Previewing the effects – Creating a Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets

It’s time to preview all of the effects together. Adding transparency The logo should appear semitransparently in the corner of the frame during the presentation. You’ll reduce the opacity of ... Read MoreRead More

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Applying an animation preset – Creating a Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets

You’ve positioned the type and applied some effects to it. It’s time to add some animation! You will learn several ways to animate text in Lesson 3; for now, you’ll ... Read MoreRead More

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Applying effects to a layer – Creating a Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets

Now you’ll return to the main composition, Explore Hawaii, and apply an effect to the BlueCrabLogo layer. This will apply the effect to all of the layers nested in the ... Read MoreRead More

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Working with imported Illustrator layers – Creating a Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets

The BlueCrabLogo graphic was created in Illustrator; your job in After Effects is to add text and animate it. To work with the layers of the Illustrator file independently of ... Read MoreRead More

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Importing a background image – Creating a Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets

You’ll import the background image first. Creating an empty compositionFirst, you’ll create the composition itself, without any layers. After Effects displays an empty composition named Explore Hawaii in the Composition ... Read MoreRead More

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Getting started – Creating a Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets

Lesson overview In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following: This lesson will take about an hour to complete. If you haven’t already done so, download the project ... Read MoreRead More

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Collaborating in After Effects – Getting to Know the Workflow

You can work with others remotely using features in After Effects designed to enable collaboration. To create a shared project, choose File > New > New Team Project, and then ... Read MoreRead More

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Using predefined workspaces – Getting to Know the Workflow

Take a minute to explore the predefined workspaces in After Effects. After Effects opens the panels that you would commonly use for animation tasks, including Motion Sketch, Wiggler, and Smoother. ... Read MoreRead More

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Optimizing performance in After Effects – Getting to Know the Workflow

How you configure After Effects and your computer determines how quickly After Effects renders projects. Complex compositions can require a large amount of memory to render, and the rendered movies ... Read MoreRead More

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Using the Properties panel – Getting to Know the Workflow

The Properties panel provides quick access to properties for the selected layer. It displays Transform properties for all layers, and additional properties for text or shape layers. You can also ... Read MoreRead More

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