AfterEffectsGuideline.md

Keyframes Guideline on AfterEffects

Software Version

• Adobe After Effects CC 2015

Compositions

• pre-composition is NOT supported
• No restrictions on frame rate, but an integer frame rate is highly recommended

Layers

Layer Parenting

• Only NULL layers can be used as parent layer of other layers
• NULL layers can also be used as parent of other NULL layers

Shape Layer

• Path merging is NOT supported.

  • At most one path per group
  • At most one stroke per group
  • At most one group per layer

• A typical shape layer looks like

• Please DO NOT scale, skew, rotate or set opacity under the shape's transformation. DO IT in layers Transform Section

• With 3D shape layers, you can alter the rotation of the object in the (x,y,z) coordinate space

• Path trim is NOT supported

• Polystar is NOT supported

• Rectangles and Ellipses are NOT supported

Image Layer (Experimental Feature)

• A layer simply backed by a PNG image is supported

Animations

• expressions is NOT supported
• Only use interpolate type 'LINEAR' and 'BEZIER' on your keyframes
• DO NOT USE overshoot or undershoot bezier, in other words two control points should always stay in the red rectangle formed by two keyframes.

Effects

Gradient (WIP, not fully supported)

• LINEAR gradient supported by choosing 'Effect/Gradient Ramp'
• DO NOT USE 'Gradient Fill'