Animating the clock

The animation now looks very much like a time-lapse photo—except the clock isn’t working yet! The hands of the clock should be spinning quickly to show the progress of time. To show this, you will add an animation that was created specifically for this scene. The animation was created in After Effects as a set of 3D layers that are lit, textured, and masked to blend into the scene.

_ Note: You’ll learn more about 3D layers inLessons 11 and 12.

1 Bring the Project panel forward. Close the sunriseLayers folder, and then double-click an empty area in the panel to open the Import File dialog box.

2 In the AECS5_CIB/Lessons/ Lesson06/Assets folder, select the clock.mov file, and click Open.

The QuickTime movie clock.mov now appears at the top of theProject panel.

3 Click in the Sunrise Timeline panel to make it active, and then go to the beginning of the time ruler. Drag the clock.mov footage item from the Project panel to the top of the layer stack in the Timeline panel.

4 Preview the animation by pressing the spacebar. Press the spacebar again to stop playback when you’re done.

5 Choose File > Save to save the project.

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