Ink Bleeding Effect in After Effects (Like Gnarls)

In this tutorial I’ll recreate a similar look from an older Gnarls Barkley video. The principles I’ll cover are foundational and can be used for some incredible animations other than simply imitating a great music video. Some of what I covered in the Photoshop Bling tutorial is being used here directly in AE. So for those who were wondering why you’d use the Bling effect unless you were designing a hip hop album… remember it’s the principles that that are most valuable… the end result for these tutorials is just to get you excited to go out and create your own. Specifically I will focus on the following in this tutorial: - Using Alpha and Luma Mattes in After Effects - Frame by Frame animation using CS3’s Illustrator, Photoshop, and After Effects A basic to intermediate knowledge of After Effects and Trapcode Particular is needed to follow along.