Hello!
This is a guide to help you with managing your files and assets, but also
guide you through the basics of After Effects if you are a beginner.
It is important to note that to preview the brush effect, you must have
your preview mode set to Full resolution.
In order to get the project working properly you must follow these
steps:
1. Drop in your logo in the Your Logo comp (preferably with alpha
channel)
2. Go to the Auto-trace composition, have the single layer selected
and then go to Layer->Auto-trace
3. Once you have your mask, go to Effect Controls of the layer
(Window->Effect Controls if you don't have it in the default UI)
and enable the top and bottom effect in the stack. That should
leave only the brush animation.
Once that's done and you have your animation, all that's left is to
change your website text and preview your animation in the main
composition. You can adjust your cameras with the camera controls (camera
movements are locked, so you just need to change position/rotation of
controllers). The main composition also contains color controls at the top of
the layer list.
You can add in your own background in the Background composition.
Here's some essentials you might find useful if you are new to After
Effects:
This is the first screen you will see on almost all of my templates. You
can either double click the text layer and retype your text, or you can directly
drag and drop an image file into the project.
Quick tip: To use Vector images you must enable the switch for it.
Shown in image below.
You can use the Compositions quick bar to navigate through the project.
In all of my templates, they are organized in order of things you need to do.
After you've changed your logo/website, you can check for customization
helpers like Color or Camera Controls, if there are such available.
Color controls are often available, when the project allows it, they are
usually found in the Main composition of a file.
Go to Window → Effect Controls if you do not have this tab, in your
User Interface.
After you're done with that, all that's left to do is render. To do so, you
must first go into your Full HD or HD composition (whichever output size
you need). Then you go to Composition → Add to Render Queue, you will be
sent to the render tab.
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