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In this http://www.VideoFort.com After Effects Pac-Man tutorial series VideoFort Jon gives a in depth looks at motion graphics and layering, teaching how to recreate the classic Atari game, Pac-Man. In Pac-Man Part 6 VideoFort Jon shows you how to change the ghosts for when Pac-Man eats a power up. Drag the “BoardandCharacters.png” into the Game comp, pre compose it and mask the blue and white ghosts. Layer them on top of one another( should go: blue 3, blue 4, white 3, white 4) and set the first keyframe at the beginning of the comp for the opacitiy at 0%. From there determine when Pac-Man eats a Power Up pellet (the larger dots). Once you have determined when Pac-Man eats the Power Up go one frame before and set another opacity key frame at 0% for you ghosts. Then move one key frame forward and bring the blue ghost with 3 leg up to 100% and the white ghost with 4 legs to 100%. Make the 3 legged blue ghost’s opacity increase and decrease between 100% and 0% for 16 key frames. Then bring up the 4 legged blue ghost’s opacity up to 100% and set a keyframe for 0% one.......