Lock guides
ctrl ;
Duplicate a comp visually around it use
Repeat?
Reverse Keyframes
Select keyframes, right click - keyframe assistant - time reverse keyframes
Use a color scheme by adding custom colors
Preferences, general, use system color picker
Make a template for rendering
Click the down arrow and make a preset. Then just select all comps to render and then click the down arrow on one of them to change them all to that preset.
Create keyframes from expressions
make a keyframe and right click it and go to keyframe assistant convert expression to keyframes
Turn a layer into a guide layer
Select the layer and right click and go to guide layer
Move a mask, object, and pen tool creations while creating
Hold space
Parent a object to match the postion of another object
Hold Shift plus using the pickwip to the object
Add a layer to the timeline at the time marker
Ctrl + Alt + v
12 principles of animation
Timingease in and outanticipationsquashing and stretchingIf an object is falling fast you want to decrease width and increase lengthwhen squashing and stretching you want to keep volume, 50% to 200%exaggerationIn order to apply the animation principle of exaggeration, you first need to_________. define what you want and then modify or heighten those the areas of your composition and of your animation that convey the message that you wantFollow-through and overlappingmoving key frames forward down the time line
Close all other timeline panels
go to comp menu button and select close other panels
Quickly go through missing files
search missing in the search bar, and press Ctrl + H to replace
Quickly center an anchor point
Ctrl + Alt + Home
Quickly center an object
Ctrl + Home
Fit to comp
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + W for image to width of comp Ctrl + Shift + Alt + H for image to height of comp Ctrl + Alt + F for full comp size
Reveal in timeline
right click the fx and click reveal in timeline
Render q items be a different output file
Hold control as you select the output module
Send to adobe encoder
Ctrl + Alt + M
Delete all effects from selected layers
Select all layers Ctrl + Shift + E
Reset the scale and rotation
double click selection tool, rotation tool
Ram preview with alternate settings
Go to preview window to set up the shift + 0 settings
Live text templates for premiere
Go to comp settings - advanced - check "template
Quickly start editing a project using a source item
drag source item to after effects and select and go to edit - edit orginal or Ctrl + E
Edit certain grouped properties in the timeline
hold ctrl and select ones you want and press SS
Hide properties in the timeline
Hold Alt + Shift +click on property
Apply footage settings to many files by copy and paste
change settings and press ctrl+alt+c and to paste to all the others ctrl+alt+v
Save a frame in your ae project to export with layers and all to photoshop
Compositon - Save frame as.. - Photoshop layers
Convert photoshop text to editable text
right click and convert to editable text
Convert a shape layer to a bezier path
Right click on the shape path and convert to bezier path
Show all properties
Hold Ctrl as you click the drop down menu
Create a numbered marker
Hold shift + any number
Remove marker
Hold ctrl and click on each marker
Display expressions only
Hit ee
Copy expression only
right click the expression property - copy expression only
Pick-whip to a different comp
put the two timelines side by side and pick whip like normal
Change clip frame rate, fields, and aspect ratio right
click clip-interpret-main
Replace all instances of footage
right click-replace footage-file..
Zoom in
use middle mouse button
Zoom where mouse is
hold alt and middle mouse
Move to an area to focus on
hold space and move with mouse button
Resolution lower itself to be able to play quickly
click lightning bolt button on adaptive resolution
Trim comp to the work area
right click work area and click on clip to work area
Find an effect quick
go to the effects and presets pallette to the right
Change to color
Effect-color correction
Reset a parameter
right click and select reset
Toggle time code types
Hold Ctrl and click the time code
Set the work area to a layer
select layer and press Ctrl + Alt + B
Reset work area
double click work area
Set the beguining and end of comp
press B and N
Turn on motion blur for a clip or global
click bouncy ball next to layer or big bouncy ball button for global
Smoother key frame
click key frame and press F9
Increase range of key frames
select key frames and hold Alt while re sizing
Access key frames from effects
U brings up all properties with key frames and hit it twice to pop up all parameters changed
Resize layers in comp window
tillda key(next to number 1)
Put transparency on
click on checkerboard button in window bottom right
Solo layers
click bubbles next to eye button on layers
Link layers together
use parent to drag to the two layers, its the parent swirly button,
Add an adjustment layer
go to layer-new-adjustment layer
Make a background
go to layer-new-solid
Key out green or blue screen
effect-keying, keylight
Transparency
toggle transparency button by camera selection
Create custom shape mask
pen tool, everything outside gets cut off
What are transfer modes
different ways to blend with layers beneath it
Bring up transfer modes
f4
Show through anything that's white
Multiply
Show through anything that's black
Screen
What does Trkmat do
it allows you to add transparency to a layer that doesn't already have a transparent track
want trkmat overlay to be better
go to effects-color correction- curves
Replace something in the timeline
select a layer in the timeline, grab something else and hold ALT and drag on top of it.+
Alpha matte
is used for masks
Vinet, shape tool
draw shape around clip, subtract mask, mask feather, expand inward or outward
Bring up viewer or motion track for a clip
double click footage
Find motion tracking controls
go to Window-Tracker Controls
Move track point
click on inner sqaure and move around
inner track point square is
the track area to search for
Outer track point square is
the search area
Larger Search area
takes longer
For rotation tracking
put on same plane as others
analyze forward button to
process data in timeline
Track type for replacing something in footage choose
perspective corner pin
Use other point to track
drag track area to the area and then drag the point back to the position data
Have tracking edit target go to edit target and select layer then click apply
...
Make a comp from something in the current comp,
go to layer-precompose
Make something more realistic add a fast blur
go to effect-blur-fastblur
Create null object
go to layer-new-null object
What is a null object
used to store information
Show or hide masks
hit square with no left corner
Alt click to get more
info on property
Want a speed ramp
right click clip-time-enable time remapping
Toggle between camera tools
press c
Want a different view
click active camera change to view you want
Types of lights, spot light, point light, ambient light
points in a direction, light bulb from center, dont see and brightens everything up
Get 3d options
press a twice
Want stuff to go in and out of focus
turn depth of field on
View text animation preview
click arrow, browse presets
Create a hold keyframe
Ctrl + Alt + H
Snap to a keyframe as your scrub thorugh
hold shift
Toggle the title action safe zones
'
Toggle off live update
hold option as you scrub
Render other composisitons in the background
Ctrl + Enter
Graph Editor
Shift + F3
Auto bezier keyframe
Ctrl Click keyframe
Easy ease keyframes dont work well in which part of the animation
the middle
Change the anchor point of an object
double click the layer then click the drop down selection for anchor point
Edit anchor point in the comp
pan behind tool (y)
temperary tool
hold it while you use it
Specific values for position or anchor points
right click
Center a layer at 100% in the comp
Ctrl + /
Can't find bezia handle
hold G while dragging from the point
Preview only a certain window
Bottom left bottom of the layer
Fit in composition
Shift + /
Resize layer in comp
Ctrl + Alt + F
Graph editor sets
click on graph icon to the right of stopwatch
Move between keyframes
J and K
Move a range of a key frame in the graph editor
double click property and move bounding box
Convert vertex tool
Hold Alt and click on keyframe
Place a marker
*
Have an object rotate with a path
Ctrl + Alt + O
Paths should have close to same speed in the graph editer
select all keyframes then right click on a keyframe and click rove across time
Composition settings
Ctrl + K
Go back 10 frames
Shift + Page Up
Want clips to start at a certain point
have time marker there and press Alt + right bracket
Create an alapha channel in photoshop
Go to actions panal, click submenu and click video actions,
Reveal waveform
LL
Set a marker
asterisk (Ctrl + 8)
Set a number marker
hold Shift + Chosen #
Move between markers
J and K
Reveal levels in audio
L
Sequence layers
Go to animation - key frame assistant - sequence layers
Do a slip edit
Move cursor beyond the end of the frame and drag
Speed up a clip
Right click column header and stretch
Want people to be able to read something
be able to read it twice
Want time remapping
Shift + Ctrl + T
Convert audio to keyframes
animation-keyframe assistant-convert audio to keyframes
Want audio keyframes to specify bass and treble
go to effect-audio-bass and treble
Want a mouth to move to words
go to effect - distort - cc split
Want to give an effect an expression
hold alt as you click the stop watch
Linear expression
linear( pick wip, Min, Max, action Min, action Max)
Smooth out tons of key frames
Go to window - smoother
Motion sketch using puppet tool
hold ctrl while draging a point using puppet
Deselect all
F2
Go forward one frame
press 2
Preview from time frame
press .
Trim the endpoint or inpoint
hold alt { or }
Want an expression to be more exaggerated
type *(a number)
Free transform for a mask
Ctrl + T
Set up to export to after effects
group each layer and name it 01_copied name
Use scripts
go to edit-prefrences-general-allow scripts to wright files and restart
When you save diffrent art boards to import into after effects you should
go into each file and move a layer save it then press ctrl z and save
Scrub with music
hold Ctrl as you drag
When precomposing, you want only a certain section to be the composition size
go to a button below the viewer called region of intrest, then go to composition-crop comp to region of intrest
Hide layers after your done with them
toggle the shy button and global button
Create a draw on effect
Paint options are mode: normal Channel: alpha Duration: write on, have color white selected, go to effect controls, click paint on transparent then go to effect-channel-set matte
Reveal all paint strokes
press PP
Use Roto brush must be at full
resolution and at 100% magnification and needs to be in the layer panel
Refine the matte
go to the effect option and check it on
Make a mistake with Roto brush
do not undo it with another stroke, press ctrl z
Have roto brush propagate
go to effects contrl panel propagation- search region
Average shutter angle is
180 degrees
Using the puppet tool make sure
Mesh:show is checked
When using the puppet tool, set for how many triangles
500 on average or 1000 if fast computer
What the puppet tool expansion is used for
keeping things meshed together and finer control
Want illustrator artwork to be cleaner
right click layer, reveal layer source in project, interpret footage, more options, more accurate
Want to control in and out points of a shape
Toggle down, add, trim paths
Want to manualy change the graph motion
go to value graph
Want to use a trk matte
but the layer on top of the layer you wanna mask
When using the puppet tool get front priority by
use puppet overlap tool and select triangles
When using the puppet overlap tool how to get more triangles in the area
raise the extent option at the top
When using the puppet tool and move a pin it distorts, how to fix that
use the starch tool
Can't control with the puppet tool because object is using 2 different alphas
enclose the object in a mask and click outside the object, then switch the mask mode to off
When u want to use a track matte with a layer and then add effects
precompose the one layer and then add the track matte
When having trouble with render order
precompose with leave all atributes
Want the mini flow chart
quickly press shift
Want the project flow chart
click the icon with 3 boxes to the right of the comp window
Want an effect panel to stay
click the lock icon next to effect tab
Preserve the frame rate when nesting compositions
go into composition settings - advance - preserve frame rate
Make an expression for a atribute
hold option when you click the stopwatch
Add keyframe values to your expressions
in the code add + value
Use the pick whip tool on two attriburtes with different values
in experessions press the play icon - interpolation - 2nd one down - then imput the info in the code by replacing t values
Looping expression for going back and forth
loopOut("ping pong")
Expression for reapeat
loopout("cycle")
expression for add or subtract to where u left off
loopOut("offset")
Want a looping expression to only effect a certain range of keyframes
add a , loopOut("pingpong",1) the end shows include how many keyframes going back from the last keyframe
Want user interface tools for an expression
go to effect-expresion controls-?
you can use a _______ as a main controler for different layers with expressions
Null object
Connect sound to expressions
you need to convert the audio into key frames by going to animation-key frame assistance-convert audio to keyframes
Scroll throught pen tools
press g
Edit stroke or fill in a shape layer
double click the stroke or shape
Change the speed of a clip
right click source clip bar and select colmns stretch
Stretch is not working
go to effect time timewarp
Good plugins for timing
kronos 5, twixtor
Use wiggle
wiggle(# of wiggles per second, pixel area)
When animating in 3d for rotation you should animate
xyz rotation rather than orientation
Want a layer to orient to a path
Right click layer Transform auto orient....
When creating a camera for motion graphics go for ___mm
24 or 28
Keep the size of the layers when creating a camera for mm
50mm
Keep the point of intrest the same
hold ctrl as you move the position of the camera
When using a null object to pair a camera
have the nulls position at the point of intrest or go to layer-camera-create orbit null and turn 3d on for the null
If a layer looks skewed from an angle
select all layers then go to layer-transform-auto orient
Want something to always be in focus
select layer, shift click camera, layer-camera-link focus distance to layer
Create a light
layer-new-light
axis modes are
to the right of the pin with a 3d light
Change the color of a solid
Go to layer-solid settings
Find all missing files in project panel
go to the search bar and type missing
Preview blending modes
Hold Shift-+
Change the color of an illustrator file
go to effects generate fill or search fill
What folders do you want to create to organize
compositions, graphics, footage,
Clip a footage
hold Alt and a bracket
What is collapse transformations
its the continuously rasterized button for a comp
How to make a motion path using a mask
cut mask two and paste it on the position property
When using the puppet tool you want to
scale it first and position it
Two other ways to create a circle
use a mask on a solid, or generate a circle on a solid
When you want to add follow through to an animation
take last value /2 and make it the opposite like - to +
having problems with curving motion when you dont want it in 3d
select keyframes, animation, keyframe interpolation and change spatial to linear
Color correct using math
take color the object is minus the color values you want it to be and go to the effect levels indivdual
Good standard audio levels are
between -12 and -9
Preview audio
press .
Force something to have motion blur
search force motion blur in effects panal
for h.264 rendering
profile: high level: 5.1 vbr target5 max10
Want render to go faster without previewing
press caps lock
Rule of thirds
Things that are important compositional elements should be placed along these lines or intersections
Composition principles
balance, contrast, proximity, rhythm, emphasis, movement, variety, unity
Want something in the project panal to be moved to the top of the list
put a * at the beginning
When rendering a vbr whats target and max bitrate
5 and 10
The minimum time for a transition is
a half of a second or half of a frame
Double check check list
motion blur, anything too fast or slow, opacity not 0, check spelling, check audio levels