adding objects to my movie

[skootles]

i was wondering how to put say a .gif animation into my movie

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

A GIF animation is basically a bunch of stills, each with a time value associated with it. In Premiere, it goes into the timeline that way, but I didn't bother trying in After Effects, once I learned to precompose things.

But, to answer your question specifically, you import the GIF into the clips bin, then toss it on the timeline, just like any other asset.

Cheers,


Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door

 

[skootles]

well, i'm pretty new to this

the Background of the gif is white. how do i make the background transparent

 

[acke187]

try the screen transfermode to drop out the white.

 

[skootles]

how do i do that?

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

Select the clip, then start looking through that menu-like thingy at the top for transfer modes.

You could also search the help for "transparency". Some idiot at Adobe stashed it under the impossible-to-find f1 key.

Cheers,


Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door