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Advanced Motion Graphics- Light Rays Fail

So I decided to do the Light Rays tutorial for advanced motion graphics and that kind of fell through a bit. Everything was going pretty well until I realized I didn't have the Shine effect in AE. So I did my best to kind of mimic the Shine effect, which kind of worked but not really.

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1) The "Getting Started" tutorial explains the basics of After Effects, including AE's tools and how to do simple basic things. It explains in "Interface" how to use the menu and tool bar (and what some of the features of both are), as well as panels and frames (and how to click on them and select them effectively). "Footage" explains the different possibilities one has for importing, how to organize footage correctly (naming, putting said footage in folders, and deleting that footage if need be), and searching for footage. This portion of the tutorial also explains what one can do through right-clicking (and all of the options when one does so), as well as new compositions and the project settings of those compositions. The "Composition" portion of the tutorial explains how to add footage to a composition (how to make a composition, which will help to keep things from becoming too confusing), and adjustments as well as project settings (and how you can tamper with them). This section also explains pre-composition, which while very similar to composition is different in some important ways. In "Projects, Save & Export" how to view information about ones projects, as well as the many saving possibilities are given. In this same section, how to export a composition is explained. The last section explained in the first AE tutorial is "Render". In this final portion, all of the render settings for your projects are explained, as well as what output settings you can use to get different results. It also explains compression settings, and how to use those to advantage you project.

2) The "Effect and Animation" tutorial, in short, explains how effects as well as animation operate in After Effects. The "Effects & Presets" section focuses on the different effects one can use in After Effects, as well as the different presets. This includes how to search for both, applying them correctly, and setting up the control panel to ones preferences. "Animation" tells us how to make the essentials of animation work in After Effects (which includes scaling, setting opacity, positioning, and rotating). This  part also goes into great detail about key frames, and the settings one can use with them. Motion blur, when one blurs something for effect, was also explained in detail, along with parenting (dictating which frame is under the control of the other). The "Keying" section explains in great deal keying, which is essentially the act of, once something is on a green screen, getting After Effects to cut until you only have the subjects you desire (that aren't green). This section also explains keying tools that are built into After Effects, which make Keying easier. "Masks, Transparency & Transfer Modes" goes into detail about how all three operate. The "Masks" section dictates masking, how to set up ones composition before masking, and what effects masking has on what you are masking. It also explained transparency, how the differing levels of transparency effect your project, and transparencies overall effects. Finally, Transfer Modes are described, in which the tutorial tells us how to select some modes.

3) The "Advanced Techniques" tell us information on how to use advanced techniques in After Effects.     "Workspace" instructs one on how to personalize and change the general look of After Effects. This includes changing the size and arrangement of panels and frames. It also tells you how to make a new work place, choose different workplaces, delete workspaces, and discard any changed you've made to your workspace (intentional or otherwise). "Motion Tracking" explains how to track certain things that are in motion, or otherwise, when using After Effects. It explains in detail what sort of settings can be applied, and what sort of targets one can select (which include moving a null objects). On the subject of null objects, in this section using motion tracking on null objects is explained, including tips on what sort of settings to have to do so successfully. The "3D" section goes into detail about how to use 3D to make different things, including using light to achieve certain sorts of features (like casting a shadow, or making certain things stand out). This section also explains layer switching in 3D, moving in 3D space, 3D camera, and 3D light. The last section covered under "Advanced Techniques" is expressions. Expressions can be used to modify scale, position, or opacity and is linked with wiggle. Wiggle keyframes, and wiggle animating, as well as wiggle control, are all gone into detail about. 

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