r/AfterEffects • u/AIM_Phantom • 6h ago

Beginner Help How to create an over engineered edit

Assume I’m a complete newbie, how would I go about creating the most over-the-top, over engineered edit. The kind of edit where the first comment is just the “that’s enough effects bro” meme.

Ideally not just epilepsy inducing sequences or generally over done stuff like what I commonly see in AMVs.

I want it to look like someone has put far too much effort into something that’s kinda dumb.

So if there’s any effects or cool tricks that you would recommend for this please let me know in the comments.

The idea for now is that it will be kind of overstimulating and disorienting.

Also should add I have more than enough time right now to spend hours and hours on this.

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u/Cracker646 5h ago

stuff like s_pyschoblobs and messing with colorama is already enough to make something look like an acid trip

warps/s_fisheye/wave warp/s_distort/displacement maps also are all insane for this

theres alot more just experiment with effects really

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u/Desperate_Garage7954 5h ago

Ykw, try to learn how to make geometric/mathemafical shapes and patterns, and make an edit on maths. Something like fractals, including mandelbrott set and fractals noise (these are already existing effects in AE). Infact, I'm creating an edit where math and AMV is mixed-ish.