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15 Must-Know After Effects Tips

These 15 pro-level After Effects tips and tricks will help you create motion graphics more efficiently!

In this video:

0:03 - Fix see-through layers when animating the opacity of a composition

1:00 - Preview animation in slow motion

1:28 - Use the search function

1:57 - Set the exact position of guides

2:17 - Make any layer a guide layer

2:34 - Morph between a square and circle

2:57 - Manipulate multiple points on a path together

3:34 - Replace compositions

4:01 - Change size of composition

4:31 - Scale composition and contents

5:09 - Use nulls to zero out layer properties

6:22 - Open two composition viewers

7:00 - Open multiple timelines

7:24 - Render multiple compositions at once

7:50 - Render multiple versions of a composition

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