Slow After Effects Project? Rig It to Move Fast

Discover easy ways to optimize bulky #aftereffects projects!
You've just finished your render and you're ready to send off your masterpiece when you realize that you didn't turn back on a layer or an effect. Or you forgot to up your motion blur samples, or your multisampling in Element 3D.
In today's video, Brandon shows you how to rig your compositions so that you can disable effects or layers with a simple checkbox. We'll create an on-screen warning so we don't forget to turn them back on. Then we'll get a little more advanced and create a drop down menu with options for high quality, low quality, and turning the effects off altogether. We'll touch on some basic expressions, but not previous knowledge is needed.
Drop Down Menu Expression:
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00:00 Introduction
00:25 Set Up a Checkbox for Effects
02:36 Create a Warning for LQ
03:53 Set Up a Dropdown Menu
05:33 Link Two Dropdown Menus
07:41 Create a Text Warning
08:20 Final Thoughts

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Check out this free #aftereffects tool from Brandon: czcams.com/video/Q2y2ziqBXgg/video.html

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What a Channel.

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Hello, can you please share what font are you using for the chalkboard effect at 03:22 and are you using the typewritter effect for animating the text or something else? Thank you.

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I used a combination of "Chalk Board" & "A Day Without a Sun" which both have free downloads for Personal projects, but I previously purchased them for a commercial project. In that client work, I got a little more complex with the animation, but in this, I'm simply fading up each character. I used Mr. Horse's Animation Composer 3 - one of my favorites, but you could use the animation preset "Fade Up Characters" or do it manually. I hope that helps. - Brandon