Animations, nulls, text, and rendering
In this section, we will learn how to animate using Null objects. We will also learn about rendering our projects.
Parenting and Null object animations
Now, we are going to animate our designs. We have created designs that live in the Precomp folder. Double-click on the first precomp you made. In this precomp, you have a nested comp and a Solid layer that you made for your background. Select and center the top precomposed shape layer:
Press the R button to reveal the Rotation parameters
Go to the left-side of the panel, and hit the stopwatch for the Rotation parameter
Move 90 key frames down to the right in the timeline
Scrub the Rotation parameter
This will automatically create a key frame, as shown in the following screenshot:
Animation rotation
Go back into the Main comp, and press the spacebar to preview your animation. Give yourself a pat on the back for creating your first animation! Let's animate the next pattern precomp that we created by observing the...