After Effects Apprentice: 08 Nesting and Precomposing

Let Chris and Trish Meyer share with you two of the core secrets required to become an efficient After Effects user: understanding the render order (the internal order of operations After Effects uses when calculating masks, effects, transformation, track mattes, and layer styles) and the use of multiple compositions where a composition may be nested into one or more other comps. This makes it easier to group layers, efficiently re-use a common element to quickly accommodate client changes, pan around large composites of multiple layers, and solve render order issues.

Learning objectives
Grouping layers by nesting and precomposing
Identifying and solving render order issues
Navigating composition hierarchies
Editing a precomp while viewing the result in another composition
Preserving the frame rate of a nested composition