Secret VFX Trick to Elevate Your Edits (After Effects Tutorial)

A highly slept on, but super effective method of adding effects into your videos with minimal effort (sounds too good to be true, right?) Download the two example clips: Where I get all the music for my videos (you get 2 free months with this link): ► SOCIALS Instagram: X (Twitter): ► MY WEBSITE ► TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro (what are we making?) 0:47 Example #1: Head Tracking 1:02 Pre-compose properly! 1:22 Using the main effect 3:47 Cleaning up the points 4:35 Adjusting the settings 5:28 Reversing the stabilization (Method 1) 6:50 Reversing the stabilization (Method 2) 8:15 Example #2: Face Tracking (Detailed Analysis) 9:25 Using garbage mattes! 11:03 Completing the track 12:03 Adding elements above my face 12:35 Example #3: Scene Compositing 14:33 Exporting a single frame from After Effects 15:05 Scene painting in Photoshop (generative fill) 15:49 Contextual taskbar is missing? 16:14 Exporting the frame from Photoshop 16:37 Reverse stabilizing the signs 17:10 Masking/Placing the signs 18:38 The other sign 19:05 Adding elements onto the signs 19:41 Compositing tricks for more realism 20:40 Animating the sign text 21:46 Text Exploder plugin 22:00 Using text animation presets instead 22:58 Placing the text (CC Power Pin) 24:04 Using a grid to check proportions 25:00 Compositing the text onto the sign 26:20 Common Problems 27:00 The reason you NEED to pre-compose first! Thanks for watching :)