# Subtle use|of|After Effects

Published: 2023-08-28  
Tags: animation, post-production, video-production  
Elements: animation, video  
Canonical: https://justy.me/blog/photons/after-effects

> Blink and you'll miss these effects!

## Subtle use of After Effects
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Blink and you'll miss these effects!

This is an intro Justy made for his web show 'The Skeptheist' (now defunct, although it is still available at https://www.youtube.com/skeptheist). It demonstrates his compositing and motion graphics skills in After Effects -- the kind of invisible post-production work that makes footage feel polished without drawing attention to itself.

It features:

- Expressions (code that drives effects)
- Careful frame interpolation
- Particle effects
- Travelling mattes
- Animated still background
- Unicorns