First Composition
This was the first composition that I created with Adobe After Effects. this composition taught me the basic six steps to an After Effects workflow, it taught me how to import different file types into after effects like PSD file (Photoshop document), MOV files(quicktime movie file), we were shown the After Effects interface and were taught how to use and navigate around it, arranging layers adding effects, animation, previewing my piece and then finally rendering and outputting the final composition.
so when i first opened up Adobe After Effects CS6 i had to hold down on the keyboard Command +option +shift all at the same time to restore the default preferences settings, we then had to click ok to delete the preferences file, we then clicked close and closed the welcome screen to an empty After Effects screen with an untitled project. An After Effects project is a single file which keeps references to all footage that is used in the current project, it also contains compositions which is like a container which combines various different layers to produce from something as simple as text moving across the screen to a car explosion with multiple flying bits of 3d debris.
An important part of the After Effects navigation is the info panel, the info panel is where After Effects likes to record everything you are importing in, it also shows you if your importing a PSD file and will show how many layers are inside and will import as a composition so if anything needs to be altered like the anchor point or you might need to change the colour, position and so on.
To create a new composition you first need to (if on Mac OS) press command + N (or CTRL +click, windows) or drag your file to the little showreel type button at the bottom of the info panel. or you could simply drag files into the box below next to the timeline which will create a new composition automatically.
this ident showed me the basic steps of the after effects workflow which will help me to later develop a much more complicated but effective ident.
so when i first opened up Adobe After Effects CS6 i had to hold down on the keyboard Command +option +shift all at the same time to restore the default preferences settings, we then had to click ok to delete the preferences file, we then clicked close and closed the welcome screen to an empty After Effects screen with an untitled project. An After Effects project is a single file which keeps references to all footage that is used in the current project, it also contains compositions which is like a container which combines various different layers to produce from something as simple as text moving across the screen to a car explosion with multiple flying bits of 3d debris.
An important part of the After Effects navigation is the info panel, the info panel is where After Effects likes to record everything you are importing in, it also shows you if your importing a PSD file and will show how many layers are inside and will import as a composition so if anything needs to be altered like the anchor point or you might need to change the colour, position and so on.
To create a new composition you first need to (if on Mac OS) press command + N (or CTRL +click, windows) or drag your file to the little showreel type button at the bottom of the info panel. or you could simply drag files into the box below next to the timeline which will create a new composition automatically.
this ident showed me the basic steps of the after effects workflow which will help me to later develop a much more complicated but effective ident.
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