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

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ring to the right) for the right pincer.

3. Go to 5:00, and move the Left Pincer and Right Pincer pins so that the pincers are further
apart. Then drag the small rectangle on each ring outward to bloat the pincers slightly.

4. At 6:19, turn the pincers back inward. Then, at 8:19, position them so that they’re roughly
vertical again. At 9:29, reduce the pincers’ scale back to their original size, and move the
pincers so that they’re fully turned inward.
5. Move the current-time indicator across the time ruler to see the pincers wave.

Next, you’ll move the antennae closer together. The first keyframe already exists, so you need to
create only one more.


6. Go to 7:14, and pull the pins on the antennae closer to each other.

Now you can animate all the legs. You want them to start moving even before the pincers do,
and they should wave around a bit.


7. Go to 1:19, and move the pin on each leg so that each leg is slightly longer and curved
outward. Use the Bend pin on each of the swimmer legs to scale each leg slightly larger.
8. Make changes to each leg at 2:01, 4:00, 6:17, and 8:10 so that the legs move slightly
upward or downward, in and out as the video progresses. Move each pin about the same
amount each time, in whatever direction you choose. At 8:10, use the Bend pins to return
the swimmer legs to their original size.
9. Press F2 or click an empty area of the Timeline panel to deselect all layers. Then, press the
Home key or move the current-time indicator to the beginning of the time ruler.
10. Press the spacebar to preview your animation. Press the spacebar again to stop playback. If
you want to change the animation, adjust pins at each keyframe.
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