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After Effects Project User Manual

This user manual provides instructions for customizing an animated map project file in After Effects. It explains how to import the project, navigate the folder structure, select an animated map, and customize elements like colors, camera settings, geo-markers, route lines, text, media content, and map regions. Users can select from pre-made map animations, then edit layers to change colors, paths, text, media, and region boundaries.

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After Effects Project User Manual

This user manual provides instructions for customizing an animated map project file in After Effects. It explains how to import the project, navigate the folder structure, select an animated map, and customize elements like colors, camera settings, geo-markers, route lines, text, media content, and map regions. Users can select from pre-made map animations, then edit layers to change colors, paths, text, media, and region boundaries.

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Muhamad Naufal R
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User Manual

Index
● How to import the project
● Folder structure
● How to select animated map
● How to edit colors
● How to change camera settings
● How to change GEO-marks settings
● How to change route line
● How to change text
● How to change media content
● How to change regions at map
How to import project

Open the project in After Effects:


File > Import > File... > Double click on project

Or press Ctrl+i on keyboard


Folder Structure
All our projects have simple and similar
structure. It works with this very project too

Within this folder would be all the


compositions that could be modified.
Folder Structure
All our projects have simple and similar
structure. It works with this very project too

This composition contain all


types of map.
How to select animated map

Just open this composition and select


and copy any scene to your project

Scenes 1 - 6 contain animation.


Scene 7 without animation.
How to edit colors

Open scene.
Select layer Control and press F3 button.
Change colors at Effect Controls panel
How to change camera settings
Select layer Camera Control and press
F3 button.
Change position, rotation, speed of
animation.
How to change GEO-markers settings
Select layer Camera Control and
press F3 button.
Change position and size of
pointers.

This control changes width of route lines.


How to change route line

Step 1
Select Path layer.
Switch on solo checkbox to view route
line only.
How to change route line

Step 2
Double click on path line.
Select start/end point and edit bezier
curves.
How to change route line

Step 3
Switch off solo checkbox to view all map.
How to change text

Select and open text composition.


Select text layer and edit text.
How to change media content

Select and open


media composition.
And insert photo,
video or icons into
this composition. Also you may use additional
icons from icons folder
How to change regions at map

Step 1
Select map layer Step 2
and open it. Select layer with a
region.

Step 3
Use fill and stroke
settings at toolbar.

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