Chapter 2. Creating a Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets
After Effects lets you hit the ground running with a variety of effects and animation presets. You can use them to create great-looking animations quickly and easily.
Lesson overview
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 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 ...
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