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Importing camera data from RLA/RPF files
After Effects 5.5 imports camera data saved with RLA/RPF sequence files. That data is
incorporated into a camera layer that After Effects creates in the Timeline window. To
access the camera data of an imported RLA/RPF sequence and create a camera layer
containing that data, place the imported sequence in the Timeline window, select it, and
choose Animation > Keyframe Assistant > RPF Camera Import.
Note: To create an RLA or RPF file with the camera data in 3D Studio Max, save your
rendering in rpf format with coverage, z depth, and alpha channels enabled.
Using multiple views
When working with a composition, it may be useful to monitor several views of it at once
so that you can see how a change you make in one view is reflected in other views,
especially when working in 3D. This facilitates more accurate placement of images and a
more comprehensive vision of how your images animate.
In After Effects 5.5, you can create multiple composition views, with each view in its own
window. You can add additional views to any composition or use one of the new built-in
multiple-view workspaces. If you are working with 3D layers, each Composition window
view is labeled according to the composition name and the particular 3D view selected
from the 3D View Popup menu. You can also create multiple views when you work in 2D.
Each 2D view can have a different region of interest and a different magnification view.
You can have as many views of your composition as you want. You can also make the
current multiple view conform to a saved workspace or save your view as a custom
workspace. For more information on conforming your view to a saved workspace, see the
procedure below. For more information on saving and using workspaces, see "Custom-
izing the workspace" in chapter 3. After Effects saves the total number of views you create
for each composition and custom workspace.
By default, you close any view by clicking the close box for that view window. If you want
all of the windows to close when you click the close box, you must activate a preference.
To do this, see the procedure below.
To create initial multiple-view windows for a composition:
Do one of the following:
Choose Window > Workspace > Two Comp Views or Four Comp Views, depending on
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the number of initial views you want.
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the Composition window and follow
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the above step in the context menu.
Note: You can change any view to one of the above choices at any time.
To add a view to a multiple-view layout:
1 Activate one of the composition views.
2 Do one of the following:
Choose View > New View.
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Press Shift+Alt+N (Windows) or Shift+Option+N (Mac OS).
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3 Do one of the following:
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