?!

Subbed. Helpful video :) thanks mate

😉

Our wonderful friends the nulls. :)

Thanks for explaining! Mystery unmystified

Awesome! Does anyone know if there is some keyboard shortcut or some way to temporarily move a null object without moving everything that is pick whipped to it? When I google this I get nothing but intro courses on using null objects, but I just want to know this one thing. I've been working on an animation and want to reposition a null before continuing my work. There are tons of layers pick whipped to it, but not all. So instead of going through and selecting individual layers, un-parenting, moving the null, re-selecting individual layers and re-parenting, I just want to +BOOP+ move the null and that's it. Thanks in advance!

What if you wanted to add squash and stretch as the box hits either side? How would you approach that?

Hello everybody, I have question about null object. I need to move different layers in my composition. But some layers are previously connected with a null objet. When i create a new null object for the same layers, the old link is break. Question : Can I use two nulls for on layers. Of cours if it's not possible, how can i get around the problem ? Thanks

8:31 so helpful thanks!

Great video! The term "null object" bothers me, though. It's not really an object; it's a tool that covertly connects and controls things. I'd rather it was called something else, like a fob, or a compound, or a ziptie, or (my fave) a carabiner.