Beginning Adobe After Effects: Create a new composition and import a video clip
Dive into the world of dynamic animations, stunning visual effects and post-production techniques. It's our brand-new series of BEGINNER video explainers for Adobe After Effects!
In this first explainer, we create a new project and a new composition from scratch, then add a short video clip to the composition.
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⏱️⏱️VIDEO CHAPTERS⏱️⏱️:
00:00:00 - Introduction to the Adobe After Effects Interface
00:00:49 - Creating and Saving a New Project
00:01:34 - Setting Up a new Composition
00:02:16 - Adjusting composition duration and Frame Rate
00:02:57 - Importing Video Clips
00:04:22 - Scaling and Adjusting Video Properties