After Effects- Workshop 3

When working straight from layered Photoshop file:
- Don't need new composition
- Import as composition Retain layer sizes
- Composition -> Composition settings - set duration and check format

For repeated keyframes:
- Set keyframe for first movement -> copy and paste
- Right click on keyframe -> Toggle hold keyframe (Holds in place until jumping to next keyframe)
- Can use for most transformations, e.g. fade to create flash

If used position and want to change all (e.g. copy layer then change to run alongside):
- Click on position - will highlight all keyframes
- Select next or previous keyframe arrow (Under eye) to line up blue line to ANY keyframe
- Drag across position to change horizontal position of all key frames

To link transformations to individual shapes:
- Use parent drop down menu to link to 'parent' layer
OR
- Spiral next to parent menu- drag and drop to parent layer
- Then all transformations (Except opacity) will change with alterations to the parent layer


AUDIO:
- Usable audio formats: MP3, aiff or aif, wav
- Has to be royalty free
- Could be sourced online or recorded- maybe in audio booths? (Book in computer resource office)
- File -> Import
- Double click on audio layer -> change duration by clicking and dragging ends of audio
- Expand layer back in composition menu -> Audio level - 48.00 = silence
- Expand further to view waveforms as visual representation of how it sounds
- Can use keyframes and audio levels to fade music etc. and give smooth transitions
- (Can use to mix sounds on top of each other)

EXPORTING WITH AUDIO:
- Click output module -> Audio output
- Change format options from animation to H.264