Visually I’m just going to cheat a little bit and I am going to go add Repeater and I’m going to set the Repeater to create 30 copies to represent the roughly 30 days that go into a month, and we need to have the transform repeater only move these 10 at a time. So the first thing we need to do is, since we are creating a timeline of days and months, is we have to create the units by which that scale will be measured. It’ll be 4×50, that is 50 on the vertical and 4 on the horizontal, and we’re going to use a fill color that is 25% bright, and that’ll do for now. We’re going to put a rectangle in there so just take your rectangle and double click and we’ll make a shape layer with a rectangle in it, and within that rectangle, we are going to change the size. We’re going to use the HDTV 1024 per second preset, and we’re going to use a duration of one minute, because the longest this comp is going to be is going to be a minute so we want all of the parts to be around for all of that time. So we’re calling this timeline Segments, because we’re going to make segments we can use to build a timeline. The first thing you want to do is create the smallest parts possible, and then assemble those into larger parts, and then assemble those parts into your final piece.
The first thing to do in After Effects is going to be create a new composition, and we are going to call this composition, Timeline Segment.
We are going to be a bunch of tiny things, build them into a timeline and then show you how to quickly replace the content in those things with the pieces you really want. This is Evan Abrams for Premium and today we are going to be creating a 3D timeline in After Effects for playing photos and dates. This is an intermediate After Effects tutorial, so previous experience and familiarity working in AE is encouraged. Then, you’ll animate the timeline through 3D space using a combination of After Effects expressions, keyframes and the AE camera. You’ll learn how to create the visual timeline ticks and date markers using After Effects shape layers. This After Effects animation project can be completed with the tools in the app – no 3rd party filters or plugins required. In this AE video tutorial we’ll create a 3D timeline, complete with dates and images (although the images can easily be swapped out for video). If you’re looking for a powerful way to showcase a chronology of events in your video projects – this After Effects tutorial has got you covered.
Display dates visually with a 3D timeline! In this After Effects tutorial you’ll learn how to create a dynamic timeline animation – great for documentary or corporate video projects.