{"id":53661,"date":"2015-03-24T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=53661"},"modified":"2015-03-24T08:37:18","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T13:37:18","slug":"creating-pseudo-effects-in-after-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/creating-pseudo-effects-in-after-effects\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Pseudo Effects in After Effects"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"learn-how-to-condense-and-organize-your-expression-based-presets-using-pseudo-effects-in-after-effects\">Learn how to condense and organize your expression based presets using Pseudo Effects in After Effects.<\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve had any experience with creating\u00a0expression based templates or presets in AE, than you probably know how disorganized your control layers can look. Usually there is no fixing this problem. However, with a little HTML editing and basic scripting, you can easily create simple <strong>Pseudo Effects in After Effects<\/strong>. Pseudo Effects are sometimes referred to as &#8220;custom expression controls&#8221; or &#8220;custom effect controls.&#8221;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Whatever you call them, they can add a level of organization to your presets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-53662 size-full\" title=\"Pseudo Effects Example\" src=\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pseudo-Effects-Example.jpg\" alt=\"Pseudo Effects Example\" width=\"1000\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pseudo-Effects-Example.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pseudo-Effects-Example.jpg?resize=300,119 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pseudo-Effects-Example.jpg?resize=768,304 768w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pseudo-Effects-Example.jpg?resize=277,110 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pseudo-Effects-Example.jpg?resize=359,142 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pseudo-Effects-Example.jpg?resize=543,215 543w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pseudo-Effects-Example.jpg?resize=865,343 865w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pseudo-Effects-Example.jpg?resize=994,394 994w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pseudo-Effects-Example.jpg?resize=560,222 560w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pseudo-Effects-Example.jpg?resize=150,59 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the following video tutorial created by\u00a0<a title=\"Jesse Toula Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batchframe\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Jesse Toula<\/a> of <a title=\"BatchFrame Home\" href=\"http:\/\/www.batchframe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">BatchFrame<\/a>, we&#8217;ll take a look at how to create Pseudo Effects in After Effects. This tutorial covers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Expression Controllers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Basic HTML Coding<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Basic ExtendScript\u00a0Scripting<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tyc4Nn3aa2I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re new to scripting, you can also check out Jesse&#8217;s <a title=\"AE Scripting Series\" href=\"http:\/\/www.batchframe.com\/tutorials\/10\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">AE Scripting Series<\/a> on the <a title=\"BatchFrame\" href=\"http:\/\/www.batchframe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">BatchFrame<\/a> website. If you want to learn more about writing expressions in After Effects, check out a few of the following resources on the <a title=\"PremiumBeat Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">PremiumBeat blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"How to Write If\/Else Expressions in After Effects\" href=\"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/use-ifelse-statements-effects\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">How to Write If\/Else Expressions in After Effects<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Top 5 After Effects Expressions for Better Design\" href=\"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/top-5-after-effects-expressions-for-better-designs\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Top 5 After Effects Expressions for Better Designs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"After Effects Quick Tip: Linking Layers to Checkboxes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/after-effects-quick-tip-linking-layers-to-checkboxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">After Effects Quick Tip: Linking Layers to Checkboxes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Have any other After Effectstips for using or integrating Pseudo Effects into your current After Effects workflow?<\/strong> Share in the comments below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to condense and organize your expression based presets using Pseudo Effects in After Effects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":53664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[30,3291,21,39,92],"tags":[813,5375,3868,2316,1365,3867,31],"class_list":["post-class-post-53661","post-class-post","post-class-type-post","post-class-status-publish","post-class-format-standard","post-class-has-post-thumbnail","post-class-hentry","post-class-category-after-effects","post-class-category-motion-graphics-2","post-class-category-tutorials","post-class-category-video-editing","post-class-category-video-tutorials-2","post-class-tag-ae","post-class-tag-after-effects","post-class-tag-after-effects-tip","post-class-tag-after-effects-tutorial-2","post-class-tag-expressions","post-class-tag-pseudo-effects","post-class-tag-tutorial"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - 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