effects

[Fred Gates]

what effect?

you can slice the layer
or animate the opacity
if its a particle system animate birth rate.

it depends on what your doing

cheers

Jim

[Walter Soyka]

[mathm mason] “i want to add time in and time out for an effect on AFTER EFFECTS CS5”

I’m not entirely sure I understand what you’re asking for, but it sounds like you’re interested in changing an effect over time. This is one of the basic fundamentals of After Effects, so if you’re new to the application, check out Todd Kopriva’s blog entry Getting started with After Effects.

Apologies if I’ve misunderstood!

Walter Soyka
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[Mathm Mason]

i just want to add a keyframe for in and out for an effect , but i dont no how?