Getting started. Creating a basic animation using Effects and Presets

Lesson overview

CREATING A BASIC ANIMATION USING EFFECTS AND PRESETS

Laboratory work 2

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:

􀁴 Use Adobe Bridge to preview and import footage items.

􀁴 Work with the layers of an imported Adobe Illustrator file.

􀁴 Apply drop-shadow and emboss effects.

􀁴 Apply a text animation preset.

􀁴 Adjust the time range of a text animation preset.

􀁴 Precompose layers.

􀁴 Apply a dissolve transition effect.

􀁴 Adjust the transparency of a layer.

􀁴 Render an animation for broadcast use.

􀁴 Export an animation in SWF format for the web.

This lesson will take about an hour to complete. Copy the Lesson02 folder into the Lessons folder that you created on your hard drive for these projects (or create it now), if you haven’t already done so. As you work on this lesson, you’ll preserve the start files. If you need to restore the start files, copy them from the Adobe After Effects CS5 Classroom in a Book DVD.

Hit the ground running with a variety of eff ects and animation presets in After Eff ects. You can use them to create great-looking animations quickly and easily.

In this lesson, you will continue to learn the basics of the Adobe After Effects project workflow. You’ll learn new ways to accomplish basic tasks as you create a simple identification graphic for a fictional travel show called “Travel Europe” on the fictional Destinations cable network. You will animate the travel show ID so that it fades to become a watermark that can appear in the lower-right corner of the screen during other TV programs. Then you’ll export the ID for use in broadcast output and as a SWF file for the web.

First, take a look at the final project files to see what you’ll be doing.

1 Make sure the following files are in the AECS5_CIB/Lessons/Lesson02 folder on your hard disk, or copy them from the Adobe After Effects CS5 Classroom in a Book DVD now:

􀁴 In the Assets folder: destinations_logo.ai, parthenon.jpg

􀁴 In the Sample_Movie folder: Lesson02.mov

2 Open and play the Lesson02.mov sample movie to see what you will create in this lesson. When you are done, quit QuickTime Player. You may delete this sample movie from your hard disk if you have limited storage space.

When you begin the lesson, restore the default application settings for After Effects. See “Restoring default preferences” on page 3.

3 Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Windows) or Command+Option+Shift (Mac OS) while starting After Effects. When asked whether you want to delete your preferences file, click OK.

4 Click Close to close the Welcome screen. After Effects opens to display a blank, untitled project.

5 Choose File > Save As.

6 In the Save As dialog box, navigate to the AECS5_CIB/Lessons/Lesson02/ Finished_Project folder.

7 Name the project Lesson02_Finished.aep, and then click Save.

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