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| "os": "windows", | |
| "instructions": "I need an image for a New Year's greeting. Please add a red \"Happy New Year\" text to the 'horse' image on the Desktop and make the text rotate in an infinite loop. The position of the text doesn't matter. One rotation per second seems appropriate. Export the finished file as a single GIF named 'Happy_New_Year' to the Desktop.", | |
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| "timestamp_sec": 0.362, | |
| "text": "To import the 'horse.jpg' image from the Desktop, I right-click on an empty area in the Project panel list and select 'Import' then 'File' to open the import dialog. (Dragging directly from the Desktop is also an option, but since After Effects is currently running in full-screen mode, I chose to import via the file path.)" | |
| }, | |
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| "id": "e958a34d-6eac-401a-a084-4095b58581c7", | |
| "timestamp_sec": 3.652, | |
| "text": "Since the current directory is already the Desktop, I don't need to navigate anywhere — I simply double-click 'horse' to import it directly." | |
| }, | |
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| "id": "7f8d00c7-06b5-48fd-8363-f6ec003bfb75", | |
| "timestamp_sec": 6.141, | |
| "text": "Since I'll be creating an animated image using the 'horse' image, I drag the 'horse.jpg' file from the Project panel onto the Composition area to instantly create a composition that includes the image." | |
| }, | |
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| "id": "8611732c-a1af-4376-ab53-2c38319ada48", | |
| "timestamp_sec": 8.781, | |
| "text": "I go to Composition → Composition Settings to set the composition duration to 1 second, but it is already set to 1 second, so I just click OK." | |
| }, | |
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| "id": "21d328f8-61d9-4a2a-95f3-959b61d04731", | |
| "timestamp_sec": 14.241, | |
| "text": "To add the red \"Happy New Year\" text to the image, I click the T-shaped text tool icon in the top menu bar, then click on the 'horse' image area and type \"Happy New Year\"." | |
| }, | |
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| "id": "1b64b529-8588-42b0-9213-6064c8210ad2", | |
| "timestamp_sec": 22.987, | |
| "text": "To change the currently black text to red, I find and click on Text under Properties in the right-side panel." | |
| }, | |
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| "id": "2ed6d9f0-682d-4425-bea8-24731961ebc2", | |
| "timestamp_sec": 25.461, | |
| "text": "I click the black color swatch in the Fill section, drag the color picker to the top-right corner, and click OK to set the color to red. (Entering a specific color code is also an option, but since no exact hex value was specified, I picked an arbitrary red.)" | |
| }, | |
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| "id": "ce6d0206-c38d-4b39-9695-7cc9f6a36319", | |
| "timestamp_sec": 31.332, | |
| "text": "To apply a rotation motion to the text, I click on layer 1. Happy New Year in the layer list and press 'R' on the keyboard to reveal the Rotation property." | |
| }, | |
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| "id": "f51f4755-d58f-4883-bbf6-991e5601f0bb", | |
| "timestamp_sec": 34.255, | |
| "text": "I confirm the timeline is at 0 seconds, then click the stopwatch icon to set a keyframe at 0 seconds with a rotation value of 0 (Rotation: 0×0°)." | |
| }, | |
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| "id": "ab9761df-45c4-493c-a771-e6db4cd322f4", | |
| "timestamp_sec": 36.04, | |
| "text": "To create a motion that rotates once per second, I drag the timeline to the 1-second mark and set the rotation value to one full revolution (Rotation: 1×0°) to place a keyframe. Since the video is set to 30 frames and dragging only lets me reach up to frame 29, I first place the keyframe at frame 29 and then manually drag it to frame 30 with the mouse." | |
| }, | |
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| "id": "9a595f1c-3e55-47ba-a668-8007cba0b2f7", | |
| "timestamp_sec": 47.548, | |
| "text": "I need to export the finished work as a single GIF file, but After Effects cannot export directly to GIF, so I first save it as an .aep file. To save as .aep, I go to File → Save As → Save As from the top menu." | |
| }, | |
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| "id": "5d4d70cd-afc1-4147-9904-1acd956fb258", | |
| "timestamp_sec": 51.192, | |
| "text": "To make the file easy to find, I save it to the Desktop as \"Happy_New_Year.aep\"." | |
| }, | |
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| "id": "64ce1656-3c45-4637-b52e-42bf86832f08", | |
| "timestamp_sec": 61.193, | |
| "text": "I open \"Adobe Media Encoder\", which can export the .aep file as a GIF." | |
| }, | |
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| "id": "c6508ba9-a26c-486c-964f-596a569c7f66", | |
| "timestamp_sec": 96.725, | |
| "text": "Media Encoder is now open. I click the + button in the Queue panel and click on the \"Happy_New_Year.aep\" file on the Desktop to add it to the queue." | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "id": "840600e4-205b-4c9f-b71b-41a8a4ac38d7", | |
| "timestamp_sec": 129.323, | |
| "text": "I double-click the 'horse' composition — the one that contains the text motion — to queue it for rendering." | |
| }, | |
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| "id": "722e63a3-2e1e-490b-b5e9-6287127ec4b3", | |
| "timestamp_sec": 135.272, | |
| "text": "I click the left-arrow dropdown next to QuickTime (under the horse entry) to change the output format to Animated GIF. (GIF exports each frame as a separate GIF file, whereas Animated GIF exports everything as a single GIF, so I need to select Animated GIF.)" | |
| }, | |
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| "id": "f9947422-615d-419b-9719-91becdf69918", | |
| "timestamp_sec": 140.844, | |
| "text": "To set the output filename to \"Happy_New_Year\", I click the path under Output File and type \"Happy_New_Year\" in the File Name field. The save location is already set to the Desktop, so I don't need to change the output path." | |
| }, | |
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| "id": "4c7ecdf3-9014-42bc-938a-a1507c17c194", | |
| "timestamp_sec": 152.729, | |
| "text": "I click the green play button to start exporting as a single GIF." | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "id": "1ea1fc36-04e8-4d95-ad27-5b9aadd8e5d6", | |
| "timestamp_sec": 182.529, | |
| "text": "To verify the saved file, I navigate to the Desktop and open \"Happy_New_Year.gif\" to confirm it looks correct." | |
| } | |
| ] | |
| } |