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2 Click a color swatch or Eyedropper button, select new colors to replace the existing
colors you want to change, and type new names for the colors, as needed.
3 Click Next, or click the Label Colors pop-up menu and choose Label Defaults.
4 Using the pop-up menus for each type of composition element (Composition, Video,
Audio, and so forth), choose new default colors. When finished, click OK.
Hiding layers in the Composition window
Use the Video switch to exclude or include layers from appearing in the Composition
window. The Video switch is on by default, so the layer displays in the Composition
window. When you want to speed up redraw or exclude a layer from appearing in both the
preview and the rendered version, turn off the Video switch.
To show or hide a layer in the Composition window:
Do either of the following:
To show or hide a layer, click the Video ( ) switch for that layer in the Timeline window.
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Select a layer, choose Layer > Switches, and make sure that the Video command is
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selected (to display the layer) or deselected (to hide the layer).
To hide all layers that are not selected in the Composition window:
Choose Layer > Switches > Hide Other Video.
To show all layers in the Composition window:
Choose Layer > Switches > Show All Video.
Showing and hiding layers in the Timeline window
You can mark a layer as shy and then use the Hide Shy Layers button in the Timeline
window to hide all shy layers on the Timeline list. Making layers shy is useful when you
want to make room in the Timeline window to show the layers and layer properties you
want to adjust.
Shy layers still appear in the Composition window. If you want to hide or show layers in the
Composition window, use the eye icon (see "Hiding layers in the Composition window" on
page 80).
To mark a layer as shy or not shy:
Select the layer in the Timeline window, and choose Layer > Switches > Shy to apply or
undo shy status for that layer.
The icon in the Timeline Switches panel indicates whether a layer is shy ( ) or not shy ( ).
You can also click this Shy switch to toggle between shy and not shy status.
To hide or show all shy layers:
Click to select or deselect the Hide Shy Layers button (
window.
You can also choose Hide Shy Layers from the Timeline window menu to switch back and
forth between showing and hiding shy layers.
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