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Here's more from the creator: 'Welcome to my tutorial on creating cool dots background in After Effects! In this step-by-step tutorial, I'll show you how to create a visually appealing and dynamic background that will elevate your motion graphics projects to the next level.
Whether you're a beginner or an experienced After Effects user, this tutorial is for you. I'll guide you through the process of creating a stunning visual from scratch, using various techniques and effects in After Effects.'
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hello guys of Tony here and in this
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video tutorial we're going to create
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this cool and creative Dodge background
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it's really easy to create just follow
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my steps so let's begin
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alright for Here and After Effects and
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firsts like always let's create a new
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composition Control Plus n or this
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little icon this is gonna be final 9020
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by 10 80 30 frames per second duration
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10 seconds long you can of course type
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your own number here hit OK and now
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let's create background go right click
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find here new solid layer let's rename
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this one too background 9020 by 1080 hit
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OK and then go here on the facts and
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press it and if you can't find the facts
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in prison just go on window and you will
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find here okay now type ramp effect drag
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and drop on background and here let's
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change a few settings for the start of
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the ram go lower left corner like this
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and for the end of the ram go upper
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right corner and now let's change our
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end color to maybe dark blue color you
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can of course type your own colors play
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around hit OK and now let's create our
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Dots here in our scene go right click
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find here new a solid player again just
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make sure that width is 3840 by 2160
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this is going to be 4K um solid layer we
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can rename this to ball
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action 01 and then hit OK then go here
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again on effects and preset type here CC
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Ball action drag and drop onto our layer
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and Here Also let's make a few
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adjustments for the grid spacing type 40
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ball size 5 and also now let's animate
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set up our first keyframe here for
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rotation and twist angle and then go to
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around 10 seconds and type here one
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okay now duplicate this ball action
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layer hit here Ctrl D or go edit and
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then duplicate
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and this second layer let's rename to
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Ball action O2 like this and let's
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change x-axis to y axis and for the
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twist property also y axis and now when
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we hit zero in our finals we have this
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cool animation of our Dots here in our
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finals okay now let's pre-compose Ball
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action layers select them and then go
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right click pre-compose let's rename
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this one to part o one make sure to move
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all attributes into the new composition
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hit OK and here we will also add a few
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effects first the fact that we're going
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to add is glow effect drag and drop onto
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our part 1 composition for the globe
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threshold type here 50 low radius maybe
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around 70. low intense you can play
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around I will type zero point eight like
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so and next effect that we're going to
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use is
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shift channels also drag and drop onto
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our part o one close this glow effect
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for now okay and take Green from choose
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here fall off and also take Blue from
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also choose here for off our next effect
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that we're going to use is CC blue gun
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effect drag and drop here also on our
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part o one and for the stroke with let's
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type 150 and for density let's type 50.
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also you can play around with this
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effect and now as you can see we have
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this cool Circle in our final scene okay
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also for the blending modes let's change
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here from normal to lighten or screen
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play around and also let's hit Ctrl D to
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duplicate this effect just delete this
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glue gun effect for now hit s for
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scaling I will do 102.
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like so hit Ctrl D once again hit s for
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scaling this is gonna be 105 and here in
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the shift channels effect take red from
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Go full off and just find here take Blue
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from find here blue color and now when
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we hit 0 in our finals we have this cool
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animation of our dots
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okay now let's duplicate this upper part
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of one once again hit Ctrl D hit s for
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scaling this one is going to be 110
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change blending modes from lightning to
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normal if you can find blending modes
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just hit here toggle switches and modes
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okay hit F3 delete this shift channels
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effect and then go here in the facts and
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preset find Triton effect drag and drop
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above our glow effect and change color
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to maybe this type of blue for now hit
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OK and also hit R for rotation this is
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going to be 180 and now in our finals we
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have seen like this also duplicate this
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one once again hit Ctrl plus d and
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change this straighten color to maybe
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different shade of blue colors hit OK
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and then hit zero on your keyboard and
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as you can see this is looking really
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cool and really creative okay
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next the fact that we're also going to
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add is Vector blur effect find here
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Vector blur just drag and drop on this
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first composition and for the first
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composition type here amount 50 and type
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let's leave it to Natural also for the
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second composition drag and drop Vector
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blur also type here amount 50 and for
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the type let's change from natural to
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perpendicular
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and now in our finals we have this also
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really cool and really awesome animation
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OK our next step is to move this part or
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one first two composition one second
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ahead you can also change colors here
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right click find color according your
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needs for easy recognition also hit t
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for opacity go to 1 seconds and 1 second
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and 15 frames set up our first keyframe
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for opacity go at the beginning of this
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layer and type here zero okay now let's
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pre-compose all of this part of one
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composition select them then go right
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click pre-compose I will rename this too
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that's final hit OK make sure to move
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all attributes into the new composition
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and now here in our scene we have
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something like this also our next effect
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here on our dots final comp is going to
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be flow effect drag and drop onto our
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composition and here you can basically
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play around for the glow threshold let's
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try maybe 70 glow radius maybe 50 and
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low intensity play around I will type
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2.5 and as you can see when we hit zero
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we have this cool and creative animation
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if you want to see more stronger colors
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of these dots hit control plus d for
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this composition and then hit R for
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rotation type here maybe 180 once again
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and when we hit 0 we have this
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cool and creative animation and if you
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prefer lighter scene just uncheck
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visibility of this first layer this is
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looking great to me
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okay now let's add a few adjustment
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layers go right click find here new
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adjustment layer here I'll rename this
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one too light
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sweep
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okay then go here again in the effects
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and preset find
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light sweep effect
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okay drag and drop onto our adjustment
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layer and here let's also make few
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adjustments for the edge intensity and
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Edge thickness type zero for the width
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let's try maybe 150 and for the Y
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parameter let's type here 560 and for
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the direction type here 90. also you can
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play around with the opacity hit T and
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maybe to go around 30 percent Also let's
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create another adjustment layer right
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click find here adjustment layer this is
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gonna be lens
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flare okay go here in the facts and
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press it find here a lens flare effect
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drag and drop onto our adjustment layer
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for the lens type let's change this
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third option 105 millimeters Prime okay
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and flare Center go to around here okay
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for the player brightness let's try
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maybe 150 and also let's try blending
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mode here overlay and now our scene is
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looking really cool and really awesome
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alright guys you can play around with
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more effects you can add curves more
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light effects if you want but basically
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this is the technique to create this
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cool dots background
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if you like this tutorial please hit
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that like button also leave me a comment
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down below the comment section if you
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found this video helpful and take a look
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on my channel for even more great
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tutorials also if you haven't subscribed
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until next time stay creative and bye
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bye
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thank you
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