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See also
"Collect files in one location" on page 589
"Work with color labels" on page 153
"Shortcuts for working with projects" on page 632
Show information for items
• To show information about a footage item or composition, select it in the Project panel. Information is displayed
at the top of the Project panel next to the thumbnail image.
• To show the file creator ID for a footage item, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) it in the Project
panel.
Create a folder
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Choose File > New > New Folder, or click the Create Folder icon
Rename and sort items
• To rename a composition or folder, select the composition name or folder, press Enter (Windows) or Return
(Mac OS), type the new name, and then press Enter or Return again.
• To rename the Comments column, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the column heading and
choose Rename This.
You can use the Comments column to create a custom sorting option. Rename the column, enter corresponding infor-
mation for each item (for example, camera number), and then sort by that column.
• To sort items by entries in any column, click the column name in the Project panel.
Copy items
• To duplicate or copy an item in the Project panel, select it and choose Edit > Duplicate or Edit > Copy.
• To copy a footage item to Windows Explorer (Windows) or the Finder (Mac OS), drag the footage item from the
Project panel to the desktop.
Find and view items in the Project panel
• To find items in the Project panel, choose File > Find, or click the Find
Select Find Missing Footage to locate all footage items that refer to a file that has been moved, deleted, or renamed.
• To find the next item that matches the most recently used search criteria, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click
(Mac OS) the Find button.
Working with footage items in the Footage panel
When you double-click a movie in the Project panel, it opens by default in the Footage panel or in a player window:
QuickTime (.mov) files open in a QuickTime Player window; Video for Windows (.avi) files open in a Video for
Windows player window. Still images always appear in the Footage panel. Certain AVI files are not supported by the
AVI player window, and will open in the After Effects Footage panel. These include files created with Microsoft's
DirectX DV codec and all files over 2 GB.
To open a QuickTime or Video for Windows movie in the Footage panel instead of a player window, Alt-double-click
(Windows) or Option-double-click (Mac OS) the footage item in the Project panel.
at the bottom of the Project panel.
button at the bottom left of the panel.
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