Effects

They don’t call it After Effects for nothing. The program ships with hundreds of built-in effects for color correction, image distortion, and animation. All filters in After Effects are nondestructive and don’t alter the original image. You can come back at any time and change or delete a filter you’ve added. Also, all parameters on all effects can be animated. In this animation, you’ll get practice working with four of them: Curves, Hue/Saturation, CC Snow, and Displacement Map.

Curves Effect

The sky for the winter village looks too dark and saturated when it first appears behind the summer sky. You’ll use a Curves effect to lighten the sky. With the WinterSky layer selected in the Timeline, choose Effect  Color Correction  Curves. ...

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