Since this is such a long class, you might forget where I teach a specific part of After Effects.

Use this out-

line to find topics anywhere in the course. Each lesson is organized into its own list and sorted by video
number and lesson title.

VIDEO 3 - PANELS
•Repositioning panels
•Resizing panels
•Closing panels

VIDEO 4 - WORKSPACES
•Switching between workspaces
•Creating a custom workspace
•Reordering workspace toolbar
•Resetting workspace to saved layout
•Saving changes to current workspace

VIDEO 5 - NAVIGATING AFTER EFFECTS

•Importing assets
•Composition magnification
•Fit comp to viewer
•Zooming in and out on the composition with < and >
•Panning the composition viewer with the hand tool and spacebar
•Fit comp to viewer with Shift+?

VIDEO 6 - MOVING THINGS AROUND

•Selecting and repositioning layers with the selection tool
•Undo with Cmd+Z
•Disabling adaptive resolution
•Layer order basics
•Creating a new composition

VIDEO 7 - RESOLUTION
•What is resolution?
•Changing a comp’s resolution
•Raster graphics are made of pixels
•Vector graphics are made through math

VIDEO 8 - FRAME RATE

•What is a frame rate?
•Changing a comp’s frame rate
VIDEO 9 - TIMECODE
•What is timecode?
•Scrubbing through the timeline with the playhead
•Reading timecode
•Zooming in and out of the timeline
•Timecode vs frames
•Swap between displaying timecode and frames

VIDEO 10 - COMPOSITION SETUP & PARENTING

•Making a comp for Instagram
•Selecting multiple assets in the project panel
•Adding assets to a comp
•Disabling/enabling the visibility of layers in the timeline panel
•Making a selection of multiple layers by shift+clicking
•Copying/Pasting with CMD+C and CMD+V
•Repositioning multiple layers with the selection tool
•Anchor points
•Parenting layers
•Fit to Comp Width/Height
•Fit to Comp
•Selecting layers in a specific order
•Source Name vs Layer Name
•Saving your project

VIDEO 11 - PRECOMPS & ORGANIZATION

•Precomps
•Making new folders in the Project Panel
•Organizing assets
•The transparency grid
•Changing the comp’s background color
•Importing multiple assets at once
•Replace footage with layered comp

VIDEO 12 - POSITION
•Adjusting the position
•Rulers
•Advance to next property with Tab Key
•Revert to previous property with Shift+Tab key
•Relative position to parent

VIDEO 13 - SCALE
•Adjusting the scale
•Unlinking the constrained proportions
•Constrain proportions while scaling with the Shift key

VIDEO 14 - ROTATION
•Adjusting the rotation

VIDEO 15 - OPACITY
•Opacity vs Transparency
•Adjusting the opacity
VIDEO 16 - ANCHOR POINT
•Adjusting the anchor point
•Anchor point tool
•Centering the anchor point in the layer

VIDEO 18 - SCENE SETUP

•Copying/Pasting a property between layers
•Replacing an asset in a comp with Opt+Click+Drag to comp
•Creating a Solid Layer
•Rearranging layers by dragging

VIDEO 19 - ANIMATING WITH KEYFRAMES

•Zoom Tool with Z key
•Selection tool with V key
•Adding a keyframe to a property
•Adding a second keyframe by adjusting the property
•Previewing the timeline with the spacebar
•Adding a third keyframe by repositioning the layer in the comp viewer
•Retiming a keyframe by dragging
•The motion path
•Deleting a keyframe with the Delete key
•The work area
•Set your work area In and Out points with B and N keys
•Locking a layer
•Holding Shift to constrain position direction
•Adjusting multiple keyframe values at once
•Hold shift to snap in the timeline
•Retiming layers by dragging
•P for Position property
•Opt+P to add a Position Keyframe
•Opt+[ and Opt+] to trim in/out of layer to playhead
•[ and ] to shift in/out point of layer to playhead
•Add/remove keyframe at current time
•Trim a layer by dragging the in/out points
•Panning in the timeline with the hand tool or spacebar
•Auto Bezier
•Removing bezier handles with the pen tool
•Defaulting spatial interpolation to linear

VIDEO 20 - TIMING VS SPACING

•Easy Eased keyframes
•The Solo Switch
•CMD+Click on Keyframe to revert back to linear
•Selecting all keyframes of a property by clicking on the property name

VIDEO 21 - HOLD KEYFRAMES

•Precomposing with Composition > Precompose
•Leave all attributes when precomposing
•T for Opacity
•Convert to Hold Keyframe
•Shift playhead 1 frame forward/backward with Page Up/Page Down or CMD+→/CMD+←
•Shift playhead 10 frames forward/backward with Page Up/Page Down or CMD+Shift+→/CMD+Shift+←
•Shift keyframes 1 frame forward/backward with Option+→/Option+←
•Shift keyframes 10 frames forward/backward with Option+Shift+→/Option+Shift+←
•Copying/Pasting layers between comps
VIDEO 22 - ANIMATING WITH PRECOMPS
•Move all attributes when precomposing
•Resizing a comp’s dimensions
•A for Anchor Point property
•S for Scale property
•W for the Rotation Tool
•I and O to shift playhead to In/Out point of layer
•Replace asset With Layered Comp

VIDEO 23 - THE SCORE COUNTER

•Effects & Presets Panel
•Applying an effect to a layer
•The Numbers Effect
•Syncing fonts through Adobe Fonts
•Adjusting effects in the timeline
•U to show all keyframes on selected layer(s)

VIDEO 24 - THE ARCADE SCREEN EFFECT

•Renaming a layer with the Return/Enter key
•The Glow effect
•Adjustment Layers
•The CC Ball Action effect
•Stacking multiple effects
•The Gaussian Blur effect
•The Gradient Ramp effect
•The Mirror effect

VIDEO 25 - ANIMATING THE TRANSITION

•Masks
•The Rectangle tool
•Modifying masks
•Mask path properties
•Adding multiple masks
•Preserving selected layer duration when precomposing
•Modifying an existing solid layer
•The Fill effect

VIDEO 26 - WORKING WITH TEXT

•The Text tool
•Adding text
•The Character panel
•The Paragraph panel
•Editing text
•Text justification
•Resetting a text layer’s anchor point
•Choosing fonts
•All Caps
•Title/Action Safe Guides
•Text Animation Presets
•Modifying text colors
•Leading (line height)
VIDEO 27 - PLACING THE SCREEN
•The CC Power Pin effect

VIDEO 28 - THE JOYSTICK AND BUTTONS

•Synchronizing animations

VIDEO 29 - CAMERA MOVEMENT

•Null Objects
•Using a Null Object as a controller
•Simulating parallax between the foreground and background
•Time Reverse Keyframes

VIDEO 30 - FINAL EFFECTS

•The Unsharp Mask effect
•Creating a vignette
•The Curves effect
•Masking an adjustment layer

VIDEO 31 - LOOPING THE ANIMATION

•Looping a composition manually

VIDEO 32 - EXPORTING A VIDEO

•Adding a composition to the render queue
•Setting the output location
•Using Adobe Media Encoder to render your composition