AFTER EFFECTS SESSION 2


Keyboard Shortcuts for Layer Properties

P = Position
A = Anchor Point
R = Rotation
S = Scale
T = Opacity (Transparency)

O = out point of current layer
I = in point of current layer

B = beginning of work area
N = end of work area

U = reveal all animated properties
UU = reveal all modified properties




Select layers
shortcut U

select first vector press alt to drag the animation sequence to a later time in the animation.





Open Photoshop

Set presets to the ones outlined in the following image





Similar to Photoshop guides, for a safe zone in your animation

 




AE Left.                                                                   PS Right

No significant action will be happening outside these lines


Keep text within the innermost rectangle.

Make sure all action happens within the rectangles, anything outside will not be visible when played back





Transparent background, shot is already in frame.

To work with transparency, save as a photoshop file, or JPEG





Viewed in Photoshop



Viewed in AE. to form transparency, erase background layer


For a Panoramic image in Photoshop selecet image- canvas size
 


Before importing an image to AE you will get the following pop up . Import as footage



After being imported, images will appear in the project bar to the left of the adobe workspace

Arrange in order of animation and composition





Photoshop layered animation file 

Make sure all elements are on their own layers.

AE import file


Composition
double click on composition

Composition, composition settings
Confirm size and specify duration
With 30 seconds added, a new bar will appear in your timeline. You can zoom in or out of seconds





Crosshair indicates the Anchor Point of each layer when selected.

When clicking composition layers (retain layer sizes) when importing the anchor point will appear on each image not just centre of the screen.

Footage
Composition
Composition layers






To export, convert your composition into a video

composition tab "add to render Queue"

Select Best Settings tab. Time span, select option of full length video
Output To, where you will save file and title

Once selected everything, select render on the right hand of the screen