◆ Adobe After Effects

Create user presets in After Effects

This is real work, not a feature someone invented — it comes from real job ads and real questions people asked. Below are four ready AI prompts: get it done, make it easy for the next person to say yes to, work out the right move when you are stuck, and stop it coming back.

3prompts

The same task, four prompts

today's deadline · the next reviewer · the stuck moment · the pattern
AExecute — do the immediate taskSave these specific animation curves and keyframe settings as a user preset called 'Bouncy Text…+
Save these specific animation curves and keyframe settings as a user preset called 'Bouncy Text Intro' for the next time I need this effect.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
BImprove — make it easier to acceptI'm about to start on the client's new corporate video, and they always want a consistent brand…+
I'm about to start on the client's new corporate video, and they always want a consistent brand look for lower thirds. Create a user preset for the specific font, size, color, and animation style we used on the last three projects, so I can apply it quickly and ensure consistency.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
CDecide — diagnose the stuck momentI've got this really specific text animation for the 'Quantum Leap' product launch that took me…+
I just finished a complex text animation for the new product launch, and I know the marketing team will want a similar look for future videos, but I'm worried about saving it incorrectly.
I've got this really specific text animation for the 'Quantum Leap' product launch that took me all morning to perfect. I know Sarah in marketing will ask for this exact look again next month. I want to save it as a user preset, but I've messed up saving presets before and lost all the settings. What's the most foolproof way to save this entire animation, including expressions and layer styles, so it's ready to drop into a new project without any missing pieces?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?

Questions people actually ask

honest answers, no sign-up

Every task here was seen in the real world. Someone doing the job named it, a real job ad asked for it, or a lot of people asked about it online.

If nothing real showed a task, it is not on the page. That is the whole rule.

They are the same job approached four ways, because what you need depends on where you are.

Get it done today. Make it easy for the next person to say yes to. Work out the right move when you are stuck. Learn the pattern so the job stops coming back.

For most of these jobs it can carry the heavy thinking - draft it, sort it, check it, rehearse it with you.

It cannot sit in your chair, take the blame when a number is wrong, or notice what nobody wrote down. Let it do the first 80%. Keep the last 20% that is truly yours.

No. Copy any prompt and paste it into the AI you already use. No account, no score, no wall in the way.

Any of them. The prompts describe the work rather than naming a product, so they are not tied to one assistant.

That is also why they keep working when you switch.

Change it freely. Every prompt is a starting line, not a rule.

Put in your real numbers, your real names and your real deadline. The more you make it yours, the better the answer comes back.

The tasks come from real job ads, published job data and the questions people ask in public forums.

The steps come from Adobe After Effects's own documentation, with practitioner sources for the traps the manual does not mention.

Push once. Ask it to sharpen the weakest part and to say what it assumed.

Most wrong answers come from a missing detail rather than a bad prompt - tell it the thing it could not know.