March 20, 2025 — Comments are off for this post.

After Effects Tips: Precise Timing With Key Frame Double-Click

This is a quick tip on how to get precise timing and positioning by double-clicking your keyframe in After Effects. You can view your playhead offset from the keyframes while adjusting the values to get your timing just right. Read more

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July 11, 2022 — Comments are off for this post.

Attack Studios Named by Clutch as a Top 2022 Motion Graphics B2B Company in Illinois

At Attack Studios, we value our partners’ needs and vision. We support our clients with the production services they require to overcome their branding challenges. Since 2013, we’ve been a trusted delivery partner for groundbreaking animated solutions and motion graphics. Read more

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February 22, 2022 — Comments are off for this post.

Attack Studios Ranked As Top 30 Video Marketing Agency

Attack Studios has been recognized as a Top 30 Video Marketing Agency in 2022 by DesignRush.

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January 5, 2022 — Comments are off for this post.

Animation January – Watching 31 Animation films in 31 days

Animation is a vast and broad genre of film as any. Really, it runs parallel to live-action films, but it isn't held to the same rules and realities of filming that live-action is. Often times it's more complex and labor-intensive than traditional films. Bored with winter and locked-down we decided to watch a animated film a day for the entire month of January.

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June 25, 2021 — Comments are off for this post.

Attack Studios Recognized by Clutch as One of the Top Explainer Video Companies in Chicago 2021

Recently, we have been recognized by Clutch as one of the top explainer video companies in Chicago. Clutch is an established B2B reviews platform that helps firms across the globe connect with the top service providers that they need in order to improve effectiveness and increase productivity.

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June 9, 2020 — Comments are off for this post.

After Effects Tips: Gradient Map to LUT

Working with all kinds of designers and illustrators, we sometimes get assets that aren't ideal for importing into After Effects. The client can get pretty mad when the look of the video doesn't match the look of the design boards. Gradient Maps are the common culprit. Here's how to convert a Gradient Map to LUT?

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May 29, 2020 — Comments are off for this post.

After Effects Tips: How do I apply an effect only to a masked area?

What do you do when you only want to apply an effect only to a masked area while animating in Adobe After Effects. Make an effect mask, of course, it's easy and fast.

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September 12, 2019 — Comments are off for this post.

Collaborative With Prysm Studios

I'm happy to announce I've joined a collaboration with Prysm Studios. It's a non-exclusive agreement so that means I'll still be doing projects through Attack and I'll also be able to offer low-risk scale and on-site reviews for clients through Prysm. I like the freedom it offers while opening up some bigger and better opportunities.

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August 20, 2019 — Comments are off for this post.

Advertising Tips From Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This!

I've just finished reading Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This: The Classic Guide to Creating Great Ads, 5th Edition and thought I would pass along some quick tips on creating successful Ads from this book following some advertising tips for animation after effects. Successful video ads first grab our attention (with a surprise, something unusual, something funny, something weird, something shocking, a mystery) and then make us think.

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