{"id":1995,"date":"2026-03-23T11:10:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp100-stein\/?p=1995"},"modified":"2026-03-23T11:10:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:10:46","slug":"animation-after-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp100-stein\/animation-module\/animation-after-effects\/","title":{"rendered":"Animation in After Effects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As an introduction to animation, we will look at the first two courses in the Animation Fundamentals series of <\/strong>tutorials. To get to them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Click Help<\/strong> in the AE main menu<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Click After Effects in-app tutorials<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Scroll down to\u00a0Skills and Projects<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Click Animation Fundamentals<\/strong>\n
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    1. We will look at the Keyframe Animation<\/strong> and Animate an Object to Follow Along a Path<\/strong> tutorials.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. There are more if you want to go deeper.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      Four Types of AE Animation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      There are four types of animation in After Effects (each of these links to a video tutorial with sample files):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      1. Manual Keyframe Animation<\/strong>: in this style you manually set keyframes and then change properties of objects or entire layers at different points in the timeline.\n