Our first lesson in introducing us to After Effects consisted of me taking way too many notes after having a very bad experience with After Effects during the Pixilation study task. I obviously took notes of an extensive amount, but because they are this thorough, I feel like I have no excuse to get stuck again, because I literally have everything I could possibly need written down.
In this induction we learnt how to choose the format and presets, which is basically the size and frame rate (25fps) for our work when we want to create an animation or edit one in After Effects. We also learnt how to re-edit those settings, and how to change the playback quality because in the end it will have no effect on the final result.
We also went over layers and 'solids', which are just shapes filled in are are incredibly easy to work with. We were also given a bunch on shortcuts, like 'R' for 'rotation' and 'T' for 'Opacity', which come in extremely useful when tampering with the properties of a layer. We briefly went over keyframes, but they remind me similarly of 'Premiere Pro', so hopefully in the next induction I won't struggle with them too much!
In the end, instead of being thrown into this software, since we are slowly being introduced to it, I think it doesn't seem as intimidating as my first encounter with it and I could potentially be able to use it with ease after a bit more practice!
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