Friday, April 24, 2015

Notes for AE

          1. For the first tutorial it is mainly about understanding how to navigate After Effects. How to create projects, folders, and how to save. It shows how AE can import and export files, and also how to change AE settings. This tutorial shows you what each individual word on the menu bar does. It shows you all the tools, and how to change between them. It shows you where everything is, like the toolbar, layers, etc. It shows how to move and use functions with the files you import into AE. It shows you how to change the render settings of a project. 

           2. In this tutorial I learned how to animate objects. I learned how to animate not only using the transform tool, but also with the scale, opacity,  and many others. I learned how use the mask tool, and how to add effects to objects, and how to make objects children and parents of each other. I also learned how to use keying tools, and how to use transfer modes.

            3. In the third tutorial I learned how to change, resize, and merge workspace windows. I also learned how use motion tracking. Also it teaches how to use the 3D controls, and how to cast shadows of from objects in After Effects.