• Adobe After Effects

  Adding Simple Effects

  Posted by Tintin on May 12, 2005 at 10:12 pm

  How simple is applying an effect like a simple blur, to a video footage in AE?

  What are the steps.

  I can not figure AE out, I am used to Adobe Photoshop and Vegas, but would like to learn AE, every tutorial I have looked at on the web seems to be advanced where do I find a good start?

  Tintin replied 21 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Steve Roberts

  May 12, 2005 at 11:21 pm

  AE 101:

  To do anything to footage, audio or an image, it has to be imported into the currently open project, then dragged into a new or existing composition as a layer.

  Effects have to be applied to a layer in a composition. You select the layer, then choose the desired effect from the effects menu.

  Everything has to be rendered. Nothing can be done in real time in AE.

  The rest of the basics are in the manual.

  Steve
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  Mike Clasby

  May 13, 2005 at 2:18 am

  I believe the Editor’s Guild has the best AE tuts for newbies.

  https://www.editorsguild.com/AfterEffects.html

  It is straight forward and well explained and you will doing amazing things in 4 lessons only. Then the Cow tuts and others will make sense. Enjoy.
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  Tintin

  May 13, 2005 at 4:14 am

  Thanks,

  This will give me a good start, it looks easy to follow compare to the other tutorials I have seen.

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