After Effects: Animate Still Photos Tutorial

DOWNLOAD PROJECT FILES FROM OUR BLOG AT: In this tutorial, VideoFort Don demonstrates how to animate still images, giving them life using After Effects. VideoFort Don uses an image of the Earth to create a movement over the planet that includes a moving sun and an aura effect. First, he starts off by dropping the image into a new composition. Using the pen tool, he cuts out the planet and rotates it slightly to make it level. Pre-compose that image along with its attribute into a