Adobe After Effects 5.0- P5

Adobe After Effects 5.0- P5: AdobeAfter Effects5.0 provides the core 2D and 3D tools for compositing, animation,and effects that motion-graphics professionals, Web designers, and video professionalsneed. After Effects is widely used for digital post-production of film, motion graphics,video multimedia, and the Web.
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Adobe After Effects 5.0- P5 ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS 5.0 109 Classroom in a Book3 Using the same process, drag Layer 3 to the right side of the composition frame.4 Continue to select each layer and drag it so that the layers overlap at various positionsin the composition frame: left, right, center, left-middle, right-middle, and so forth. Theexact position coordinates are not important.5 Change the In points for the layers so that they enter the composition at different timesbetween 0:00 and 7:00, using either of the following techniques:• Drag the duration bars (being careful to drag the colored area of the bar, not its ends)while watching the In point display in the Info palette.• Open the In/Out panel in the Timeline window and type In values for each layer.110 LESSON 2 Building Elements from Squares The sample movie used the In point settings shown in the illustration below, but you do not have to match these exactly. 6 In the Modes panel, make sure that Screen is selected for each of the 13 layers. 7 Preview the animation and save the project. Rendering the BoxLightsLine movie Now you are ready to render the long line of box lights. 1 Close the BoxLights Line Comp in the Composition, Timeline, and Effect Controls windows. 2 In the Project window, select the BoxLights Line Comp and choose Composition > Make Movie. 3 In the Output Movie To dialog box, type BoxLightsLine.mov in Name and specify the _mov folder inside the AE_CIB job folder. Then click Save. The Render Queue opens, with BoxLights Line Comp as the fifth item in the queue, following the other four compo- nents you rendered in this lesson. ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS 5.0 111 Classroom in a Book4 In Render Settings, select Best Settings.Note: If you reset the work area for this composition, be sure to select Length of Comp in TimeSpan.5 In Output Module, select Custom to open the Output Module Settings dialog box, andselect the following settings:• In Format, select QuickTime Movie.• Select Import into Project When Done.6 Click Format Options to open the Compression Settings dialog box and selectAnimation and Millions of Colors; then click OK.7 Click OK to close the Output Module Settings dialog box, and then save the projectagain.8 Click Render.When rendering is complete, close the Render Queue. The BoxLightsLine.mov appears inthe Project window. Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and double-click themovie to open it in the After Effects Player. Then press 0 (zero) on the numeric keypad toRAM preview, or press the spacebar to play the rendered movie.112 LESSON 2 Building Elements from Squares You now have three more movie files (elements) that you’ll use in the final composition: the Squares01.mov, the LensFlare.mov, and the BoxLightsLine.mov, all of which are stored in your _mov folder. In the final project, these elements will serve as subtle textural elements in the background, helping to suggest the high-technology environment of the client’s product line. Congratulations—you have completed Lesson 2! Note: To save storage space, you can now delete the sample files for this lesson from the Sample_Movies and Finished_Projects folders in your AE_CIB job folder. Your own work is safely stored in other folders in your AE_CIB job folder. You’ll need those files later, so be sure that you delete only the sample files, not the source files or the files you created.3 Animating Circles This is your chance to work with more new features in After Effects 5.0: drawing masks right in the Composition window and creating expressions by a simple trick of dragging. Expressions define relation- ships between layer properties that make it incredibly easy to program synchro- nized movements and transformations, so you get great-looking results with very little effort.116 LESSON 3 Animating Circles In this lesson, you’ll learn to do the following: • Use mask tools to create paths • Resize masks • Apply and animate the Stroke effect • Create different types of lines b ...