After Effects Common Mistakes and Solutions Part 1 Video Tutorial
After Effects can be a tricky program to learn sometimes, and it's common for users of all experience levels to make mistakes when using it. In this two part tutorial, we'll be going over some common mistakes and how to fix them in Adobe After Effects!
This is the text tutorial that accompanies our Common Mistakes PT 1 video tutorial on Youtube.
Disappearing Layers
1. During a project, if an object seems to disappear, check the layer stack.
2. Look for the Visibility icon, aka the icon with an eye on it.
3. If the icon is turned off, click on the icon to activate it.
4. This will turn on the Visibility for any hidden objects.
Wiggling Keyframes
1. Occasionally After Effects will add a “wiggle” to some animations due to a bug in the software.
In this case, select all keyframes in the animation.
2. Right-click on any selected keyframe.
3. Navigate to Keyframe Interpolation - Temporal Interpolation - Linear.
This should fix the wiggling animation.
Lack of Keyframes
1. If an animation fails to play upon hitting Spacebar, check the timeline.
2. If there are no keyframes on the layer it is likely due a missing first keyframe.
3. To fix this, remember to set an initial keyframe. After Effects will only automatically set keyframes if there’s an initial keyframe.
Shapes and Masks Mixup
1. If the Shape tool draws a Shape rather than a Mask, check the toolbar.
2. There should be a pair of icons on the left side of the toolbar, a star and a checkerboard field. The star is “Tool Creates Shape,” and the checkerboard is “Tool Creates Mask”.
3. Activating “Tool Creates Shape” will draw out an opaque shape.
4. Activating “Tool Creates Mask” will create a mask instead.
Editing Mask and Shape Anchor Tool
1. If clicking on an Anchor Point within a Mask or Shape moves the shape rather than edits, click the layer name.
This should allow the Anchor Points to be manipulated.
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00:00 - Intro
00:37 - Disappearing Layers
00:57 - Wiggling Keyframes
01:21 - Missing Keyframes
02:36 - Shapes Instead of Masks
03:33 - Editing Anchor Points
04:46 - Outro
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