Adobe 12040118 - After Effects Standard Tutorial page 10

The composition background color setting is now located in the Composition Settings dialog box instead of on the Composition menu, and
the keyboard shortcut for accessing only the composition background color has been removed:
When you double-click a precomposition layer when the Roto Brush tool or a paint tool is active, the precomposition layer opens in a Layer
panel. To open the nested composition in a Composition panel instead, Alt-double-click (Windows) or Option-double-click (Mac OS) the
precomposition layer: Opening and navigating nested compositions
Importing and managing footage items changes
Added interpretation rules and gamma rules for ProRes media: Interpret footage items
Added .mxr and .sxr as filename extensions recognized as OpenEXR files for import: Supported import formats
Added interpretation rule for RED (R3D) raw color data that interprets colors as HDTV (Rec. 709) gamma-encoded (non-linear-light) 32-bpc
color: Interpret footage items
Improvements in import of Illustrator files with multiple artboards created from Video & Film presets: Preparing and importing Illustrator files
After Effects can import multi-channel DPX files, such as those from a Northlight film scanner: Cineon and DPX footage items
Removed ability to open or import After Effects projects created by versions of After Effects 5.5 or earlier. After Effects CS5 can open and
import projects created by After Effects 6.0 and later: Import an After Effects project
Removed ability to open projects using project links in movies rendered and exported from After Effects CS3 or earlier. After Effects CS5 can
open projects using project links included in movies rendered and exported by After Effects CS4 and later: Import an After Effects project
Removed ability to import AAF, OMF, PCX, Pixar, and Filmstrip files: Supported import formats
Removed ability to import Premiere 6.5 projects. After Effects CS5 can import Premiere Pro projects: Import an Adobe Premiere Pro project
Removed ability to import and export FLV files with video encoded using the Sorenson Spark codec. After Effects CS5 can import and export
FLV files encoded with the On2 VP6 codec: Render and export a composition as an FLV or F4V file
When you drag a completed output module to a folder in the Project panel, you import the output file or files into that folder: Output modules
and output module settings
Double-click a footage item in the Project panel to open it in a Footage viewer. Alt-double-click (Windows) or Option-double-click (Mac OS) a
footage item in the Project panel to open the source file in the media player assigned for that file type by the operating system. Press Enter
on the numeric keypad to open selected footage items in a Footage viewer. The behavior in previous versions was less predictable and more
complex, and was limited to specific media players: View footage item in the Footage panel or media player assigned by operating system
Layers and properties changes
Added Divide and Subtract blending modes: Blending mode reference
The Label Colors and Label Defaults preferences categories have been combined into one Labels preference category. Null Object and Text
items have been added to the Label Defaults section, and a new label color control (Dark Green) has been added in the 16th position. Panel
tabs include a square label that is the same color as the composition, footage item, or layer's label if the Use Label Color For Related Tabs
preference is selected in the Appearance preference category: Color labels for layers, compositions, and footage items
The Camera Settings dialog box includes a new Type option, which specifies if the camera is a one-node or two-node camera: Camera
settings
Shift-dragging with the Unified Camera tool selected temporarily activates the Orbit Camera tool and constrains rotation to one axis: Move or
adjust a camera or working 3D view with the Camera tools
Dragging with the Unified Camera tool selected and the right mouse button pressed temporarily activates the Track Z Camera tool and
modifies Position only: Move or adjust a camera or working 3D view with the Camera tools
Dragging with the Unified Camera tool selected and the right mouse button pressed and Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) pressed
temporarily activates the Track Z Camera tool and modifies both Position and Point Of Interest: Move or adjust a camera or working 3D view
with the Camera tools
Views and previews changes
In After Effects CS4, the default center cut action-safe margin was 30%, and the default title-safe margin was 35%. In After Effects CS5, the
default center cut action-safe margin is 32.5%, and the default title-safe margin is 40%: About title-safe and action-safe zones
Added Alternate RAM Preview preference, which is used to preview the specified number of frames when you press Alt (Windows) or Option
(Mac OS) while starting a RAM preview:
In Previews preferences, added Viewer Zoom Quality and Color Management Quality controls:
New Alpha Boundary and Alpha Overlay view modes in the Layer panel, with keyboard shortcuts: Layer panel view options and Views
(keyboard shortcuts)
When you are working with a composition that contains a 3D layer, a light, or a camera, the Composition panel shows a label in the top-left
RAM preview a specified number of frames
Composition settings
Viewer Quality preferences