Add Fade In and Fade Out for Sound in After Effects
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You're watching VisiHow. In this video, we're going to demonstrate how to fade audio in and fade audio out using Adobe After Effects Creative Cloud 2015.
Steps
- 1To begin, click an audio clip file and drag it from the project window.
Advertisement - 2Drag the audio clip into the timeline area.
Advertisement - 3In the timeline, click the audio file arrow to expand the menu.
- 4Click the "Audio" arrow.
- 5Click the "Waveform" settings arrow.
- 6Next, move the playhead to 0 seconds by clicking and dragging it to the beginning of the clip.
- 7Then, click the "Time-Vary stop watch" icon in the timeline area to add a key frame.
- 8For this tutorial, click and drag left the "Audio Levels" slider to -48 dB so that there is no audio at this point.
- 9Click the 2-second mark to set the playhead to this point.
- 10Click the "Add or remove keyframe at current time" diamond icon at the left side of the timeline area. This will add another key frame.
- 11Then, adjust the "Audio Levels" slider to -15.00 dB in the same way. You will have a ramp up in the audio volume level.
- 12Set the playhead to 6 seconds.
- 13Click the "Add or remove keyframe at current time" diamond icon at the left side of the timeline area. This will add another key frame.
- 14Set the playhead to 8 seconds.
- 15Click the "Add or remove keyframe at current time" diamond icon at the left side of the timeline area. This will add another key frame.
- 16Adjust the "Audio Levels" slider back down for the outro. Let's set it to -48.00 dB.
- 17Set the playhead to 0 seconds.
- 18In order to listen to what the audio sounds like, press "Ctrl" + "." on the keyboard. This will preview the audio file.
This was a tutorial on how to add fade in and fade out effects to a music or audio file using After Effects Creative Cloud 2015. Please leave any questions or comments in the space below, and we shall answer them for you. Thank you for watching VisiHow!
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Questions and Answers
Adding fade in and fade out to audio layer using AEscript?
Required to add audio layer with fade in/out using AE script to an AE template before render.. I have tried: Have tried sound mixer with time based fade in / fade out but not able to implement using AEScript. I think it was caused by: Need to use AE Script VisiHow QnA. This section is not written yet. Want to join in? Click EDIT to write this answer.
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Steps
- 1To begin, click an audio clip file and drag it from the project window.
- 2Drag the audio clip into the timeline area.
- 3In the timeline, click the audio file arrow to expand the menu.
- 4Click the "Audio" arrow.
- 5Click the "Waveform" settings arrow.
- 6Next, move the playhead to 0 seconds by clicking and dragging it to the beginning of the clip.
- 7Then, click the "Time-Vary stop watch" icon in the timeline area to add a key frame.
- 8For this tutorial, click and drag left the "Audio Levels" slider to -48 dB so that there is no audio at this point.
- 9Click the 2-second mark to set the playhead to this point.
- 10Click the "Add or remove keyframe at current time" diamond icon at the left side of the timeline area. This will add another key frame.
- 11Then, adjust the "Audio Levels" slider to -15.00 dB in the same way. You will have a ramp up in the audio volume level.
- 12Set the playhead to 6 seconds.
- 13Click the "Add or remove keyframe at current time" diamond icon at the left side of the timeline area. This will add another key frame.
- 14Set the playhead to 8 seconds.
- 15Click the "Add or remove keyframe at current time" diamond icon at the left side of the timeline area. This will add another key frame.
- 16Adjust the "Audio Levels" slider back down for the outro. Let's set it to -48.00 dB.
- 17Set the playhead to 0 seconds.
- 18In order to listen to what the audio sounds like, press "Ctrl" + "." on the keyboard. This will preview the audio file.
This was a tutorial on how to add fade in and fade out effects to a music or audio file using After Effects Creative Cloud 2015. Please leave any questions or comments in the space below, and we shall answer them for you. Thank you for watching VisiHow!
Video: Add Fade In and Fade Out for Sound in After Effects
Questions and Answers
Adding fade in and fade out to audio layer using AEscript?
Required to add audio layer with fade in/out using AE script to an AE template before render.. I have tried: Have tried sound mixer with time based fade in / fade out but not able to implement using AEScript. I think it was caused by: Need to use AE Script
VisiHow QnA. This section is not written yet. Want to join in? Click EDIT to write this answer.
I want to learn Adobe After Effects?
I need to learn the basics, can you help me?. I have tried: I saw some videos. I think it was caused by: Nothing!
VisiHow QnA. This section is not written yet. Want to join in? Click EDIT to write this answer.
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