ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS 7.0
User Guide
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You can customize the label colors at any time for an individual layer, for all similarly labeled layers in a composition,
or at the default level.
To change the color of a label
1
In the Timeline panel, select a layer.
2
Choose Edit > Label >
[color name]
.
To change the color of a label group
1
In the Timeline panel, select one of the layers belonging to the label group.
2
Choose Edit > Label > Select Label Group.
3
Choose Edit > Label >
[color name]
.
To change the default color label and options for a source type
1
Choose Edit > Preferences > Label Colors (Windows), or After Effects > Preferences > Label Colors (Mac OS).
2
Click a color swatch or Eyedropper button, select new colors to replace the existing colors, and type new names
for the colors as needed.
3
Click Next, or click the Label Colors menu and choose Label Defaults.
4
Using the menus for each type of composition element (Composition, Video, Audio, and so forth), choose new
default colors. When you finish, click OK.
To show or hide layers in the Composition panel
Use the Video switch to exclude or include layers in the Composition panel. The Video switch is on by default, so the
layer appears in the Composition panel. When you want to speed up redrawing or exclude a layer from appearing in
both the preview and the final output, turn off the Video switch.
Do one of the following:
•
To show or hide a layer, click the Video
switch for a layer in the Timeline panel.
•
To show or hide a layer, select the layer, choose Layer > Switches, and make sure that the Video switch is selected
(to display the layer) or deselected (to hide the layer).
•
To show all layers, choose Layer > Switches > Show All Video.
•
To hide all layers that are not selected in the Composition panel, choose Layer > Switches > Hide Other Video.
See also
“About the Composition panel” on page 116
“Audio/Video and Layer switches” on page 167
To show and hide layers in the Timeline panel
You can mark a layer as
shy
, or hidden from display, and then use the Hide Shy Layers button in the Timeline panel
to hide all shy layers in the Timeline panel layer outline. Making layers shy is useful when you want to make room
in the Timeline panel to show the layers and layer properties that you want to adjust.
The icon in the Switches column indicates whether a layer is shy
or not shy
.
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