Sequencing images is the basis of traditional animation. With traditional animation, we show a series of images in sequence, and in quick successions, which delivers the experience of movement across time. One of the earliest examples of an animated image sequence was created by French artist Émile Cohl in 1908, the film was called Fantasmagorie. […]
You wouldn’t expect that After Effects would have drawing and painting tools, but there are actually a few very powerful options. Let’s have a look at a couple. Motion Sketch panel The Motion Sketch panel allows us to record a motion path that is drawn on the stage in realtime. In this video, we use […]
Parenting is the process of linking layers together. Use parenting to assign one layer’s transformations to another.
