Adobe 12040118 - After Effects Standard Tutorial page 12

Removed entries in Effects & Presets panel and Effect menu for the Paint effect (and Paint category) and Puppet effect (from Distort
category), because there's no need to apply these effects directly. Use the corresponding tools to apply the effects: Paint tools: Brush, Clone
Stamp, and Eraser and Animating with Puppet tools
The histogram in the Levels effect provides the option to see individual color channels in context with other color channels, as well as
showing color channels as colorized: Levels effect
The Alpha Levels effect has been removed. Instead, use the Levels effect, which can be assigned to work only on an alpha channel, has a
histogram, and is a 32-bpc effect. Old projects that use the Alpha Levels effect will still open, and you will still be able to modify the Alpha
Levels effect properties in these projects: Levels effect
The Vector Paint effect has been removed. Compositions created with a previous version of After Effects that use the Vector Paint effect will
still render, but you will not be able to modify the Vector Paint effect properties in these compositions. Instead, use paint tools and shape
layers: Drawing, painting, and paths
Font preview support (the Show Font option) has been removed from the Basic Text, Path Text, and Numbers effects.
The Show Animation Presets option is now off by default in the panel menu of the Effect Controls panel: Effect Controls panel
The Effects & Presets panel command Reveal In Finder (Mac OS) or Reveal In Windows Explorer (Windows) now works for Pixel Bender
effects: Effects and Presets panel
The Exposure slider in the Exposure effect now has a range from -4 to 4 instead of -20 to 20 to allow for more precise adjustment: Exposure
effect
Changed behavior for copying effects when the Effect Controls panel is active. Even if a property of an effect is selected, the effect itself (not
just the selected properties visible in the Timeline panel) will be copied. Behavior when the Effect Controls panel isn't active is unchanged:
Effect Controls panel
Markers and metadata changes
Added File > Go To Adobe Story menu command: XMP metadata
Include Source XMP Metadata option is off by default in all output module templates: Exporting XMP metadata from After Effects
After Effects writes startTimecode and altTimecode values into XMP metadata. You can view these values in the Start Timecode and
Alternate Timecode fields in the Dynamic Media schema in the Metadata panel: XMP metadata in After Effects
Removed the Clip Notes features.
Memory, storage, and performance changes
Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously multiprocessing can now use the virtual (logical) processor cores created by hyperthreading on many
modern computers: Render multiple frames simultaneously
Simplified Memory & Multiprocessing preferences, improved automatic RAM allocation between foreground and background processes,
added Details dialog box for observation of RAM usage, and improved performance of Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously
multiprocessing: Memory & Multiprocessing preferences
After Effects now shares a memory pool with Premiere Pro, Adobe Media Encoder, and Encore: Memory pool shared between After Effects,
Premiere Pro, Encore, and Adobe Media Encoder
The time that After Effects takes to start is reduced. The start-up time for the background processes used in Render Multiple Frames
Simultaneously multiprocessing is also reduced.
Plug-ins, scripts, and automation changes
Esc key interrupts a running script: Loading and running scripts
After Effects CS5 can load and run only 64-bit plug-ins, not 32-bit plug-ins: Plug-ins
Pixel Bender Toolkit 2.0 included, and performance of Pixel Bender effects greatly improved: Plug-ins
Rendering and exporting changes
Removed QuickTime export functionality from File > Export menu. To export a QuickTime movie, use the render queue: Rendering and
exporting overview
Removed ability to export AAF, OMF, PCX, Pixar, Filmstrip, ElectricImage, Softimage PIC, and PICT files: Supported output formats
Pressing spacebar no longer stops the render queue: Pause or stop rendering
Warning for mismatch in frame rate or dimensions between output module settings and other settings, and automatic correction of
mismatches: Warning for mismatch in frame rate or dimensions
Removed options dialog box for SGI output. The dialog box contained an option for using RLE (run-length encoding). This option is now