Retiming Footage to Perfection in After Effects
In this series of tutorials, we'll learn various methods for changing the timing of our footage in After Effects. Software required: After Effects CC 12.2.0.52.
What you'll learn
In this series of tutorials, we'll learn various methods for changing the timing of our footage in After Effects. There are lots of different techniques for retiming, all with different pros and cons that might make one technique be a better fit for you over another. We'll begin by understanding the differences between Time Stretching, Time Remapping, and Timewarping. We also learn a couple of useful tricks like Pixel Motion Blur and Frame Blending. We finish off the course by doing a single lesson that combines nearly all of the techniques that we learned to create a unique ghosting effect. This course is for you if you want to learn how to make your footage look like it was shot with a high speed camera, create blends between fast and slow motion within the same clip, or simply make your footage play backwards and stop. Whatever the case, this course has all your timing needs covered. Software required: After Effects CC 12.2.0.52.
Table of contents
- What Is Time-stretching? 5m
- What Is Time-remapping? 8m
- How to Use Frame Blending 6m
- How to Use Pixel Motion Blur with Footage 6m
- Reversing Layers and Keyframes 6m
- How to Freeze Frame 6m
- The Timewarp Effect: Keying and Built-in Motion Blur 9m
- Bringing It All Together: Creating a Frame Pausing Effect 7m
About the author
Laura is a passionate visual effects and motion graphics author at Pluralsight. Ever since her first exposure to After Effects in college, Laura has had an eternal drive to learn more about motion graphics, and teach others what she has discovered. Laura began working at Digital-Tutors (now a Pluralsight company) as a motion graphics artist, creating visually-appealing advertisements and informative art for the site. Throughout her time at Digital-Tutors, Laura contributed greatly to both the ... more