- After Effects- Preferences - Media and Disk Cache... Change location of the cache… to user work folder.
- Panel with yellow outline = the active panel
- Window - workspace - can change workspace or reset standard
- Project Panel - top left hand side (functions as a library- file - import
- Bottom Panel - Timeline (use the timeline to make an arrangement of the imported images.) Also like a layers palette.
- Middle - see it playing back.
- End product then exported as a video file.
- Once you've got a project….
- Must create a composition… every after effects project contains at least 1 composition.
- Composition - Create a new composition
- NTSC and PAL - Standard Definition
- HDV, DVC and HDTV - High Definition
- My brief = Pal D1/DV Widescreen Square Pixel
- Videos work in PIXELS! (size)
- PIXEL ASPECT RATIO - square pixels
- Frame rate - 25
- Yellow text with an underline- can change
- DURATION -hrs, mins, secs, frames
- When u highlight the composition in the Project area you can see the details of that composition
- Click the composition area (timeline)
- Layers - new - solid
- Can see the layer in spacial (where it is within the frame) and temporal (time) properties.
- If you double click on your layer - isolates the layer …can just close that window and click onto composition window again.
- Layer - new solid layer
- can change the stacking order of your layers on left hand side to order overlay.
- RAM preview button - preview - where all the buttons are the furthest right arrow. The green line on the timeline indicates the preparation after effects does to play back your video - once its done it will be real time.
- The inför window in infö area top right - Playing from RAM 250, fps 25 (realtime)
- If you want to focus on part of your composition you just need to move the grey work area bar (grey with yellow ends) on the time line to the parts you want to focus on.
- triangle nest to the red block of layer on left -- layer properties
- Space bar allows you to move the page once you've zoomed in
- Key frame - where a significant change occurs.
- Stop watch icon - means that this property can be animated by that key frame.
- Key frame - yellow diamond in the timeline- fixed the layer in that positon in the time line
- Specify a start end point by using 2 key frames.
- dotted line = motion path , each dot is a different part.
- select a point in the motion path
- can select a key frame and copy
SHORT CUTS
- select layer and press P - JUST SHOW YOU THE POSITION PROPERTY
- A - ANCHOR POINT
- R - ROTATION
- O - MOVES YOUR TIME LINE TO THE OUTPOINT OF THE LAYER
- I - TAKES YOU TO THE INPOINT
- SHIFT AND S - POSITION AND SCALE
- Project Area- can drag down a layer to repeat it again in time line bit
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