Adobe After Effects: Add effects

In this practical tip, we will show you how to add effects to your project in Adobe After Effects.

Add effects in Adobe After Effects

Over 200 different effects are available for your projects in Adobe After Effects. We'll show you how to add them.

1. Load the project into Adobe After Effects that you want to add one or more effects to.
2. Select the level of your composition to be edited with a click of the mouse.
3. On the right side of the screen you will find a window with the various effects contained in Adobe After Effects. You can select the desired effect with a double click.
4. Alternatively, you can drag each effect to one of your layers with the left mouse button pressed.
5. You can customize the default settings of the selected effect on the left side in the "Effect Settings" window. You can view the result via the preview tab.

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