To Create A Composition From Project Panel Footage - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

Either choose a preset from the Preset menu or specify basic composition settings as follows:
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Type values for frame size in the text boxes. As a general rule, frame size and aspect ratio should
Width and Height
match your intended output media. This is set automatically if you choose a preset.
Select this if you want to type a width or height not included in the menu and if you want After
Lock Aspect Ratio
Effects to ensure that the composition dimensions conform to the aspect ratio for the current values.
Choose a ratio from the menu. This is set automatically if you choose a preset.
Pixel Aspect Ratio
Type a value for frames per second in the Frame Rate text box. This is set automatically if you choose a
Frame Rate
preset.
Choose Full, Half, Third, or Quarter from the menu, or select Custom to designate the number of pixels
Resolution
to render horizontally and vertically.
Type a value in this text box to set the time value for the first frame of the composition. This value
Start Timecode
does not affect rendering.
Type a duration for your composition in the text box.
Duration
Click the Advanced tab to specify advanced settings:
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Click one of the arrows if you want to anchor the layers to a corner or edge of the composition as it is resized.
Anchor
Shutter Angle and Shutter Phase
Select a 3D Rendering Plug-in from the menu.
Rendering Plug-In
Click this option to lock compositions to a specific frame rate.
Preserve Frame Rate
Click this option to force nested compositions to retain their resolution settings.
Preserve Resolution
5 Click OK.
Note: To change an existing composition's settings, choose Composition > Composition Settings and follow steps 3-5.
See also
"About nesting" on page 130
"Specifying composition settings" on page 111

To create a composition from Project panel footage

You can create new compositions from multiple footage items stored in the Project panel. You can create single or
multiple compositions, and specify composition options for each new composition in the New Composition From
Selection dialog box.
In the Project panel, select one or more footage items.
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2 Do one of the following:
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Drag the selected footage to the Create A New Composition button at the bottom of the Project panel.
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Choose File > New Comp From Selection.
3 If you have selected multiple footage items, select either Single Composition or Multiple Composition in the New
Composition From Selection dialog box, select settings as desired, and then click OK:
Choose a footage item from which to specify the dimensions for the new composition.
Use Dimensions From
Specify a value to set the duration of the stills in the new composition or compositions.
Still Duration
Specify settings for motion blur.
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