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"Open panel, viewer, and context
"Keyboard
shortcuts" on page 738
Preferences
• To open the Preferences dialog box, choose Edit > Preferences > [category name] (Windows) or After Effects >
Preferences > [category name] (Mac OS).
• To open the Preferences dialog box to the General category, press Ctrl+Alt+; (semicolon) (Windows) or
Command+Option+; (Mac OS).
• To restore default preference settings, hold Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Windows) or Command+Option+Shift (Mac OS)
while the application is starting. To also restore default keyboard shortcuts, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click
(Mac OS) the OK button.
This section provides links to pages in which the various preferences that aren't self-explanatory are explained in
context.
General preferences
• Levels Of Undo:
"Undo
• Show Tool Tips:
"After Effects user interface
• Create Layers At Composition Start Time:
• Switches Affect Nested Comps:
• Default Spatial Interpolation To Linear:
• Preserve Constant Vertex Count When Editing Masks:
• Synchronize Time Of All Related Items:
• Expression Pick Whip Writes Compact English:
• Create Split Layers Above Original Layer:
• Allow Scripts To Write Files And Access Network: "Scripts" on page 643
• Enable JavaScript Debugger: After Effects scripting guide at the
Adobe website
• Use System Color Picker:
• Create New Layers At Best Quality:
• Preserve Clipboard Data For Other Applications:
page 86
• Use System Shortcut Keys (Mac OS only):
Previews preferences
• Adaptive Resolution Limit:
• Enable OpenGL:
"Render with
• Enable Adaptive Resolution With OpenGL:
menus" on page 17
changes" on page 19
tips" on page 19
"Layers
"About precomposing and
"About spatial and temporal keyframe
"About precomposing and
"Add, edit, and remove
"Split a
"Select a color or edit a
gradient" on page 276
"Layer image quality and subpixel
"Importing from After Effects and Adobe Premiere
"Keyboard
"Preview
modes" on page 200
OpenGL" on page 703
"Preview
overview" on page 138
nesting" on page 60
"Designate the first vertex for a Bezier
nesting" on page 60
expressions" on page 647
layer" on page 152
Adobe After Effects Developer Center
positioning" on page 157
shortcuts" on page 738
modes" on page 200
USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
User interface
interpolation" on page 231
path" on page 329
on the
Pro" on
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