From the course: After Effects Apprentice: 09 Expressions
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Coordinating simple properties - After Effects Tutorial
From the course: After Effects Apprentice: 09 Expressions
Coordinating simple properties
Let's build upon what you learned in the last movie to use expressions to tie together similar properties. In this case, I'm going to open up the comp 02-Simple Math*starter, select both layers, Command+A or Ctrl+A, press U to reveal their animating properties. And once again, the first letter has been keyframed the second layer has been tied the first layer using expressions. I'll do a quick RAM preview here. Nothing strange there. Okay, let's say we want a jazz this animation up, add a drop shadow to these layers. I'll select the blue pulley and apply Effect > Perspective > Drop Shadow. And to make it stand out a little bit, I'll give a little bit more Distance, maybe just a little bit Softness. That looks nice. Now if you've watched the previous lesson in our After Effect Apprentice series on nesting and pre-composing, you know that we drove home the point of the render order of layers, and by looking at the timeline panel, you can quite often figure out what that render order is…
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