Tutorial: Scrolling LED Text

In this After Effects tutorial I will show you how to create your own highly customizable LED screen effect, ready to convert any text or image into pixelated goodness. The video covers the setup, expressions and usage of this versatile preset.

The preview video below shows but one possible way of using the Scrolling LED Text and the tutorial concentrates on the effect itself, rather than the setup of this particular scene.

Preview video uses a photograph by LonelyBob licensed under Creative Commons. It also features 5 notes from the Solitary Wasteland track on the Flower Soundtrack by Vincent Diamante and a sample from Pac-Man by Namco. This tutorial was made possible by the espresso coffee maker gifted to me as a wedding present.

Running time: 47min
Difficulty: Medium (quite a few expressions)
Required tools: After Effects (CS3 and above)

Preview video:

Tutorial:

Download the files associated with this tutorial below:

• Project File
  http://downloads.qubahq.com/tutorials/QubaHQ_ScrollingLED.zip
• Tutorial (63MB MP4)
  http://video.qubahq.com/tutorials/QubaHQ_ScrollingLED.mp4

You may also download the tutorial from its Vimeo page. The preview video can also be watched at YouTube.

I had over 200 new users register to this site in the past month. Now show yourselves and let me know what you think and what you did with this project!

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.