Adobe After Effects is a professional software program used to create and manipulate visual content, specializing in motion graphics, digital visual effects (VFX), and compositing. It allows users to add effects, animate text and graphics, and composite different layers of video, images, and audio over time using a layer-based, timeline approach. It is developed by Adobe Inc.; it is used for animation and in the post-production process of film making, video games and television production.
Demonstration project.
Learned the basics of Adobe After Effects. Utilized layers, SFX, and text to create video.
Learned how to utilize key frames to animate car blinker; learned about text effects and used video effects such as Radial Blur to enhance video.
Utilized shape tool to overlay color onto image to create a 'flashing' effect whilst utilizing video effects and text presets.
Utilized Graph Editor to edit keyframes to scale and change position of text and images, causing animation, utilized grids to find safe margins to center and position text.
Learned about importing Illustrator files, turning those into Vector Shapes, and utilizing Rotation keyframes to spin images around.
Played around with Bezier position keyframes to create curved movement.
Used position keyframes to make text come out side by side.
Utilized track matte to create a 'coming out of thin air' effect.
Used anchor point keyframes and scale keyframes to zoom in onto text.
Learned how to map specific colors with expressions and pick whips, how to map images to paths to 'route' it, and working with shape layers and duplicating elements to create stars.