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Haylo Hayley-HOW TO DO A VELOCITY EDIT IN AFTER EFFECTS! UPDATED WITH FREE VERSION!
Jul 12, 2025
*Reuploaded* Today,Hayley shows us how to do after effects
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Hi everyone. So on today's video, I'm
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going to be teaching you guys how to do
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a velocity edit on After Effects.
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Velocity edits are incredibly popular on
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Tik Tok. Like you can't scroll 10 videos
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without seeing five. So in this video,
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I've included two methods to do a
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velocity edit. The first one is paid and
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the second one is completely free. And
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just a heads up, yes, I am editing a
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cutscene from Five Nights at Freddy's
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Security Breach. Not only because I love
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Five Nights at Freddy's, but because I
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didn't know what to edit on there. So, I
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was like, "Hm, Security Breach. I see it
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all over Tik Tok. Why not use a clip
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from the game?" So, don't comment on it
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and don't blame me for it. Okay, now
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let's get to the video.
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So, the first thing you want to do is
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switch on frame blending and double
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click the little box under it to get the
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arrow going to the right. Then, drag
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Twixster Pro onto your clip and follow
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my settings. First, you want to change
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the frame rate. Now, I made my frame
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rate 23.900 as that is what looked best
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for me, but you don't have to
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specifically do that number.
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Then, under image prep, you want to
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click contrast/edgeenhance,
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and then you go to frame turpp, select
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motion weighted blend, and then warping
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inverse with smart blend. After you've
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done that, click on the little stopwatch
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next to speed so we can begin to key
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frame it. Now, the first key frame has
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to be slow, so you want to type in 40
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and then click enter.
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Then go to the very next frame of your
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clip and make another key frame. This
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time, type in 330 as this frame has to
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go fast. I just want to quickly mention
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that the 330 speed key frames must be on
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parts of the song where there's a clap
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or a bass hit or something like that. So
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it's on B. After that, you obviously
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want to make another key frame. So just
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go to the next frame, again, typing 40
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on speed and clicking enter. Then you
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just repeat this process until the end
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of your clip. Again, to make sure your
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clip stays on beat, put the 330 speed
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key frames on parts of the song where
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there's a drum hit, a clap, etc. That is
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the most important part of making a
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velocity edit work.
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[Music]
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And that's it. You're done. You think it
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would be hard to make a velocity edit,
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but it's really the easiest thing in the
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world.
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Now, to do this for free, it is a little
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less smooth than if you did it with
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Twix, but it still looks pretty good. To
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do this, you want to right click on your
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clip, go under time, and select freeze
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frame. Again, make sure you have frame
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blending on for this. So, all you really
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have to do for this one is every time
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there's a beat hit or whatever, make a
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key frame and drag the time forward, but
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don't drag it too far ahead. Otherwise,
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it'll warp like crazy, and no velocity
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editor wants that.
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[Music]
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Once you're done making your key frames
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in the middle, go right to the end of
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your clip and make a key frame. Then
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drag the time forward to about the end
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of the clip.
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[Music]
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Once you're done key framing, you want
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to select all of your key frames, right
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click on your mouse, go under key frame
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assistant, and select easy ease. And now
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it's time for the scary bit. Graphing.
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I'm just playing. It's pretty easy.
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Once you get the hang of it, it's it's
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like blinking. Anyways, just copy what
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I'm doing on screen right now.
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It's kind of hard to explain, but you
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basically just want to make a wave shape
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where the left line is going up and the
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right line is going down. The reason you
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want to do your graphs like this when
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you're making a velocity edit is because
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that little wave in the middle is where
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it goes slow. And when it's going up and
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down from left to right, that is when
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it's going fast. Once you're done with
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those graphs, you're done. That is how
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you do a velocity edit on After Effects
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for free.
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And that's it. That is how you do a
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velocity edit on After Effects. As I
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said, velocity edits are extremely
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popular right now. and they're my
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favorite kind of edit right now. So, I
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decided to make a tutorial on it and I
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hope it helped you guys. Anyways, have
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fun editing and I'll see you guys in the
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next video. Let me know if you'd like to
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do more edit tutorials in the future and
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I will do them because I love editing.
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It's still my biggest hobby and these
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videos are fun to make. So, just comment
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if you want me to do more and I'll get
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to it. one. Bye, guys.