Animating Bug Wings - Adobe After Effects Tutorial

Jacquelin Vanderwood May 1, 2004   1 It's real easy to make the wings of a bug flap up and down.    2 You should have three layers for this demonstration: the body and the two wing layers.   3 Start by selecting the left wing layer.   4 Now select the Pan tool from the Tool palette.   5 With the Pan tool selected, move the anchor point to the intersecting part of the wing.   6 Hit the S key to access Scale for the first key frame.   7 Move over a few spaces in the first frame and set a new keyframe with a the checkmark.   8 Move the wing starting from the left and move inward towards the body.    9 Change the Frame Rate under Composition Settings to 15 Frames per second.   10 With the layer still selected, check the Motion Blur button and the Motion Blur switch.   11 Make adjustments to the keyframes and then select and copy them all along the timeframe. Use the same method as shown to also do the other wing.   12 Here is the basic view of the animation.   13 To be able to using the animation in a much easier fashion, use Pre-compose. Specify a new composition.     Copyright 1998-2004, Jacquelin Vanderwood, All Rights Reserved