Top 3 After Effects Templates

After Effects is one of the best tools to quickly and effeciently create compelling and complex motion graphics. However, the learning curve for After Effects is pretty steep.

Similar to microstock royalty free videos, After Effects templates are now available to download and use in your own projects. They are generally setup to be easily customized based on your project needs.

Here are some of the best After Effects templates available on the web:

BLUE FX – Visit BlueFX

BlueFx creates premium royalty free After Effects templates, using these projects you can have a spectacular animation in minutes . Are you new to After Effects? No problem, each template comes with a easy to follow video tutorial . BlueFX has some great news intros, movie effects and corporate animations that work well in many different situations.

Also, they offer 2 or 3 FREE AE TEMPLATES that allow you to check out how AE templates work.

All AE projects are available immediately upon payment All files are made in Full HD 1920 x 1080, but they are formatted / scaled in separate compositions for NTSC DV, Pal DV, and HDTV 720. (- free templates may have different resolution)

Revostock – Visit RevoStock

RevoStock is a company that specializes in royalty free After Effects Templates, Music, Video & Animations. They have a huge community of users that submit projects (which are screened by admins for quality) in a wide variety of categories. There are some amazing examples of After Effects animations at Revostock and they have some excellent prices on their projects. Also, don’t forget to drop by to download their FREE FILE of the week!

Pond 5 – Visit Pond 5

Pond 5 is another community based royalty free video, After Effects and audio site. The great thing about Pond 5 is that they allow their contributers to set pricing on all clips. This means that the artist can set the price for his or her clip/animation which can result in some great deals for the end buyer P5 has just recently bugun offering After Effects projects, but if their video library is any indication, they will have one of the best AE libraries soon.