Monday, 13 November 2017

After Effects session 1 notes

New document - Composition - new composition (layers - like PS)
HDTV 1080 25 - composition setting for brief (preset)


- this is 5 seconds

Bin where project lives - mid left
Layers pannel - bottom left

Creating solid shapes - flash etc.
layer, new, solid - change pixels and colour - will make coloured square
can change where image appears by moving timeline at bottom along
to split madia - edit - split layer (shift, cmd , d)
to change colour of a solid - layer, solid settings, change whatever (can also do with general composition - composition settings)

Zoom at bottom - zoom in and out of frame per second - so you can be super accurate 



To do a different shape - use shape tool at top instead of new solid


Drag brackets at top to choose which bit to play - can also use these when exporting


Making a keyframe animation
Composition, new - choose colour, size etc (100 x 100?)
create solid - dropdown in layers menu (under transform)
before you make the image move - put anchor point to centre of shape so you can see path
to make an image move - click stopwatch next to position  - diamond appears - drag line off stuff to time - to determine how long it takes to move - drag shape to where you want it to move to
to move it to a couple places move time then object, time then object, time then object
You can also use the rotation stopwatch to make it rotate while it moves - also size and fade etc

Always start with movement then change the other things while its moving along its path
to change whatever it is - drag time along and type in new value at specific time - will auto fill in the gaps



If something hits something then moves - move anchor point to pivot point
Instead of always typing in a new value you can also grab the value and drag it to the right to make it move - can also change time by moving diamonds after animating
is a path is curved - want it straight - go on pen tool, click anchor point to toggle
to make shape pause - copy movement diamond and paste further along time path



TA DAAHHH !!!

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