5 After Effects Hacks in 3 Minutes

Teaching you 5 useful life hacks in After Effects in under 3 minutes!
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0:00 New Text Presets
0:37 Timeline Shortcuts
1:21 My Most Used After Effects Plug-In
1:54 Navigate Compositions
2:18 Clean Mask Edges
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In this Adobe After Effects tutorial, I concisely show you 5 simple and incredibly useful life hacks in After Effects. We discuss using new text presets, shortcuts for cutting and moving clips, my favorite AE plug-in from Video Copilot, quickly smoothing and blending the edges of your masks, and navigating compositions effectively. I hope this video helps make you a more efficient editor when working in After Effects!
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EQUIPMENT THAT I USE
CAMERAS
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AUDIO
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