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Cylinder Animation Tutorial in After Effects
May 31, 2024
This tutorial was contributed by creator Softoni! Subscribe to their channel: https://www.youtube.com/@softonimotion Here's more from the creator: 'Hello guys! Welcome to my latest After Effects tutorial, where we'll be diving into the creation of Cylinder Animation. āļø What to Expect: Learn how to design captivating cylinder animations using After Effects. Discover techniques to bring depth and dimension to your motion graphics with cylindrical shapes. Explore step-by-step instructions to achieve dynamic and engaging animations. š Stay Tuned: If you're ready to elevate your motion graphics game, hit the subscribe button and give the video a thumbs up. Your support fuels the creation of more valuable content! š Let's Dive In: Join me as we explore the intricacies of cylinder animation in After Effects, unlocking the potential for visually stunning effects.' View Softoni's store here: https://filtergrade.com/vendor/softoni/ View all After Effects Templates on FilterGrade: https://filtergrade.com/product-category/after-effects-templates/
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hello guys soft Tony here and in today's
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tutorial we will be creating a cylinder
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animation that you can use in your
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intros and slideshow videos as well as
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for backgrounds transition and so much
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more step by step we will achieve a top
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look so stay with me until the end of
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this tutorial and before we begin make
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notification so you don't miss any of my
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upcoming video tutorials and without any
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further Ado let's get started creating
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all right we're here in After Effects
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and first like always let's create new
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composition hit on this little icon like
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usual or hit control or command plus n
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okay and this is going to be final
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composition 9020 x 1080 and also 30
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frames per seconds and duration I will
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leave this one to you but for me it's
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okay okay to leave it to around 10
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seconds hit okay and then go right click
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to create new solid layer this is going
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to be background of course 9020 x 1080
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hit okay and now go here in the effects
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and presets and if you can find this
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option just go window and you will find
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the effects and presets here okay now
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let's type fil effect drag and drop onto
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the background and change color
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according your needs and I will do for
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this particular tutorial this type of
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blue color now hit okay and let's create
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new solid layer go right click to create
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new solid okay this is going to be shape
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01 also 90/20 x 1080 and then hit Okay
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go again here in the F and prit find F
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drag and drop onto the shape 01 and
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let's change color here for the first
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color let's type this hexa code if you
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want to see animation like in the
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preview
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e0000 94 to get this kind of pink color
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now hit okay go here in effects and pres
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it again and find hack style effect CC
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hack Style Dr and drop onto the shape 01
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and for the radius you can play around
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here for the next effect let's go here
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in the effects and prit and find CC
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cylinder also Dragon drop onto the shape
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01 okay and for the radius instead of
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100 let's go to around 90 okay let's
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just change radius here for hex style
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instead of 90 let's go 25 and this is
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looking awesome also open up for this CC
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cylinder this light option and for the
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light intensity let's go to somewhere
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around
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125 and for the light height let's go to
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around 12 and basically you can play
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around with all of those options find
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the suitable parameters for you okay for
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the next step let's add here drop shadow
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dragon drop onto the shape 01 and for
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the first parameter let's change
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distance to around 10 and for the
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softness let's go to around 200 now
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let's also animate our CC cylinder open
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up rotation set up the first key frame
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for wi rotation and then go all the way
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to around 10 seconds and let's type here
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one and now when we hit zero here we
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have cool animation of our cylinder
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shape okay I will close this effects
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control for now and let's duplicate this
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shape one hit control+ D hit P4 position
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to move it to around here on the right
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side okay this is looking cool now hit
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F3 to show effects control and let's
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change also colors for this one this is
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going to be b40
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089 to get this type of color hit okay
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now let's duplicate this one once again
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hit control+ D also hit P4 position and
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move all the way to the right side like
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so and let's change color also here and
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this is going to be 9 E1 1 a b also hit
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okay now let's duplicate this shape 01
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once again this middle shape h control+
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d hit P4 position move it to the left
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side like so okay somewhere around here
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and let's change also color type this
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hexa code FB 00 C9 hit okay duplicate
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once again this shape and hit P4
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position move it all the way to the left
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side move it just above this one okay
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move it all the way to the left side to
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around here and let's also change color
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to this one E1 0 0
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FF okay as you will see in the second
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part of the tutorial I found on those
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colors most suitable for this particular
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one but of course you can change colors
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according your needs okay I will close
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now this effects control and let's add
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our first adjustment layer go right
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click to create new adjustment layer
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this is going to be lens flare okay move
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it above everything else here in the
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final composition go here in effects and
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pres it find lens flare effect drag and
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drop onto the adjustment layer and here
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basically you can play around with all
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of the options I will do maybe this 35
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mm Prime and for the flare Center let's
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go to somewhere around here and this
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will be looking great in our final
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animation now let's add another
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adjustment layer go right click to
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create another adjustment layer those
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are going to be curves now go here in
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the fact and pres find curves drag and
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drop onto the adjustment layer and let's
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make this scene just a bit darker like
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so okay now let's go right click again
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find here adjustment layer again and
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let's rename this one to levels go here
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in the facts and pres it find levels
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effect drag and drop onto the adjustment
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layer and here let's make further
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adjustments for the input black let's go
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to around 30 for the input white let's
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type
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170 and for the gamma let's play around
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for me it's okay to leave it to around 0
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maybe 75 or so and this is looking great
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now let's create another adjustment
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layer go right click to create new
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adjustment layer this is going to be
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fourth one and let's rename it to to
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Spotlight okay now go here in effects
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and PR find CC Spotlight effect drag and
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drop onto the adjustment layer like
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before and here for the height let's
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type 70 for the cone angle let's go to
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around 30% and for the edge softness
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let's go to around 100% also in T Steel
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you can play around here I will go to
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around 60 okay now select this Spotlight
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effect and change the position to maybe
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somewhere around here basically just
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play around with all of those option
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until you're satisfied with your own
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final results now let's duplicate this
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CC Spotlight hit control+ D and move it
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to the opposite side like so and our
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scene is looking great you can also hit
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T4 opacity lower it down or move it up
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everything according your wishes and
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needs okay it's zero to see the preview
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and our cylinder animation is looking
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cool and for the final step let's
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precompose everything select everything
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or hit control+ a go right click
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precompose this is going to be seen this
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is just random name hit okay hit s for
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scaling just to hide lower and upper
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parts of our cylinder maybe to go to
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around
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110 this is looking awesome and what we
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have forgotten to do open up this scene
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select the shape layer 01 maybe this
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first one go here in the effects and
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pres it and let's type effect light
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light sweep drag and drop onto our first
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shape and here basically you can play
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around with this light sweep effect I
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will do maybe for this Edge thickness
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zero also for the edge intensity for the
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sweep intensity let's go to around 12 or
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so just play around hit control+ C and
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copy to all of the other shape layers
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okay you can also move position to up or
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down just play around with everything
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for me this is looking great now go here
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in the final again hit zero and this
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this is looking cool what we can do for
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the final step of course go right click
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to create new adjustment layer again
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let's rename this one to colorama okay
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now go here in effects and PR it find
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colorama effect drag and drop onto the
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adjustment layer and here in the
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colorama effect you can play around with
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the input phase I will leave it to
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intensity and for the output cycle just
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choose presets here maybe ramp pred or
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ramp green or ramp blue just play around
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until you're find your suitable presets
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here you can also hit T4 opacity to mix
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those colors or change blending mode
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maybe overlay and now we have look like
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this now I will turn off this effect
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play around with the options and for me
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this is looking great all right guys
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that was everything for today's tutorial
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as you can see this was easy to create
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and cool technique to create these shape
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layers cylinders and you can import this
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one in your own projects slideshows
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creative and bye-bye
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