Adobe After Effects

1. Links

1.1. Useful

• Extend effect beyond layer boundary
• 10 Essential After Effects Shortcuts

2. Defs

• CTI $\equiv$ Current Time Indicator

3. Notes

1. Sometimes effects just doesn’t fill up whole comp, so they need to be expanded by Grow Bounds.

2. For inserting a keyframe use ALT + SHIFT + property.

   • property $\in$ $\{$ pos, rot, scale, … $\}$

3. For transparent backgrounds in comps use:

4. When blurring, you don’t want to those edges that are blurred to making blue box with white blurred borders. Just check:

5. For keyframe scaling, drag the keyframes at the opposite side of CTI while holding down alt key.

4. Effects

1. CC Radial Fast Blur
   • sun beams
   • light it up beams