10 Tips for Working Faster in After Effects
by Laura Hawk
In this series of After Effects tutorials, we learn 10 time-saving tips to speed up your workflow in After Effects. Software required: After Effects CS6.
What you'll learn
In this series of After Effects tutorials, we learn 10 time-saving tips to speed up your workflow in After Effects. Some of these tips are simple things that you should be doing in all your projects like staying organized in the project panel. Other tips require a little more thought on when to implement them, like Memory and Multiprocessing or using motion blur efficiently. This training is great for watching a few lessons and then jumping back on whatever project you are working on, and trying out the tips. By the end of this tutorial, you will have 10 new ways to work faster in After Effects, and you'll definitely learn some things that you didn't know before about the way these functions play together. Software required: After Effects CS6.
About the author
Laura is a passionate visual effects and motion graphics author at Pluralsight. Ever since her first exposure to After Effects in college, Laura has had an eternal drive to learn more about motion graphics, and teach others what she has discovered. Laura began working at Digital-Tutors (now a Pluralsight company) as a motion graphics artist, creating visually-appealing advertisements and informative art for the site.
Throughout her time at Digital-Tutors, Laura contributed greatly to both the ... moreAfter Effects and NUKE libraries of content – their own digital David Blaine, breaking down the “movie magic” and sharing it with others. She has also written content for 3D Artist Magazine. Her favorite projects are her two in-depth After Effects introductory courses on Pluralsight, which were each built around training motion artists and VFX artists, respectively. Using her vast skill set, Laura has taught thousands of artists everything from shot-tracking and rotoscoping to motion design. If you ever need to reach out for questions or comments feel free to find Laura on Twitter @LauraHawkDesign.