David Torno with a quick tutorial on how to create a layer that auto-fades up and down without the use of keyframes in After Effects continues his “expresshorts” article. Check out the post for Creating an Auto Fade Layer in After Effects Without Keyframes here.

David Torno writes: Learn how to fade a layer up and down without using keyframes. The cool part is that you can change the in/out points of your layer and it’ll adjust accordingly. The expression code on this one is a bit more involved, but I give a full breakdown below the video tutorial. Enjoy.