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Introduction
This is the workflow we will build, setting up panels and workspace, enabling auto-save, saving incremental versions with instrument and save, and tidying up the project before sending it out. Let's get started. Hello, welcome back to the complete Adobe After Effects series from Cerdas Inovasi Digital. Before diving into animation, we'll build a safe workflow. In this closing episode of the first module, we'll set up workspace, enable auto-save, and tidy up the project, using footage of a lake in the morning.
Step 1: Open the panel via the Window menu
Create a composition from the morning lake footage. All After Effects panels can be opened from the Window menu. Select Window, Tracker, and the Tracker panel appears on the right column. Also open Window, Character to adjust text. The active panel is marked with a blue border around it.
Step 2: Move and reset the workspace
At the top right, there is a list of workspaces: default, learn, standard, small screen, and others. Click standard and then return to default. If the panel layout becomes messy due to dragging, open Window, Workspace, Reset Default to Save Layout to restore the original layout.
Step 3: Enable Auto-Save
Open the Edit menu, Preference, Auto-Save. Check Automatically Save Project, set Save Every 20 Minutes, and Maximum Project Version 5. After Effects will save project copies periodically in the auto-save folder, acting as a lifesaver when the program unexpectedly closes.
Step 4: Increment and Save
Save the project with the name morning lake. After major changes, use File, Instrument and Save, or Ctrl-Alt-Shift-S. After Effects saves a new file with the next version number, for example morning lake underscore 1, so older versions remain safe.
Step 5: Collect Files
When the project is ready to be sent to a colleague, open File, Dependencies, Collect Files. Select Collect Source Files for all compositions. After Effects copies the project file along with all footage into one folder, ensuring no files are missing on another computer.
Step 6: Delete unused footage
Import two additional footage that turned out to be unused. Then open File, Dependencies, Remove Unused Footage. After Effects removes unused items from any composition in the Project panel, without deleting the original files on the hard disk. Done
Done!
We've opened the panel through the menu window, switched and similar to workspace, activated auto-save, used the instrument and save, collected files, and removed unused footage. The basic module is complete, and in the next module we will delve into composition and layers. Need a promotional video, logo animation, motion graphics for social media, or visual effects for short films? As well as opening After Effects courses from beginner to advanced. Want to master the entire series? 104 episodes from the interface to the final project? All episodes, complete with PDF step-by-step guides, source footage, and project scripts, are available for premium tutorial subscribers. Subscribe starting at Rp69.000 per month, save 28% with the 12-month package, or pay once Rp999.000 for lifetime access. Want a single class only? Buy single classes with lifetime access. Subscribe now at the premium page cerdasinovasidigital.com Contact our WhatsApp, or visit cerdasinovasidigital.com Thank you for watching, see you in the next episode.
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