Tut Tuesday AE Quick Tip: Workflow Shortcuts

I am always trying to improve my work flow, make things more organized in my comps, and overall work faster and work smarter.  There are so many features to After Effects that people sometimes overlook or forget about, that can save you ten seconds here and a minute there, that when you add that all up, it tends to be a lot of time you are wasting when you could just use some simple shortcuts.  Things we will be exploring today include: Layer > Time functions (Time Remapping, Time Reverse Layer, Freeze Frame techniques), Layer > Transform functions (Fit To Comp, Width & Height), and the Crop Comp To Region of Interest technique to eliminate empty alpha space on layers.

Do you guys have any other quick tips that you would like to share?  It’s all about working smarter and not harder, so any little things that can save you time are always welcomed!  I hope you all liked this tutorial, and I’ll have another one ready to go next week!  Thanks to Harry Frank from Graymachine for letting me use Video Rock in this tutorial!

Topher Welsh

Topher Welsh is a post production artist working mainly in the fields of motion graphics and visual effects. He is a freelancer out of Tacoma, Washington, and also runs www.VisualFXtuts.com, which provides a daily fix of tutorials from any and all applications in the visual effects industry. His personal website is found here: www.Toe-Fur.com.

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