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Working with Projects,
Windows, and Palettes
Working in a project
An After Effects project is a single file that stores references to all the footage you use in
that project. It also contains information about how you've arranged the footage in
compositions, including the details of any effects or animation you applied. Inside a
project, you create one or more compositions. After you have imported source footage
into the project, you can add footage items into the compositions.
Where you work with footage items
In a project, you work with footage items using primarily three windows: the Project
window, which lists all the source footage items you import; the Composition window,
which displays images as they relate in space; and the Timeline window, which displays
compositions and animation events in terms of time. Add footage items to a composition
by dragging them from the Project window into either the Composition window or the
Timeline window.
Each Composition window has a corresponding Timeline window. When you edit a
composition in a Composition window, After Effects automatically displays the corre-
sponding Timeline window, and vice versa.
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A. Source footage B. Project window C. Composition window D. Timeline window
As you work with compositions, you also use three other types of windows: Footage
windows, Layer windows, and Effect Controls windows.
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