AFTER EFFECTS KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

For the complete list of Adobe After Effects CS5 shortcuts: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/aftereffects/cs/using/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103a9d3c597-7987a.html

Workspace ~ (tilde) up/down Ctrl+Q Ctrl+D Alt-DoubleClick F3 ESC Ctrl+N Ctrl+K Ctrl+S Shift Key Frame + Animation I O B N U UU F9 spacebar Shift With Selected Layer A P S R T Shift Acronyms CTI SDTV / HDTV Current Time Indicator Standard Definition TV / High Definition TV anchor point position scale rotate opacity bring up multiple parameters at once Beginning Clip (in) End Clip (out) Beginning of Work Area End Work Area Properties that have keyframes applied All parameters that have changed from default Toggle Linear vs Bezier Key Frame Start or Stop standard preview (in RAM preview) Scale uniformly Work in Full Screen mode on selected Panel Cycle through menus Quit Duplicate selected layers, masks, effects, text selectors, animators, puppet meshes, shapes, render items, output modules, or compositions Go to referenced object (i.e. composition) Toggle SubPanels Interrupt running a script New composition Open composition settings Save as Snap right/left + up/down

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AFTER EFFECTS INTRODUCTION

For online tutorial of basic Adobe After Effects CS5: http://www.videocopilot.net/basic/ http://library.creativecow.net/tutorials/adobeaftereffectsbasics 1. After Effects Basics Layout, Palettes, Menus, Workspaces >> Importing Media >> Composition + Video Settings >> Adding Media to Timeline >> Scrubbing >> Render Composition Import 1. 2. 3. Media: File -> Import -> File Double Click in Project Window Right Click in Project Window -> Import -> File

Right Click on Footage: 1. Footage Properties: Interpret Footage -> Main 2. Replace Footage -> File 3. Reload Footage 2. Keyboard Shortcuts + Video Settings

3. File Management Footage, Images, Compositions >> Folders and Subfolders 4. Importing Images Images in sequence import as footage 5. Creating Solids Layer Menu -> Solid -> Allow you to change background color of composition 6. Text Layers Layer Menu >> Text or Text Tool >> Title Safe >> Up and Down arrow to cycle Characters >> Stroke + Fill >> Paragraphs, Characters, Tracking, etc >> Text Presets under Animation Effects >> Browse Presets with Adobe Bridge 7. Applying and Editing Effects Apply Effects Menu or Palette (Color Correction, Blur, Stylize) >> Order of Effects >> Cut + Paste >> Generate Effects - Lens Flare, Ramp (Gradient) 8. Key Framing Animation = Interpolating data over time Transformations >> Anchor Point = Pivot for Layer >> Add Keyframe with Stopwatch Button >> Position + Motion Path >> Linear vs Bezier (Easy Ease) >> Motion Blur (Bouncing Balls Switch) Local and Global >> Effects 9. Timeline + Layers Timeline is a Stack, Layers on Top appear in front of layers in back >> Layer Properties >> Grouping with pick whip >> Adjustment Layer 10. using RAM preview Time Controls Panel >> Render to RAM to play in real-time >> Setting Work Area >> Frame Rate for Play back, different from composition frame rate >> Skip frames to make it faster >> Resolution for playing with timing and speed (Auto = Composition Resolution) >> OpenGL and your Video Card
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A. Square pixels and 4:3 frame aspect ratio B. Nonsquare pixels and 4:3 frame aspect ratio

C. Nonsquare pixels displayed on a squarepixel monitor

16

SQUARE vs NONSQUARE

5:4 (1.25:1)

4:3 (1.33:1)

3:2 (1.5:1)

16:10 (1.6:1)

Computer Displays Large Format Photography

NTSC TV / Video Digital Cameras Computer Displays

35 mm Film Digital SLR Cameras

Widescreen Computer Display

16:9 (1.77:1)

1.85:1

2.35:1, 2.39:1, 2.40:1

HDTV Widescreen SDTV

Cinema Film Widescreen Film

Cinemascope Anamorphic Widescreen (2:1 squeeze) VIDEO ASPECT RATIO