After Effects Basics Tutorial for beginners using After Effects CC 2020, created by Drew Kocak. I've been asked to make a tutorial covering the basics of After Effects many times in the past. Finally got around to it :). Enjoy!
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:45 General User Interface
1:35 How to Import Files
1:58 How to Create a Composition
2:44 Adding and Adjusting Layers
3:54 How to use Create and Use Adjustment Layers
4:26 Using Precompositions to Clean Up Your Timeline
6:22 Duplicating and Splitting Layers
6:44 The Golden Four Keyboard Shortcuts
7:13 Basic Keyframe Animation
8:46 Basic Time Remapping
10:31 Basic Masking
11:45 Bonus: Useful Effects You'll Want To Learn
12:56 How To Export Your Composition
13:42 Outro
KEYBOARD SHORTCUT CHEAT SHEET
b: move start of work area to playhead
n: move end of work area to playhead
[ : move beginning of layer to playhead
] : move end of layer to playhead
space: start video preview
alt + [ : trim beginning of clip to playhead
alt + ] : trim end of clip to playhead
alt + rightarrow: move forward one frame
alt + leftarrow: move back one frame
ctrl + D: duplicate layer
ctrl + shift + d: split layer
p: position
s: scale
r: rotation
t: opacity
g: pen tool
m: mask path
f: mask feather
u: open all keyframed properties
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