After Effects CC 2023: Sunburst Animation Effect
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Description:T
his tutorial will show you how to use the Sunburst Animation Preset new in Adobe After Effects CC 2023 which can be used as a background or accent graphic animation.
- The Sunburst Effect is in: Animation Presets….Shapes…Backgrounds…Sunburst
Chapters:
00:00 Intro: About the Tutorial
00:12 AE Version + Create New Comp
00:29 Effects & Presets: Search for Sunburst
00:48 Add Sunburst to Comp
01:08 Sunburst = Shape Layer
01:30 Effect Controls: Customize
01:43 Rotation Speed
02:07 Custom Ray Width
02:20 Outer & Inner Radius
02:40 Foreground & Background Colors
Software Used:
Adobe After Effects CC 2023 (Click To Try or Buy)
How To Add Sunburst Animation Effect in AE 2023:
- Create A New Composition (Cmd/Ctrl + N)
- Drag the playhead to the beginning of the Timeline
- Deselect All Layers (F2)
- Go to Effects & Presets Panel (Windows…Effects & Presets)
- Search for ‘Sunburst’
- Double-click to add or drag on to the Comp Window
- Go to ‘Effect Controls’ to customize (in the tutorial I changed Color & Gravity)
How To Change Animation Speed:
- Select Shape Layer
- Go to ‘Effect Controls’
- Change ‘Rotation Speed’ to a higher number to speed up the animation
- Change ‘Rotation Speed’ to a lower number to slow down the animation
- Change ‘Rotation Speed’ to a negative number to reverse the direction of the animation
- Change ‘Rotation Speed’ to zero to stop the animation
How To Change Foreground & Background Colors:
- Select Shape Layer
- Go to ‘Effect Controls’
- Locate ‘Foreground Color’
- Click on the swatch and pick a color or use Eyedropper Tool and select color
- Locate ‘Background’ and change to ‘With Background Color’
- Locate ‘Background Color’
- Click on swatch and pick color or use Eyedropper Tool and select color
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