How to Animate Grass Blowing in After Effects

Introduction

Animating grass to look like it’s swaying in the wind is easy using CC Slant and a subtle wiggle expression. This technique works with any grass footage and can be combined with keying if your footage has a solid background.

Step 1: Import Your Grass Footage

Go to File > Import > File and choose your grass footage.Step 2: Create a New Composition

Create a New Composition, then drag your grass footage onto the timeline.

Step 3: Fit the Grass Footage to the Composition

Right-click the grass layer and select:

Transform > Fit to Comp

This adjusts your footage to fill the composition.