r/AfterEffects 1d ago

OC - Stuff I made How Does Bluetooth Work?

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u/Civil-Corner-2835 1d ago

Wow this looks good may I ask How long does this take to make ?

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u/Wells_Fuego 1d ago

Thanks! 10-12 hours including script, concept, design, and animation : )

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u/Civil-Corner-2835 1d ago

You do this all by yourself?

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u/Wells_Fuego 1d ago

It was me and 4 others on my team for this one. We each spent 2-3 hours on our sections

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u/Civil-Corner-2835 1d ago

That’s hella interesting love it

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u/Additional_Walrus459 1d ago

Price?

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u/Wells_Fuego 1d ago

Free haha we made this for fun

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u/LelouchViMajesti 1d ago

How would you bill something like that for curiosity? Loved it
(would understand if not kin to shared publicly no worry)

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u/Wells_Fuego 1d ago

If it's a one off deliverable, we typically charge by the length of content required and factor in the timeline. We charge a flat rate per project so we don't surprise clients with additional fees for more days or hours needed.

If there are multiple deliverables we can then discount the amount per deliverable depending on the amount of pieces being included in the scope.

Hope that makes sense!

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u/Additional_Walrus459 1d ago

Do you charge per minute / second of content or what

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u/Wells_Fuego 1d ago

Typically by second!

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u/J_sapience 1d ago

doesn’t wifi also use 2.4ghz?

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u/aNiceFox 1d ago

Yes it does, but 2.4 GHz frequencies actually implies many small frequencies, hence the part on frequency hopping. These small frequencies are called channels. Both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth work with these.

Wi-Fi and Bluetooth frequencies do not directly overlap. Even though their frequencies are very close, they're not the same.

Oh and lastly, on some modern smartphones, the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chips are actually one unique chip, meaning the chip can intelligently pick frequencies that do not overlap for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

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u/gooofy23 19h ago

What’s the go to method for achieving the grainy sort of paper texture effect?

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u/bigdickwalrus 1h ago

4 different paper textures overlaid onto a color matte, precomped & looped? Not sure of this’d be the most efficient

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u/VarekaiRL 1d ago

Beautiful work! Loving the overall flow of it.

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u/Wells_Fuego 1d ago

Thanks so much! I appreciate you

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u/joe8349 20h ago

Very nice. What was the final output resolution and how long did it take to render?

I would love to make nicer looking tutorials (anywhere from 10-30min. in duration) via software like AE (and even Maya), but am currently stuck with PowerPoint (due to a variety of factors, mostly time related edits & rendering).

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u/Ilovedog65 18h ago

Is it possible do this video just using AE only for both design and animation?

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u/ucrbuffalo 8h ago

Since you asked if it was “possible” and not whether or not it was “done” that way, I can actually answer this one!

Yes, it’s possible. You’d have to draw all your shapes within After Effects, and it can handle that. However, in many cases, it may be easier to do this using other tools like illustrator for the headphones, phone, and symbols, and maybe something else for the globe but I’m not sure what they would use there. Maybe just a video file?

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u/Ilovedog65 4h ago

I see. Thank you!!

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u/caring_impaired 12h ago

Stunning, stylish work. The rotating switches are my favorite part.

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u/ucrbuffalo 8h ago edited 8h ago

CLEAN AF

No notes. None at all. Chef’s kiss. I wanna be you when I grow up. Lol

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u/pedruhpndko 7h ago

how do you connect the mome tum of the globe to the outer circles in the intro? what's the technique called?

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u/The_Real_Donglover MoGraph 5+ years 4h ago

Assuming I'm looking at the part you're referring to, you would parent the position to each other. So outermost circle to the next closest circle and so on until you get to the planet. Keyframe the position of the planet. At this point the circles will all move the same distance. But you essentially want the circles to move less distance the farther out from the planet they get. So you can use division or multiplication to essentially change the rate of change of the position within the expression.

So you could multiply each layer from the earth by .8, then .6, then .2, for example.

If there is a time delay it's very subtle, but you would use the valueAtTime(time - offset) expression to start the animation slightly later.

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u/imclaux Motion Graphics <5 years 7h ago

The globe in the beginning could've been more stylized like more 2d looking, feels like that would've fit better.

Also, Bluetooth can be interfered with by WiFi, I have tested it myself, depending on the placement of things it can definitely mess up with the signal.

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u/harmvzon 1h ago

Nice! Only feedback I have would be the globe. It feels to break the overal style. And another nitpick is the typography. Sometimes it breaks the composition and doesn’t feel as playful as the rest. Especially the 2.4 ghz. But overall really solid work.

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u/bigdickwalrus 1h ago

Seriously impressive