Adobe After Effect - Graphic Design

• Components
  • Menu Bar
    • File
    • Edit
    • Composition
    • Layer
    • Effect
    • Animation
    • View
    • Window
  • Tool Bar
  • Composition
  • Pallets
  • Timeline
    • Folders Area
    • Sliding Area
• Others
  • Theory
  • Tricks
  • Steps

Components

Menu Bar

File

• New
  • New Project
• Open Project
• Import
  • Files (ctrl + I)

Edit

Composition

• New Composition (ctrl + N) => Dialog-Box appears
  • Composition Name => Write name of your composition
  • Preset
    • HDTV 1080 25 => HD Resolution at 25 Frames per/second
  • Resolution
    • Full
  • Duration
  • Background Color
    • Exports only in Black

Layer

• New
  • Solid (ctrl + Y)

Effect

Animation

View

Window

• Workspace
  • Default
• Audio (ctrl + 4)
  • Voice Level => -6 to -12 => 0 is Highest
  • Increase/Decrease the Audio by the Middle bar
• Character
• Paragraph

Tool Bar

• Selection Tool (V)
• Horizontal Type Tool (ctrl + T)
• Project Panel
  • Bottom Bar
    • Create a New Folder
  • Tricks
    • Double-click => To Import files
    • Create a new Composition
      • ctrl + I => Import File <=* Double Click
      • Select the File > Right-Click > Create Composition from Selection

Composition

• Bottom Bar
  • Resolution
• Tricks
  • Drag-Drop a File here to add it to Composition
  • ctrl + Mouse Wheel => Zoom In/Out

Pallets

• Info
• Audio

Timeline

Folders Area

• Right-click on Component Panel
  • Close Panel
  • Composition Settings
• Top Bar
  • Collapse Transformation/ Continuously Rasterize
    • Click on the First Layer and Drag down to enable it for all
• Bottom bar
• Tricks

Sliding Area

• Top Bar
• Bottom bar
• Tricks

Others

Theory

Tricks

Steps

• Motion Tracking
• Editing Template
  • Download the Template => Aedownload.com
    • Unzip the Folder
    • Open required file in After Effects
  • Double-click on text to Edit it
• Iron Man Hologram Effect
  • New Composition > Insert File > Add to Timeline
  • Trim the Unwanted video
    • Right Click > Trim
  • Place Video as you want
    • Transform > Move xy
  • Pen Tool
    • Mask the Face out
    • Masks > Mask 1 (Track mask)
    • Face Tracking (Outline only)
    • Track Selected mask
  • Import Effect Video
    • Change blend mode to Add
    • Select Pre compose
    • Select Track Camera
    • 3d Camera Tracker (Red circle will appear)
    • Left Click on Circle > Right Click > Create solid camera
    • Select Pre compose > Select leave all > Ok
  • Copy composition to
  • Create 3d Effect
• Clone Effect of Human
  • Import video > Set composition
    • Right-click > Trim comp to work area
  • Select Pan behind tool > Choose the part which you will use as background
    • Edit > Duplicate
    • Right-click > Time > Freeze Frame
    • Place it below > Rename it to "Background"
  • Repeat step 2 and select the "Body" for the 2nd last layer
    • Select Pen tool (G) > Click on Solo mode on this layer
    • Cut the Human figure
    • Click "F" and set Feather to 5
    • Deselect Solo mode
  • Right-click > Effect > Blur & Sharpen > Fast Box Blur
    • Iteration = 15
    • Blur Dimensions = Horizontal
    • Hide Layer 1
    • alt + Left-click on Blur radius stopwatch
    • Type expression "wiggle(12,25)"
    • Set blur to "3"
  • Un-click Hide Layer for 1
    • Use Pan Behind tool > Select the part from where you start to end
    • Duplicate and Freeze and Rename
    • Drag it at last layer and Hide it
  • Select 1st Layer
    • Effects > Keying > Difference Matte
    • Enable Solo mode
    • Difference Layer = 1st Layer, Matching Tolerance = 4 (Background should not be seen)
    • Effect > Matte > Matte Choker
• Use Illustrator File
  • Import File
    • Import As = Composition * Retain Layers Sizes