Tuesday, November 29, 2016

AE Workshop - Session 1

cant start work in after effects until you create composition 

Composition settings

(important)

Presets: PAL D1 Widescreen square pixel




Pixel ratio: square pixel

work at a frame rate of 25

Able to change the duration

Making a custom composition - dial in the size (width and height)

making it accessible to view in that format.




Bring other aspects into after effects by importing files. 

To animate

Key frames

The distance between keyframes determines the speed of the animation.

key frame is a value used within animation, important part of after effects. In this moment of time this object the object is in a certain position. 

Moving a solid object

Press p> select the time icon>drag the amount of time you want the object to be animated>then create the solid object you want to animate and then drag to the desired position on the screen. 




Rotating objects 





The letter U as a shortcut reveals all the keyframes inserted. Key frames are quite versatile in terms of editing. 

Rendering and saving 

Exporting 

File>save as>add to rednder queue>format options - compression H.264 - select where to save - desktop save - render. 

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