Adobe After Effects

• Working with Shape Layers in Adobe After Effects CC (2015 release)
• By Lisa Fridsma, Brie GyncildFeb 3, 2016

Shape layers make it easy to create expressive backgrounds and intriguing results. You can animate shapes, apply animation presets, and add Repeaters to intensify their impact. Learn how in this chapter from Adobe After Effects CC Classroom in a Book (2015 release).

• Animating Text in Adobe After Effects CC (2014 release)
• By Andrew Faulkner, Brie GyncildDec 23, 2014

Adobe After Effects offers many ways to animate text. You can animate text layers by manually creating keyframes in the Timeline panel, using animation presets, or using expressions. You can even animate individual characters or words in a text layer. In this lesson from Adobe After Effects CC Classroom in a Book (2014 release), you’ll employ several different animation techniques, including some that are unique to text, while you design the opening title credits for an animated documentary called Road Trip. You’ll also take advantage of Adobe Typekit to install a font for use in your project.

• Saving Assets with Adobe Generator
• By Brie Gyncild, Andrew FaulknerSep 16, 2014

This excerpt from Adobe After Effects CC Classroom in a Book (2014 release) shows you how Adobe Generator can easily generate a JPEG, PNG, or GIF image from the contents of a layer or layer group in a Photoshop file.

• Adjusting the Layers and Creating a Track Matte in Adobe After Effects CC
• By Adobe Creative TeamMay 15, 2013

Learn how to precompose layers, create the track matte, and add motion blur in Adobe After Effects CC.