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Introduction
This is our first animation, a title that slides in from the left, stops in the middle, and then smoothly moves up above the mountain footage at sunrise. Everything can be done with just 3 keyframes. Let's get started. Hello, welcome back to the complete Adobe After Effects series from Cerdas Inovasi Digital. In this third module, we start animating. The main concept is keyframes; we define property values at certain time points, and After Effects calculates all the frames in between. We start with animating position.
Step 1: Prepare the title
Create a composition from the sunrise mountain footage. Using the Type Tool, type 'danau fajar' in the center of the screen, size 140 pixels. Select the text layer and press P to display position only. To the left of the property name there is a stopwatch icon. Make sure the time indicator is at 0 seconds.
Step 2: First keyframe
Drag the text out of the left side of the screen, then click the stopwatch position. The stopwatch turns blue and a diamond icon appears in the timeline. That is the first keyframe, at 0 seconds, the text position is outside the left side. Move the time indicator to 1.5 seconds. Drag the text back to the center of the screen. Since the stopwatch is active, every change in value automatically creates a new keyframe.
Step 3: Second keyframe
Now there are two keyframes, and in the composition panel, you can see the motion path line from left to center.
Step 4: Check with scrub
Drag the time indicator back and forth between the two keyframes. The text moves automatically from left to center. After Effects calculates the position for each frame in between, a process called interpolation. The small dots along the motion path indicate the position for each frame. Move to 4 seconds, then change the Y position value by dragging the second blue number until the text rises slightly.
Step 5: Third keyframe
The third keyframe is created. Animation now has two parts. It moves in quickly, then rises slowly.
Step 6: Preview
Press home and space to play the animation. Notice the motion path and the distance between the points. Points that are close together mean slow motion, points that are spaced out mean fast motion. In the following episodes, we will make this motion smoother with easing.
Done!
Done. We have now understood the concept of keyframes, activating the stopwatch, creating keyframes by moving the time and changing the value, reading the motion path, and checking interpolation with scrub and preview. In the next episode, we will animate scale, rotation, and opacity simultaneously. Need a promotional video, logo animation, motion graphics for social media, or visual effects for short films. Cerdas Inovasi Digital provides motion graphics and visual effects services, as well as opens 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 just one class? Buy single class 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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