Adobe After Effects CS5 – The Transform Set of Animations
by Tom Womack –
One of the things that make After Effects animation a little easier is that their design places five basic attributes in a ‘Transform’ set that is common to all After Effects objects. Having this common ground makes the terrain a bit more familiar and helps your plan your design.
Every object in After Effects has this same set of attributes under the ‘Transform’ group: ‘Anchor Point, Position, Scale, Rotation, and Opacity’. All of these attributes appear with the stop watch icon to their left which means they can all be animated. As you discover new…
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by Tom Womack -
The timeline options in After Effects add special design management features. While you might manually edit a layer timeline duration, using the duration/stretch control panel lets you make precise edits. If you want to synchronize layers or set precise timing, using this editable control feature is the tool of choice.
Like many edits in After Effects, manual tools are provided so you can make these edits visually. However, if you look at lower left of your timeline panel tools, you see three icons we’ll visit later but for now, the third icon on the far right,…
