Click here to download the source files and follow along

Sometimes I discover something amazing in After Effects. This is one of those times.

Over the years, it just so happens that occasionally I need to take my UI Animation composition and resize it.

I’ve found all kinds of creative w...

Click here to download the source files and follow along

I’m super excited to share this technique with you.

Here’s the idea: sometimes you need to show a video render and actually show the layer handles and UI elements. It’s part of the ‘behind the scenes’ or process materials that you m...

I created a quick tutorial to show you the best way to get your sketch file to After Effects.

Here’s the backstory.

Over the last few years, Sketch has crushed the UX design workflow. Not to say that everyone uses Sketch, but a lot of designers do.

Getting your Sketch file into After Effects u...

Follow along and download the free 'How to turn an avatar into a header' in After Effects project assets

In this tutorial I show you how to turn an avatar into a header in After Effects.

In After Effects there are always a million different ways of doing things. That’s what makes it so gre...

Follow along and download the free 'parenting icons' in After Effects project assets

I seriously couldn’t think of a better title for this tutorial, but trust me it’s got some seriously good tips.

Basically the idea is that I wanted to share how I would set up a simple parented animation us...

Follow along and download the free 'How to animate a form' in After Effects project assets

In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to animate a form in After Effects.

I was working on a project a few weeks back and wanted to share with you how I would animate the cool growing line for...

Download the 'sticky nav' After Effects source file

In this video I show you how to create a sticky nav in After Effects. 

Sticky navs are weird, especially to mock up with motion in After Effects.

I actually didn’t fully appreciate how tricky they are until I was helping my girlfriend who is...

In this video I show you how to create a motion path in After Effects. 

Typically in UX, you aren’t dealing with a lot of motion paths unless you’re creating motion for material design projects, radial progress bars, or something game related.

The easiest way by far is to just copy and paste. Yo...

Download the 'finger tap gesture' After Effects source file for free

In this video, I'm going to show you how to create a finger tap gesture in After Effects. 

Ok, let’s talk about the art of the finger tap gesture in After Effects.

First of all, as you know, there are multiple gestures inc...

In this video I show you how to use the amazing Adobe XD feature 'Export to After Effects'. Long story short, it’s pure awesomeness.

If you use XD, you are stoked. The XD team just added an ‘export to After Effects’ feature that they announced at Adobe Max.

I’m usually pretty skeptical about wor...

Download the 'frames to milliseconds' After Effects source file for free

Hey, I wanted to share my super nifty and awesome ‘frames to milliseconds’ converter widget that I made for After Effects.

Why did I create this?

When delivering UX projects that you make in After Effects, you often ne...

How to use Sketch2AE to save a project to After Effects

Download Google’s plugin Sketch2AE for free here: https://google.github.io/sketch2ae/
…….

In this tutorial, I show you step by step how to use Google’s Sketch2AE plugin to save your project.

Ok so this plugin is insane. I wanted to cr...

How to install Sketch2AE for Sketch and After Effects

Download Google’s plugin Sketch2AE for free here: https://google.github.io/sketch2ae/
…….

In this tutorial, I show you step by step how to install Google’s Sketch2AE plugin both for Sketch and After Effects.

They have great instructions on th...

If you want to be a baddass in After Effects, there is no better way than to get started using simple expressions. Expressions are little pieces of code you can apply to a layer property like it’s position, rotation, scale, etc. If you can’t code, no worries, you can just select the other layer pr...

Ok, I admit, it isn’t often your project has a color correction slider. And it’s probably even less often that you’d be online searching for for how to animate one, but just in case the perfect storm has transpired, I’m answering that question today.

The beauty of these ‘color correction’ UI anim...