How to add effect to UI element

Oh I see, you already have something built in After Effects that you want to apply as an effect. If you render it out using mp4/h264 (available by sending your project to Adobe Media Encoder) or maybe as an AVI, not sure if that will work. Then use these directions to import it into your game. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/MediaFramework/index.html