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Pick whip any property - After Effects Tutorial
From the course: After Effects CC 2018 New Features
Pick whip any property
- [Instructor] There's a new pick-whip control in Aftereffects that links expressions together. It's extremely simple. I'm presenting it here in a short lesson only because so many people are unfamiliar with even the basics of expressions and tend to avoid using them in any fashion. This new expressions pick-whip that was prominently added to the timeline may even help encourage more people to use expressions more often. Here's how it works. So you're probably familiar with the ability to use the pick-whip here in this column to parent one layer to another. Now you may notice that this column is now labeled parent and link, and we'll see why in a moment. But if I were to just parent one layer to another using the pick-whip, let's say I twirl down here and adjust the rotation, well that's what's happening with parenting. So now they're both rotating off the center of the white star, which is the parent. I'm going to undo that, and undo again to get rid of that parenting link. And…
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Animate with the Puppet tool6m 14s
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Work with the Puppet tool in new ways3m 42s
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Pick whip any property4m 56s
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Visualize any value instantly2m 27s
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Easily set up a new composition3m 33s
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Edit keyboard shortcuts visually4m 47s
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Create nulls from paths6m 58s
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Preview fonts as you select one2m 18s
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Automate motion with data-driven animation6m 54s
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More changes in After Effects 2018.26m 22s
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More changes in After Effects 2018.26m 28s
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