User manual ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS 7.0

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[. . . ] The Info panel displays the name of the targeted layer as you drag over it. · With the target layer selected, drag the effect to the Effect Controls panel. Note: Applying an effect to a layer makes it the active layer. To paste a layer's effects into other layers 1 In the Effect Controls panel, select one or more effects, and then choose Edit > Copy. 2 In the Timeline panel, select one or more layers, and then choose Edit > Paste. To temporarily turn off effects · To temporarily turn off one effect, select the layer in the Effect Controls or Timeline panel, and then click the Effect switch to the left of the effect name. · To temporarily turn off all effects in a layer, click the Effects switch in the Switches column for the layer. A B C Effect switch in the Effect Controls panel and Effect switch in the Timeline panel A. The Effect switch in the Effect Controls panel turns a specific effect on or off. The Effect switch in the Timeline panel also turns a specific effect on or off. The Effects switch in the Switches column of the Timeline panel turns all effects in a layer on or off. To remove an effect · To remove one effect, select the effect name in the Effect Controls panel, and press Delete. ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS 7. 0 350 User Guide · To remove all effects applied to one or more layers, select the layer or layers from which you want to remove all effects in the Timeline or Composition panel, and choose Effect > Remove All. If you choose Remove All accidentally, immediately choose Edit > Undo Delete Effect to restore the effects and keyframes. Effect Controls panel When you apply an effect to a layer, the Effect Controls panel opens, listing the effect you just applied. The Effect Controls panel contains a variety of controls that modify the properties of an effect, including sliders, options, color swatches, effect points, and angles. Note: To switch between layers in the Effect Controls panel, click the tab at the top of the panel and select a layer from the menu. The effect is also listed in the Effects section under the layer name in the Timeline panel. If you apply additional effects to the layer, they are listed under the first effect in the Timeline panel. The order in which After Effects renders masks, effects, and transform properties, called the rendering order, may affect the final result of an applied effect. You change the order in which effects are rendered by dragging the effect name to a new position in the list. To achieve certain results, change the default rendering order so that a transform property is rendered before an effect in a layer instead of after the effect. Effects & Presets panel Browse and apply effects and animation presets with the Effects & Presets panel. Each item in the panel is identified by type with an icon: the 32-bit Effect icon , the 16-bit Effect icon , the 8-bit Effect icon , the Layer Property icon , the Audio icon , or the Animation Preset icon . Use the Effects & Presets panel to store your own custom animation presets, which can include effects, properties, and property groups, along with any settings, keyframes, and expressions. To locate an item in the Effects & Presets panel 1 Choose Window > Effects & Presets. If the items are listed by category or by Explorer or Finder folder, expand the category or folder to see the enclosed items. · Type the name of the item you want to locate, or a part of the name, in the Contains box. The panel lists the items containing the characters you typed. To specify how items are listed in the Effects & Presets panel 1 Choose one of the following views from the panel menu: Categories, Explorer Folders (Windows) or Finder Folders (Mac OS), or Alphabetical. 2 Choose any of the following: Show Effects Shows all available effects. Show Referring Presets Lists animation presets that contain an effect, next to the effect in the panel. To see the presets that use an effect, click the triangle to the left of the effect's name. Show Animation Presets Shows all animation presets, including those saved by you. ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS 7. 0 351 User Guide Show Presets Contents Shows the individual effects, animators, and properties that make up an animation preset. To see a preset's components, click the triangle to the left of the preset's name. Note: Animation presets appear in the Effects & Presets panel only if they are located in the After Effects application folder or a subfolder of the application folder. [. . . ] See Filmstrip format flow, paint strokes 313 Flowchart command 60 Flowchart panel 59 Foam effect 496 focal length, camera setting 182 focal plane, specifying 383 focus distance, camera setting 181 focusDistance (expression element) 582 Fog 3D effect 383 folders creating 58 finding 33 managing 32 moving files 58 navigating 30 project hierarchy 53 renaming 58 showing and hiding contents 58 working in 58 font size changing 287 changing in Metadata panel 36 fonts choosing 287 footage adding and revealing 122 considerations for project planning 49 editing in original application 124 editing still-image sequences 125 importing alpha channels 72 interpreting automatically 71 items 68 keyboard shortcuts 643 looping 125 organizing 58 pixel aspect ratio 96 placeholders 128 proxies 128 relinking 93 removing 59 revealing 123 setting frame rate 125 footage (expression element) 571, 578 Footage panel 21, 123 formatting text, characters 286 formatting text, paragraphs 290 forums, online 7 four-point tracking 344 Fractal effect 449 Fractal Noise effect 468 frame aspect ratio 96 frame blending 239, 605 Frame Hold, conversion in After Effects 128 Frame Mix 239 frame rate changing for a sequence 76 changing for video and film footage 96 option in Render Settings 605 setting for footage 125 frame size 112 frameDuration (expression element) 577, 578 frames freezing 222, 235 in interlaced video 99 framesToTime (expression element) 572 Free Transform Points command 253 free-transform bounding box 201 freeze frame 222, 235 Freeze Layer Contents 141 fromComp (expression element) 581 fromCompToSurface (expression element) 582 fromCompVec (expression element) 582 fromWorld (expression element) 582 fromWorldVec (expression element) 582 f-stops, camera setting 182 Full view, in Adobe Help Center 5 G Gamma/Pedestal/Gain effect 415 garbage mattes 280 Gaussian Blur effect 392 INDEX 666 gaussRandom (expression element) 574 General preferences Bridge 28 Generate effects Advanced Lightning effect 441 Audio Spectrum effect 442 Audio Waveform effect 443 Beam effect 444 Cell Pattern effect 444 Checkerboard effect 446 Circle effect 447 Ellipse effect 448 Eyedropper Fill effect 448 Fill effect 449 4-Color Gradient effect 440 Fractal effect 450 Grid effect 451 Lens Flare effect 452 Lightning effect 452 Paint Bucket effect 454 Radio Waves effect 455 Ramp effect 458 Scribble effect 458 Stroke effect 460 Vegas effect 460 Write-on effect 462 Get Properties For command 620 GIF format exporting 590 importing 69 GIF format, animated 52 global objects 564, 571 Global Positioning System (GPS) data 35 Glow effect 525 GPS information in files 35, 36 Gradient Wipe effect 548 gradients creating with Ramp effect 458 grain about 354 animating 364 applying grain effects 355 changing sampling source 366 color 365 color-matching mattes 356 grain effects 354 layer mattes 357 masks and mattes 355 noise sampling 365 positioning noise samples 366 previewing grain effects 357 Graph Editor 188, 189 graph overlay 562 graphics tablet and Vector Paint 475 graphics tablets and paint tools 319 grayscale images converting to black and white 531 creating 407 greenscreen. See keying Grid effect 451 grids preferences for 143 viewing and using 142 Group of Pictures. See GOPs Grow Bounds effect 552 guide layers 149, 161 guides creating 143 H H. 264 95, 592 halos removing 400 handheld cameras 341 hand-tinted images 407 hanging punctuation 292 hard disk cache 637 hasAudio (expression element) 579 hasParent (expression element) 568, 579 hasVideo (expression element) 579 HD pixel aspect ratio 98 HDR (high dynamic range) footage about 62 effects 63 importing 69 projects 63 using with LDR effects 553 HDR Compander effect 553 HDR Highlight Compression effect 554 HDV 95, 592 pixel aspect ratio 98 height (expression element) 577, 578, 579 Help system about 3 navigating 4 printing from 5 searching 4 updating topics 2 Hide Layer Controls command 177 hierarchy, project 53, 60 high-definition video 95, 592 highlights, adjusting 420 High-Low Pass effect 386 History command 57 history information, adding to files 37 Hold interpolation 221 hold-out matte 281 horizontal scale of text 289 horizontal scan lines 99 horizontal text, converting to vertical 292 horizontal tracking 339 hslToRgb (expression element) 576 Hue/Saturation effect 415 I ICB format importing 70 ID Matte effect 384 IFF format exporting 590 importing 69 Illustrator. See Adobe Illustrator image area 23 image noise, defined 84 IMAX frames 74 IMG format exporting 590 importing 69 importing After Effects projects 93 audio files 69 DDR-based footage 102 files into projects 71 footage items containing alpha channel 72 items by dragging 72 multiple footage items 71 preparing footage for 70 projects 93 sequences of still images 75 INDEX 667 supported formats 69 3D files 173, 107 importing. [. . . ]