After Effects

Workshop

Press 'U' Twice to show which properties have been changed 

Layer switches- Turn on or off certain features

Buttons along the top of the layer window 

1st from left 

Shy- Hides layers on timeline 

Only show layers your using 

Simplifies comp

Click button to hide all layers with shy clicked on 

2nd from left 

Continuously rasterize 

will always be on with type mostly for illustrator 

3rd 

Quality- Change quality of layers / high quality \ low quality 

4th fx

enable/disable any effects 

5th 

Frame blending- film strips- just for video

6th 

Motion blur

on something moving 

7th 

 Adjustment layer apply 

Apply adjustment to more than one layer 

8th 3D layer 

Bottom left hide and show additional options

Mode- Like photoshop blend mode 

Edit- split layer function 

Changing speed- keyframe assistant easy ease easy ease in easy ease out 

Start- leaving a key frame easy easy out

End keyframe easy easy in 

dots get closer

Easy ease does both ease in and out 

Graph editor 

250 px sec constant speed

Ease out first key frame 

o along timeline speed increases

Choose graph type 

edit speed graph

Can change speed on graph click and drag keyframe 

dot next to it 'Handle'

Can make more gradual speed much higher