Adobe After Effects CS5 - How To Trim Layers

After Effects provides tools to modify layers. Trimming layers might be important, because the truth, because we are mixing a variety of resources into the whole statement that rarely use any resources without trimming a little '. This can be a part of "the nature of the Web" in our opinion, but a mixture of pictures and outtakes of resources allows us to be creative in how the mix of our message.

If the message is an advertisement or a catchy website video just the right pieces, and just the right time can be the most important part of its character. When you start working with layers, to decide how they blend together and which parts you need, you should see the windows of "In / Out / Duration 'to see the time values ​​of its own layer. This option video is available at the bottom left of the timeline, showing braces against "{}".

You can also change the timeline pane, right-click on the column heading and choose what it seems. The shear layer is very simple. When you move the mouse to the beginning or the end of the floor, a white pointer arrow changes to two arrows pointing opposite'<->' this cut. Simply click on the layer and move the beginning or the end is visually adjust the tempo. Please note that you must manually decorate your coat ", in, out, the duration of" values ​​change accordingly. This mixture of visual changes with the exact timing of the information is useful in a combination of design.

These timing information will be useful, but there is a piece that can be misleading. If you adjust the length of a numeric display, you're forcing you to layer a new length of time, significantly speed up or slow down the playback speed. Way to adjust the length of the plan is to cut it. Also note that you can move the layers in the timeline in relation to other levels. Here you can not change his overall time of the game, but if it is determined in relation to other parts of the presentation.

Often you want to process the same layer in different ways. You can adjust the color of the former, but not late. It is easy to copy and paste a layer, then use cut to adjust the length. Even easier, After Effects has an option "layer of division" in the Edit menu. Here it suffices to place the clock you want to separate the layer and select "Edit Layer-Split", After Effects will create the layer split second in which they put the time indicator.

You can find all these shortcuts and commands for the positioning of the cut, and when you first start using this combination of tools and information that you will spend less time in the toolbox, and more time on your designs.