Notes: Sep 13 (week 3)

Setting Keyframes to Audio layers
  • Open the layer
  • Open the "audio" property
  • Set keys to "audio levels" using the stopwatch symbol
  • Note: 0 is the original level of your audio. Negative numbers will lower the volume while positive numbers will make it louder.
  • A shortcut to preview audio only is "." (period) on the numeric pad
  • Audio at a level higher or lower than 0 does not play back correctly in After Effects (it will sound louder or quieter than it actually is). To get a sense of how your keyframes are working out, render it outl
  • To render audio only, go to  Composition > Add to Render Que > Output Module > Format ... and choose AIFF or WAV format.
  Auto-orient to path
Layer > Transform > Auto-orient

Motion theory
  • Ease in/out of keyframes 
  • Overlapping motion 
  • Anticipation 
  • Follow-through 
Types of keyframes
linear, ease in-out/easy ease, auto bezier, hold, rove