Creating the composition. Importing the footage

Importing the footage

Setting up the project

If you’ve just completed the first project, and After Effects is open, skip to step 3. Otherwise, restore the default application settings for After Effects. See “Restoring default preferences” on page 3.

1 Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Windows) or Command+Option+Shift (Mac OS) while starting After Effects CS5 to restore default preferences. When asked whether you want to delete your preferences file, click OK.

2 Click Close to close the Welcome screen.

After Effects opens to display a new, untitled project.

3 Choose File > Save As.

4 In the Save As dialog box, navigate to the AECS5_CIB/Lessons/Lesson13/ Finished_Projects folder.

5 Name the project Lesson13_Tracking.aep, and then click Save.

You need to import one footage item to start this project.

1 Double-click an empty area of the Project panel to open the Import File dialog box.

2 Navigate to the AECS5_CIB/Lessons/Lesson13/Assets folder. Select the metronome.mov file, and then click Open.

Now, you will create the composition.

1 Choose Composition > New Composition.

2 In the Composition Settings dialog box, type Tracking in the Composition Name field.

3 Make sure the Preset pop-up menu is set to NTSC DV. This automatically sets the width, height, pixel aspect ratio, and frame rate for the composition.

4 In the Duration field, type 800 to specify 8 seconds, which matches the lengthof the metronome.mov file, and then click OK.

5 Drag the metronome.mov item from the Project panel to the Timeline panel. The metronome image appears in the Composition panel.

6 Drag the current-time indicator across the time ruler to manually preview the footage.

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