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
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
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
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
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
Use the Timeline panel to animate layer properties and set In and Out points for a layer. (In and Out points are the points at which a layer begins and ... Read MoreRead More
You’ll start by replacing the placeholder text with real text. Then you’ll format it to fit the space better. Note After Effects offers robust character and paragraph formatting controls, but ... Read MoreRead More
The title is currently in the center of the screen, obscuring the dog and distracting from the action. You’ll move it to the lower left corner, where it will remain ... Read MoreRead More
The next step of the workflow is to create a composition. You create all animation, layering, and effects in a composition. An After Effects composition has both spatial dimensions and ... Read MoreRead More
A basic After Effects workflow follows six steps: importing and organizing footage, creating compositions and arranging layers, adding effects, animating elements, previewing your work, and rendering and outputting the final ... Read MoreRead More