Design Atlas▶Motion graphics
Lower thirds, track mattes, speed ramps, logo reveals — the motion vocabulary of video and After Effects. — 29 entries
Lower third로워 서드
A broadcast graphic placed in the bottom third of the frame to show a name or title — how news and interview footage introduces a person.
Beat-synced type비트 싱크 타이포
Timing text entrances to the exact beat of a soundtrack or the stress of a voiceover, frame by frame — the core skill behind lyric videos and title sequences.
Track matte트랙 매트
A compositing technique where one layer's brightness (luma) or transparency (alpha) becomes the mask through which another layer shows — the trick behind footage playing inside the shape of text.
Motion blur모션 블러
The streaked blur a fast-moving object leaves while a camera's shutter stays open. Editors add this blur artificially so digital motion reads as smooth rather than stroboscopic.
Speed ramp스피드 램프
Ramping a single clip's playback speed dramatically — from slow motion to full speed or back — to build rhythm and emphasis within one shot.
Tweening트위닝
Filling the gap between an animator's key drawings with gradually changing frames so the motion reads as continuous — short for 'in-betweening.'
Onion skinning어니언 스키닝
Overlaying the previous and next frames as translucent ghosts behind the one you are drawing, so you can see the arc of motion while you draw.
Frame rate프레임 레이트
How many frames are shown per second. The same motion looks completely different at 12, 24, and 60 fps.
Seamless loop심리스 루프
A clip whose end connects perfectly back to its beginning, so looping it forever never reveals a visible seam.
Stroke draw스트로크 드로우
A vector animation where a line appears to be drawn in real time rather than fading into place — common for logos, signatures, and map routes.
Shape morph셰이프 모프
Interpolating one shape layer's path vertices into another's inside After Effects, so a shape production-morphs into a different shape.
Logo reveal로고 리빌
The short animated moment a brand's logo assembles on screen — usually a combination of stroke-draw, mask reveal, and a light sweep.
Wipe transition와이프 전환
One scene is pushed aside along a straight (or shaped) boundary to reveal the next — the type is named for that boundary line.
Dissolve디졸브
One scene fades out while the next fades in, overlapping briefly so both are visible at once mid-transition.
Whip pan휩 팬
A camera pan so fast the frame blurs into a streak — used as a transition by cutting from one scene's blur into another's.
Match cut매치 컷
Cutting between two totally different times or places so their composition lines up exactly, making the cut feel like one continuous motion.
Zoom transition줌 트랜지션
Zooming rapidly into one point until the frame blurs out, swapping the scene at the peak, then zooming back out — a staple of Reels and Shorts editing.
Glitch transition글리치 트랜지션
A brief burst of RGB-channel split and digital noise dropped between two scenes, so the cut reads as a signal glitch rather than an edit.
Particle burst파티클 버스트
A graphic accent where dozens of small particles burst outward from a single point all at once — used to punctuate a logo reveal, a title, or a transition.
2.5D camera parallax2.5D 카메라 패럴랙스
Cutting a flat image into separate layers, placing them at different z-depths, and moving a virtual camera through them to fake real depth — an After Effects staple.
Rubber hose rigging러버 호스 리깅
Rigging a character's limbs as freely bending tube-like curves instead of rigid bone joints — a look inherited from 1930s cartoon style.
Cel animation셀 애니메이션
The traditional technique of drawing a character on a transparent celluloid sheet and shooting it layered over a static painted background — "cel" is short for celluloid.
Stop motion스톱모션
Animation made by nudging a physical object a tiny bit and photographing one frame at a time — the slight, uneven jitter of handmade imperfection is part of the look.
Rotoscoping로토스코핑
Tracing or extracting the outline of live-action footage frame by frame — either to draw an animation over it or to cut a subject away from its background.
Cinemagraph시네마그래프
An almost-still photograph where one small part keeps looping — the point is the moment you realize something in it is moving.
Liquid motion리퀴드 모션
A motion style where shapes stretch, pool, and merge like liquid instead of transforming rigidly — a familiar look in brand intros and app onboarding animations.
Time remap타임 리맵
After Effects' feature for keyframing a layer's own playback position over time — freely combining a freeze frame, reverse playback, and repeated segments.
Secondary action세컨더리 액션
A supporting motion that reinforces a character's main action without competing with it — one of Disney's 12 principles of animation.
Overlap오버랩
The principle that different parts of a body never move in perfect unison — each trails the last with its own slight delay, even while the whole thing keeps moving.