(gentle music) - Hello and welcome to the 42nd video in this Beginner's Guide
to Adobe After Effects. In this tutorial, I'm going to demonstrate how to easily duplicate
and edit compositions in After Effects. In the previous episode, we
animated a mask on a shape layer to complete the second composition section in the video presentation project. In this video, we are going to move on and create the next sections
in our video presentation. In this video, we are going
to create sections three, four, five, and six, which is going to
progress us along nicely, which will take us almost to the end of the video presentation. So in this video, we'll be
covering the following topics: duplicating compositions and
editing composition links. So, let's get into it. So here I am where we left
off in the previous episode where we completed the second section in our video presentation. Now if you're watching for the first time and wish to follow along,
you can find this document in the project folder,
which you can download. Link is in the description. The download folder comes with lots of exercise documents we'll
be using on this course that have been carefully developed to aid your learning experience. The folder also comes
with document resources such as videos, graphics,
and images you can use to build your first video presentation from scratch later on in this course. To get the full learning experience, I recommend you get the project folder. Download link with instructions
is in the description. So with the project folder open, click into folder S3 Create a Project. Then click into folder 42 -
Duplicate & Edit Comp Sequences, and open the Duplicate &
Edit Comp Sequence document. Now if you're continuing
on from the last episode, make sure you have your
document open ready. So with our document open, let's proceed. So right now, I have the
main composition open and we can see that we
have our two sections. One: introduction, and two: Hyde Park. What we are going to do now is look to create our next sections. So looking back at the Photoshop design, we can see the Hyde
Park composition we used as a reference to create
the previous section. Now over in the layers panel, we can now toggle the
visibility of the next sections. So the next section we are going to create is the aquarium section. Now if I continue to toggle
the selections above, looking at the layouts, we
can see it's pretty much the same as the previous layout, though with different content. So back in After Effects,
I'm goin to use a technique which is going to make it
easy and quick to create this. So to do this, I'm going to duplicate the Hype Park composition and then change the contents. So let's see how this works. So to start, I'm going to come over and focus on the project panel. In the comps folder, I'm going to click on the second comp, Hyde Park, we finished in the previous episode. With it selected, I'm going
to press command D on Mac or control D on PC. Upon click, we will duplicate the comp and we will now see a new
comp called 2 - Hyde Park 2. So with the new comp now selected, I'll press enter on the keyboard and this will allow me to change the name. So I will go ahead and change
the name to 3 - Aquarium and press enter to set the new name. So with my new comps selected, I'll press command forward slash on Mac or control forward slash on PC to quickly place the comp
layer in my main comp. Now, I'll come and click on the new comp and drag it right while holding shift and snap the start of my layer to the end of the layer below. So now my aquarium comp is starting right at the end of the second section, aligning nicely with my
third marker on my timeline. Now, we are not going to stop there. Back in the project panel
with my new comp selected, I'll press command D on Mac
or control D on PC again. Upon click, I will
duplicate the comp again. This time, I'll press enter and
type the name 4 - Shoreditch and press enter to commit. With my new comp selected, I'll
press command forward slash on Mac or control forward slash on PC to quickly place the comp
layer into my main comp. Now, I'll come and click the new comp and drag it right while holding shift to snap the start of my new layer to the end of the layer below. So now my new Shoreditch comp is starting at the end of the third section and aligning nicely with my
fourth marker on my timeline. Now notice that the time space on this comp is not stretching
to meet marker five. Well don't worry about that right now. We will be addressing this a little later. Okay, so back in the project panel with my new comp selected,
I'll press command D on Mac or control D on PC again. Upon click, I will duplicate the comp. This time, I'll press enter and type the name 5 - Camden
Town and press enter to commit. With my new comp selected, I'll
press command forward slash on Mac or control forward slash on PC to quickly place the
comp layer into my comp. Now I'll come and click on the new comp and drag it right while holding shift and snap the start of my new layer to the number five marker on the timeline. So for the last time,
back in the project panel with my new comp selected,
I'll press command D on Mac or control D on PC and upon click, I will duplicate the comp. This time I'll press enter and type the name 6 - Tower Bridge and press enter to commit. With my new comp selected, I'll
press command forward slash on Mac or control forward slash on PC to quickly place the comp
layer into my new comp. Now I'll come and click on the new comp and drag it right while holding shift and snap the start of the
layer to the number six marker on the timeline. So just like that, we have
created four new compositions and placed them into the main comp. All that's left to do
now is edit each comp. So I'll begin with
section three, Aquarium. So what I can do here is
now come and double click on the Aquarium comp like so and here we will be able to
see all of the layers we built in the previous section. Now these are all here ready to change. So in this instance, I'll
start with the video. Now, up in the assets folder, right now we only have the
Hyde Park video content in the video folder. So let's now import some
new video to include. So I'll put my mouse
cursor in the blank area in the project panel and double click. I'll navigate to the project folder and click into the project assets folder, then into the video folder, and here we can see our folders. Now we already have the Hyde
Park video in our document. So in this instance, I'm
going to click and drag over all the next four
folders and click open. Upon click, the folder
structure will now appear in the project panel, which
includes all the videos. Once they are in my project folder, I'll select them and drag
them into the video folder in the assets folder. So now we have all the video we need. So down in the timeline for aquarium comp, I am now going to replace
the Hyde Park videos with some aquarium videos. So I'll place my time
indicator over the top of the video layer so I can see it and I'll select the first video layer. I'll come up to the aquarium
folder and toggle it down and I'll click to select
the deep blue mp4 file. Next, I'll press and
hold alt on the keyboard. Then, I'll carefully click
and drag from the video file in the project panel and down and over my selected video layer name. As I put the mouse cursor
over the layer name, it will change with a plus sign. Now, if I release on top
of the selected layer name, the video will be replaced
with the new video. So now instead of the previous video, we now have a new video. Now if I press U on the layer, it will reveal the keyframes
applied to this layer. Previously, we edited this video and added a transition effect. By replacing the video in this way, we have maintained the video edit and the transition effect applied. So we do not need to repeat the workflow. Just simply replace the video. However, right now we have a certain part of the video here. Now what if we don't want
this part of the video? Well here I can click
to select the keyframes and move them over to the right. I can click on the edge of
the edited video and expand. Then, I can click and drag the video layer to find a spot I prefer. Once happy, I will select the keyframes and drag them back left
while holding shift to snap them back into place like so where the first keyframe meets
the start of the layer below. I'll drag my time indicator
while holding shift to snap to the second keyframe and I'll press alt close square
bracket to trim the layer. So that's how you can
quickly replace a video layer and adjust which part of the
video is visible in the edit. So now I'm going to
follow the same process for the next videos. So I'll come and click on
the next video layer below. Then, I'll click on the timeline so I can see the indicator
is above the video layer. I'll come to the project
panel and click on fish_5. I'll press and hold alt on the keyboard and click and drag down and
over the selected layer name. I'll release click and
the video will change. So I'll come and click
the next video layer below and place the time indicator above it and I'll come over to the project panel and click on horse_1. I'll press and hold alt on the keyboard and click on drag down and
over the selected layer name. I'll release click and
the video will change. Next I'll come and click
on the video layer below and place my time indicator above it and I'll come over to the project panel and click on fish_2. I'll press and hold alt on the keyboard and click and drag down and
over the selected layer name. I'll release click and
the video will change. So lastly, I'll come and
click on the next video below and place the time indicator above it. Then I'll come over to the project panel and click on jelly_1. I'll press and hold alt on the keyboard and click and drag down and
over the selected layer name. I'll release click and
the video will change. So if I now scrub my time
indicator over the timeline, we can now see that all the
old videos have been replaced with aquarium videos
and the transitions are all still intact. So that's the video edit sorted. Now if I scrub my time
indicator over the start of the section, we will
see the blue pin bounce in with the number one inside. So let's look at changing this. So I'll come into the project panel and now toggle up the aquarium video as I no longer need this. And I'll come into the comps folder and into the pre-comps folder. And here we can see the pin
one comp we created earlier. So just like we did
earlier, I'll click on Pin 1 and press command D on
Mac or control D on PC to duplicate the comp. Upon click, this will create
a new comp called Pin 2. So with the Pin 1 layer
selected in my aquarium comp, I'll press and hold alt and
click and drag my new Pin 2 comp over and release on Pin 1. Upon release, this will now
replace Pin 1 with Pin 2. So with Pin 2 now in my
comp, I'll double click on the comp layer to open
it up in its new tab. So now I can double click on the top layer and type in two. I'll activate the selection tool and just use the arrow keys to make sure the number
two is placed nicely in the middle of the circle like so. Next, I'll select the
bottom pin shaped layer. Then, up to the top of the interface, I'll click on the colored square of fill and change the blue to a red color. In this instance, the hex value is E0000C and I'll click okay. So with the layers changed,
I'll click on the cross on the tab to close it and
come back to the aquarium comp. And now we can see we
have replaced the old pin with the new one. So next, I'll just a
case of editing the type and image elements. So to do this, I'll come
back to the project folder and in the project assets folder, I'll come into the copy folder. In here, I'll open the presentation
copy we refer to earlier in the course. With this open, I'll now come and focus on the aquarium part. So I'll select the headline and copy that. Then back into After Effects, I'll come and find the Hyde Park typed layer. I'll double click and paste
in the new header like so. Back into the copy document, I'll copy the next line of type. Then back into After Effects, I'll click and find the sub-header layer. I'll click it and make
sure I have it selected by making sure I can see
the bounding box around it and paste in the new sub-header. So back into the copy document, I'll copy the last line of text. Then back into After Effects, I'll come and find the bottom type layer. With it selected, I'll double click and paste in the new copy like so. Now upon paste, it seems to
be too wide for the screen. So now I'll click into
the type and click just before the letter A. Then I'll press enter for a line break and that is looking much better. So now all that's left to
do is replace the graphic in the center of the screen. So in the project panel, I'll double click in the gray area below the folders. I'll come into the project assets folder, into the images folder,
into the AI folder, into the location specific folder, and in here, I will
see many graphic files. So just like the video here, I'm going to select a few files. I'll make sure I have
crown, lamp, seahorse, and spray can selected
and I'll click open. Upon click, they are now
visible in the project panel. So I'll click all these image files and drag them into the assets folder and into the images folder. Then, in the images folder, I'll drag them into the vectors folder like so. So next with the selection tool active, I'll click to select the swan image in the composition panel. With it selected, we will now
see the swan layer selected in the timeline panel. So now I'm going to come
into the project panel and click into the image folder and into the vectors folder. So now I'm going to click
on the seahorse file. Now unfortunately, we cannot
replace the swan image with the seahorse image because the swan is
currently a shape layer and the seahorse is an Illustrator layer. So we will have to do some
manual adjustments here. So first, I'll press
command forward slash on Mac or control forward slash on PC to quickly place the
image into my main comp. Upon click, we will see the
new black seahorse image. So first, I'll right click on the layer and come down to create, then come across and click create shapes from vector layer. Upon click, a new shape layer
will be created from this and I can click on the
layer below and delete it. So I'll click my shape layer
and drag the time indicator across the timeline so I can
see my new seahorse graphic compared to the swan image below. Next, I'll press S to
reveal the scale properties and I'll click and drag
to scale the seahorse down and place it over the swan like so. Next, I'll come up and click
on the fill color square box and set this to a white. Once I'm happy with the
scale of the new graphic, I'll click and drag the time indicator while holding shift to the
start of the layer below. Then, I'll press alt open square bracket to trim the start of this
layer to match the layer below. Next, I'll select the layer and press U to reveal the keyframes. I'll select the keyframes
and press command C or control C on PC to copy. Then I'll select the top shape layer and with my time indicator
right at the start above the first keyframe,
I'll press command V on Mac or control V on PC to paste. Next, I'll press U to reveal the keyframes and now we can see we have
the opacity keyframes applied to this new shape layer. So with that done, I can
select the swan layer below and delete it. I'll click on the color box of the layer and change this to a purple. So now if I click and
drag the time indicator right back to the start of the comp, I'll press space bar to activate preview and now we can see we have a
brand new aquarium composition, which we create quite
quickly by just replacing all the previous links. So I'll press space bar to stop and I'll now click back
onto the main comp. Now if I scrub my time indicator
over the first two sections we can now see that is looking great. Section two cuts nicely into
our new aquarium section. So now let's move on and
edit our next sections and we are going to undertake the same technique as previous. So let's move through this quickly. So we will come to the next
comp above, Shoreditch, and double click to open. In here, we will have
all the Hyde Park assets. So let's go ahead and change these. So starting with the video,
I'll select the top layer, then come over to the
project panel and toggle down the video in the Shoreditch folder. I'll click Shoreditch 4,
I'll press and hold alt on the keyboard, and click and drag down and over the selected layer name. I'll release click and
the video will change. So I'll come and click
on the next video below and place the time indicator above it. I'll come over to the project panel and click on Shoreditch 1. I'll press and hold alt on the keyboard and click and drag down and
over the selected layer name. I'll release click and
the video will change. So I'll come and click
on the next video below and place the time indicator above it. I'll come over to the project panel and click on Shoreditch 2. I'll press and hold alt on the keyboard and click and drag down and
over the selected layer name. I'll release click and
the video will change. I'll come and click on
the next video below and place the time indicator above it. I'll come over to the project panel and click on Shoreditch 3. I'll press and hold alt on the keyboard and click and drag down over
the selected layer name. I'll release and the video will change. And lastly, I'll come and
click on the next video below and place my time indicator over it. I'll come over to the project panel and click on Shoreditch 5. I'll press and hold alt
on the keyboard and click and drag down and over the selected name. I'll release click and this time, something different will happen. Now in this instance, the
video has not changed. In this instance, there
is no video at all. And in the timeline panel,
we can see no layer bar. So why is this? Well, the video we tried
to replace was quite long. We just tried to replace a long video clip with a short video clip. Upon doing that, the new video
is not long enough to replace so it appears like there
is no video at all here. Now this is a rare occurrence,
but can sometimes happen. So when this does happen, we will need to click on the layer and delete it. Then just come back into the project panel and click on the video
we want to place in. In this instance, Shoreditch 5. Then press command forward slash on Mac or control forward slash on
PC to place in the video. Drag it to the bottom and
then over to the right and place it under the video like so. So with that, the video is done. Next, I'll click towards
the beginning of the comp and select the pin layer. So in the previous comp, we
changed this to a red color, but in this comp, we
want to keep the blue, but just change the number. So over in the project panel, I'll come into the pre-comps folder. I'll select Pin 1 and
press command D on Mac or control D on PC to duplicate the comp. This will now create a
new comp called Pin 3. So with the Pin 1 layer
selected in my comp, I'll press and hold alt and
click and drag my new Pin 3 comp over and release on Pin 1. Upon release, we will now
replace Pin 1 with Pin 3. So with Pin 3 now in my comp, I'll double click the comp layer
to open it up in a new tab. And I'll double click
on the top type layer and type in three and that's
all I want to do to this. So with the layer changed,
I'll click on the cross on the tab to close and come
back to the Shoreditch comp. And now we can see we
have replaced the old pin with the new one, easy. So next it's just a
case of editing the type and image elements. So I'll click on the timeline
to move my time indicator across so I can see the
type and image layout. I'll click back to my
presentation copy file. With this open, I'll come and
focus on the Shoreditch part. So I'll select the headline and copy that. Then, back into After Effects, I'll come and find the Hyde Park type layer. I'll double click and
paste in the new header. Back into the copy document, I'll copy the next line of text. Then, back into After Effects, I'll find the sub-header
layer, double click, and paste in the new header like so. Back into the copy document, I'll copy the last line of text. Then back to After Effects, I'll come and find the bottom type
layer and I'll double click and paste in the new copy like so. So now all that's left to
do is replace the graphic in the center of the screen. So I'll come back to the project panel and click into the image
folder, into the vectors folder. First this, I'm going to
click on the spray can file and I'll press command
forward slash on Mac or control forward slash on PC to quickly place the
artwork layer into my comp. Upon click, we will see this
new black spray can image. So first, I'll right click on the layer and come down to create and come across and click create shapes from vector layer. Upon click, a new shape
layer will be created and I can click the layer
below and delete it. So I click my shape layer
and drag my time indicator right across so I can see it to compare to the swan image below. Next I'll press S to
reveal the scale properties and I'll click and drag to
scale the spray can down and place it over the swan
image using the selection tool. I'll come up and click on
the fill color square box and set this to a white. Once happy with the
scale of the new graphic, I'll come and drag the time
indicator while holding shift to the start of the layer below. Then, I'll press alt open
square bracket to trim the start of the layer to match the layer below. Then, I'll select the layer below and press U to reveal the keyframes. I'll select the keyframes and
I'll press command C on MAC or control C on PC to copy. I'll select the top shape layer and with my time indicator
right at the start above the first keyframe,
I'll press command V on Mac or control V on PC to paste. And I'll press U to reveal the keyframes and now we can see we have
the opacity keyframes applied to the new shape layer. So with that done, I can
select the swan layer below it and delete it. I'll click on the color box of the layer and change this to a purple. So now if I click and
drag the time indicator right back to the start of the comp, I'll press space bar to activate preview and we can now see we have a brand new
Shoreditch composition. Great, so I'll press space bar to stop and I'll now click back
onto the main comp. Now if I scrub my time indicator over the first three sections, we can now see that is looking great. Section three cuts nicely into
our new Shoreditch section. However, we can see here
that this comp currently does not reach to marker five. Now, don't worry about this. We will be fixing this
in the next episode. For now, let's move on
and edit our next sections and we are going to undertake
the same technique again. So I'll come to the next
comp above, Camden Town, and double click to open. So again, in here, we will have all the Hyde Park media assets. So let's go ahead and change these. So starting with the video,
I'll select the top video, come over to the project panel,
and toggle down the video in the Camden folder
and click on Camden 7. I'll press and hold alt on the keyboard and click and drag down and
over the selected layer name. I'll release click and
the video will change. So I'll come and click
on the next video below and place the time indicator above it and I'll come to the project
panel and click on Camden 4. I'll press and hold alt on the keyboard and click and drag down and
over the selected layer name. I'll release click and
the video will change. So I'll come and click on
the next video layer below and place the time indicator above it. I'll come over to the project
panel and click on Camden 8. I'll press and hold alt
and click and drag down and over the selected layer name. I'll release click and
the video will change. So I'll come and click
on the next video below and place the time indicator above it. I'll come over to the project
panel, click on Camden 5. I'll press and hold alt
and click and drag down over the selected layer name. I'll release click and
the video will change. So lastly, I'll come and
click on the next video layer below and place the
time indicator above it. I'll come to the project
panel and click on Camden 9. I'll press and hold alt and click and drag down over the selected name. I'll release click and
the video will change. So that's the video done. Next, I'll click towards
the beginning of the comp and select the pin layer. So in the previous comp, we
changed this to a blue color, but in this comp we want to
go with the red color again we used in the second section. So over in the project panel,
in the pre-comps folder, I'll select Pin 2, which was the red one and press command D on
Mac or control D on PC to duplicate the comp. That will now create a new
comp layer called Pin 4. So with the Pin 1 layer
selected in my comp, I'll press and hold alt and
click and drag my new Pin 4 comp over and release on Pin 1. Upon release, this will now
release Pin 1 with Pin 4. So with Pin 4 now in my comp, I'll double click the comp
layer to open in a new tab and I'll double click on the
top type layer and type in four and that's all I want to do to this, but I'll make sure to move
it into the center correctly with the selection tool. So with the type layer changed, I'll click the cross
on the tab to close it and come back to the Camden comp. And now we can see we
have replaced the old pin with the new one, easy. So next, it's just a
case of editing the type and image elements. So I'll click on the timeline
to move my time indicator across so I can see the
type and image layout. I'll come back to my
presentation copy file. With this open, I'll come
and focus on the Camden part. So I'll select the headline and copy that. Then back into After Effects, I'll come and find the Hyde Park type layer. I'll double click and paste
in the new header like so. Back into the copy document, I'll copy the next line of text. Then back into After Effects, I'll come and find the sub-header
layer and then double click and paste in the new sub-header. Back into the copy document, I'll copy the last line of text. Then back into After Effects, I'll come and find the bottom type
layer, double click, and paste in the new copy. Upon paste, it seems to be
too wide for the screen. So now I'll click into
the type and click just before the word alternative. Then I'll press enter for the line break and that is looking much better. So now all that's left to
do is replace the graphic in the center of the screen. So I'll come back to the project panel and click into the image fold
and into the vectors folder. For this, I'm going to
click on the lamp file and I'll press command
forward slash on Mac or control forward slash on PC to quickly place the comp
layer into my main comp. Upon click, we will see
the new black lamp image. So first, I'll right click the layer and come down to create
and click create shapes from vector layer. Upon click, a new shape
layer will be created and I can click on the
layer below and delete it. So I'll click my shape layer
and drag my time indicator across so I can compare it
with the swan image below. Next, I'll press S to
reveal the scale properties and I'll click and drag
the scale of the lamp down and place it over the swan image like so using the selection tool. Next, I'll come up and click
on the fill color square box and set this to a white. Once I'm happy with the
scale of the new graphic, I'll click and drag the time indicator while holding shift to the
start of the layer below. Then I'll press alt open square bracket to trim the start of the layer
to match the layer below. Next, I'll select the
layer below and press U to reveal the keyframes. I'll select the keyframes and
I'll press command C on Mac or control C on PC to copy. Then, I'll select the top shape layer. With the time indicator right at the start of the first keyframe,
I'll press command V on Mac or control V on PC to paste. Next, I'll press U to reveal the keyframes and now we can see we have
the opacity keyframes applied to the new shape layer. So with that done, I can
select the swan layer below and delete it. I'll click on the color
box for the new layer and change this to a purple. So one I can click and
drag the time indicator right back to the start of the comp. I'll press space bar to activate preview and now we can see, we have a
brand new Camden composition. Great, so I'll press space bar to stop and I'll now come back to the main comp. Now, all that's left
to do is the final comp and we are going to undertake
the same technique again. So for the last time, I'll
click the next comp above, Tower Bridge, and double click to open. And again, we will have all
the Hyde Park media assets. So let's go ahead and change these. So starting with the video,
I'll select the top video layer. I'll come over to the project panel and toggle down the video
in the Tower Bridge folder and click on T Bridge 3. I'll press and hold alt and drag down over the selected layer name. I'll release click and
the video will change. So I'll come and click
on the next video layer and place the time indicator above it. I'll come over to the project
panel and click on T Bridge 6. I'll press and hold alt and drag down and over the selected layer name. I'll release click and
the video will change. So I'll come and click
on the next video below and place the time indicator above it. I'll come over to the project panel and click on T Bridge 8. I'll press and hold alt and drag down and over the selected layer name. I'll release click and
the video will change. Now, on this occasion,
I want to move my video so I can see more of the soldier. So I'll press U to reveal the keyframes. I'll select the two keyframes
and drag them right. I'll drag my video left
until I can see the soldier enter the frame as the video transitions. Then I'll move my
keyframes back into place and trim the video bar accordingly. So now as I scrub my time
indicator over the video, we can see the soldier
march across, perfect. So I'll come and click on
the next video layer below and place the time indicator above it. I'll come over to the project panel and click on T Brdge 7. I'll press and hold alt and drag down over the selected layer name. I'll release click and
the video will change. So lastly, I'll come and click
the next video layer below, place the time indicator above it, and I'll come over to the project panel and click on T Bridge 12. I'll press and hold alt and drag down over the selected layer name. I'll release click and
the video will change. So that's the video done. Next, I'll click towards the
beginning of the comp layer and select the pin layer. So in the previous comp, we
change this to the red color, but in this comp, we
want to keep the blue, but just change the number. So over in the project panel
in the pre-comps folder, I'll select Pin 1, which
is the blue version and I'll press command D
on Mac or control D on PC to duplicate the comp. This will now create a
new comp called Pin 5. So with the Pin 1 layer
selected in my comp, I'll press and hold alt and click and drag my new Pin 5 comp
over and release on Pin 1. Upon release, this will now
replace Pin 1 with Pin 5. So with Pin 5 now in my comp, I'll double click on the comp layer to open up in its new
tab and I'll double click on the top type layer and type in five. And that's all I want to do to this. So with the type layer changed, I click on the cross
on the tab to close it and come back to the Tower of London comp. And now we can see we
have replaced the old pin with the new one. So next, it's just a
case of editing the type and image elements. So I'll click on the timeline
to move my time indicator across so I can see the
type and image layout. I'll come back to my
presentation copy file. With this open, I'll come and focus on the Tower of London part. So I'll select the headline and copy that. Then, back into After Effects, I'll come and find the Hyde Park title layer. I'll double click and
paste in the new header. Back into the copy document, I'll copy the next line of text. Then back into After Effects, I'll come and find the sub-header layer. Then, double click and
paste in the new sub-header. So back into the copy document, I'll copy the last line of text. Then back into After Effects, I'll come and find the bottom type layer and I'll double click and
paste in the new copy. Now, upon pasting, it seems
to be too wide for the screen. So now I'll click into the type and click just before the
word the and press enter for a line break and that
is looking much better. So now all that's left to
do is replace the graphic in the center of the screen. So I'll come into the project panel and click into the image folder
and into the vectors folder. So I'll click on the crown file and I'll press command
forward slash on Mac or control forward slash on PC to quickly place the
artwork layer into my comp. Upon click, we will see
the new black crown image. So first, I'll right click on the layer and come down to create. Then come across and click
create shapes from vector layer. Upon click, a new shape layer
will be created from this and I can click on the
layer below and delete it. So I'll click my shape layer
and drag the time indicator across so I can compare
to the swan image below. So I'll press S to reveal
the scale properties and I'll click and drag
to scale the crown down and place it over the swan like
so using the selection tool. Next, I'll come up and click
on the fill color square box and set this to a white. Once I'm happy with the
scale of the new graphic, I'll click and drag the time
indicator while holding shift to the start of the layer below. Then, I'll press alt open square bracket to trim the start of the layer
to match the layer below. Next, I'll select the layer below and press U to reveal the keyframes. I'll select the keyframes
and press command C on Mac or control C on PC to copy. Then, I'll select the top shape layer and with my time indicator
right at the start, above the first keyframe,
I'll press command V on Mac or control V on PC to paste. Next, I'll press U to reveal the keyframes and now we can see we have
the opacity keyframes applied to the new shape layer. So with that done, I can
select the swan layer below and delete it. I'll click on the color box of the layer and change this to a purple. So now I can click and drag
the time indicator right back to the start of the
comp and press space bar to activate preview. And now we can see we have a brand new Tower of London composition. So I'll press space bar to stop and now I can click
back into the main comp. So now, we have all five
compositions in place and we are almost at the
end of the presentation. All that's left to do now
is edit the third section and add the last section to
complete the video presentation. Now, at this point, if
you've been following along, I recommend you save your document so we can continue in the next episode. So what we are going to do next is look at how we can add some extra
dimension to the presentation. So next we are going to jump
back into the third section and animate some still images
as part of the sequence. (upbeat music) So in the next video,
I'm going to demonstrate how easy it can be to animate
still images in After Effects. So see you in the next video. (upbeat music)
