Creating a Retro-Futuristic Monitor Effect in After Effects

🔍 This video tutorial is about creating sci-fi glowing green monitor effects in Adobe After Effects.

🎮 There are two ways to achieve this effect: one involves a 20-minute adventure through space time and expressions in After Effects, and the other is a supercharged template version with a custom controller for easy customization.

🖌️ The tutorial covers techniques such as using the Roto brush, camera tracking, creating 3D planes, adding animated textures and type, applying color effects, and utilizing the posterize time effect.

📺 The video explores the use of the displacement map effect in After Effects to create a retro-futuristic monitor.

🎨 To create the desired effect, a reference layer with fractal noise is used, and the color is offset using the PS arbitrary map effect.

🔲 The video also discusses the addition of a solid composite effect and the use of horizontal displacement to achieve glitchy results.

Overlaying a special pattern tile using hard mix blending mode to create a threshold effect.

Using Expressions to align the square pattern with Mosaic tiles in After Effects.

Creating an adjustment layer with a slider to control the size of the pixels.

🔍 The Mosaic effect rounds the number of horizontal blocks to the nearest whole number.

📏 The block size determines the width of each mosaic tile based on the equation (comp width / horizontal blocks).

🔄 The scale of the pattern tile is adjusted to match the size of the mosaic tiles using a more sophisticated expression.

🔍 Using mathematical calculations and effects, we can create a repeating pattern on an image in After Effects.

💡 Adjusting the opacity and applying the repetile effect allows us to fill the entire composition with the pattern.

🎨 By adding an adjustment layer and using the levels effect, we can control the contrast and brightness of the pixel shapes.

🔍 The video discusses the issue of block size in After Effects and how it can affect the scaling of pattern tiles.

⚖️ To solve the issue, the video suggests adjusting the scale property of the layer and adding the CC Tyler effect before the repetile effect.

✨ The video also explores adding pixelate wide time and glow effects to enhance the retro-futuristic look of the monitor.

🔍 The video demonstrates how to create a retro-futuristic monitor effect in After Effects.

🌈 The CC toner effect is used to create a color palette with variation, making the colors warmer as they get darker.

🎥 Additional effects like grain, sharpening, and low frame rate are applied to enhance the image and create a distinct look.