Adobe After Effects CC Classroom in a Book (2019 Release), First Edition

8. Press F2 or click an empty area in the Timeline panel to deselect all layers. Then adjust the

Rotation and Scale properties for each layer to create variation among the stars. You can

also use the Selection tool to adjust the stars’ positions.

9. Press the spacebar to preview the animation. The stars twinkle and fade as night turns to

day. Press the spacebar again to stop the playback.

10. 
    

    Hide the properties for all layers. Then select the Star 1 layer and Shift-select the Star 7
    layer to select all the star layers again.

    
    


11. 
    

    Choose Layer > Pre-compose, name the new composition Starscape, and click OK.