Building from his last tutorial where he created a corrugated cardboard texture in After Effects using the standard tools,  this new tutorial from Laurence Grayson of Short Form Video takes it a step further using track mattes to create torn cardboard text. Both of the tutorials are provided below.

“Here’s a quick and easy method for creating a really useful torn corrugated cardboard texture using only the standard tools in After Effects (CS3, CS4 or CS5).”