Aetuts+ Quiz #2 – Intermediate After Effects

Aetuts+ Quiz #2 – Intermediate After Effects

on Aug 16th 2011 with 22 comments

In this second Aetuts+ Quiz, we’re going to bump the level up a bit as you test your knowledge by solving some After Effects questions. Get crackin’ after the jump and let us know how you do!

Adam Everett Miller is everettoptions on Videohive
 
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  • ShoeToad

    Am I doing something WRONG?!

    Can’t see this quiz either… Oh man, this sucks

  • shawn anthony

    I acknowledge that you took this quiz… but that/s about all. You scored 53.33%

    thanks AE TUTS, i could have done better, learn something new again

  • http://BartekSkorupa.com Bartek Skorupa

    2 mistakes. Question 13 and 15. Question 13 – I simply didn’t know, but question 15 – wanted to be too fast. Made a typo :-(
    86.67%

  • Navarro Parker

    #3 is iffy. I don’t know a single AE user who uses OpenGL at render time. It’s perpetuating the urban legend that OpenGL super accelerates renders. (It doesn’t)

    #15 has two correct answers. If you don’t have a layer selected, you can press “*” on the numeric pad and you will get a comp marker.

  • Matt Clegg

    Just did the test and got 100%!

  • http://www.bartekskorupa.com Bartek Skorupa

    Well, you’re absolutely right. In fact I keep adding comp markers this way for ages. When you do something, you simply do it and don’t think about it. So in fact I made only one mistake. It gives me 93.33%. :-)

  • http://blogs.adobe.com/toddkopriva Todd Kopriva

    I agree with Navarro about #3. I’d far sooner use BG Render than use OpenGL to accelerate a render.

    Regarding #1: Ask Dan where he gets his information. ;-)

    • http://www.vimeo.com/everettoptions Adam Everett Miller
      Author

      I make the quiz based of what I’ve been taught or learned… this OpenGL was what I was taught so we’ll leave that one as extra credit. :)

      • http://blogs.adobe.com/toddkopriva Todd Kopriva

        You should ask for a refund from whoever taught you to use OpenGL to speed up rendering.

  • jink

    Wouldn’t whoever wrote the after effects scripting language be the ‘king of expressions’?

  • illd

    Question 3 says there are no 3D Masks in AE.
    If I set a Layer to 3D and give it a mask, this mask will react correct in a perspective way to the 3D camera.
    To me that should be defined as a 3D mask!

    • http://pedrof2.prosite.com Pedro Ferreira

      Yup, you can’t define it as a 3D Mask from the start, but if the layer is set to 3D the mask behaves as one. So i guess the “set 3d layer etc…” answer isn’t necessarily wrong.

  • ActionCamStudio

    Just an opinion….you can separate dimensions of a light and set a wiggle for the x and the y position…the error is that it isn’t a plug-in? That’s my only error but i use separate dimension all the time instead of creating an array…i think that the problem is my bad english!

  • ActionCamStudio

    By the way…i usually set comp markers with the “*” too…as said if you don’t have any layer selected you can set in this way comp’s markers!
    I like this kind of tests! Great job!

  • ShoeToad

    It’s funny that everyone ignored my comment :p LOL (the freakin’ 1st one XD)

    Is it a members thing? If yes, WHY?!

    If not, WHY THE F-PWWIUUUUTT CAN’T I SEE ANY QUIZ ON THIS PAGE?

    Could’nt see the first one either…

    Hope someone helps me out… AE-quizes are cool (if you can find them :p)

    • http://www.vimeo.com/everettoptions Adam Everett Miller
      Author

      try a different browser or a different computer…. it isn’t premium only.

      • ShoeToad

        @ Adam: ty for replying :)

        Now, where’s my laptop? …

  • Anil

    Great questions.

    Thanks.

  • http://www.ps-motiondesign.de Philipp

    I don’t really agree with the last answer.. With no layer selected, you can add a composition marker with the ” * “-key on the numeric pad as well as hitting the shift+0-9 keys, except, that the others have numbers in their description!
    I picked the ” * “-Key option and that that caused me not having 100% :(

  • http://www.getawayfilms.com Wayne Heywood

    I/ve seen better, but pretty good job! You scored 86.67%

    Woohoo.. :D

  • Chris

    Seriously? OpenGL?

    No professional after effects user would EVER use opengl.. it makes garbage renders and doesn’t do anything faster.

  • Sierk

    80 %, not too bad :)