The document provides an overview of the Adobe After Effects interface and workflow for new users. It notes that the project panel is where users begin their compositions. It also mentions that while Adobe provides basic panels for settings, a new user may not know how to start a new composition or where to import and drag/drop files into the work area to begin working. The document concludes that without tutorials, it would be difficult for new users to understand every feature since After Effects does not cater well to those just starting out.

1. Adobe After Effects

3. Viewing from left to right,
the Project Panel is where
you begin
Layout

4. To begin, one must start a
New Composition. A new
user might not know where
to find this action
Getting Started

5. Adobe has a Basic Panel
for simplified settings
that the user can adjust

6. Once the use has their
composition, their next
step is to upload the
files they will be
working with

7. File or Multiple Files?
Import

8. Work Area
The user must drag their
file from the Project
Panel and drop it into the
Work Area below it
How would the user
know this?
They wouldn’t.

9. Adobe After Effects does
not cater to new users, but
instead offers a lot to the
skilled.
Without being taught or
using a tutorial, a new user
would have to play with the
application in order to
know what every feature
does.
Overall