Photoshoping in After Effects
Have you ever missed Photoshop blending options like stroke, drop shadow, or gradient overlay when working with After Effects?
Many Photoshop users who just switched to After Effects complain about lack of blending options, especially the lack of stroke effect. Of course there is a Stroke effects in After Effects, but it works in different way than they’re used to.
To help all you Photoshopers out there I’ve prepared few presets, than will enable you to work in After Effects the same way you work in Photoshop.
Just go ahead and download the preset. After downloading make sure to unpack it to your After Effects preset directory, that by default is: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects 7.0\Support Files\Presets\.
These presets include:
- Stroke effect
- Drop shadow (with Spread parameter)
- Gradient overlay
I wanted to put there Bevel and Emboss effect also, but there’s no need to make a preset for that, because all you have to do is to apply Alpha Bevel on a layer and you’ll get the same effect you’d get in Photoshop.
Download Presets: PhotoshopingInAE.zip
Thank you very much - I’ve been looking for something like this for a while now!
Jeff
Jeff said this April 2nd, 2007 at 15:50
As with your other tutorials, this is very helpful to an after effects beginner like me,
Clair Staples said this May 3rd, 2007 at 23:10
This tutorial was very helpful, thanks a lot!
after i saw this, i try to import all the blending options from photoshop, but only works well with drop shadow and irnner shadow (u need a alpha layer) but works pretty good
thnx for sharing Jerzy!
Luis Beyles said this June 6th, 2007 at 22:31
Thanx for the presets, I’m gonna use them a lot…
ahmed said this September 22nd, 2007 at 7:37
Stroke effect is just what I need to create sharp corners but CE Color Solid seems to be obsolete. Know any other effects which perform a fill with a “blend with orginal” option??
Stem said this October 16th, 2007 at 20:51
thank’s Wating for more
khaled said this March 1st, 2008 at 0:20
this tutorial is great it tray do it and i get alot of information in both photoshop and after effect this is a powerful tutorial you are a creative man you know i’m a biganer ans you are my teacher please don’t forget to put new tutorial you know i’m check your website every day to see if you but anew tutorials
thank’s for information and keep going
khaled said this March 27th, 2008 at 18:21
does it work on a mac?
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lucas said this December 2nd, 2008 at 17:24