After Effects Speed Run, Semester Recap

00:00 intro
00:07 setting up your composition and changing composition settings and timecode explained
00:49 After Effects layout explained
01:16 4 pillars of motion design- position, scale, rotation, transparency
01:55 recap motion design workflow
02:13 moving the anchor point and demo on how it influences motion
03:23 sample workflow for a simple motion design
04:36 how to delete keyframes
04:43 keyframe navigation: previous, next, insert or delet a keyframe
05:50 sample motion design for position
06:12 different ways to select keyframes and changing keyframe interpolation: going from linear to easy ease
06:53 speed graph editor
09:57 pen tool, how to change fill and stroke options
10:32 how to change preview resolution
10:54 trim paths
15:58 expressions
17:16 layer management and hot key shortcuts
18:26 combining keyframes and expressions
20:47 expressions: time*
21:42 parenting
22:41 parenting and character rigging
25:37 masks
27:05 precomposing and how it helps with troubleshooting in After Effects
28:06 dragging video clips to the new composition button for perfect settings matching
28:31 mask settings
28:48 Mask feather verse the mask feather tool in pen tool
30:32 green screen removal with effect: keylight
32:57 ALpha Mattes,Luma Mattes and how to invert them
36:25 pen tool, animating shape paths
37:38 animating paths with nulls- Window:Create Nulls from Paths
38:20 using nulls to animate path points
38:41 sample character rig using paths and nulls to animate an arm or leg
40:27 parenting a hand or foot to the null animating your arm rig
41:40 how to 3D enable layers and Parallax effect
43:58 adding a camera to our scene
44:51 using the camera tools in toolbar
46:08 adding a light into the scene
47:01 parenting a camera to a 3d enabled null to animate a camera more easily
48:37 how to create a flythrough effect with ALpha Matte Invert and a solid layer
50:32 pushing your animations and thinking them through
50:58 effect: CC Bender and using crosshairs in effects
51:44 using a wiggle expression to animate the bend effect randomly
52:14 the rotation settings explained
52:47 displacement maps
55:17 effect: roughen edges
56:11 alpha, positive and negative space, plus BOUNDING BOXES- troubleshooting in after effects
58:41 creating custom particles and using them in Particle World