Tools - The Panels of After Effects
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Motion Design
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The Tools panel is essential to After Effects. It holds everything you need to interact with the app, and gives you contextual options based on the tool you're using. In this Panels of After Effects tutorial, I'll walk you through everything this panel has to offer.
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:41 Contextual Options
1:00 Shape Tools
1:21 Toggle Panel
2:05 Snapping
3:35 3D Options
5:08 Workspace Shortcuts
Download the Panels of Ae PDF: https://jkinmo.com/r10do1
Jake In Motion Discord: https://discord.com/invite/b5PkuCCCAu
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The Tools panel is essential to After Effects. It holds everything you need to interact with the app, and gives you contextual options based on the tool you're using. In this Panels of After Effects tutorial, I'll walk you through everything this panel has to offer.
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📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jakeinmotion
🐤X: https://x.com/jakeinmotion
🏷️ Tag @jakeinmotion if you learned something!
Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:41 Contextual Options
1:00 Shape Tools
1:21 Toggle Panel
2:05 Snapping
3:35 3D Options
5:08 Workspace Shortcuts