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Fade effect on entire composition
Hello. I am making an animated sequence composed of 8 individual scenes, each about 17 sec. in duration. I would like each scene to fade out before the next one fades in. Is it possible to apply a fade-in and fade-out effect to each scene comp or should (can) I insert the effect between scenes once they are all done? What are the steps to do this? Thank you.
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If you’ve got some sort of NLE like Premiere or FCP it is probably best to do all your fades/transitions in there after you’ve rendered the AE sequences. This way you can fine tune to dissolves without having to repeat AE renders.
Otherwise you can do dissolves in AE by simply keyframing the opacity. Make sure each of your sequences are pre-comped, then just hit “t” to bring up the opacity settings.
See how you go with that…. any more questions just ask..
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1. Create a master comp and put all the individual movies comps in it.
2. Make sure the child comps are all aligned at the start of the master comp.
3. Select all layers and add opacity keyframes to fade in each layer for 1 second (or however long you want)
4. Line up all the layers so they end simultaneously and add keyframes to all fade out at the same time.
5. Make sure the child comps are in the layer that corresponds to their appearance in the master timeline
(1st clip is layer 1, 2nd clip is layer 2, etc.)6. Select all layers and choose Animate > Keyframe Assistant > Sequence Layers… and make sure that overlap is turned off.
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
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Thank you. The animation is to be incorporated into a short being edited in FCP. I will experiment to see the results in AE.
Another question: I’m rendering each scene to see how it plays as a QuickTime movie; the quality is very poor even though I have selected “Best Settings” and “QuickTime DV NTSC 48kHz” when rendering. Also it is not in widescreen format that I have set the composition at in AE.It looks great as a composition but not as rendered footage. Is it just the QuickTime viewer distorting the quality? What should I be doing to get the highest quality?
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For those who are still looking for an answer or an alternative, here’s my suggestion.
In AfterEffects CS6, you can select all your layers and : Right Click – Keyframe Assistant – Sequence Layers
Then you can order your layers in the order they’re placed in the comp and you can also overlap them. Letting you add a 15f before and after each layers. This tools also gives you the opportunity to automatically put a fadeIn and a fadeOut.
Cheers!
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