20 Useful Tricks in After Effects You May Not Know About – Part 1 of 5

Sergei Prokhnevskiy

1. Keyframe Velocity (CTRL+SHIFT+K)
2. Mini-Flowchart (TAB)
3. Align Tools
4. Replacing Images
5. System Color Picker
6. Render Presets
7. Cycle Mask Colors
8. Math
9. Gradient Overlays
10. Reverse Keyframes
11. Expressions to Keyframes
12. Splitting Layers (CTRL+SHIFT+D)
13. Guide Layers
14. Moving Masks (Space bar)
15. Creating a Motion Path from a Mask
16. Scaling Multiple Keyframes (Alt+Click and drag)
17. Copying Paths from Illustrator
18. Maximize Frame with a Shortcut (~)
19. Rendering Comps Out of Media Encoder (CTRL+ALT+M)
20. Close Panel and Frame with a Shortcut (CTRL+W, CTRL+ALT+W)

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About the author:

Sergei Prokhnevskiy

Sergei Prokhnevskiy is a Charlotte, NC based motion graphics designer, an online tutor, an entrepreneur, and Adobe MAX Master Speaker. Sergei is known for his quick and practical After Effects tips and tricks on YouTube, where he generated well over 6 million views on his tutorials. He has authored an online video course on After Effects Expressions and developed scripts for After Effects. He is also a former senior motion graphics designer at Fox Sports where he worked on graphics for NFL, Super Bowl, MLB, World Series, College Football, NASCAR, Women’s World Cup, and NASCAR Race Hub. He is very passionate about learning and teaching others.