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Examining a finished write-on animation

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Examining a finished write-on animation

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If you've been following along so far, I've closed the composition from the previous movie. If the Project panel is not visible, you can bring it forward by selecting Window>Project or by using the shortcut. To show you what I mean by revealing a layer, if you have the Exercise Files, twirl down Comps_finished and open the second composition Write On_final. Since we don't need the Layer panel, I'll just temporarily close it and I'll RAM Preview. You'll see a number of layers are writing on overtime. I created all these layers by hand and then scanned them in. I then combined them; using techniques you've learned in earlier installments, such as blending modes, track mattes, frame blending and even the wiggle expression. We'll solo the first layer called auto- bird and we'll press U to see the keyframes. You can see that this layer is wiping on over time, but it's not a simple transition that you might get if you use the Linear Transition effect on animated mask. It zigs and zags and…

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