Contents
What’s new 1...................................................................................................................................................
New feature summary (Dec 2013) 2..........................................................................................................................................
Workspace and workflow 6..............................................................................................................................
Setup and installation 7.............................................................................................................................................................
General user interface items 8...................................................................................................................................................
Workflows 12.............................................................................................................................................................................
Dynamic Link and After Effects 16.............................................................................................................................................
Workspaces, panels, and viewers 20........................................................................................................................................
Sync Settings 26........................................................................................................................................................................
Planning and setup 29...............................................................................................................................................................
Working with After Effects and other applications 33................................................................................................................
Keyboard shortcuts reference 39...............................................................................................................................................
After Effects keyboard shortcuts 60...........................................................................................................................................
Preferences 61..........................................................................................................................................................................
Modify keyboard shortcuts 65....................................................................................................................................................
Projects and compositions 66..........................................................................................................................
Projects 67.................................................................................................................................................................................
Precomposing, nesting, and pre-rendering 71...........................................................................................................................
Composition basics 77...............................................................................................................................................................
Timecode and time display units 84..........................................................................................................................................
Importing footage 87........................................................................................................................................
Importing and interpreting footage items 88..............................................................................................................................
Importing and interpreting video and audio 102........................................................................................................................
Preparing and importing 3D imagefiles 107...............................................................................................................................
Working with footage items 111.................................................................................................................................................
CINEMA 4D and Cineware 117.................................................................................................................................................
Importing from After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro 123.......................................................................................................
Preparing and importing still images 128...................................................................................................................................
Layers and properties 136...............................................................................................................................
Creating layers 137....................................................................................................................................................................
Selecting and arranging layers 142...........................................................................................................................................
Managing layers 151.................................................................................................................................................................
Layer properties 157..................................................................................................................................................................
Blending modes and layer styles 167........................................................................................................................................
3D layers 174.............................................................................................................................................................................
Cameras, lights, and points of interest 180...............................................................................................................................
Views and previews 191..................................................................................................................................
Previewing 192..........................................................................................................................................................................
Modifying and using views 203..................................................................................................................................................
Animation and Keyframes 208.........................................................................................................................
Animation basics 209.................................................................................................................................................................
Setting, selecting, and deleting keyframes 213.........................................................................................................................
Editing, moving, and copying keyframes 217............................................................................................................................
Assorted animation tools 223....................................................................................................................................................
Tracking and stabilizing motion 231..........................................................................................................................................
Speed 246.................................................................................................................................................................................
