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Creating a layer for effects - After Effects Tutorial
From the course: After Effects CS5 Essential Training
Creating a layer for effects
So, we want to apply some effects; however, we cannot do that in this project, because we have nothing to apply the effect to. So, I'm starting here in a blank, fresh project. Go ahead and make a new composition by clicking this icon here. When this comes up, we'll go ahead and change the preset. Just go ahead and go to NTSC DV. This is Standard Definition, which is quickly going out of style, but for right now, I'm just going to go ahead and click OK. That creates a composition for us. But notice there are no layers in our composition, and you need a layer to apply effects to. Oftentimes, you don't want to apply the effect directly to an important layer. Let's say you have some video or something. If you put the effect on that layer, as we'll see, then it will completely replace the contents of that layer. So, what we need to do is come down here to a blank area of the Timeline panel and right-click and go to New. Now, we're going to create a different type of layer. From this New…
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A showcase of effects2m 34s
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Creating a layer for effects3m 1s
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Applying effects4m 54s
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Animating effect properties4m 29s
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Using Glow5m 34s
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Creating patterns and textures6m 57s
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Creating a fireball7m 9s
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Using the Cycore effects5m 58s
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Adding blur5m 45s
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Creating a galaxy scene from scratch8m 38s
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Distorting objects with effects4m 7s
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Creating and using lens flares4m 21s
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Creating lightning bolts4m 3s
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Viewing random variations with Brainstorm4m 39s
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