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Composite with layers

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Composite with layers

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- A layer actually represents two things at once. It holds an object in place in a stack, and it also specifies how that object appears at a specific moment in time. Each layer can contain an infinite amount of data about the appearance of that layer, determined by its settings, properties and effects. In this lesson, we'll focus on the fixed characteristics of a layer. Those that don't change over time. Before we move on, pun intended, to animation in the timeline. So when we talk about the timeline and layers, as I said before, the left side is kind of like Photoshop and the right side is kind of like Premiere. So right now, we're going to focus on basic controls on the left side. So right now you see a logo over a background, and there are a couple other layers that we don't see at all. And of course, the reason we see the logo is that it has transparency or as we set in After Effects and alpha channel. So, if I…

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