Next, you’ll import the footage you need for the project, including the balloon.ai composition.
- Double-click an empty area of the Project panel to open the Import File dialog box.
- Navigate to the Lessons/Lesson05/Assets folder on your hard disk, and select the Sky.ai file.
- Choose Footage from the Import As menu, and then click Import or Open.
- In the Sky.ai dialog box, make sure Merged Layers is selected, and then click OK.
5.Double-click an empty area of the Project panel, navigate to the Lessons/Lesson05 /Assets folder, and select the Balloon.ai file.
6.Choose Composition – Retain Layer Sizes from the Import As menu, and click Import or Open.
7.Press Ctrl+I (Windows) or Command+I (macOS) to open the Import File dialog box again.
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8.Navigate to the Lessons/Lesson05/Assets folder, and select the Fire.mov file.
9.Make sure Footage is chosen in the Import As menu, and click Import or Open.
Creating the composition
You’ll create the composition and add the sky.
- Click New Composition in the Composition panel.
- In the Composition Settings dialog box, do the following:
Note
If you change Pixel Aspect Ratio or Width settings, the Preset name may change to Custom in the Composition Settings panel.
• Name the composition Balloon Scene.
• Choose HD ♦ 1920×1080 ♦ 25fps from the Preset menu.
• Make sure Square Pixels is chosen from the Pixel Aspect Ratio menu.
• Make sure the Width is 1920 px and Height is 1080 px.
• Choose Quarter for the Resolution.
• Set Duration to 20 seconds (20:00).
• Click OK.
3.Drag the Sky.ai footage item from the Project panel into the Timeline panel.
The balloon will float across the Sky.ai image. The far right of the image contains the canvas-wrapped clouds that appear at the end of the scene. The wrapped clouds shouldn’t be visible earlier in the movie.
4.In the Composition panel, drag the Sky layer so that its lower left corner is even with the lower left corner of the composition.
