Adobe After Effects - Manual (Page 427)

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View an effect control point
To view an effect control point in the Layer panel, choose the effect name from the View menu at the bottom of the Layer panel.
To view an effect control point in the Composition panel, select the effect name in the Timeline panel or Effect Controls panel.
To view effect control points in the Composition panel, select Show Layer Controls in the View menu and select Effect Controls in View
Options (View > View Options).
Move an effect control point
In the Composition panel or Layer panel, drag the effect control point .
In the Effect Controls panel, click the effect control point button ; then, in the Composition or Layer panel, click where you want the effect
control point.
In the Timeline or Effect Controls panel, drag or enter values for the x and y coordinates for the effect control point as you would to modify
any other property.
Randomness and random seeds
Because true randomness is not repeatable, many effects simulate randomness by using a calculation that generates seemingly random results
for each value of a Random Seed property. Multiple instances of the same effect give the same results if all of their settings—including the
Random Seed property values—are the same. This allows you to get predictable, deterministic results, while still achieving the appearance of
randomness.
Changing the Random Seed value doesn’t make things more or less random; it only makes them seem random in a different way.
You can add randomness to any property with the expressions in the Random Numbers category.
Animation preset list
This section provides a list of animation presets included with the full version of After Effects CS5, and later.
Animation presets marked with an asterisk (*) are included in the package of additional animation presets provided by Adobe on the Adobe
After Effects Exchange . These additional animation presets use shape layers and the per-character 3D text animation features introduced in After
Effects CS3.
For information about using, browsing, and previewing animation presets, see Animation presets overview and resources .
Backgrounds
Apparition
Blocks
Cinders
Circuit
Cosmic Power
Creepy
Curtain
Deep Tissue
Fog Lights
Germs
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