Adobe After Effects - Manual (Page 2)

Contents
What’s new 1 ...................................................................................................................................................
New feature summary (Dec 2013) 2 ..........................................................................................................................................
Workspace and workflow 6 ..............................................................................................................................
Setup and installation 7 .............................................................................................................................................................
General user interface items 8 ...................................................................................................................................................
Workflows 12 .............................................................................................................................................................................
Dynamic Link and After Effects 16 .............................................................................................................................................
Workspaces, panels, and viewers 20 ........................................................................................................................................
Sync Settings 26 ........................................................................................................................................................................
Planning and setup 29 ...............................................................................................................................................................
Working with After Effects and other applications 33 ................................................................................................................
Keyboard shortcuts reference 39 ...............................................................................................................................................
After Effects keyboard shortcuts 60 ...........................................................................................................................................
Preferences 61 ..........................................................................................................................................................................
Modify keyboard shortcuts 65 ....................................................................................................................................................
Projects and compositions 66 ..........................................................................................................................
Projects 67 .................................................................................................................................................................................
Precomposing, nesting, and pre-rendering 71 ...........................................................................................................................
Composition basics 77 ...............................................................................................................................................................
Timecode and time display units 84 ..........................................................................................................................................
Importing footage 87 ........................................................................................................................................
Importing and interpreting footage items 88 ..............................................................................................................................
Importing and interpreting video and audio 102 ........................................................................................................................
Preparing and importing 3D imagefiles 107 ...............................................................................................................................
Working with footage items 111 .................................................................................................................................................
CINEMA 4D and Cineware 117 .................................................................................................................................................
Importing from After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro 123 .......................................................................................................
Preparing and importing still images 128 ...................................................................................................................................
Layers and properties 136 ...............................................................................................................................
Creating layers 137 ....................................................................................................................................................................
Selecting and arranging layers 142 ...........................................................................................................................................
Managing layers 151 .................................................................................................................................................................
Layer properties 157 ..................................................................................................................................................................
Blending modes and layer styles 167 ........................................................................................................................................
3D layers 174 .............................................................................................................................................................................
Cameras, lights, and points of interest 180 ...............................................................................................................................
Views and previews 191 ..................................................................................................................................
Previewing 192 ..........................................................................................................................................................................
Modifying and using views 203 ..................................................................................................................................................
Animation and Keyframes 208 .........................................................................................................................
Animation basics 209 .................................................................................................................................................................
Setting, selecting, and deleting keyframes 213 .........................................................................................................................
Editing, moving, and copying keyframes 217 ............................................................................................................................
Assorted animation tools 223 ....................................................................................................................................................
Tracking and stabilizing motion 231 ..........................................................................................................................................
Speed 246 .................................................................................................................................................................................