About the Author |
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Acknowledgments |
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Introduction |
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A Note Regarding Keyboard Shortcuts |
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1 Layout and Basic Animation |
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4 | (22) |
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5 | (1) |
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Setting Up the After Effects Project |
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6 | (1) |
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6 | (1) |
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7 | (1) |
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8 | (1) |
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Configure the Comp Panel to Your Liking |
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8 | (2) |
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Layout in the Comp Window |
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10 | (1) |
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Changing an Object's Position |
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Changing an Object's Scale |
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Changing an Object's Rotation |
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Changing an Object's Anchor Point |
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Transform Controls in the Timeline |
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13 | (1) |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (1) |
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Zoom In and Out of the Timeline |
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15 | (1) |
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16 | (1) |
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17 | (1) |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (1) |
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Adding a Pause in Animation |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (2) |
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23 | (1) |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (1) |
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24 | (2) |
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2 Advanced Animation, Parenting & Text |
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26 | (29) |
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27 | (1) |
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27 | (1) |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (2) |
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30 | (1) |
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31 | (1) |
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31 | (1) |
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32 | (2) |
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34 | (1) |
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Enable Continuous Rasterization |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (1) |
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Don't Forget to Set Your Anchor Point |
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35 | (1) |
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35 | (2) |
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37 | (1) |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (1) |
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38 | (1) |
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Adjusting Keyframe Velocity |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (1) |
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41 | (3) |
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44 | (1) |
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44 | (1) |
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44 | (5) |
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49 | (1) |
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49 | (1) |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (2) |
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52 | (1) |
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The Effects & Presets Panel |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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54 | (1) |
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Add to Adobe Media Encoder Queue |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (30) |
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56 | (1) |
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Creating a New Composition from Scratch |
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56 | (2) |
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58 | (1) |
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58 | (1) |
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59 | (1) |
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60 | (4) |
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64 | (1) |
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64 | (1) |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (1) |
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66 | (2) |
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68 | (1) |
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68 | (2) |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (1) |
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72 | (1) |
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72 | (2) |
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74 | (2) |
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76 | (1) |
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76 | (1) |
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77 | (1) |
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78 | (1) |
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79 | (1) |
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Stylize It With an Effect |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (1) |
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81 | (1) |
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81 | (1) |
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82 | (1) |
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Adobe Media Encoder Caveats |
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82 | (1) |
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Exporting with Render Queue |
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82 | (3) |
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4 Masking, Matting b Precomps |
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85 | (18) |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (1) |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (1) |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (2) |
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92 | (1) |
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92 | (3) |
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95 | (1) |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (3) |
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99 | (1) |
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99 | (1) |
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100 | (1) |
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100 | (1) |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (1) |
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5 3D, Character Animation b Expressions |
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103 | (19) |
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104 | (1) |
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104 | (1) |
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104 | (2) |
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106 | (1) |
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Convert a Layer to a 3D Layer |
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106 | (1) |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (1) |
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108 | (4) |
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112 | (1) |
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112 | (1) |
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112 | (2) |
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114 | (2) |
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116 | (1) |
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Setting Up the Puppet Tool |
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116 | (2) |
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118 | (1) |
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118 | (1) |
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118 | (1) |
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119 | (3) |
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6 Motion Tracking b Compositing |
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122 | (20) |
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123 | (1) |
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123 | (1) |
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Open a Clip in the Footage Panel |
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123 | (2) |
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Motion Tracking with Mocha |
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125 | (1) |
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125 | (1) |
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126 | (3) |
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129 | (3) |
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Rotoscoping with the Roto Brush |
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132 | (1) |
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First, a Little Setting Up |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (1) |
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134 | (1) |
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134 | (2) |
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136 | (1) |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (3) |
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140 | (2) |
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1 The Interface b Editing |
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142 | (59) |
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143 | (1) |
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143 | (1) |
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144 | (1) |
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144 | (1) |
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Resizing and Rearranging Panels |
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144 | (3) |
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Panels and Custom Workspaces |
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147 | (1) |
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147 | (1) |
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147 | (1) |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
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148 | (2) |
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150 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (4) |
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155 | (2) |
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157 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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Review with Frame.io Panel |
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159 | (2) |
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161 | (1) |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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165 | (3) |
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168 | (1) |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (2) |
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Playback in the Footage Panel |
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172 | (1) |
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Setting In and Out Points |
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173 | (1) |
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173 | (1) |
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Adding Footage to a Composition |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (1) |
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Frame Size and Frame Rate |
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174 | (1) |
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Create a Composition from Scratch |
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174 | (1) |
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Create a Composition from File |
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175 | (1) |
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175 | (1) |
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176 | (1) |
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Composition Panel Interface Tools |
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176 | (2) |
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178 | (1) |
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Toggle Track Visibility, Mute, Solo, and Lock |
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178 | (1) |
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178 | (1) |
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178 | (1) |
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179 | (5) |
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184 | (1) |
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Expand/Collapse Other Panes |
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184 | (1) |
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184 | (1) |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (1) |
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186 | (1) |
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187 | (2) |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (1) |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (1) |
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The Layer Panel Interface |
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191 | (1) |
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192 | (1) |
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192 | (1) |
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193 | (2) |
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195 | (1) |
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195 | (1) |
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Render with the Render Queue |
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195 | (4) |
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Encode with Adobe Media Encoder |
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199 | (2) |
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201 | (22) |
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Transforming in the Composition Panel |
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202 | (1) |
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202 | (2) |
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204 | (2) |
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Transforming in the Timeline Panel |
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206 | (1) |
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206 | (1) |
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Quickly Accessing Transforms |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (1) |
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208 | (1) |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (1) |
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Fancy Keyframe Interpolation |
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210 | (1) |
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210 | (1) |
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210 | (1) |
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210 | (1) |
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211 | (1) |
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The Graph Editor Interface |
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211 | (2) |
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213 | (2) |
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215 | (1) |
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216 | (1) |
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217 | (1) |
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Position Keyframes in the Comp Panel |
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217 | (2) |
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Position Keyframes in the Graph Editor |
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219 | (1) |
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219 | (1) |
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220 | (1) |
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221 | (1) |
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Setting Up Parent/Child Relationships |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (1) |
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223 | (18) |
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224 | (1) |
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224 | (1) |
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224 | (1) |
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225 | (1) |
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226 | (1) |
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226 | (1) |
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226 | (1) |
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226 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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Vertical and Horizontal Scale |
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227 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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228 | (1) |
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Faux Bold and Faux Italic |
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228 | (1) |
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228 | (1) |
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Superscript and Subscript |
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228 | (1) |
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228 | (1) |
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228 | (1) |
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229 | (1) |
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229 | (1) |
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Indent Left/Right Margins |
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229 | (1) |
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Add Space Before/After Paragraph |
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229 | (1) |
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229 | (1) |
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230 | (1) |
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230 | (1) |
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230 | (1) |
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230 | (1) |
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Browsing Text Animation Presets |
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230 | (1) |
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230 | (1) |
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Creating Your Own Text Animation |
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231 | (1) |
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231 | (1) |
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231 | (1) |
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Manipulate the Range Selector |
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232 | (1) |
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Advanced Range Selector Options |
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233 | (4) |
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237 | (1) |
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238 | (1) |
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239 | (1) |
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239 | (1) |
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239 | (1) |
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240 | (1) |
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241 | (52) |
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242 | (1) |
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Creating Shapes with the Shape Tool |
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242 | (3) |
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Creating Shapes with the Pen Tool |
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245 | (1) |
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246 | (2) |
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Convert a Shape to a Bezier Path |
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248 | (1) |
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Convert an Illustrator File to a Shape Layer |
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248 | (1) |
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248 | (1) |
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249 | (1) |
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249 | (6) |
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255 | (3) |
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258 | (1) |
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259 | (1) |
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Adding a Shape to a Shape Layer |
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259 | (1) |
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259 | (1) |
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Adding More Stuff to a Shape |
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260 | (1) |
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261 | (1) |
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261 | (1) |
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262 | (1) |
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263 | (1) |
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264 | (1) |
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264 | (1) |
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265 | (1) |
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266 | (1) |
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267 | (1) |
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267 | (2) |
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269 | (1) |
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270 | (3) |
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273 | (1) |
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273 | (2) |
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275 | (1) |
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Preserve Underlying Transparency |
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276 | (1) |
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277 | (1) |
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277 | (1) |
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278 | (1) |
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278 | (3) |
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281 | (1) |
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282 | (3) |
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285 | (2) |
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287 | (3) |
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290 | (1) |
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291 | (1) |
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292 | (1) |
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292 | (1) |
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292 | (1) |
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293 | (65) |
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294 | (1) |
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The Effect Controls Panel |
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294 | (1) |
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294 | (1) |
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295 | (1) |
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295 | (1) |
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296 | (1) |
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297 | (1) |
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298 | (4) |
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302 | (1) |
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303 | (1) |
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303 | (4) |
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307 | (7) |
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314 | (7) |
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321 | (1) |
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322 | (4) |
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326 | (3) |
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329 | (5) |
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334 | (1) |
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334 | (1) |
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335 | (1) |
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336 | (3) |
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339 | (5) |
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344 | (4) |
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348 | (1) |
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349 | (2) |
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351 | (3) |
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358 | (28) |
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359 | (1) |
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3D Orientation and Rotation |
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359 | (1) |
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360 | (1) |
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360 | (3) |
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363 | (1) |
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364 | (1) |
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365 | (1) |
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368 | (2) |
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370 | (3) |
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378 | (2) |
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386 | (42) |
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387 | (1) |
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387 | (2) |
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389 | (1) |
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395 | (2) |
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397 | (1) |
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398 | (1) |
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398 | (2) |
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400 | (1) |
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403 | (2) |
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406 | (1) |
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407 | (2) |
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409 | (1) |
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410 | (2) |
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412 | (4) |
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420 | (1) |
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421 | (1) |
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422 | (1) |
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422 | (1) |
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423 | (1) |
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424 | (1) |
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424 | (3) |
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Going Further with Character Animation |
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427 | (1) |
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429 | (1) |
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Parenting between Compositions |
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431 | (1) |
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431 | (1) |
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432 | (1) |
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433 | (1) |
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433 | (3) |
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Bring the Slider Values into the Expression |
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441 | (1) |
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442 | (1) |
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Understanding Position Data |
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443 | (1) |
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Array Isn't Just Position |
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445 | (2) |
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447 | (1) |
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Building a Number Counter |
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448 | (1) |
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