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[dsalainti]

remember to save the project consistently every 5 minutes should be considered as ultra pro, sometimes ur too excited with the projects u forgot to save it then it crash :)

[VukovskiMedia]

0:30 Press "U" on your keyboard to show all active keyframes on a selected layer
0:48 Ctrl + Click on the time display to change it from seconds to frames
1:10 Ctrl + Shift + E to delete all the effects from a layer
1:26 When masking, enable the RotoBezier function to make every corner rounded.
1:44 Use the mask feather tool to have a more controlled mask.
3:54 To squish keyframes proportionally in the timeline, select all the keyframes and hold Alt + Click and drag the last keyframe
4:17 One track matte for all layers (with newer versions of After Effects)
4:57 To find the children to a parented layer, select the main parent layer, right click and Select Children
5:16 Scale composition precisely with Region of Interest
5:45 To extrude 3D text in After Effects, first change the 3D renderer (Cinema 4D). 2 new property groups will appear.
6:51 Auto-trace option, for automated masking.
7:33 Free 3D Normalization Script for AE
7:52 Restore motion blur to your green key with the Refine Hard Matte effect
8:16 To see changes from a pre-comp in the main comp, lock root composition window and open View>New Viewer
8:59 Hold down Shift and use the pick whip tool to link a layer to another layer with the same properties (position, scale, rotation...)

[flavinhopombo]

I can't believe if just drag the SHIFT button to parent a layer would have saved 152626 hours of job so far. Forever learning!

[dennyduane]

This was so good you've come along way with acting and creativity around making the videos. Been learning from you forever.

[johntnguyen]

Love love love these "are you actually good?" episodes! A great way to constantly give yourself a pop-quiz as an artist!

[vishavaroraYT]

we can always add up properties in essential graphics to see and use it anywhere outside of the comps, plus it gives us ability to make instances of the composition while maintaining the original composition.

[DanielZH]

The storytelling, funny edits and all the things that have been done are getting better and better, it's crazy.

[BalsaRadunovic]

Thank you for good tips. You are amazing guys, wish you all the best.

[OrikzHD]

really great tips I only knew about 60 percent of these. The auto trace, dual window and refine matte tools are game changers!

[Psyspell]

Thanks for the good tips!
I didn't know half of "noob" tips, but did know 80% of the others.
Guess it makes me an advanced or professional noob:)

[itsincredible]

I LOVE YOU! is the word thanks for making my life easier with that composition tip if only I knew it was that easy, the tears of sadness and joy simultaneously, Thanks Mate

[snraijuu]

"Stop doubting yourself and start testing" is an underestimated phrase.

[lennoxjohnston]

Love this!!! Region of interest crop is a game changer ❤️

[potvoramedia]

Wow, I am better than I expected. My score is ZERO. But uniike many others, I know how to actually start AE!
No, seriously - I am a true AE beginner, I know only few things that I really needed - content-aware fill, camera tracking, motion tracking, rotobrush 2.0 and that's pretty much it. Very grateful for these videos and especially the AE Basic channel!

[LucasP]

i love your videos, its something that musted be on tv at morning for kids before school. :)

[hindudivinity]

I like the way u teach .. information is very precious and ur video style of teaching 😂is so awesome

[jackalexander]

u can also use environment layers for c4d for different environments and u can change that w material setting or whatever its called

[BenSparroow]

This is one of the best after effects videos I've ever watched

[__e__motion]

Thanks for those great tips
I knew some of them on each of the different levels But my best tip is the last one so glad I know this now

[SaintLogos]

I love this funny and interesting video. thank you so much for your videos guys