After Effects CC 2018 New Features

Discover how to edit keyboard shortcuts visually, automate motion with data-driven animation, use master properties, work with immersive video VR effects, and more.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

1. Essential Graphics and Master Properties

• Essential Graphics panel improvements
• Introducing master properties
• Animate master properties

2. Workflow Features

• Animate with the Puppet tool
• Work with the Puppet tool in new ways
• Pick whip any property
• Visualize any value instantly
• Easily set up a new composition
• Edit keyboard shortcuts visually
• Create nulls from paths
• Preview fonts as you select one
• Automate motion with data-driven animation
• More changes in After Effects 2018.2
• More changes in After Effects 2018.2

3. Immersive Video: Work with VR

• View and edit 360 VR video
• Remove a camera rig from VR footage
• Add 2D and 3D graphics to immersive video
• Work with immersive video VR effects
• Extract and convert VR with these utilities
• Customize your VR pipeline
• Export an immersive video for YouTube 360
• Preview VR in a head-mounted display