After Effects Mastering the Timeline

  Course File
Course File
  Welcome
Welcome
  1 - Navigating the Timeline
Using Workspaces
Scrolling the Timeline
How to Go to a Specific Time
Defining the Work Area
Advancing Frames
Finding Items in the Timeline
Controlling Playback in the Timeline
Navigating Your Photo Organization
  2 - Adjusting the Timeline
Hiding/Showing/Rearranging Columns
Using Shy Layers to Simplify the Timeline
Controlling Your Timeline View by Soloing Layers
Organizing with Labels
Controlling Audio Playback in the Timeline
  3 - Working with Keyframes
Essential Animation Shortcuts
Viewing All Keyframes
Showing Only Audio Levels & Audio Waveforms
Viewing Only Effects Properties
Retiming Keyframes
Using the Graph Editor to Refine Keyframes
Using Animation Assistants to Refine Keyframes
Navigating Keyframes in the Timeline
How to Nudge Keyframes
Keyframing with Motion Sketch
  4 - Switches Revealed
Improving Playback with Draft 3D
Smoothing Movement with Motion Blur
Scaling Vector Objects with the Continuously Rasterize Switch
The Collapse Transformations Switch
Smoother Speed Changes with Frame Blending
Working with Adjustment Layers
The Effect of the Layer Quality & Sampling Switch
  5 Controlling Layers
Choosing a Specific Layer
Moving a Layer's In & Out Points
Trimming a Layer's Duration with In & Out Points
Nudging a Layer in the Timeline
Changing the Stacking Order for a Layer
Splitting a Layer
How to Rename Layers
Locking Layers in After Effects
Controlling Layers with a Numeric Keypad
Animating with the Sequence Layers Command
  6 - Working with Layer Modes
Getting Results with Blending Modes
Preserving Underlying Transparency
Using Track Mattes
Animating with Parenting
  7 - Using Composition & Layer Markers
Composition Markers
Setting a Duration for Markers
Tapping Out the Beat
  Conclusion
What's Next?
As your composition becomes more complex, it is a good idea to take advantage of the scroll wheel on your mouse or the scrolling ability of your trackpad. Both make it easy to quickly navigate throughout your timeline. In this video, instructor Richard Harrington demonstrates how to scroll through an After Effects timeline with a mouse or trackpad.

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