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After Effects

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1 creator use or recommend it

▲ 1 active in the last 90 days

1 use 5 mention
Last discussed Sep 25, 2026

Adobe's motion graphics and visual effects software used for creating animations and complex visual effects.

How After Effects compares

2 creators weighed in
Blender Different focus
open-source 3D modeling software

Both were used together to make the Backrooms series, and hired editors were skilled in one or both.

2 creators
John Coogan

"By 2021, I hired a few editors. Some of them were good at After Effects. Some of them learned Blender."

Mentioned alongside Blender as a skill editors had

TBPN

"Kane Parsons, who goes by Kane Pixels, produced his original series, The Back Rooms, in Blender and After Effects."

Used alongside Blender

What creators say

Tom Bilyeu
uses
Used for: Learning visual effects for an independently produced short film Praised: The speaker valued the deep learning journey of mastering the tool independently vs: Contrasted with using AI to shortcut the creative learning process

"I spent four months learning After Effects all on my own. And I loved that journey."

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John Coogan
mentioned
Used for: Video editing and motion graphics for YouTube channel vs: Mentioned alongside Blender as a skill editors had

"By 2021, I hired a few editors. Some of them were good at After Effects. Some of them learned Blender."

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Bilawal Sidhu
mentioned
Used for: Creating motion graphics and VFX for short-form video content vs: Part of prior workflow before AI video generation models reduced his need for...

"I used to love After Effects, 3ds Max, Maya, using AR/VR tools. I used to love making all these spooky monsters, aliens, robot type videos."

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Bin Liu
mentioned
vs: Tool that HyperFrames eliminates the need to learn for making launch videos

"They don't have to learn a tool. They don't have to learn After Effects or even CapCut. Everyone now has a coding agent, so everyone can literally ask your coding agent to make a HyperFrames video."

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TBPN
mentioned
Used for: Creating visual effects for horror series content vs: Used alongside Blender

"Kane Parsons, who goes by Kane Pixels, produced his original series, The Back Rooms, in Blender and After Effects."

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"that's something that you'd normally bump out to After Effects for or like the edit here"

"they're in After Effects for that"

OpenAI Acquires TBPN · Apr 2, 2026
Riley Brown
mentioned
Used for: Professional animation and motion graphics for experts Praised: Better for experts vs: Alternative to Remotion for those with expertise in traditional animation sof...

"Right now, if you're an expert, I still recommend using After Effects or other animation software. But it depends on what you're working on."

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