Week 2- Outside of Class

Sequence DreamScape Video

Created in: Adobe After Effects





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Some of the videos recommended to watch were the starting elements of After Effects. We first looked at exploring the interface by how we can switch our views of working in text or standard and so on. The timeline is where you can edit the elements/files that were imported from a file. Within your composition you have options by using the little triangles. After Effects works very well with Photoshop and Illustrator files when importing. When you begin to work you must stay organized by labeling your files internally on the interface and externally through your files outside of After Effects.
By organizing your files it becomes less chaotic when you have several options open.

After you have imported all documents you can get started. Within your composition you can build your file with layers. Effects can be found under the Toggle Switches/Modes. Hierarchy is created by building layers vertically on the timeline layers or horizontally by trimming layers to give them a certain time frame within the composition. Some shortcuts for trimming are (opt + ]) or (opt + [). This will only work if the red line with the guitar pick symbol is in the place where you want that layer to be trimmed.

Some interesting things about After Effects is that you have have 3D, 2D and video space within your project. And that there are several different ways of rendering/exporting your projects so they work for whatever space used within your project.