You've got a youtube channel and you want to spice it up with a bit of motion graphics.
Here's what to use, how to use them, and you can download all of these in the description.
First... simpler is better we want our videos to look high-end but they will look cheaper if we fill
them with wacky graphics and cod montage effects all over the place the graphic should enhance
the video not overtake it and detract from it now i've made these in a simple and as universal style
as i could inside after effects so that you can suit them to your own needs and you could do some
of these in premiere but after effects offers way more versatility if you're willing to get
your hands just a little bit dirty so an intro sequence honestly you don't need one i made one
and then i stopped including it in my videos and not one person noticed now i think it kind of
slows down the beginning of my older videos if you do use one make it quick mine was six seconds long
and that was way too long youtube is a bloodbath retention so you don't want to give your audience
any excuse to swap over to a more cutting edge entertaining channel one two three four five
six but you will probably need a full screen title here's one you can use it has a simple
animation just a position going up and an optional number if you want to use it as a list you can
turn the background layers off just make sure it's readable on whatever footage you choose and don't
be afraid to blur the background if you need just a bit more legibility now to get graphics
tracked in your shot it is super easy to track simple camera moves in after effects here's the
speed run select your footage add the 3d camera effect it will do some thinking and now little
tracking markers stuck to your footage means it's working click create camera and then make sure
your graphics layer is a 3d layer and move that way you need it around in 3d space easy as that
if there's one thing that's great to reinforce your opinion and make it look like you know
what you're talking about it's by having what you say shown on screen even better if it was said by
someone else and what better way to assert that even further than with bullet points here's a
full screen of points keep them few in number and short of length you don't want your video
turning into a bad powerpoint presentation a half screen version works too it's just harder to hide
the jump cuts in your edit when you can't hide behind the graphic now lower thirds these are
the overlays of names and titles in the corner now if you're the only person on the channel
these probably aren't necessary but if you've got guests or you want to change a running joke
they could be useful make it large enough to read but not take up the whole screen
and again simpler is better transitions these are the worst offenders are throwing subtly out the
window a cut is pretty much fine in any context but if you do want to add that little bit of
flavor without going overboard you can use a match cut to tie in the motion between two scenes or add
further context and if you want to learn about those i've got a video all about it that i will
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the like and subscribe reminder i don't think you should use them but i don't have any data to back
up that they don't work but to me it comes across as a little condescending all right dummy just
click here then click here and hand the ipad back to a grown up now i know the point is to encourage
your audience in a less intrusive way but i'm just not sure it's convincing anyone but who knows
though maybe it will increase likes by over nine thousand percent let's let's test with this video
a framed image helps particularly if the image you want to show isn't quite high res enough and
by showing it full screen you would expose its lack of pixels putting it in a frame of
sorts like this just makes it seem like more of a deliberate choice a bit like looking at it in
an art gallery the same with videos or gifs look how much more prestigious this looks than this
but low quality graphics can also be a shortcut to humor as well i think especially because they
are quite relatable and also more absurd so don't be afraid to lean into that a
little bit if you think that will suit your style what are ads if these are called ads
then what are subtracts uh if you're doing interviews a lock up like this can be really
useful a full screen of high resolution footage is obviously great but to make poorer quality sort of
online zoom recordings a bit more palatable if you put them in that context it might be able
to help and it will give you more camera angles if you want to emphasize points or just to keep
the flow interesting now if you want to learn how to really spice up your videos and animations with
this illegal technique and master your match cuts you want to check out this next video
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else 680 can do