User Guide

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ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS 5.0
User Guide
Create as many lights as you need, and then adjust and animate each light’s properties,
controlling its shadow and illumination. Create as many cameras as you need to produce
the results you envision. Enable a Depth of Field setting to automatically change camera
focus between foreground and background information. You can then animate camera
properties such as zoom and focal length, move cameras in space, and cut between cameras.
Animate layers, cameras, and lights in 3D space.
Extensive motion controls
For impeccable animations, rely on the powerful motion controls in After Effects. Instantly
stagger selected layers over a timeframe with the Sequence Layers Keyframe Assistant. Then
add unlimited keyframes to animate any layer attribute, including position, rotation, scale,
anchor point, and opacity. Position your layers with subpixel accuracy. Refine the look and
movement of your motion paths using roving keyframes. When animating static images,
apply Motion Blur to create more realistic movement. Use Time Remapping to make
frames stutter, play backward, move in slow motion, or freeze. Create sophisticated anima-
tions by defining a parent-child relationship between layers. Use expressions to define rela-
tionships between parameters so that you can create procedural-type animations without
using keyframes.
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