After Effects: Transform Effect

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Adobe After Effects CC 2023: How To Use Transform Effect

**Description:
**This tutorial will show you how to use the Transform Effect to control the transform properties for multiple layers in Adobe After Effects CC 2023.

**Transform Effect:
**This is useful to add finishing touches to animations or when you want to change a Transform Property (position, rotation, scale, etc) for multiple layers without needing to change its layer independently.

**Expressions Used in Tutorial (on Position Property)
**wiggle (frequency, amplitude)
wiggle(1,5)

Transform Properties (Layers):
Anchor Point (a)
Scale (s)
Position (p)
Rotation (r)
Opacity (t)

Transform Effect (additional properties):
Skew
Skew Axis
Shutter Angle
Sampling

**Chapters:
**00:00 Intro: About This Tutorial
00:28 Why Use Transform Effect?
00:37 Add Adjustment Layer
00:47 Effects & Presets Panel
01:03 Add Transform Effect to Adjustment Layer
01:30 Add Wiggle Expression (Position Property)
01:48 Wiggle Expression Values
02:33 Transform Effect vs. Layer Transform Properties
03:11 Hiding Visibility of Adjustment Layer

**Software Used:
**Adobe After Effects CC 2023 (Click To Try or Buy)

How To Use Transform Effect in After Effects:

1. Create a New Composition
2. Add layers to create an animation
3. Add Adjustment Layer
4. Go to ‘Effects & Presets’ Panel
5. Search for ‘Transform’
6. Drag onto Adjustment Layer
7. Change properties, keyframe properties and/or add expressions
8. Option/Alt Click on ‘Position’ Property
9. Type wiggle Expression
10. Wiggle (1,5)
11. All layers under the Adjustment Layer will wiggle
12. Press Spacebar to preview