OUAN603 - Extended Practice: After Effects Refresher

OUAN603 - Extended Practice:

After Effects Refresher

- Don't rely wholly on After Effects for whole sequences! (Create a new composition for each shot, put together in Premiere to save on a horrid build-up of layers and long render times!) This makes it easier to control and see exactly where you're at without having a muddled timeline of bits of bobs. Don't edit in After effects!

- Don't bring Photoshop files in as footage, bring in as composition so that AE does not flatten the layers of your artwork.

- Don't forget! Lighting is really important in AE and brings the last touches of a 3D layer together and gives it more realism!

- Seperate bits of an image (i.e. background) onto different layers so that you can create a parallax effect in AE. Label eveything for ease of use and stay well organised!

- Maximum layer size is 10,000x10,000 pixels in AE, so try not to be too ambitious with backgrounds.


Here's a wacky little test I did just to check out some of the features (even though I've previously made animations in After Effects, it's still really fun and educational to mess about with it sometimes as you often learn new things from playing around)!

https://vimeo.com/154998730