Create This Interactive UI Animation in After Effects | Mouse Hover Effect
10.4K views · 2026-08-10
Motion Design
Want to create interactive and dynamic UI animations in After Effects?
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create this smooth mouse hover effect where UI elements dynamically scale as the cursor moves around them.
We'll build the animation from scratch and cover:
• Creating the UI cards and layout
• Designing the icons and text
• Using Auto Crop to quickly crop compositions
• Creating multiple UI elements
• Animating scale with keyframes
• Using Duik Effector to create the interactive hover effect
• Creating a custom mouse cursor
• Using expressions for dynamic animation
• Adding 3D layers and a camera
• Creating smooth cursor movements
• Adding shadows, lighting and glow
• Creating dynamic background lights
• Adding camera movement
This technique is especially useful for SaaS websites, product demos, landing pages, UI animations and motion design projects.
You can also download the Auto Crop script used in this tutorial from the link below.
If you found this tutorial helpful, don't forget to LIKE the video and SUBSCRIBE for more After Effects, SaaS animation and UI motion design tutorials.
📁 Project files:
Download link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lWxUCbQTAaJFDCBYTOiOG4LZF3sAVP3z/view?usp=sharing
📜 Scripts used in this tutorial:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16KXLY7hNRZDqaCBuhyHLzaHDdkflzDvE/view?usp=sharing
Thanks for watching! ❤️
#AfterEffects
#SaaSAnimation
#UIAnimation
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create this smooth mouse hover effect where UI elements dynamically scale as the cursor moves around them.
We'll build the animation from scratch and cover:
• Creating the UI cards and layout
• Designing the icons and text
• Using Auto Crop to quickly crop compositions
• Creating multiple UI elements
• Animating scale with keyframes
• Using Duik Effector to create the interactive hover effect
• Creating a custom mouse cursor
• Using expressions for dynamic animation
• Adding 3D layers and a camera
• Creating smooth cursor movements
• Adding shadows, lighting and glow
• Creating dynamic background lights
• Adding camera movement
This technique is especially useful for SaaS websites, product demos, landing pages, UI animations and motion design projects.
You can also download the Auto Crop script used in this tutorial from the link below.
If you found this tutorial helpful, don't forget to LIKE the video and SUBSCRIBE for more After Effects, SaaS animation and UI motion design tutorials.
📁 Project files:
Download link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lWxUCbQTAaJFDCBYTOiOG4LZF3sAVP3z/view?usp=sharing
📜 Scripts used in this tutorial:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16KXLY7hNRZDqaCBuhyHLzaHDdkflzDvE/view?usp=sharing
Thanks for watching! ❤️
#AfterEffects
#SaaSAnimation
#UIAnimation