Glossary
adjustment layer An After Effects media type that carries only effects. You can use an adjustment layer to quickly apply effects to a large number of clips at once simply by adding an adjustment layer to a higher layer in a composition; its effects apply to all lower layers.
Adobe Fonts An Adobe cloud service that provides access to a large font library. After Effects and other Adobe software use Adobe Fonts to facilitate the replacement of missing fonts. Note: The version of After Effects used for this book refers to Adobe Fonts as Typekit, the former name of Adobe Fonts.
alpha channel A channel that carries transparency information for video footage or a still image. An alpha channel is stored with the media in addition to color channels ...
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