After Effects
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- PP works with tracks.AE works with layers.Multiple clips exist in PP.One clip in AE.
- AE is intended to work with defined durations. AE does not attempt real time playback, it buffers clips to RAM memory as a file.
- Keyframes?Key framing is about generating changes overtime, There must be a minimum of two keyframes set to generate an animation or change.
- Property?Any value that can be keyframed or adjusted. Properties are specific characteristics of layers: EX. Position, scale, rotation, opacity.
- Layers?Building blocks of After effects. A composition is mad eof layers, they contain the individual elements such as video, still images, text and more.
- Time code?Used to identify individual frames by hours.minutes.seconds.frames
- Render?The means by which a video file is created to playback outside of adobe suite.
- Alpha channel?Defines where the transparent areas of a frame are revealing layers beneath.
- if you import a file as footage, After Effects automatically flattens the layers; however, if you choose to import it as a composition, the file is converted into a new composition in After Effects and the application imports each layer as an individual footage item so that they can be animated separately.
- After effects saves RAM to a separate file and buffers the playback. Premiere pro plays it in real time.
- New composition from footage
- Play in the timeline loaded into RAM
- Import
- Add a graphic file
- Animate with Opacity, Position, Scale, Rotation. Add keyframes
Animating layers- Under transform turn on 3D space
- Key frame this space
- Right-click> Replace with After Effects composition. Any changes in AE will auto-appear in PP but wont play without rendering.
- To render from the menu bar choose Sequence and your preferred Render option. If the AE Comp is selected, choose Render Selection. Right Click on the AE Comp and choose Edit Original to go back into AE to make further changes; do not Replace With... again or you will have a second file