Traditional animation in after effects

#1

Hi. I’m quite new to after effects and i’ve searched a lot to find an answer but i still had no luck.
I believe the issue is quite simple, though i’m not entirely sure… I need to import and edit some pencil tests to after effects. I can easily import the entire image sequence and edit it as a small movie. But i really need to be able to see and edit the position of individual frames, like in flash or any other animation program. Is it possible to break apart the footage in to separate frames?

Though i can import the images on separate layers and edit the duration of every single one of them, but that process just takes forever.
Is there a way to break apart the sequence and setting up my own tempo?

i would really appreciate any help. thanks

#2

Depending on what you want to do, there are two ways you could go about it. If all you want to do is to adjust some timing, go to Layer > Time > Enable Time Remapping. This will add the Time Remap property to your layer, and you can adjust the timing with keyframes.

If you need to have each frame on a layer by itself, import all the sequence images and add them to the time line. Move the playhead to 0:00:00:01 and trim all the layers (alt+]). Deselect all the layers, then select the first frame and shift-select the last frame. This ensures that all the layers are selected in the correct order. Animation > Keyframe Assistant > Sequence Layers…

#3

If u want to move in timeline frame by frame then u can do that with (Page up) and (Page Down) buttons , (Page up) will take u one frame forward in timeline and (Page Down) will take u one frame back.

#4

thank you!

ideally i would like to see all the separate frames on the same layer so I could later edit the layer. time remapping is just too confusing and it makes it impossible to use the stabilizer and whatnot. I guess that having all the images on different layers and then later making a pre-comp of them is the only option… but it worked well.

thank you so much for the help.

#5

Stabilize first, precompose, then time remap. Time remapping is a little brain bending, but it’s definitely worth learning it.

Glad I could help!

#6

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