Ukramedia’s Sergei Prokhnevskiy posts a useful tips pack every so often, listing some great tricks in After Effects. Just when you think that there could not possibly be any more tips that you never heard of, Sergei posts another 25 Useful Tricks in After Effects You May Not Know About.
Some of the tips you may already know, like edit original, some can be a bit obscure, like setting comp marker numbers and still others will prove to be incredibly useful, such as soloing and hiding properties.
No matter what skill level you find yourself at, you should definitely check out Sergei Prokhnevskiy’s 25 Useful Tricks in After Effects You May Not Know About part 3.
If you need a refresher on the previous tips and tricks, Check out part 2, 22 useful tricks in After Effects. With part one 20 useful tricks in After Effects here.
25 Useful Tricks Part 3
01. Edit Original
02. Solo Properties
03. Hide Properties
04. Remember & Apply Interpretation
05. Save Frame as Photoshop Layers
06. Convert Photoshop Text to Editable Text
07. Convert Shape Layer to Bezier Path
08. Show All Properties
09. Set & Number Comp Marker
10. Remove Marker
11. Adjusting Comp Duration When preComping
12. Add New Layer
13. Display Expressions Only
14. Copy Expression Only
15. Pick-whip To Different Comp
16. Reversing Parent Value
17. Delete Footage Without Warning
18. Scroll Selected Layer To Top Of Timeline Panel
19. Preserve Frame Rate
20. Select and Deselect All Visible Keyframes
21. Moving Content Into New Folder
22. Re-size Application Window To Fit Screen
23. Center Comp In The Panel
24. Look At Selected Layers
25. Parenting To New Layer
