Thank you!

Thank you!

Hello Elijah, it sounds like you are following along in the demo project file – the main project file ‘neon-sign-kit-v2-5.aep’ is the project file to work with, the other one is really just an extra file to see how I animated/created the demo.

Give the main .aep file a look and let me know if that solves the issue!

Thank you!

Thanks for the tip.

Hey Honeysmitth, message me at support@thomaskovar.com, I’ll help explain the licenses to get you up and running!

Thank you!

Hello. That’s a good question, I just looked into this and at this time it’s not supported, but I’ll be sure to add this feature to the next update of the product sometime later this month.

In the meantime, reach out to me at support@thomaskovar.com and I can show you a method that might work for you until I get that feature implemented.

Hello. There is a detailed video tutorial for the project file, which can be found in the ‘Instructions.txt’ file, but you can also find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xARLlTgGuUI&feature=youtu.be

If you have any questions or there’s anything else I can do for you please let me know!

Hello. That’s really odd, the first thing I can think of is it’s a font issue, so just double check that you installed the ‘Nickainley’ font.

If you do have that font already installed and the neon is still off, could you send screenshots to support@thomaskovar, that will help out a lot to see what might be going on!

Once again – thank you very much. That is indeed one immense work right there for any and every user type. Absolutely amazing. Applauds!

Hello AL3XL,

Great, I’m glad you’re enjoying the product! I was unsure if it made sense to put the caps behind the neon or in front of it, as I could see both ways being correct, depending on the look you’re going for. I ended up putting them behind, but I think in the next update I’m going to be putting them in front, as I’ve been getting this question quite a bit.

To change that, within your ‘Module X’ comp (X being the module number you’re working with), go into the comp ‘Module X Neon’, and within there you’ll see the caps and details compositions. All you have to do is adjust the z-position of the caps layer so it’s in front of the main neon layers.

If you have any questions at all about this, please don’t hesitate to ask!

Oh, and one last thing – when you’ve finished your project, would you be interested in rating the product? Just log in to Videohive, on the top-right select your username, then from the drop-down select ‘Downloads’ and there you can leave a quick rating. If you’d rather not, that’s ok, too!

Hello. Did you purchase the product with a different account? There is no association of a purchase with your username.

Either way, the template is supported back to CS5.5, but if you’re using the trial version of After Effects you are most likely using CC2017, which is the latest version. That version has been tested and is working with the product, so I think this is an issue with your download of After Effects rather than the AE template.

Try re-installing After Effects and see if that helps. If not, please reach out to me at support@thomaskovar.com and I’ll get to the bottom of it.

Hello. Sure, you can render out your results without a background, but I recommend if you can to avoid it. The main reason is simply that some of the layers have specific blend modes that interact with the background layers, so if you were to export them you’ll lose some of that detail.

You could export out the layers that have blend modes applied to them separately, then import those layers into Photoshop and re-enable the blend modes as an option as well.

There are two main elements you’ll need to edit to disable the background, you’ll need to disable the ‘Background’ comp via the eye icon, and disable the vignette via the ‘Neon Controller’.

If you have any other questions or if there’s anything else I can help you with just ask!

Hello. In order to open the project, you will need Adobe After Effects.

If you don’t have that application, Adobe offers a 30-days free trial from their website, adobe.com, so you can activate After Effects on your computer and edit the project that way!

Let me know if you have any other questions or if there’s anything else I can do for you!

i have adobe after effects 2017, but how do I download the fonts?

Hello. All the font download links are located in the ‘Instructions.txt’ file.

Additionally, the video tutorial can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xARLlTgGuUI&feature=youtu.be

Great, glad you’re enjoying it!

As of right now, there are only 3 custom animators (the A, B and C), but I’ll definitely keep this in mind for a future update.

Another option that works really well is to actually animate the source color values if you have a lot of custom animations for your neon. To do that, go into the ‘Step 1 – Text or Logo’ for the module you’re working with, then within that source composition add a new adjustment layer (make sure it’s the top layer in the timeline). On that adjustment layer, add a ‘Fill’ Effect (Effect>Generate>Fill), then set the color value to black.

Finally, create a mask on that adjustment layer with the mask being over the area you want to animate. Then, animate that adjustment layer’s opacity (not the ‘Fill’ effect’s opacity) so that when the layer is at 100% opacity, the contents below it are black, but when the opacity is at 0%, the contents are back to their original colors. With that method, you just animate the opacity to turn the neon on and off or flicker it. Note that you can repeat this as many times as you like to customize the neon!

If you have any questions at all about that, please let me know!

Hello. I couldn’t technically include them in the product, but feel free to reach out to me directly at support@thomaskovar.com and I’ll send over the links (they are Creative Commons licensed).

Awesome, I’m really glad to hear you’re enjoying it!

If it isn’t too much trouble for you, would you be interested in rating the project on VideoHive? If you’d rather not it’s no problem at all, but if you’re interested, on the top-right of the Videohive home page, click on your username, from the dropdown select ‘Downloads’ and there you can rate it.

Thanks again for the kind words – if there’s anything else I can do for you, don’t hesitate to reach out anytime directly at support@thomaskovar.com.

Hello, glad you are liking it!

1. If you are brand new to AE, I recommend checking out Andrew Kramers free AE basic training series. I don’t discuss rendering in the tutorial – or any of my tutorials – to keep things concise, but if you Google ‘Andrew Kramer Basic Training’ it will be the first result. Just watch his ‘Rendering’ tutorial, it does a great job of explaining how to export AE files to video.

Regarding looping, you’ll just need to make sure where you start and stop the video the frames are the exact same (including the camera if it’s enabled and animating).

2. I’m not sure what you mean here – you can scale your logo in the ‘Step 1 – Insert Text’ comp to whatever size you like. Or, if you used the logo builder comps, you’ll need to scale down your logo in the ‘Insert Logo’ comp and then adjust the primary, secondary and tertiary comps accordingly.

If you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to ask!

I am not new to AE but upon export, the video plays super fast. What value do I need to place to make the stage 12 secs long? I can edit/place the key frames myself to make sure it blinks ok.

As for the size upon shrinking my logo sometimes the flie destroyed the neon bulbs so they looked like dots in certain places. i scaled it down to about 95, but anything lower either gives the dot look or it disappears completely.

Hello. Sure, why don’t you direct message me, it sounds like you are needing some custom stuff done. Just reach out to me at support@thomaskovar.com and if possible send screenshots of the scaling issue as well – I’m having a hard time envisioning what’s happening in the scene. Thanks!

Thank you!

Hello. What you’ll need to do is convert the audio to keyframes on your music layer (Animation > Keyframe Assistant > Convert Audio to Keyframes).

Then, link the ‘Simple Neon Animator’ slider effect to those keyframes by adding an expressionon the slider – it would look something like this:

amp = .5; x = thisComp.layer(“Audio Amplitude”).effect(“Both Channels”)(“Slider”)*amp; value + x

That’s the basic idea, but I’d recommend checking out a couple tutorials that go over ‘convert audio to keyframes in AE’ on YouTube, those will help you understand visually how works!

If you have any questions just ask!