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Ethan Brooks

Ethan Brooks

Ethan Brooks is the After Effects motion-design editor at After Effects Club. He writes about keyframe timing, expressions, precomps and getting a render ready for delivery.

Sea of clouds at dusk seen from a mountain summit

Guides by this author

  1. Timeline, layers and audio

    How to cut and split a clip in After Effects

    Split a selected layer at the current-time indicator, trim its ends, remove a middle section and set the output length, with Windows and Mac keys for each move.

    · 11 min read

  2. Shortcuts, projects and fixes

    After Effects keyboard shortcuts for the timeline, layers and preview

    Windows and Mac shortcuts for preview, frame stepping, layer trims and Opacity keyframes, with the selection rules and panel conflicts that explain a key doing the wrong thing.

    · 15 min read