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Enable autosave in After Effects by going to edit, preferences, general, and set autosave to save every 20 minutes with up to five versions at a custom location.

Master the header area and project hierarchy in Adobe After Effects, create a new project, and set up a welcome hd 1920x1080 composition at 25 fps.

Explore Adobe after effects 2022 basics by creating a background solid and welcome text, adjusting layer order, applying a glow effect, and using masks and tools in a 2D composition.

Explore how to manage the project area in after effects: import sources, create compositions from footage, organize with folders and columns, rename items, search, and relocate missing files.

Navigate the preview area by switching between composition and layer views. Use controls for zoom, title and action safe, grids, rulers, mask toggle, preview time, snapshot, resolution, transparency, and exposure.

Navigate right side preview in after effects, use shortcuts to preview video and audio, adjust the work area, and tweak frame rate, skipping, and quality for faster previews.

Explore applying effects and presets on the right, search glow, and style text with paragraph and character tools—font, size, color, stroke, and leading—plus content aware fill and 3d tracking.

Navigate the composition area basics, using bottom-left controls, the search bar for layers and properties, visibility and audio toggles, solo and lock, renaming, modes, and pick whip linking.

Master the after effects timeline by adjusting the work area, trimming the composition, and using markers to navigate key points. Split layers with Ctrl+Shift+D and undo changes with Ctrl+Z.

Create and animate text in After Effects using basic transformation options. Set up a project, adjust position, scale, rotation, and opacity, and apply keyframes for a fly-by title sequence.

create a fly-by title sequence by animating 3D text with z-position and opacity keyframes, applying gradient background and glow, syncing with swoosh audio, and mastering render and export settings.

Export a video sequence from After Effects using the mov container. Compare QuickTime mov and AVI, and queue multiple render outputs while preserving render settings.

Use Adobe Media Encoder with After Effects and Premiere Pro to render in mp4 with h.264 (8.264), manage a render queue, and watch folders for automated conversions.

Discover import options in Adobe After Effects for video formats (avi, mp4, mov), audio (mp3, wav), and image formats (png, jpeg), image sequences, 3D models, and converting unsupported formats.

Create a 3d mobile phone from two 2d images and animate the screen independently in After Effects, exploring a spontaneous project that builds a solution-oriented workflow.

Create a front view in After Effects by freezing a frame. Render as JPEG or PNG with alpha channel to preserve transparency, and proceed to the back view.

Sync and align the phone's backside with its front view in After Effects, using pre composition, a generate fill effect, and opacity and scale to reveal a three dimensional look.

Combine back, front, and mid compositions in a 4k 29.97 project, enable 3D and collapse transformations, then set front at z -2 and back at z 80 to render phone.

Learn to use color correction and brightness to darken side details, manage collapsed transformations with pre compositions and masks, and prepare the final mobile model to fly in 3D space.

Use a linear expression in After Effects to map a slider value, dismissing changes below 40 and triggering scale on hits around 50, with 0–100 to 0–100 or 0–200 mappings.

Link the music data to text and glow effects by centering the anchor point, aligning the text, and using linear expressions to drive glow radius and threshold on beat hits.

Learn to animate text in After Effects 2022 using keyframes to change words at beat moments. Apply time and wiggle expressions to create dynamic motion that syncs with music.

Learn how to use greenscreen in after effects to place yourself in a Caribbean setting, apply the key light technique, and refine with masking, color correction, and multi-layer composites.

Explore the roto brush tool, cutting a subject without a green screen and placing the person on its own layer to add text, shadows, and multi-clip effects.

Explore blending modes to combine a solid and texture, try multiply, screen, overlay, and soft light, and apply color correction for a cinematic poster.

Learn how to build the course image from multiple assets in After Effects, using masks, roto brush, color corrections, and 3D layering to blend logos, photos, and textures.

Learn to use the 3D camera tracker to integrate text into a landscape, replace objects in scenes, remove people or a boat, and animate bank birds flying in space.

Use 3d camera tracker to place text on a drone shot by defining a grass plane with three points, align the text, set the anchor below, and rotate 90 degrees.

Learn to integrate 3D text into a drone shot by using a point light and a shadow catcher, guided by 3D camera tracker for realistic shadow placement in After Effects.

Place a second text in the drone shot by turning it into a 3d layer, adjust position and rotation, then fly through with a stroked border.

Master content aware fill in after effects 2022 to remove a boat and replace water, using masks, png sequences, and layered adjustments for seamless motion.

Create a 3D levitation scene in After Effects using a camera tracker to position multiple 3D bills with varied Z and rotations, while syncing audio for a dynamic sequence.

Animate a 3d levitating bill inside a poker case by keyframing position, masking the path, animating rotation, and applying motion blur and color correction to blend 2d and 3d layers.

Learn to use time remapping in After Effects to create a brake effect for a car scene, adjusting velocity with keyframes and the speed graph in the graph editor.

Learn to coordinate layers in After Effects by syncing audio with remapped car and person footage, creating crash compositions, and timing adjustments for realistic audio-visual alignment.

Isolate the person by freezing a frame and using the roto brush tool for a precise cut, then refine the mask across frames to keep only the person.

Create a brake light with a red solid, mask, feather, apply glow, and animate its position to follow the car; add skid marks for both wheels using masks.

Create a glass shatter effect in After Effects using CC Particle World to generate three-dimensional glass shards that burst from a windshield, with motion blur and floor bounce.

Create smoke on the car hood by adding a new solid and fractal noise, lower the contrast, and animate evolution, mask expansion, position, and opacity for smoke behind the car.