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Lightning dosent keep up with my hands
Im doing lightning and as i cant stay still without stuttering,
My hand is moving quite a bit, So at the beginning of video,
I align the ligning start and end with my hands, But then when it gets half way through the video or something when my hand moves the lightning isent aligned, So i pause it and align the lightning up with my hand, So i restart the video, But then the lightning has moved at the beginning of video, How do i move my lightning half way through the video, Without it moving it throughout the entire video? Same with devil eyes, If i put a glow over my eyes, When it gets like 2 seconds into the video i move so the devil eyes are now on my eyebrows, How to move them without it editing anything in the video before that, Cause if i was to put it over my eyes half way through, And goto beginning of video the devil eyes and below my eyes, But if i goto middle, There on my eyes, If you dont understand, Please ask -
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One of the most basic things in animation is something called keyframes. You set a keyframe at different points in time and the computer interpolates between the two. Please read the (extremely helpful) documentation Adobe provides with their software; it will go a long way to help you understand things. It would also benefit you to check out our forum for basic questions the people there are expecting some questions about the more basic aspects of the program such as keyframing.
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I know about keyframes,
I use them on adobe flash cs4 pro,
But i dont know how to add them on after effects,
Anyone know, Obv u do but maybe you could help me -
AE is not like Flash where you set one keyframe for everything; in After Effects you set keyframes for each parameter. It’s much better and easier to edit this way.
Next to (almost) every element in the effects panel and the timeline there is a little stopwatch. Click that stopwatch and it’ll turn keyframing on for that parameter and set a keyframe for that parameter.
To learn about it for free check out this article on Adobe’s website.
Here’s a tutorial that will walk you through some of the basics. I know it’s for an older version, but almost everything is the same as far as basics like keyframing.– The Great Szalam
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Thats the thing,
I know how to do all that
I need a tutorial on how to keyframe using lightning
I know all this opacity, scale and all that stuff,
Ive managed to do it with a ball, Its just lightning,
All tutorials are using circles or images, I need one with lightning,Effects>Generate>Lightning, That one, Does anyone know
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Joe,
Are you familiar with the ‘effects control’ panel which should pop up when you apply an effect to your footage? If it doesn’t then try pushing f3 to make it appear.The first two parameters under the lightning effect are ‘start’ and ‘end’ points, both of which are adjustable and can easily be keyframed using the tutorials Michael’s already pointed you to.
If you’re new to after effects then it’s well worth watching as many tutorials as possible (whilst leaving plenty of time to play around and try things for yourself). Even if you think you know something already, tutorials will often highlight tips, tricks and shortcuts which can make life quicker and easier. There’s loads out there but Andrew Kramer’s basic series wouldn’t be a bad place to start.
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#1 The tutorial to which I linked you also covers effects, not just moving circles things around. (Effects are on the second page)
#2 The principles behind keyframing the lightning effect is the same as keyframing anything else in AE.
#3 Read the manual. Seriously. It will help you.
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