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In this video I’m breaking down 3 of my favorite After Effects tips. I sent these out early (with some more detail) in my weekly newsletter, so check that out if you like gettin spicy with AE.
We go over a tip from Tony Babel on how to animated better with shape layer paths using round corners. Get faster previews and playback with preview shortcuts. And easily debug your expressions with text layer previews.
Hope you find it useful! Let me know what you think of this new format in the comments.
Links from this video:
Animating shape layer paths – Tony Babel
1. How to animate complex path shapes.
DON'T animate bezier curves and tangent handles.
DO animate with as few points as possible and use Round Corners to smooth it out.https://t.co/XGqBWMwsvT
— Chris Zachary (@itstheonlychris) May 4, 2021
Nulls from Paths Script tutorial!
Bonus tip from TJ Peters
Best part is your can apply it to a full shape, and just use the convert anchor point tool to maintain a hard edge !!! https://t.co/eCvYLWjW4J pic.twitter.com/uByxduVJxq
— tj (@TaylorJonpeters) April 5, 2021
Preview Tip – Dan Savage
2. Create your own Preview presets and shortcuts in the Preview Panel.
Here's what I have (Spacebar & Numpad 0 do the same thing so I can use my laptop or full keyboard) pic.twitter.com/x6klTorsfp
— Chris Zachary (@itstheonlychris) May 4, 2021
Drag & Drop Properties – Good Boy Ninja
3. Click and drag a property onto the Comp Viewer window to auto-generate a live text layer reading the value.
I love using this one to debugging expressions – sometimes you just need to see what your values are!https://t.co/E5P0S14tLc
— Chris Zachary (@itstheonlychris) May 4, 2021
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0:00 – Intro
0:20 1 – Animating shape layer paths
2:17 Create Nulls from Paths
3:22 02 – Preview Shortcuts
4:40 03 – Magic text layers
5:45 FREE After Effects tips
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