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It is where you create

What is a composition? all animation, layering,
and effects

What is the keyboard shortcut

to edit the composition Ctrl+K
settings?

The plugin Keylight, is used to Remove green from

do what green screen footage

An invisible layer that

has all the properties of
a visible layer so that it
What is a Null Object?
can be a parent to any
layer in the
composition

After Effects offers a flexible,

customizable work area. The
Application window
main window of the program
is called the
You can save custom
Window > Workspace
workspaces in after effect by
> New Workspace
choosing

To nest layers within a

Pre-composing
composition is called ?

What is a quick way to create

intermediate levels of nesting Pre-composing
in an existing hierarchy ?

To modify the transparency of

Opacity
a layer, reduce The

What is speeding up or
slowing down a layer in After Time stretching
Effects called?
What tracks the specified
range of bumpy movement and
Motion blur
then adjusts the layer anchor
point or rotation?

What would happen if the

It would play back the
capture speed is set to 50% of
motion at the same
motion sketch as in the given
speed as sketching
diagram?
speed
Which of the following is not a
Particle
type of layer in After Effects?

Which channel contains the

Alpha
transparency information?

What settings should be made

in the path text to shift the text
as in Figure A to thatas in Baseline shift
Figure B, in the given
diagram?
Which among the following is
not a type of mask and cannot Surface
be drawn?

What would be the outcome if

The effect will be
drop shadow effect is applied
imported and can be
in photoshop layer and then
edited in the After
files are imported into After
Effects control window
Effects?

Which among the following is

not a render effect? Blend
At least ________ layers
should be selected in order to Three
distribute layers.

Which of the following is not a

Line
shape type for Path text?

Which layer property has the

Position
preserve frame aspect ratio
feature?

Which among the following is

Setting additional
not the method to create a
remap keyframes
mask in After Effects?

When a color value is keyed

out, all pixels that have similar Color key
color become
What is the maximum number
of masks that can be applied to
a single layer in an After 127
Effects composition?

What would happen if the The feather extends

feather width is set to 25, using 12.5 pixels inside and
the mask feather property? 12.5 pixels outside the
mask edge
Which of the following layers
will be used for applying an Adjustment
effect to many layers at once?
What would be used to add
color to a background or create
Solid layer
simple graphic images using
mask and layer properties?
What is the standard sampling 44.100 Khz
rate for compact disc audio?

The process for

What does the term “nesting”
animating a still image
mean in After Effects?

__________ is used primarily

Keyframes
to create and control animation
in After Effects.

Page Down or
Which kye use go forward 1
Command+Right
frame?
Arrow
Color is an array of 4 values.
red, green, blue, alpha
What is the order?

It allows you to view

After Effects 3d layers
from any number of
What is a camera layer?
angles and distances
using layers called
cameras.

To animate any effects or

Keyframes
properties you need to use …

Which are Essentially

Composition
independent timeliness?

Which keys use set beginning

or end of work area to current B or N
time?
CTI stands for Current
Time Indicator, and it
What is CTI controls the time line
of the footage in the
composition panel.
 Graph editor can help
you to change the
What is graph editor? rotation speed and the
degree of rotation.

The quickest way to create a Rectangular/Elliptical

closed mask is tool

What tool would I use to Pen tool

create a path for my text?

To animate any effects or

Keyframes
properties I need to use ...

Adobe After Effects is a Vector-based

powerful application which transitions
creates all of these except...
The Ntsc Timecode Format In
Drop Frame Timecode
Which 2 Frame Counts Are
Skipped Per Minute Is Called:
What Is The Name Of The
Scale
Property To Increase Or
Decrease The Footage Size ?

29.97 frames per

What Is The Standard Frame
second
Rate For Ntsc Television?

Computer Generated
CGI stands for Imagery

In VFX terminology, a
perspective shift means
that the camera reveals
What is Perspective Shift in
different parts or areas
VFX?
of an object as the
camera moves

What is the most important

part of successful green screen The shade of green
photography?

Which of the following is

Chroma key
another name for green screen
photography
photography?
 Hold Alt and click on
Stopwatch for Position
How to Create the Wiggle
property, then type
Effect in after effects?
wiggle (6,8)

Quick Access to Composition

Press Control+ K
Settings

How to Create a New Solid

Control + Y
Layer

How to Set Render Regions

Use the B & N buttons

How to Split a Layer Control + Shift + D

To quickly pre-compose a Ctrl + Shift + C

layer or set of layers

Open the New project in after

Ctrl+Alt+N
effects?

To Trim Composition to work

Ctrl+Shift+X
area
Go forward 10 frames in After Shift+Page Down
Effects?

Show Refine Edge X-ray in

Alt+X
After Effects?

Import one file or image Ctrl+I

sequence in After Effects?

Activate Roto Brush tool in

Alt+W
After Effects?

Activate Pan Behind tool in

“Y”
After Effects?

Create a New adjustment layer Ctrl+Alt+Y

in After Effects?
To Scale and reposition
selected layers to fit Ctrl+Alt+F
composition in After Effects?
Which codec is optimized for H.264
playback across the internet.?

Activate Pan Behind tool in

“Y”
After Effects.?
Create a New adjustment layer Ctrl+Alt+Y
in After Effects_?
Go forward 10 frames in After Shift+Page Down
Effects.?
When a color value is keyed
out, all pixels that have similar
Color key
color become transparent.
What is this technique called.?
What is the keyboard shortcut
to edit the composition Ctrl+K
settings.?
which file format does After
Effects automatically convert
GIF
empty area in to an alpha
channel.?

What would happen if the

It would play back the
capture speed is set to 50% of
motion at the same
motion sketch as in the given
speed as sketching
diagram____?
speed

Which of the following is not a

Line
shape type for Path text.?
 Cutting out the bad
Editing is the process of parts
Adding new clips

Trim Paths is a tool in

Adobe After
Effects that allows you
to make precise
adjustments to shape
Where is trim paths in After layer paths.
Effects?

What is the keyboard shorcut

H
for the hand tool?

What term describes

Alpha
transparency?
If I wanted to adjust the anchor
point of an object on the
Pan behind tool
composition window I would
use which tool?
From inside After Effects, you
choose File > Browse in
Bridge, which opens Adobe
Bridge. You have used Labels
in Bridge to select several Select All and press
photographs. After using Filter Enter
> Labels to view just your
chosen images, which is the
most efficient, correct way to
import these images into After
Effects at once?
An Illustrator logo has been
imported multiple times into
the Project panel, and these
Choose File >
have been used in multiple
Dependencies >
compositions. You want to
Consolidate All
ensure that all instances of the
Footage
logo in all compositions
reference one single footage
item. What should you do?
You have imported an Footage
interlaced footage item and
separated its fields in its
Interpret Footage dialog.
Which panel or viewer allows
you to step through the
individual fields?
You want to scale a layer
interactively in the Drag any handle, then
Composition panel while press the Shift key after
maintaining the original image you start dragging
aspect ratio of the layer. What
should you do?
Which shortcut keys are used
to set the start time and end
B and N
time the work area of a
composition?
You have two overlapping
layers in a composition, with
nothing behind them. The
Opacity parameter for both
layers has been set to 50%. 0.75
The blending mode for the
layers is set to Normal. What
is the resulting opacity for the
area where they overlap?
You have applied a light rays
effect, and notice color
banding in the rays during Increase the color
preview. What are the two depth in the Project
most effective ways to reduce Settings
this banding?
You have a composition with
multiple 3D layers, and a 3D
light with a Type of Spot and
Cone Angle
Falloff set to Smooth. Which
two light parameters controls
which layers will be
illuminated at full value?
You have a layered Photoshop
file that contains a layer with
text. You import it into After
Effects as a composition. In
This layer has been
this resulting composition, you
converted to pixels in
select the layer with the text,
Photoshop
and attempt to choose Layer >
Convert to Editable Text, but
the menu is grayed out. Which
is the most likely reason?
You have created a shape
layer, and enabled its 3D Set the Renderer to
Layer switch. What must you Ray-traced 3D
do before extruding and
beveling this shape layer?
 While you are on the
composition panel, by
What is the key that will help pressing apostrophe (!)
you to know, how much area key will show you the
will cut out from the footage? area that will cut out
from the footage.

Which window is used to

Character Palette
control text properties?

What type of object creates a

single-color layer for use as a Solid
backdrop?
What is the shortcut to Ctrl (Cmd) + Shift + C
Precompose?
When rendering out my
Active Camera
projects, what "view" will
After Effects render out?
Which tool moves the
viewpoint rather than the Camera
picture?
When automating particles, Birth Size and Death
which two features control the Size
start and end size?
What is the size of PAL 720/576
D1/DV Square pixel

Alt+Click the
How do you add an expression
Stopwatch of the
to a layer’s property?
property

Which of these most

Change Over Time
accurately defines the term
"Animation" in After Effects?
What is the tool for fine-tuning
Finer Edge tool
the edge of a Roto Brush
selection?
What's the easiest and fastest
way to add complex animation Text animators
to a text object?

Uses RGB to describe

What is a Normal Map? the direction of the
surface
If more than one layer has an
audio track enabled, rendering Mix all audio tracks.
a preview will ___
While working with the Light
tool, if the shadows are facing Invert X/Y
the wrong way what feature
must be used?

What does the Specular Creates a glossy shine

Feature do? to the light

What type of object acts as an

invisible layer and is used to
Adjustment Layer
apply effects to everything
visible below it?
Which camera setting DOES
NOT effect the Depth of One or Two Node
Field?

What tools is used to correct

Exposure
gamma?

What does Motion Tracking Follows the movement

do? of an object in a scene.
Which of these can you enable OpenGL
to help speed up a render?

What area sets/shows exact

Position
coordinates?

"Repeat Edge Pixels"

How is the black created from
button
the blur effect cleared?

What shortcut is used to show

U
all properties having
animation?
To create a Halo light effect on
a surface, what feature might Rim Light
you adjust?
What is the keyboard shorcut Cmd / Ctrl + P
for puppet tool?

What is the shortcut to make Ctrl (Cmd) + Alt

an object 'Fit to Comp Size'? (Option) + F

A 2D Layer’s Rotation
translates to which property of Rotation of the Z Axis
a 3D Layer?
What does the Orbit Camera Adjusts 3D viewing
tool do?
What category of effects
would be used to shape, bend Distort
or otherwise deform a layer?
Color Depth is also known as Bit Depth
what?
What is the feature that can be Shadow/ Highlight
used to get rid of shadows?

What does the "Stabilize Control tracking points

Motion" feature do?
Adobe After Effects CC can After Effects cannot
import and manipulate 3D import 3D objects from
models (3D objects) in several PSD files
popular formats.
What is the shortcut of Erase Ctrl+B
in Adobe After Effects?

How can you quickly zoom to

Trim the section
a specific section of the
between the markers,
timeline in the composition
then double click
window?
What is the limit for a Three Hours
composition duration?

What is the keyboard shorcut

Q
for the shape tool?

What do the numbers in the

12 per/sec for 25 units
expression wiggle (12,25)
mean?
ctrl + m
what is the shortcut to render

What is the shortcut for

AA
Material Options?

What does the "Z" axis Depth

control?

Which of these tools can be

Light
used to cast shadows?