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Study Tips /
How to Prepare for Exams Video

> DOWNLOAD rubric here

Create a (30 seconds) Video in After Effects listing facts about STUDY TIPS or HOW TO PREPARE FOR EXAMS.

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Upload images and music to your video. Great opportunity to have your video played on Ridge TV during this semester.


Individually research facts and make sure its school appropriate, once you each have your own facts show me and start to work in AFTER EFFECTS making your 30 SECOND VIDEO. Must have a minimum of 5 facts. 

Video on font types and sizes:
http://www.collegehumor.com/video/3505939/font-conferenc

Student Examples 

Video Files

> DOWNLOAD Video Clips HERE from Pexels

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SOUND FILES

> DOWNLOADED Song Files HERE

> YouTube Free Audio Files

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There are a lot of free CCL Creative Commons Licence songs you can use on the internet. MUST be CCL.

http://freemusicarchive.org​

http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/

http://ccmixter.org/find-music

http://www.jamendo.com/en/?p=tags

http://www.sectionz.com/cc.asp

http://www.platinumloops.com/free_loops.shtml

http://www.gomoxie.org/

http://freekidsmusic.com/

http://www.findsounds.com/

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Sound Effects

> https://effects.wondershare.com/sound-effects

> YouTube Free Sound Effects

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Fonts

www.dafont.com

www.losttype.com (many fonts are free for student/personal use only)

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Free Stock Photography

http://www.pexels.com

https://unsplash.com

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Free Video Clips

https://videos.pexels.com

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Free Vectors

https://www.vecteezy.com

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MORE...

> For a Larger List, please look at the RESOURCE page

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QUICK TIPS

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RESET WINDOW

If you lost some windows,
Top Menu > Window > Workspace > Standard

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HEAR AUDIO & PREVIEW VIDEO
1. Press 0 (zero) (RAM Preview) on your Num Lock keyboard to render video and be able to hear the audio.

2. SPACEBAR to play/stop video after you have hit the 0

This is the standard preview and can be very slow if not rendered out. Great for short quick videos.

3. PRESS (.) to preview audio only

4. PRESS (ctrl or command) and scrub across the timeline to quickly preview audio and video. 

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CUT & SPLIT CLIPS

Cut clips - alt ]

Split clips  - top menu > edit > split layer

Clips can also be rolled up from either end

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GROUP ITEMS

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Select all items that you would like to group - top menu > Layer > Pre-compose
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NEW TEXT & NEW SOLID BACKGROUNDS

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Create a text layer - top menu > Layer > New Text

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Create a solid layer - top menu > Layer > New Solid

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ALIGN ITEMS

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Make sure your align menu is showing

Top menu > Window > Align

Have item selected then choose your alignments 

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SPEED UP VIDEO

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Top Menu > Layer > Time > Enable Time Remapping

Then adjust the keyframes

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USE ANIMATION PRESET

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If this is not showing, WINDOW > Effects & Presets

* Animation Presets > Presets > 

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