After Effects Apprentice: 08 Nesting and Precomposing

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Free Online Course: After Effects Apprentice: 08 Nesting and Precomposing provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 2-3 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. After Effects Apprentice: 08 Nesting and Precomposing is taught by Chris Meyer and Trish Meyer.

Overview
  • Learn how to use multiple compositions to group layers, accommodate client changes, and rewire the internal render order in After Effects.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Overview
    • Software versions and exercise files
    1. Nesting a Group of Layers
    • Building an extra-wide composition
    • Nesting and animating a precomp
    • Editing the precomp
    2. Nesting a Common Source
    • Using common elements
    • Creating and animating a map composition
    • Accommodating changes efficiently
    3. Precomposing a Group
    • Precomposing to group layers
    • Precomps and effects
    4. Precomposing a Single Layer
    • What could go wrong?
    • Precomposing with Leave All attributes
    • More on precomps and effects
    • Replace with precomp
    5. Render Order Issues
    • Understanding the render order
    • Solving problems by using a second composition
    • Using precomposing to rewire the render order
    6. Render Order Exceptions
    • Exploriong continuous rasterization
    • Using the Transform effect
    • Exploring Collapse transformations
    • Working with compond effects
    7. Quizzlers
    • Quizzler challenges
    • Quizzler solution 1: Alien Puzzle
    • Quizzler solution 2: Picture in Picture
    8. Idea Corner
    • Finishing the Muybridge
    9. Sidebars
    • Navigating composition hierarchies
    • Edit this, look at that
    • Preserve frame rate