After Effects Lesson 1

After Effects Lesson 1

The Task

In our first after effects lesson we were given the task of creating

After opening Ae you are presented with a blank screen the first thing we did was import the files already given to us we went to File > Import > Choose File we then located the various .mov and mp3 files we then had to select a different type of file a psd (Photoshop Document) with the psd selected we had to change the import to Composition this allows you to change/edit the individual layers of the image with all the files imported we selected the bgwtext Composition along with the dancers,gc_adobe_dance,kaleidoscope_waveforms and pulsating_radial_waves footage items then you drag them onto the timeline panel and i creates a new composition after the you select composition > composition settings you then change the duration of the composition and enter 1:15 and click ok  then click the layers and rename then appropriately click the Dancers layer then go into the effects panel and search radial blur once found drag it onto the layer then change the radial blur's amount option to 200 then go back to effects and type in exposure it will be under colour correction then you drag it onto the dancers then you click the Triangle next to the effect showing settings that can be changed then click the triangle next to master then change the exposure enter 1.60 which will make the image brighter and more exposed