Adobe After Effects Basics Tutorial 2/8 - Compositions And Pre-Composing

Are you just starting out with After Effects? Here is an excellent tutorial to teach you one of the fundamental concepts of creating amazing visual effects: using compositions and pre-composing. Any effect you create inside of Adobe After Effects will be wrapped in a special container called a composition. A composition contains your footage/image layers so that you can manage them, group them and create reusable elements. In this tutorial I show you how :) You can find a detailed written version of this tutorial with step by step instructions on my website: http://www.surfacedstudio.com/tutorials/after-effects-basics-compositions-and-pre-composing You can find the explosion stock footage on this page: http://www.detonationfilms.com/free_stuff.htm Just click on the big Detonation Films icon at the bottom of the page and select $0 as price. ------------------------------ MY GEAR ------------------------------ MAIN CAMERA - http://amzn.to/2rRkGzg (Canon 5D Mark III) MAIN LENS - http://amzn.to/2rRfX0M (Canon EF 24-70mm II USM) VLOGGING CAMERA - http://amzn.to/2ssqgtm (Canon G7X) CHEAPER BUT GREAT - http://amzn.to/2seov29 (Canon S120) BEST 4K DRONE - http://bit.ly/2ssRu33 (DJI Mavic Pro) RECOMMENDED BUNDLE - http://bit.ly/2sefwhG (DJI Fly More Combo) CHEAPER & SMALLER - http://bit.ly/2rmecFj (DJI Spark) AUDIO RECORDER - http://amzn.to/2rhmz9U (Zoom H5) CHEAPER BUT GREAT - http://amzn.to/2r9zOpf (Zoom H2N) SHOTGUN MIC - http://amzn.to/2tbYUEe (Zoom SGH-6) ON CAMERA MIC - http://amzn.to/2r9vXZi (Rode Videomic) HEADPHONES - http://amzn.to/2r9K6p8 (Audio Technica ATH-M50X) TRAVEL TRIPOD - http://amzn.to/2s29yyl (Manfrotto MKCOMPACTLT) ------------------------------ MY SOFTWARE ------------------------------ ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD - http://bit.ly/2sjvyaA HITFILM PRO - http://bit.ly/2steXRz ------------------------------ FOLLOW ME ------------------------------ YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/surfacedstudio FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/surfacedstudio TWITTER - https://www.twitter.com/surfacedstudio INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/surfacedstudio PATREON - https://www.patreon.com/surfacedstudio GOOGLE PLUS - http://plus.google.com/+SurfacedStudio ------------------------------ FRIENDLY DISCLAIMER ------------------------------ Some of the links above are affiliate links and I will earn a small commission if you purchase through them. It won't cost you anything extra though so if you would like to support me, please consider using them :) Thank you! Video & Music - Copyright © 2013 SurfacedStudio