Pixel Sorting [ NO PLUGINS ] How to make the Cyberpunk 2077 Transition Effect

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  • čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
  • I fell in love with this transition when it was first revealed in a gameplay trailer for Cyberpunk 2077 and have been trying to find a way forever to create this pixel sorting look in After Effects with no plugins!
    Basically, Pixel Sorting After Effects No Pligin
    Chapters:
    00:00 Intro / footage
    00:20 Making the Displacement Matte
    01:05 Displacement / Pixel Sorting
    02:44 Added Adjustments Layers
    03:42 Pixel Grid
    5:04 Hand Separation
    Shoutout to another Joe from workbench for their tutorial that helped inspire this one, you can watch his video here: • 109: Pixel Sorting Shift
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Komentáře • 59

  • @labroske
    @labroske Před 3 lety +58

    What's most impressive isn't the cool effect, but how he managed to explain it clearly and concisely in all of 6 minutes.

  • @FoxFortino
    @FoxFortino Před 3 lety +106

    I think Ive said this before, but why did I watch this? I'm not a video editor. The answer is that these are just so well made I want to watch them even if I don't know what's going on. You got it going on, Joe.

    • @tahirasif5249
      @tahirasif5249 Před 3 lety

      i don’t even know whether this is after effects or what but still insanely i teresting

  • @adrianfels2985
    @adrianfels2985 Před 2 měsíci

    That's not a tutorial, that's education.
    And that's what I love about this video!
    Thank you for teaching us to do things for free!

  • @sydneybahs6223
    @sydneybahs6223 Před 3 lety

    You make editing look like art. Love seeing it in action in your vlogs and seeing it explained here. First time I've wanted to open AE since being a student :)

  • @Anon-vs6gt
    @Anon-vs6gt Před 3 lety +6

    Theses are sick tutorials , keep it up 🤙🏻

  • @rarebearx
    @rarebearx Před 6 měsíci +1

    I have never seen a better tutorial. So helpful, so condensed and so real, straight to the point. Immediately subscribed!

  • @ems7204
    @ems7204 Před 3 lety +8

    I know this is a super helpful video but I don’t know anything about making anything like that but watching the process is fascinating ! 🎉💛 great vid Joe! Commentary is fantastic too! 🙏

  • @serotoneeder
    @serotoneeder Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you, this is one of the best no-plugin tutorial I've ever seen 👏🏻

  • @_Moloney_
    @_Moloney_ Před 3 lety +7

    well prepare for this effect to be in my next video for no reason other than the fact i can do it now.

  • @Ldrtk
    @Ldrtk Před rokem

    great work bro, been trying to find a free way to do this effect for a while

  • @Mikemih
    @Mikemih Před 3 lety +1

    Awesome vid man

  • @khele
    @khele Před 3 lety +1

    thank you Joe very pog

  • @ArtisticAkshay
    @ArtisticAkshay Před 3 lety

    Thanks mate, rad content!

  • @akshaydalvi5966
    @akshaydalvi5966 Před 2 lety

    This is so fucking cool my man. Everyone on CZcams said you have to buy a plugin to do this but you showed us the easy way. Really helps individual creators like me who don't have the money to get a paid plugin at the moment. Thanks alot my friend :)

  • @cheqers_
    @cheqers_ Před 3 lety +18

    I understood all the steps you took and it's friggin' cool, I can replicate that! BUT, Joe, how does one study the tools of AE and intuitively know what's needed to produce an effect? How do I acquire that skill? Is literally just experimenting? I grew up with Adobe flash/animate and know it like the back of my hand, but I've been trying with AE for years and am unable to truly grasp it in the same way.
    I'm always bewildered how folks like Ben Marriott and you just have this well of understanding for how the effects library and various masks and blends can intermingle and interact to form a very deliberate result. It just seems like wizardry.

    • @JoeHickson
      @JoeHickson  Před 3 lety +12

      experimenting always helps, also taking knowledge from other tutorials and adapting it for a different outcome

  • @nqn8926
    @nqn8926 Před 2 lety

    Thank you so much. I think I have learned a lot.

  • @CTCVisuals
    @CTCVisuals Před 3 lety

    great tutorial mate, love the effect

  • @JohnRollercoasterJr
    @JohnRollercoasterJr Před rokem

    Awesome 👍

  • @angelikawisniewska2414

    thank u so much!!!

  • @davzmusic
    @davzmusic Před 3 lety +1

    What really impresses me is that the devs over at CDPR were able to program this transition in real-time, as well as execute a legit pixel sort IN REAL TIME. Executing a legitimate pixel sort in code takes ages for larger resolutions and i can't imagine how it was done in Cyberpunk, along with all the other post processing effects (you can see the effect at play every time you are in a digital realm of the game). It completely flew over my head that you could use displacement maps though. Well done!

    • @mmclw
      @mmclw Před rokem +1

      I bet it was a work of art for those programmers, I know that there's a guy who does videos about image processing in games on CZcams and he tried to code pixel sorting in a video

  • @_wet_
    @_wet_ Před 3 lety

    This all went over my head cause I'm not into video editing but still enjoyed the vid

  • @AlexC-fp4ry
    @AlexC-fp4ry Před 3 lety +4

    Joe!

  • @hexadecimal973
    @hexadecimal973 Před rokem

    I've seen this exact effect while playing fhe game with fsr and sharpening on while having my game set from 100% maximum resolution to bellow 90% minimum resolution. It creates a slight effect like the one you're trying to make when it lowers the resolution to keep fps consistent. and it looks so cool

  • @TedMelander
    @TedMelander Před 3 lety +15

    I haven't edited a single thing in my life but it still felt like I understood stuff. Sweet format, please keep it up! :D
    PS. A Beginner tutorial... maybe? :-)

  • @413jandrito
    @413jandrito Před 2 lety

    gracias uwu

  • @zanemurray3551
    @zanemurray3551 Před 8 měsíci

    Hey Joe, great video. I've got through the 1st minute where you create an adjustment layer with: Mosaic, Find edges, tint, and Fractal Noise. Once that is completed, is this layer considered the Matte layer? I didn't see you rename, so just wanted some clarification.

  • @ShiivaWilding
    @ShiivaWilding Před 3 lety +2

    I decided to memorize the entire of Ocarina of Time rather than learning a second language, learning an instrument or learning how to program/do funky shit on a computer to make other funky shit funkier. I feel like I waste my youth somewhat... Joe, could you do a video with everything a beginner would need? Programs, hardware, subscriptions to what youtube channels, etc... would be very useful, cheers!

  • @chrisgonzochannel
    @chrisgonzochannel Před 2 lety +5

    I get a little confused around the 1:29 segment, right after you connect the vertical displacement to the slider I understand that's when you see a little bit of the pixel sorting begin. Ive Redon the tutorial 3 times now and when I get to this part it only drags the scene up and down without any pixel sorting. Would you maybe understand what isn't happening correctly here?

    • @kilixn1515
      @kilixn1515 Před 2 lety

      same here ahhhhhh

    • @athletesonspot3591
      @athletesonspot3591 Před 3 měsíci

      I think it's because the adjustment layer hasn't been converted into a matte im having the same problem right now. I don't know how to turn it into a matte either...

  • @HypnotiZeYT
    @HypnotiZeYT Před 2 lety

    I'm having a hard time following as I'm not all that familiar with after effects editing panels so I'm not sure where to get things like the Mosaic feature and tint...

  • @Hello2U4s0e4r
    @Hello2U4s0e4r Před 3 lety +1

    Joe, how do you figure this stuff out? Regardless, thanks for sharing 😁

  • @athletesonspot3591
    @athletesonspot3591 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I'm fully following this tutorial and I can't get it to work at around a minute when you convert the layer to a matte without showing how to do that and then at the part where you make the slider move the displacement map. It either moves my whole video up and down or it just doesn't move at all. I have researched and tried many things, but seriously need help as I am not trying to pay for the effect itself.

  • @YogCyan
    @YogCyan Před 3 lety +1

    I'd like to think there is a team at CD Projekt watching this video and writing down notes on how to simplify the process they use for this. (Mainly one guy circling the displacement duplication 40 times.)

  • @Maveric
    @Maveric Před 2 měsíci

    I know you made this 3 years ago but I'm stuck at the displacement map. I added all the slider control, set it to the max vertical displacement, set layer to the matte and luminance, and I still can't get my edit comp or the adjustment layer to show the displacement? Showing the entire window would help a ton here.

  • @victorff111
    @victorff111 Před 3 měsíci

    I wonder how u figured all this out

  • @Lykas_mitts
    @Lykas_mitts Před 3 lety

    Joe "Could have been a Teacher" Hicks

  • @sebastianrajs1446
    @sebastianrajs1446 Před rokem +1

    Great to watch terrible to learn, am trying to do it 3 time and still can't get it
    Edit: after 3 times i get it, in my opinion you should show a little more while you doing pre comps so there will be more steps shown and for begginers wil lbe easier to get what's going on

  • @weirdology9906
    @weirdology9906 Před 2 měsíci

    It doesn't work for me. Connecting Displacement map (vertical) and Slider does not give me those glitchy effects, I tried to precompose the adjustment layer, and edit and I also tried to change this layer to alpha matte and luma matte, It also didn't work... If somebody know what can be the issue please lemme know. (Im not sure what he did with the adjustment layer after he applied all those effects, but I think this is important information that I need to fix it)

  • @bigfatmag
    @bigfatmag Před 2 lety +1

    Hey man i'm kind of stuck at 3:36 since i really don't know how to dial in and out any of that stuff for i'm only used with premiere pro's form of cutting and transitioning atm and i would really need a hand on this one if you have time to reply this my guy.

    • @JoeHickson
      @JoeHickson  Před 2 lety

      search a basic tutorial for AE keyframes :)

  • @EndOfForever
    @EndOfForever Před 3 lety +1

    After I connect Max Vertical Displacement to Slider, all it does is move the whole composition up or down, it doesn't give me the stretched lines effect :/

    • @JoeHickson
      @JoeHickson  Před 3 lety +1

      Make sure the displacement map layer is set to the pre comp you made. If it is double check there is enough contrast in the map, if it's all one colour it won't displace.
      You'll need multiple displacements before the effect starts to look like lines too, the more individual displacement maps the stronger the line style

    • @EndOfForever
      @EndOfForever Před 3 lety +1

      @@JoeHickson Still getting the same effect, it just looks like I'm changing the position of the Edit up or down. I'm doing every little thing you say to do step-by-step, copied every setting and value on your screen to the exact number, and still nothing.
      I think I'm too much of a noob at AE, your tutorial is brilliant but doesn't hold the viewer's hand (a good thing). One day I'll hopefully figure it out.

    • @cieloannecarpio5155
      @cieloannecarpio5155 Před 3 lety +1

      i have to same problem i followed everything and when i changed the control thing it was just going up and down. There wasn't any stretched lines :(

  • @rawheartt
    @rawheartt Před 3 lety

    how do i edit in and out the transitions? i did the adjustment layers part but idk how to do that.

    • @JoeHickson
      @JoeHickson  Před 3 lety

      Keyframe the values up and down :)

    • @rawheartt
      @rawheartt Před 3 lety

      @@JoeHickson I did thank you so much

  • @mitchwilson5334
    @mitchwilson5334 Před 3 lety +1

    more vlogs plz

  • @wutang5409
    @wutang5409 Před rokem +1

    fuckin hard tut why not simple tutorial ?

  • @granthiksharma4626
    @granthiksharma4626 Před 29 dny

    my laptop will commit suicide

  • @ricardopaula4082
    @ricardopaula4082 Před 3 měsíci

    man, this tutorial is good, but try to go into more detail of what you're doing, you are skipping some important steps that for someone new to AE such as me are super important