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The QuickTime and Video for Windows player windows play the source file, not the edited and interpreted footage
item based on the source file.
You can use the Set In Point , Set Out Point , Ripple Insert Edit
panel to trim a footage item and insert it into a composition. This can be more convenient than adding the footage
item to a composition and then trimming in the Timeline panel.
See also
"Trim, extend, or slip-edit a layer" on page 145
"Shortcuts for working with footage" on page 637
Reveal footage items
• To reveal where a footage item is used in a composition, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the
footage item in the Project panel and choose Reveal In Composition; then select the specific instance you want to
reveal (composition name, layer name).
• To reveal a layer's source footage item in the Project panel, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the
layer in the Timeline panel, and then choose Reveal Layer Source In Project.
• To reveal a footage item's location in Bridge, Windows Explorer, or the Finder, right-click (Windows) or Control-
click (Mac OS) the footage item in the Project panel and choose Reveal In Bridge, Reveal In Windows Explorer,
or Reveal In Finder.
Refresh footage items
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To refresh footage items selected in the Project panel to use the current versions of the source footage files, choose
File > Reload Footage.
Edit footage in its original application
You can open and edit a footage item in the application in which it was created, directly from an After Effects project.
The original application must be installed on the computer that you are using, which must have enough available
RAM for it to run. When you edit and save changes to the footage in the original application, the changes are applied
to all instances of the footage when After Effects becomes the active application.
Note: If you're editing footage that has an alpha channel, make sure that you're viewing and editing all of the channels,
including the alpha channel, in the other application. Otherwise, changes you make might not be applied to the alpha
channel, and it may become misaligned with the color channels.
When you edit a still-image sequence selected in the Timeline or Composition panel, the individual image that is
currently displayed opens. When you edit a still-image sequence selected in the Project panel, the first image in the
sequence opens.
In the Project panel, Composition panel, or Timeline panel, select the footage item or a layer that uses the footage
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item as its source. If you selected a still-image sequence from the Composition or Timeline panel, move the current-
time indicator to the frame displaying the still image you want to edit.
Choose Edit > Edit Original.
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Edit the footage in its original application, and save the changes.
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, and Overlay Edit controls in the Footage
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