Fall_2022_Motion_Design_Lab_Week_04_part_01

00:00 Watching current animation
00:26 Using Previous and Next arrows to line up playhead for making keyframes
00:34 working backwards to get perfect layout and motion
1:09 Using ALpha Mattes
03:04 Flipping text to make a reflection
04:02 Using Adjustment layers so effects apply to all layers below it
04:33 Effect: Ripple
05:46 Applying a Mask to an Adjustment Layer so it doesn't affect whole composition
07:16 Using a Gradient as a Luma Matte to have reflection gradually fade off
08:17 Shape Layer- Add: Gradient Fill for more control over gradients
08:47 Trouble Shooting Mattes
10:41 Adjusting Gradient with Luma Matte on for better fine tuning
12:02 Effect: Corner Pin to add perspective
13:37 Creating a Blur map to use with Effect: Camera Lens Blur
16:25 Editing a gradient Fill to make Blur Map work
17:30 Adjusting Effect Controls for Camera Lens Blur once Blur Map is setup
18:37 Layer Styles on text
19:41 Animating light and shadow with Inner Shadow layer style
26:29 Trouble shooting effect CC STar Burst
30:23 How to render in After Effects
32:28 Using Media Encoder to convert file format and compress video
34:29 Watch render to see if animation needs tweaking
35:40 Trouble shooting star speed
38:00 Setting a small render area to test animation and render faster
44:29 Clean, well made vs overly complex and poorly executed
44:49 Warner Bros Independant logo
46:14 Edit - Purge - All media and disk cache