Hello from my virtual IBC studio at Musikpark Mannheim—complete with coffee, cables, and a bit of latency. For this Digital Production feature, I sat down with Victoria Nece from Adobe at their booth in Amsterdam to talk about what’s new in After Effects. Victoria is one of those product managers who actually uses the software she’s talking about. Her demos are fast, her shortcuts surgical, and her experience in Broadcast and Motion Graphics shines through. This time she came armed with three deceptively simple tools: Quick Offset, Paste Reversed Keyframes, and Smooth Zoom. Plus a look at new 3D lighting and compositing features that make After Effects feel distinctly modern again.
Quick Offset: My Favourite New Shortcut We started with Quick Offset, and honestly, it’s the kind of thing that makes you wonder how you ever worked without it. By holding Option + Command (Mac), the cursor switches to a new “staggered layers” icon. From there,...
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