Lesson 1: Getting to Know the Workflow

Note

In this lesson and throughout the book, illustrations of the full Timeline panel show the Auto-Keyframe button at the top of the panel. In After Effects 12.2 and later, that button is no longer in the Timeline panel. Instead, to use the feature, choose Enable Auto-Keyframe from the Timeline panel menu.

Tip added to “Creating a project and importing footage” section (pages 10-14 in the printed book).

Reload footage

In After Effects 12.2 and later, choose File > Reload Footage to load footage items that were missing when you opened a project. For example, if items aren’t available until you access an external drive, choose File > Reload Footage after you mount the drive.

Note added to the “Controlling ...

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