After Effects Basics

In the First lesson, we learnt the basics of after effects. For example importing a clip, by dragging the file we need into After Effects. And then creating a new composition by getting that clip in After Effect's and dragging it into the new composition. In this lesson we created Dancers with lights and a background and added a text to that background so it would look like this.

To create this all the relevant clips will need to be put into the new composition, they need to be put into the correct layers so that the dancers will be at the top so that the lights and text isn't in front of them and that they're all in correct position so it looks real. 

Keyframing was introduced as well. To do this on the relevant clip if you want it to change position or size, you need to click the clip in its composition and choose the scale or position by clicking S or P and then click the stop watch next to it. Then move the clip in the comp how you want it to change further on in the timeline and click the stopwatch again which creates your two keyframes for where it starts and ends. 

Once this is finished on the right hand side of After Effects is the RAM settings, press the Play/Preview button which will then load the clip together and play it.