Wait Loss for After Effects

On May 17, 2021

In After Effects , Motionworks

Release date:2021

Author:John Dickinson

Skill level:Beginner

Language:English

Exercise files:Yes

As new versions of After Effects come and go, time-saving features and shortcuts can get buried. This is compounded with every new release and has accelerated since the onset of Creative Cloud. If you don’t keep up to date with what’s new you simply cannot be as efficient as possible using After Effects.

Wait Loss for After Effects will bring you up to speed with tools and workflows that host John Dickinson – a 20 year veteran After Effects artist and trainer – uses on a daily basis to work fast in After Effects.

Table of Contents

Preferences & Shortcuts

Preferences you should set up once to save time on every project. Creating missing shortcuts.

Workspace

Using workspaces effectively. Setting up a custom workspace. Navigating and saving time using the Edit This Look At That (ETLAT) workflow.

Project

Good practices for organisation, importing files, adding & replacing and working with thumbnails.

Timeline

The importance of good organisation. Fast ways to add, replace and select layers. Power keys for moving and trimming and sequencing layers. Using the Work Area and Time Navigator effectively. Navigating quickly using Comp and Layer Markers. Speeding up property searches. Linking and controlling layers to save time. Minimising layers using Input Layer Options and Effect Masks.

Composition

Working efficiently in the Composition Panel.

Keyframes

Tips and techniques for speeding up your workflow with keyframes and the Graph Editor.

Masks & Shapes

Working efficiently when creating and modifying masks and shape layers.

Effects

Saving time when working with effects and effect presets.

Type

Working with type and the Character Panel.

Render

Render Queue shortcuts. Using templates and proxies to speed up renders.