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After Effects Class #21: Motion Sketch, Smoother, and Wiggler: Recording and Randomizing Motion

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After Effects tutorial: motion sketch for recording motion, smoother, wiggler, and motion blur. Episode 21 of the Complete Adobe After Effects Series.

Software: Adobe After Effects
Level: Beginner
Duration: ± 4 min
Series total: 6 h 45 min · 104 videos
Published: October 27, 2026

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Introduction

This is the result we will create: a moving ticket badge that freely follows our hand movements above the city footage, then lightly vibrates randomly. Let's get started. Hello, welcome back to the complete Adobe After Effects series from Cerdas Inovasi Digital. Keyframes created one by one can feel stiff. In this final episode of the third module, we will use three helper panels. Motion Sketch to record hand movements, Smoother to refine them, and Wiggler to add random motion.

Step 1: Preparing the pen tool

Create a composition from the city footage. Press F2, create a rounded yellow rectangle with free text on top, then pre-compose both into a ticket. We will move this ticket with our hand.

Step 2: Recording with Motion Sketch

Open Window, Motion Sketch. This panel records mouse movements as position keyframes. Make sure the ticket layer is selected, click Start Capture, then drag the ticket in the composition panel to form a curved path around the trem. Recording stops when the mouse button is released.

Step 3: Recording result

Press U to view the keyframes. Motion Sketch creates one keyframe for each frame, resulting in dozens of keyframes. The movement feels natural as it follows the hand, but the overly dense keyframes are difficult to edit and slightly wobbly.

Step 4: Cleaning up with Smoother

Select all position keyframes, open Window, Smoother. Fill in Tolerance 15 pixels and click Apply. Smoother removes unnecessary keyframes and keeps only the important points, resulting in a smoother and easier-to-edit path.

Step 5: Random wiggles with Wiggler

Now add a light vibration, like paper fluttering in the wind. Select the position keyframes, open Window, Wiggler. Fill in Frequency 5 per second and Magnitude 12 pixels, then Apply. Wiggler inserts random keyframes between existing keyframes. Enable the Motion Blur switch for the ticket layer and the Enable Motion Blur button.

Step 6: Motion blur and preview

Play the preview, the ticket floats along the hand path with a subtle vibration, and the motion blur makes the result feel natural.

Done!

Done. We've recorded motion with motion sketch, simplified keyframes with smoother, added random motion with wiggler, and used motion blur. Module three is complete. And in the next module, we'll dive into the graph editor. Need a promotional video, logo animation, motion graphics for social media, or visual effects for short films? Cerdas Inovasi Digital offers motion graphics and visual effects services, as well as After Effects courses from beginner to advanced. Want to master the entire series, 104 episodes from the interface to final projects? All episodes, complete with step-by-step PDF guides, source footage, and project scripts, are available to premium tutorial subscribers. Subscribe starting at Rp69.000 per month, save 28% with the 12-month package, or pay once Rp999.000 for lifetime access. Want just one class? Buy a single class with lifetime access. Subscribe now at the premium page cerdasinovasidigital.com Contact us via WhatsApp, or visit cerdasinovasidigital.com Thank you for watching, see you in the next episode.

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0:03Introduction

0:37Step 1: Preparing the pen tool

1:02Step 2: Recording with Motion Sketch

1:23Step 3: Recording result

1:40Step 4: Cleaning up with Smoother

1:59Step 5: Random wiggles with Wiggler

2:22Step 6: Motion blur and preview

2:35Done!

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0:03Introduction

0:37Step 1: Preparing the pen tool

1:02Step 2: Recording with Motion Sketch

1:23Step 3: Recording result

1:40Step 4: Cleaning up with Smoother

1:59Step 5: Random wiggles with Wiggler

2:22Step 6: Motion blur and preview

2:35Done!

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Introduction

Step 1: Preparing the pen tool

Step 2: Recording with Motion Sketch

Step 3: Recording result

Step 4: Cleaning up with Smoother

Step 5: Random wiggles with Wiggler

Step 6: Motion blur and preview

Done!

Introduction

Step 1: Preparing the pen tool

Step 2: Recording with Motion Sketch

Step 3: Recording result

Step 4: Cleaning up with Smoother

Step 5: Random wiggles with Wiggler

Step 6: Motion blur and preview

Done!