A top view of a sleek black keyboard with a purple background, showcasing various keys clearly. The keyboard includes a numeric keypad and illuminated symbols on some keys for visibility.

RealFX Part 2: From the loading bar to the keyboard

Three scripts, one goal: easyRulers, LoadUP and keyboardFX bring clean, functional motion graphics utilities for everyday After Effects work.

Having recently looked at the After Effects scripts circuit FX, mazeFX and quadrateFX from the Greek manufacturer Real Creations, in this second part we take a look at the other three effects in the RealFX bundle, which can be purchased from aescripts.com for just over USD 140. If you don't mind the cost or only really need one of the six tools, you can also purchase them individually for between USD 30 and USD 40. Using the effect controls, you can define the width of the circle (or bar), the size and spacing of the digits, as well as all colours. All parameters can also be animated here using keyframes. easyRulers 2: Rulers and sliders

In the easyRulers window, you first define the number of indices and the appearance of the bar or circle.

Whether a simple ruler, clock face, tempo display, volume, diagram or progress bar, the controllers of easyRulers 2 can be used for almost anything that needs to be visualised using numbers and indices. The script initially offers the user two ...


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