After Effects Apprentice 09: Expressions with Chris Meyer and Trish Meyer

MOV + Exercise Files | Duration: 1h 37min | 960x600 | Video: 30 fps 425 kbps | Audio: AAC 48KHz 155 kbps 2 stereo | 1.34 GB

Genre: eLearning | Level: Intermediate | Language: English

Expressions are one of the most powerful but underused features in After Effects. They can be used to animate layer properties with code, as compared to explicitly keyframing every value in the Timeline, and have multiple parameters and layers that follow the lead of a master layer or controller effect, making it much easier to coordinate complex animations and quickly accommodate client changes. In this introduction, Chris Meyer shows how to let After Effects do most of the work by creating simple but very useful expressions that can be put to work on a wide variety of jobs.

Topics include:

• Creating and managing expressions

• Linking together different parameters

• Randomizing a layer's movement

• Looping an animation

• Controlling multiple layers from a single source