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Need advice. Newby and stupid questions.
ok. So I’m wondering if someone would be so kind as to walk me through some things. Even if it means joining me on join.me.
I’m lost. The one thing I can’t wrap my head around is the difference between compostion and layers and solids. I have one time line that I was working in that seemed fine. And than i switch to ‘presets and nothing was there. I’m very confused. I know it’s trial and error with this stuff but I’m losing patients. Please help! Thank you in advance.Rion
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I would suggest starting here [link] and going through the resources linked there. It’s free and it’ll get you started off right.
– The Great Szalam
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This is also a great starter resource.
https://www.videocopilot.net/basic/
Learning something is rarely effective done through [random] trial and error. It is done through building foundation. The journeyman can experiment with trial and error and they will learn every time. A neophyte usually does not. Use the guides given to develop your foundation and focus on that. Basic concepts like compositions, layers, solids, definitions, and the interface are foundational elements that you need to learn on day 1.
Cory
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The VideoCopilot basic tutorials are actually part of the free resource that Dave and I linked to, but they’re pretty awesome and are probably worth a callout on their own – especially when you discover the over 100 other tutorials on VCP.
– The Great Szalam
(The ‘Great’ stands for ‘Not So Great, in fact, Extremely Humble’)No trees were harmed in the creation of this message, but several thousand electrons were mildly inconvenienced.
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Okay, I understand what you’re trying to say and I’ve watched the tutorials. But I’m still not gettting a straight answer, even from the tutorials…. what’s the difference between Layers and Compositions?
Rion
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A composition is a collection of layers.
No layers and you can render a black video from a blank composition.
No composition and you can’t even render a video.
Compositions can also serve as layers for other compositions, among many other types of objects like solids or footage. When this happens it is often called a pre-composition.
Definitions like these are the kind of things I said you need to learn for foundational knowledge. These are defined ad naseum in the help.
https://help.adobe.com/en_US/aftereffects/cs/using/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-7f20a.html
Cory
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