After Effects Introduction Tutorial
After Effects Introduction Tutorial
Tutorial I
CONTENTS 01 Get Started with AE 03 Create Animation
-Solid layer
-System requirement
-Scale
-Workspaces -Position
-Opacity
-Rotate
02 Work with Composition
-Setup composition 04 Render & Export
01
Get Started
with AE
Minimum System Requirements For After Effects
For Windows
Minimum System Requirements For After Effects
For macOS
Workspace Composition Panel
place for building your graphics
This is an opened project file example
Preview Panel
Project Panel preview video, use
import and organize
shortcuts spacebar
all assets to preview.
Timeline
displays layers of the
currently loaded
composition
02
Work with
Composition
Create A Composition
3. Typesetting:
Select the Type tool, then
click and drag to create a
text input area.
3. Typesetting: Turn on the guide, use shortcuts ‘ (single quotation mark) to show the safety area.
Then refer to the following layout to set the text.
Animate with Transform Options
6. Scaling Animation:
To smooth the movement,
use the Selection tool (black
arrow), drag and draw a
selection of the two
keyframes, then right click,
choose Keyframe Assistant
> Easy Ease.
Animate with Transform Options
6. Scaling Animation:
Add “Motion Blur”by check
the motion blur box.
Animate with
Transform Options
7. Dynamic Movement with
Graph Editor:
To add some excitement to
animation, access the "Graph
Editor" located at the top right
of the timeline.
8. Preview:
To check the animation, press
Spacebar or click the play
button on the Preview panel.
Animate with Transform Options
9. Position Animation:
Animate the word "MY" as it enters the
scene.
Transform Options
11. Rotation Animation:
Choose the “IS” layer and adjust its length to
start near the last keyframe of “MY” layer.
• Render Queue is best for exporting a • Adobe Media Encoder takes a snapshot
high-quality version of your composition of your timeline, so you can continue
for final delivery or as an intermediate working in After Effects while your
file before encoding to a compressed composition renders in the background.
delivery format. Adobe Media Encoder can also encode to a
wide variety of media types and offers
dozens of presets for specific purposes.
Export via Render Queue
3. It will automatically
open the Adobe Media
Encoder.