After effects session 1

After effects session 1.

- Blue line = active box.

Additional options.

Importing images into the project(animation)

- When opening- new composition

-Duration.

And Background colour.

-Time line.

Setting the size.

PAL and NTSC video standards.

Size, HD For the Brief use HDV 1080 25. numbers are for frame rate(flip book).

Layer option only avalible when composition and time line are in blue.

(example)New layer, solid 100px both , okay.

To change showing time of square with in the animation, Drag red line from either end on time line.

Preveiw- play , stop, skip.

To change the resolution, drop down menu on time line.

Lowering the resolution will help composition to play back in real times.

Work area bar, dragging it to short allows you to foucus on one part of your animation.

-Layer properties, by clicking arrow.

-Click on arrow again and more options appear.

And by clicking on the blue you can drag using the double arrows to adjust the options.

little clock , Allows you to animate any of these properties using key frames (A moment in time when significant change occurs).

Blue diamond indicates key frame.

Move diamond to a different time to change position, line= motion pathway.

Different key frames.

Short cuts for showing layer properties: P= position.

A= anchor point.

S= Scale.

T= Opacity.

O= move time indicator to the outer frame.

I= inner frame.

B= beginning of work area to wherever the current time indicator is.

N= end of the work area.

U=all properties using key frames will be reviled.

To see two layer properties, shift and s lets you see two at once.

Changing key frames in sequence, copy and pasting using cmd c and cmd p key frames Is easier way to create the movement.