Supported After Effects Features

Update time : 2019-10-15 11:03:45

Here are all the supported After Effects features in detail.

Layers

Layers are a basic building block of projects in After Effects. You can use layers to modify footage display styles or create animations. Here are the layer types we support.

• Image Layer
  Image layers are the layers use static images as footage, we support images with JPG and PNG formats.

• Video Layer
  Video layers are the layers use video files as footage, we support videos with H264 encode format.

• Image Sequence Layer
  Image sequence layers are the layers use a sequence of images as footage, we support images with JPG and PNG formats.
  You can also use GIF images as image sequence.

• Null Layer Null layers are layers without any footage. They are used to store animations.

• Solid Layer
  Solid layers are layers with solid colors.

• Precomp Layer
  Precomp layers are layers use precomps as footage.

• Text Layer
  Text layers are layers use text contents as footage.

• Adjustment Layer
  Adjustment layers do not have footages. Any effects applied to an adjustment layer affect all layers below it in the layer stacking order. An adjustment layer at the bottom of the layer stacking order has no visible result.

• 3D Camera Layer
  3D camera layers are used to simulate real cameras to view 3D layers. For now, other than transform properties, VE only support camera zoom property for now, properties such as camera depth of field and camera lend blur are not supported.

Important Remarks

• Video layers are very useful in VE templates. I you are using features VE doesn\'t support currently, you can just pre-render other layers and animations as video files, then use video files to replace those unsupported elements.

• Image sequence layers have pretty big impacts on VE SDK performance, so be careful to use them.

Layer Relationships and Properties

• Parent and Child Layer Relationship
  Parent and child relationships between layers in After Effects are fully supported.

• Layer Track Mattes
  VE supports all the track mattes in After Effects.

• Layer Blending Modes

• 3D Layer Switches
  3D layers in classic 3D render environment are supported.

• Layer In Point
  The in point of the layer.

• Layer Out Point
  The out point of the layer.

• Layer Masks
  Layer masks are supported. VE supports multiple mask shapes and mask shape animations.
  Currently, VE supports add, subtract, intersect and difference mask modes. Darken and lighten modes are not supported.
  Inverted masks are not supported currently. Mask feather, mask opacity and mask expansion are not supported.

• Layer Styles
  Drop shadow, fill and stroke layer styles are supported.

• Layer Transform
  Basic layer transform properties are supported,

  • Anchor Point
  • Position
  • Rotation
  • Orientation
  • Scale
  • Opacity

Animations

1. Basic Layer Animations

Animations of layer transform properties are supported,

• Anchor Point
• Position
• Rotation
• Orientation
• Scale
• Opacity

2. Property Expression Driven Animations

3. Other Property Animations

Other properties of effects and layer styles and layer masks are supported too.