Imagine this: you are in a movie theater and the film starts; then you see a dramatic title on the screen. This title not only provides the name of the film, but it puts you in the mood for the movie you're about to watch. Any seasoned After Effects artist knows how to create film titles. In this chapter, we will build on our tools and skills from previous lessons, such as type design. But we will also dive into new skills, such as using more effects and using After Effects lights. Let's get started!
The first thing we're going to do is create a 1,920 x 1,080 comp in After Effects. Let's set this up by going through the following steps:
Make this comp five seconds long.
Name it
NIGHT KINGDOM(or the name of your film title).Make it
29.97.Create five folders. Name them
Precomp,Main, andImages.
Now that you have your project set up, we are going to add a solid background to our composition. Make this background solid black, by selecting the option...