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Explorer Folders (Windows) or Finder Folders (Mac OS): to show your effects as they
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appear in your file system folders. If a Folder A contains only Folder B, a listing for
"Folder A" will not appear. Otherwise, this options shows all folders that contain effects
or favorites.
Alphabetical: to show all the effects in alphabetical order.
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Show Effects: to switch the effect list between showing and not showing the effects.
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Show Favorites: to switch between showing or not showing favorites. The only favorites
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that are shown are those stored in the After Effects application folder on your hard
drive. For information on how to designate favorite effects, see "Saving favorite effects
for instant reuse" in chapter 10.
Note: The Show Favorites view shows only folders that are in the folder containing the application. If you want
to store your effects in a folder outside this, make a shortcut or an alias to your effect folder and place that
shortcut or alias anywhere inside the folder containing After Effects.
Show 16 Bit Effects: to show only the 16-bits-per-channel effects.
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Reveal in Explorer (Windows) or Reveal in Finder (Mac OS): to open the folder on your
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hard drive that contains the selected effect. The selected effect is highlighted in the
folder window.
Refresh List: to manually update the list of favorites without relaunching After Effects.
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This is useful when, while using your browser, you add or remove favorites while the
program is still running. However, when you add or remove effects not designated as
favorites, you still must quit and restart After Effects.
Remembering fonts in effects
For effects that use fonts, After Effects now remembers the last font used for that effect.
The effects that use fonts are Path Text, Basic Text, Numbers, and Particle Playground
(Production Bundle only).
Using new 16-bits-per-channel effects
The following effects, listed by category, are now enabled for 16-bits-per-channel use:
Blur & Sharpen Compound Blur, Directional Blur
Distort Displacement Map
Image Control Tint, Color Balance (HLS)
Render Fractal
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