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Create grungy cinematic frames in After Effects

A quick, accessible tutorial on adding cinematic texture and framing to compositions in After Effects. The grunge and film-frame techniques shown here are good entry-level tools for students learning how surface quality and framing affect the overall mood of a piece. Worth studying alongside more technically demanding tutorials as a reminder that atmosphere is also a design decision.


Creator Motion Science
Year 2023
Platform YouTube
Accessed 10 June 2024
Video license Standard YouTube License
Contributor Oliver Aemisegger
Analysis license CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗