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Hands-On Motion Graphics with Adobe After Effects CC

You're reading from   Hands-On Motion Graphics with Adobe After Effects CC Develop your skills as a visual effects and motion graphics artist

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789345155
Length 318 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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David Dodds David Dodds
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Assessment

Chapter 1: Getting Started with After Effects

  1. Choose a parameter to animate, hit the stop watch for that parameter, and move in the time adjust that parameter.
  2. Hover over the end of the layer, identify the trim icon, and drag the layer. Use the shortcut Alt + [ or ].
  3. Go to the desired location in the timeline and press N or B.
  4. On the lower-left side of the main window, choose grid and guide options.
  5. Go to preview panel and press the next frame key. Use the Page Down keyboard shortcut.
  6. In the preview panel, press play. Press the spacebar.
  7. Layer | New solid.
  8. Top toolbar.
  9. Select mask and click once on one mask point.
  10. Select mask and double-click on one mask point.
  11. Select mask, twirl mask features, and choose subtract.
  12. It marks the beginning of your animation in the timeline.
  13. Blue diamond shape in the timeline.
  14. The s letter on the timeline.

Chapter 2: Creating a Lower Third for a Television Show

  1. A pen tool is used to cut things out with mask. Clicking and adding points creates a custom mask.
  2. Select...
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