After Effects Semester 2 Study Guide

Which of these is the sampling method that After Effects has traditionally used when scaling a layer?

• Bilinear Sampling

• Bilinear Scaling

• Bicubic Sampling

• Detail-preserving Upscale Effect

Which Particle Systems setting controls the number of particles generated per second?

• Birth Rate

• Extra

• Inherent Velocity

• Direction

What does the Uberkey do?

• Applies animated properties to a layer

• Reveals all of the animated properties of a layer

• Deletes all animated properties from a layer

• Saves the selected layer as an independent composition

Which of these instances would Motion blur be most useful for?

• To animate characters so they move across the screen

• To remove lens distortion

• To make movement look more natural

• None of these is correct

Which statement is true about Shapes?

• You can apply stroke settings to a shape

• Shape attributes are all represented in the Timeline panel

• You can apply animation presets to a shape

• All of these answers are correct

Which of these can be snapped together?

• Two shape layers

• Two invisible layers

• Two shapes within a layer

• All of these answers are correct

What is the keyboard shortcut for the Pan Behind tool?

• The P key

• The Y key

• Spacebar

• None of these are correct

When you copy and paste layers into a composition, what layer order will they be in?

• The reverse of the order they were in when you copied them

• The one you clicked first will be on top

• They will all be flattened into one layer when you paste them

• The same order they were in when you copied them

What is the pick whip used for?

• To move the current time indicator to a specific location

• To unlink the values between properties and effects so they are expressed independently

• To link the values of one property or effect to another

• To duplicate color values only

The Corner Pin effect can be used to ________ an image.

• Stretch

• Skew

• Twist

• All of these are correct