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Chapter 2: Workspace and workflow
Planning and setup
Planning your work
Correct project settings, preparation of footage, and initial composition settings can help you to avoid errors and
unexpected results when rendering your final output movie. Before you begin, think about what kind of work you’ll be
doing in After Effects and what kind of output you intend to create. After you have planned your project and made some
basic decisions about project settings, you’ll be ready to start importing footage and assembling compositions from
layers based on that footage.
The best way to ensure that your movie is suitable for a specific medium is to render a test movie and view it using the
same type of equipment that your audience will use to view it. Its best to do such tests before you have completed the
difficult and time-consuming parts of your work, to uncover problems early.
Aharon Rabinowitz provides an article on the Creative COW website about planning your project with the final
delivery specifications in mind.
For more information about encoding and compression options, see this FAQ entry: “FAQ: What is the best format for
rendering and exporting from After Effects?
Storyboards and scripts (screenplays)
Before you begin shooting footage or creating animations, it is often best to start by planning your movie with
storyboards and a script (screenplay).
You can use Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator to create storyboards. You can use Adobe Story to collaboratively
write and manage screenplays. Adobe Story also converts information from a screenplay into XMP metadata that can
automate the creation of shooting scripts, shot lists, and more.
Acquiring, choosing, and preparing footage
Before importing footage, first decide which media and formats you'll use for your finished movies, and then determine
the best settings for your source material. Often, it’s best to prepare footage before importing it into After Effects.
For example, if you want an image to fill your composition frame, configure the image in Adobe Photoshop so that the
image size and pixel aspect ratio match the composition size and pixel aspect ratio. If the image is too large when you
import it into After Effects, you’ll increase the memory and processor requirements of the compositions that use it. If
the image is too small, you’ll lose image quality when you scale it to the desired size. See
Pixel aspect ratio and frame
aspect ratio.
If you can shoot footage with consistent lighting and colors—and otherwise prevent the need to do a lot of tedious
utility work in post-production—then you’ll have more time for creative work.
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