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After Effects Image Effect Presets Preview Gallery

The presets from the Image - Creative, Image - Special Effects and Image - Utilities folders: Bad TV, VHS flicker, light leaks, night vision, colour washes, bloom and vignettes, plus utilities such as Flip, Flop, Crop Edges and keying set-ups.

1. Watch the preset 2. Click it — the name is copied 3. Paste in Effects & Presets in After Effects

Creative 30 presets

Animation Presets › Image - Creative

Open a page for one Creative preset

Bloom - brights+darks · Bloom - brights · Bloom - crystallize 1 · Bloom - crystallize 2 · Colorize - blue wash · Colorize - gold dip · Colorize - infrared · Colorize - moonshadows · Colorize - red hand tint · Colorize - royal purple · Colorize - sepia · Colorize - sky blue · Colorize - sky orange · Colorize - sunset gradient · Contrast - luminance · Contrast - saturation · Dimension - bevel+shadow · Dimension - glow+shadow · Grayscale 1 · Grayscale 2 · Grayscale 3 · Grayscale 4 · Hand Drawn Effect · Mood Lighting - amorphous · Mood Lighting - digital · Mood Lighting - streaks · Noisy Vignette · Stacked Drop Shadows · VHS Flicker Effect · Vignette Lighting

Special Effects 8 presets

Animation Presets › Image - Special Effects

Open a page for one Special Effects preset

Bad TV 1 - warp · Bad TV 2 - old · Bad TV 3 - weak · Cracked Tiles · Light Leaks - layer markers · Light Leaks - random · Motion Registration Errors · Night Vision

Utilities 14 presets

Animation Presets › Image - Utilities

Open a page for one Utilities preset

Alpha From Lightness (Unmult) · Compress-Expand Dynamic Range · Crop Edges · Flip + Flop · Flip · Flop · Invert Alpha · Keying - blue blur · Keying - green blur · Keylight + Key Cleaner + Advanced Spill Suppressor · Levels - Video to Computer · Levels - computer to video · Magnify & Preserve Alpha · Sample Image Expression

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How to use these image effect presets

  1. Find the preset you like above and click it. Its name is copied.
  2. In After Effects open Window › Effects & Presets and paste the name in the search box.
  3. Select your layer, put the playhead where the animation should start, and double-click the preset.

Nothing to download: every preset here is already installed with After Effects. Also see the text animation presets, transition presets, background presets, shape presets, behavior presets, legacy and sound effect presets, effects.

How do I apply an image effect preset in After Effects?

Select your footage or an adjustment layer above it, then double-click the preset in Effects & Presets (Animation Presets › Image - Creative or Image - Special Effects).

Is there a free VHS or old TV effect in After Effects?

Yes. Bad TV 1, 2 and 3 and VHS Flicker Effect are built in. You can see each of them playing on this page.

Can I use these presets on an adjustment layer?

Yes. Apply the preset to an adjustment layer and every layer below it gets the look, which makes it easy to turn on and off.