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After Effects

The blog posts and tutorials in this category are about After Effects. These resources should help video editors in virtually every version of the software.

After Effects, commonly referred to as AE, is an animation and motion graphics software by Adobe. No matter what NLE a video editor knows (Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro X, etc.), learning AE is a must! The blog posts and tutorials about AE on the Edit Video Faster website teach shortcuts, provide tips, and expert insights from a freelance video editor and video producer with over a decade in the industry.

Here are some topics you will learn about on this website:

  • Copying effects of a property onto another layer
  • Creating guides and copying them into other compositions
  • Adjusting the volume in After Effects
  • How to change the space of letters and lines of text
  • Changing font and color of text layers
  • Making solids and how to change their colors
  • Solving common importing issues
  • Keyboard shortcuts to show and hide properties
  • And so much more!

Convert Text to Paragraph or Point in After Effects

November 15, 2020July 23, 2014 by Josh Short

This video tutorial walk-through and article is on how to convert paragraph text to point text or vice versa in Adobe After Effects.

Categories After Effects Tags After Effects change text type, After Effects convert point to paragraph text, After Effects convert text, After Effects text, After Effects text tutorial, After Effects tutorial, video editor tips 2 Comments

Change Color of a Solid Over Time in After Effects

October 6, 2020July 2, 2014 by Josh Short

This tutorial walks you through how to change the color of a solid in After Effects. It also teaches you how to change the color over time using keyframes.

Categories After Effects Tags after effects change solid's color, After Effects tutorial, change solid color after effect, Edit Video Faster, EVF, Josh Short, Josh Short editor, keyframe color of solid in after effects 2 Comments
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