Adobe After Effects Tutorial - Using Null Objects HD

This tutorial covers using null objects. A null lets you affect something without changing its basic animation. Very useful! Jump to topics: -Clip for lesson (from Infinite Santa Movie) - 0:59 -Overview of shot - 2:22 -What is a null? - 2:53 -How a null works - 3:42 -Why use a null? - 5:08 -Keyframe Interpolation - 5:39 -Removing the null - how it makes animation harder - 6:30 -Using X, Y, Z axis arrows on a layer - 7:00 -Removing the null - how it makes animation harder (continued) - 7:29 -Copying and pasting multiple keyframes (with keyboard shortcuts) - 7:38 -Removing the null - how it makes animation harder (continued) - 8:33 -How using the null makes animation easier - 11:11