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

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16. Choose File > Save to save your work so far.

Tidying the composition


You’ve done some complex work to create a scene that merges the added components with an
existing tableau. You’ll preview it to see it in action.


1. Press the Home key or move the current-time indicator to the beginning of the time ruler.
2. Press the spacebar to preview the movie. Let it play through completely once to cache the
video and audio; once it’s cached, it should play in real time.
3. Press the spacebar again to stop playback.

It’s looking pretty good, but the word ARE shows up unexpectedly toward the end, and the crab
quotes all appear at once. You’ll adjust layers to ensure they appear when you want them to.


4. Go to 5:00, select the ARE layer, and press Alt+] or Option+].
5. Go to 6:06, select the Crab Quote 1 layer, and press Alt+[ or Option+[.
6. Go to 7:15, select the Crab Quote 2 layer, and press Alt+[ or Option+[.
7. Go to 9:01, select the Crab Quote 3 layer, and press Alt+[ or Option+[.

8. Press the spacebar to preview the movie again. Now the text and quotes appear when you
expect them to.
9. Press the spacebar again to stop playback.
10. Choose File > Save to save your work so far.

Adding a final object


Without the company logo, no one will know who has the competition scrambling. You’ll add
the logo to the end of the movie using another solid layer.


1. Go to 11:15, select the Shoreline.mov layer, and select the 3D Camera Tracker effect in the
Effect Controls panel again. Change the Track Point Size and Target Size back to 100%.
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