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Visualizing organization with Flowchart View
After Effects provides a separate Flowchart View for each composition and for the overall
project to help you keep a "big picture" perspective on complex projects. In Flowchart
View, individual boxes (or tiles) represent each composition, layer, and footage item,
including any applied effects. Directional arrows represent the relationships between
components.
Note: Flowchart View only shows you the existing relationships. You cannot use this view
to change relationships between project elements.
The elements included in Flowchart View depend on what is selected and on whether the
compositions are nested (used inside another composition as a layer) or root compositions
(not nested). In Flowchart View of a project, all root compositions appear. Nested composi-
tions and other elements that make up the composition appear when you expand a
composition tile.
The expansion button [+] for a composition in Flowchart View
reveals any nested compositions, source footage, and applied effects.
To open Flowchart Views:
Do one of the following:
To open Flowchart View for a project, choose Window > Project Flowchart View.
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To open Flowchart View for a composition, select the composition in the Project
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window, and choose Composition > Comp Flowchart View.
When you click a tile in Flowchart View, that element becomes active (selected) in the
Project window. If the tile represents a layer, that layer also becomes active in the Timeline
window.
Note: Gray lines between tiles in Flowchart View indicate that the Video or Audio switch
for those items are turned off in the Timeline window. Black lines indicate the switch is
turned on.
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