Adobe After Effects Adobe After Effect 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which panel in After Effects is used to view and edit the timing of layers over time?
- Timeline panel (Correct answer)
- Project panel
- Effects & Presets panel
- Character panel
Correct answer: Timeline panel
The Timeline panel displays layers and their keyframes along a time ruler.
Question 2: What is the default keyboard shortcut to bring up a layer's Position property?
- P (Correct answer)
- T
- S
- R
Correct answer: P
Pressing P reveals only the Position property for the selected layer.
Question 3: Which file format is best for exporting an animation with a transparent background?
- PNG sequence or QuickTime with alpha (Correct answer)
- JPEG sequence
- Baseline MP4
- BMP sequence
Correct answer: PNG sequence or QuickTime with alpha
PNG sequences and certain QuickTime codecs support an alpha channel for transparency.
Question 4: What does a 'pre-composition' (pre-comp) allow you to do?
- Group layers into a nested composition (Correct answer)
- Render faster automatically
- Lock the timeline
- Disable effects globally
Correct answer: Group layers into a nested composition
Pre-composing nests selected layers inside a new composition that acts as a single layer.
Question 5: Which panel lets you adjust the velocity and easing of keyframes with curves?
- Graph Editor (Correct answer)
- Info panel
- Audio panel
- Render Queue
Correct answer: Graph Editor
The Graph Editor displays value and speed curves for fine-tuning keyframe interpolation.
Question 6: What is the purpose of the 'Region of Interest' tool?
- Limit preview rendering to a selected area (Correct answer)
- Crop the final output
- Select a color range
- Mask a layer permanently
Correct answer: Limit preview rendering to a selected area
Region of Interest restricts previews to a chosen area to speed up rendering.
Question 7: Which menu is used to add a new solid layer to a composition?
- Layer > New > Solid (Correct answer)
- Edit > New Solid
- Composition > Solid
- File > New Solid
Correct answer: Layer > New > Solid
Solids are created through Layer > New > Solid.
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Which panel in After Effects is used to view and edit the timing of layers over time?