Effects controls and layer panels

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[00:00:00] hello and welcome to this after effects

[00:00:00] certification preparation series of

[00:00:00] videos I'm Louisa Winters in this video

[00:00:00] I want to cover objective 2.2 a this is

[00:00:00] the third video that we've done about

[00:00:00] objective 2.2 a and it's just talking

[00:00:00] about panels in this video I want to

[00:00:00] talk about the effect controls panel and

[00:00:00] the layer panel so let's go ahead and

[00:00:00] hop into after effects and let's start

[00:00:00] with the effect controls panel the

[00:00:00] effect controls panel is usually here on

[00:00:00] the top left of the screen but right now

[00:00:00] it's not showing anything well it's not

[00:00:00] showing anything for two reasons number

[00:00:00] one effects are applied to layers so I

[00:00:00] don't have a single layer selected and

[00:00:00] number two whatever layer is selected

[00:00:00] doesn't have any effects so in here

[00:00:00] inadvertently I added a puppet effect to

[00:00:00] the branch and leaves I'm just going to

[00:00:00] go ahead and delete it so if we want to

[00:00:00] see something in the effect controls

[00:00:00] panel we need to add something that

[00:00:00] would be visible in the effect controls

[00:00:00] panel so let's go to the effects and

[00:00:00] presets panel and let's add an effect

[00:00:00] this can be any kind of effect so just

[00:00:00] for now let's go to color correction and

[00:00:00] let's go to say color balance I'm going

[00:00:00] to add a color balance effect to any of

[00:00:00] these clips in fact I'm just going to

[00:00:00] call it to this city city reveal or

[00:00:00] whatever it's called so here we go now

[00:00:00] that that layer is selected you see the

[00:00:00] color balance effect here in the effect

[00:00:00] controls panel and in here you can we

[00:00:00] haven't even talked about keyframes yet

[00:00:00] but you guys are not newbies in After

[00:00:00] Effects I mean if you're watching this

[00:00:00] it's because you're getting ready to

[00:00:00] take take the certification test so you

[00:00:00] already know what a keyframe is you can

[00:00:00] keyframe directly here in the effect

[00:00:00] controls panel or you can keyframe in

[00:00:00] the timeline so you know makes no

[00:00:00] difference to After Effects all I'm

[00:00:00] saying is you can do it here or you can

[00:00:00] do it here in the timeline so you can

[00:00:00] just change any of these properties of

[00:00:00] this effect so if you want to delete the

[00:00:00] effect click on its name and hey just

[00:00:00] press the delete key it's the same with

[00:00:00] a preset like if I go to a preset and

[00:00:00] now I want to go into

[00:00:00] say creative and I'm going to go to

[00:00:00] bloom brights and darks and I'm going to

[00:00:00] add this to this flag video here right

[00:00:00] there you go so this particular preset

[00:00:00] added these effects to that clip to that

[00:00:00] layer and I can change the blurriness I

[00:00:00] can change the input Channel I can

[00:00:00] change any of these things in here and I

[00:00:00] can also keyframe them in here as well

[00:00:00] to delete select them all right and then

[00:00:00] press the delete key to select all as

[00:00:00] Ctrl a on Windows command a on the Mac

[00:00:00] so you can see that it's a very

[00:00:00] appropriate to add things using the

[00:00:00] effects and presets panel just drag it

[00:00:00] to the clip and then in the effect

[00:00:00] controls panel you can modify whatever

[00:00:00] it is so let's go ahead and type in this

[00:00:00] search bar for a gaussian blur so I'm

[00:00:00] going to type the word Gauss and I'm

[00:00:00] going to apply this to all of my Clips I

[00:00:00] can select all of the clips and then I

[00:00:00] can double click the gaussian blur and

[00:00:00] it should be applied to all of them so

[00:00:00] notice that no matter which clip I

[00:00:00] select the gaussian blur appears in the

[00:00:00] effect controls which means that I

[00:00:00] applied this effect to all of the clips

[00:00:00] at the same time I can also select all

[00:00:00] of my clips and I can change the

[00:00:00] blurriness right notice that it's

[00:00:00] affecting only one of them if I want to

[00:00:00] select all of them and affect the

[00:00:00] blurriness of all of them I can select

[00:00:00] all of the layers press the letter e for

[00:00:00] effects and I can now change the

[00:00:00] blurriness of all of them at the same

[00:00:00] time so notice what I'm doing right I am

[00:00:00] expanding these and this is very

[00:00:00] important in After Effects so I want you

[00:00:00] to remember this not necessarily for the

[00:00:00] test but for you do you see how the

[00:00:00] names are selected that doesn't mean the

[00:00:00] effect is if I now do a click and drag I

[00:00:00] can now change the blurriness of all of

[00:00:00] them at the same time see now and here

[00:00:00] all of them are blurried

[00:00:00] so in After Effects it really really

[00:00:00] depends on who is selected what is

[00:00:00] selected for you to be able to adjust

[00:00:00] that yes you can adjust many things at

[00:00:00] the same time but they need to be

[00:00:00] selected all right so I'm just going to

[00:00:00] go ahead and collapse all of these in

[00:00:00] fact I'm going to go back to a default

[00:00:00] workspace so that should resize all of

[00:00:00] my panels to where I am more comfortable

[00:00:00] with them

[00:00:00] so right now we've been working in the

[00:00:00] comp panel but we have not been working

[00:00:00] in the layer panel so if I double click

[00:00:00] any layer it opens in the layer panel

[00:00:00] this is important not just for the test

[00:00:00] for your work around I want you to make

[00:00:00] sure that you read the name of the panel

[00:00:00] see this one is comp composition this

[00:00:00] one is layer it says layer this looks

[00:00:00] different it has other options in here

[00:00:00] like if I want to say track something

[00:00:00] here so I can right click this go to

[00:00:00] create I'm sorry track and stabilize

[00:00:00] track camera it's going to give me a

[00:00:00] warning it's going to say hey you can't

[00:00:00] do that in here you have to do it in the

[00:00:00] com panel right so if you ever get

[00:00:00] messages like that and you just go hey

[00:00:00] what's happening here right what's going

[00:00:00] on here then you know that it is that

[00:00:00] you're in the wrong panel so layer says

[00:00:00] layer here composition here and as soon

[00:00:00] as I am the comp yes the tracking starts

[00:00:00] happening blah blah blah blah if you

[00:00:00] want to delete effects say from all of

[00:00:00] your Clips at the same time select them

[00:00:00] all press the letter e you can click and

[00:00:00] drag like that again or you can just

[00:00:00] click on the individual effects and now

[00:00:00] you can delete them from the layers all

[00:00:00] right so there are ways for you to

[00:00:00] delete these effects a little bit you

[00:00:00] know quicker and all of that neither

[00:00:00] here nor there we're just preparing you

[00:00:00] for the test if you need to add an

[00:00:00] effect to a layer on the test I highly

[00:00:00] recommend that you go to the effects and

[00:00:00] presets panel you search for that effect

[00:00:00] make sure that you are adding the

[00:00:00] correct effect whatever that happens to

[00:00:00] be a gaussian blur and RGB hsl it

[00:00:00] doesn't matter search for it apply it to

[00:00:00] the layer in question and then change

[00:00:00] the settings to whatever you need to do

[00:00:00] in the effect controls panel that's

[00:00:00] going to be the easiest way to do that

[00:00:00] if you find yourself unable to track and

[00:00:00] stabilize or to do whatever it is make

[00:00:00] sure that you know which panel you are

[00:00:00] on if you are in the composition panel

[00:00:00] it's going to look a certain way and

[00:00:00] more important is going to say

[00:00:00] composition to the left of the name if

[00:00:00] you're in the layer panel it's going to

[00:00:00] look different see this this time ruler

[00:00:00] here that didn't exist on the other

[00:00:00] panel and most importantly is going to

[00:00:00] say layer to the left of its name all

[00:00:00] right

[00:00:00] so this brings us to the end of this

[00:00:00] video thank you for watching and see you

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