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Text Effects with Set Matte

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In this tutorial you’ll learn how to use the Set Matte effect with other effects like Fractal Noise, Glow, and TriTone to can create some incredible text effects!

27 Responses to “Text Effects with Set Matte”

  1. mattrunks says:

    Nice tips ! Thanks for sharing, your use of the cell patern effect is just great :)

  2. Bader Ahmed says:

    hi,
    Thank you very much.
    I really gained alot of info and tip from you mr.harry .
    Nice tutorial.
    Keep on the good works
    Thanks again

  3. illd says:

    Now, thats really some great techniques you delivered us. Thank you for sharing, youre the man Harry!

  4. Peter Somers (TC-Productions) says:

    Very cool !
    As always a VERY useable technique with a lot of variation potential.
    Congrats!

  5. Gref says:

    Cool! Especially controlling presets with a slider… awesome!

  6. Aviv says:

    Harry is the Man! how many tips can you get in one tutorial! Short but packed with tidbits you can use darn near anything – love it!
    Thanks

  7. awesome! very useful tutorial.
    Thanks for sharing.

  8. hazem says:

    luv this tutorial …..great job….im def using this….

  9. Martin says:

    Fantastic tutorial, thanks you so much–keep up the good work! Still looking very handsome like alway…;)

  10. anthony says:

    thanks my friend!

  11. Thomas says:

    Just astounding!
    No 3rd Party Plugins.
    Simplicity as its best.
    Thank you very much!
    T.

  12. Cricket says:

    Awesome Tutorial im a newbie to AE and am loving it. Iva pretty much finished this tutorail however ive got to the part where were making the LED screen. Unfortuanlty for some reason i dont have the CC Ball Action (or any of the cc plugins) Can somone kindly direct me to where to buy these from? I really want to finish this :)

    Thanks heaps in advance, and for a prepy at AE your tutorials are really easy to follow keep up the awesome job :)

    • admin says:

      The CC plug-ins are included with After Effects and should be installed when you install the application. They are not included with the trial version of AE.

  13. johnDOE says:

    Thanks a lot harry…
    Really happy I’ve found your blog, Excellent tips!

  14. Andrew Bauer says:

    What a fantastic tutorial! As much about design as it is about skill building. Also, why have I not used “set matte” before? I usually end up making duplicate alpha and/or luma mattes or, worse yet, precomposing, when I could just throw that on and simplify my comp. Love it. I really appreciate that, with the exception of Knoll Light Factory (FWIW, I am of the contingent that believes motion graphics should cut back on the lens flares), all the tools you use come with After Effects–and yet there’s so much detail and personality. Thanks, Harry!

    • admin says:

      Thanks Andrew! Sorry about the superfluous lens flares. I keep them to a minimum, usually. But, I mainly wanted to show the expression slider trick.

  15. Tim Visterin says:

    Harry,

    I just discovered your site via Andrew Kramer’s VCP.
    I am truly thrilled with what I saw. (long live ‘set matte”).
    Your reel is very inspiring as well.

    It’s nice to find other motion designers so I can extend my horizon.
    Definitely going to tell a couple of friends and I intend to visit your site for a couple of weeks,.

    Thanks again,

    Tim Visterin
    Antwerp – Belgium

  16. david gova says:

    nice tutorial…….i like it so much!!!!!!!!!!!

  17. didtalcity says:

    this has to be my fav text effect

  18. Erazer says:

    Hi, where do i place the slant text, to get it in abobe after effects ???

  19. tsil' says:

    Please, is anyone to tell me link to download “set matte” preset for after effect CS4

    • admin says:

      It is an effect in After Effects, not a preset. It should be in the Channel section, just like in CS3. In your case, it might be called something different, and I unfortunately do not know the French term for it, but it is the 3rd effect from the bottom of the list in the Channel section.

  20. tsil' says:

    Thanks admin, but the problem is that i can’t find this effect in my “channel section”. The same problem with> “glow”(in stylize), “fast blur” and “fractal noise”, so i can’t finish some projects needed these effects.

  21. nicolec says:

    seriously, thank you for all your tutorials! they are super informative and help to jump start my brain on creating sequences from completely within after effects. also, kudos on using the cell pattern and ball action, as i have never found a way to utilize them.

    :)

    • admin says:

      Thanks Nicole! Glad I could help. I’m always looking for more tutorial ideas to, so please feel free to drop me a note via email. harry ( at ) graymachine – com. Cheers.