I needed to create a countdown clock for a recent project and so I thought I would share how I tackled this in the form of a tutorial. I have created this project mostly using expressions to enable the compositions and the elements contained, to be easily created and changed, and to provide for differing durations of the countdown clock by changing nothing more than the comps duration. Read More...

Mocha shapes can be used to mask objects in a clip. They can also be used to replace objects but the replacement object must be setup correctly, the same size and alignment as the mocha shape. This short tutorial shows two different ways that object replacement can be achieved using Mocha shapes and After Effects. Read More...