Viewing And Editing Footage In A Footage Panel; To Reveal Footage In The Timeline Or Project Panel - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

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The Timeline panel. When you drag the item into the Timeline, a highlight bar indicates where the layer will
appear when you release the mouse button. If you drag the item over the time graph area, a time marker indicates
where the layer's In point will be when you release the mouse button.
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The composition name or icon in the Project panel.
Note: When you click on a footage item in the Timeline panel, the Info panel displays the item's name, duration, and In
and Out points.
While dragging an item into the Timeline panel, you can specify the layer order and In point.
You can also add a footage item to a composition by selecting the name of the footage item in the Project panel and
pressing Ctrl+/ (Windows) or Command+/ (Mac OS).

To reveal footage in the Timeline or Project panel

In large or complex projects it can be difficult to locate specific instances of footage used, especially if you use items
more than once. Using the Reveal In Composition command, you can easily locate and select an instance of a footage
item in any of its locations in the Timeline panel.
Do any of the following:
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To reveal footage in a composition, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the footage item in the
Project panel and choose Reveal In Composition; then select the specific instance you want to reveal (composition
name, layer name).
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To reveal footage in the Project panel, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) a layer in the Timeline
Panel and then choose Reveal Layer Source In Project.

Viewing and editing footage in a Footage panel

After you have imported footage, you can view, edit, and change settings for your imported footage without using a
Composition panel.
You can view any movie or graphic item listed in a Project panel at full size by opening it in a Footage panel. You can
also view the footage at different magnifications and examine individual frames.
When you double-click a movie in the Project panel, it opens by default in the appropriate type of Footage panel:
QuickTime (.mov) files open in a QuickTime Footage panel; Video for Windows (.avi) files open in a Video For
Windows Footage panel. Still images always appear in an After Effects Footage panel.
Note: Certain AVI files are not supported by the AVI Footage panel, and will open in the After Effects Footage panel.
These include files created with Microsoft's DirectX DV codec and all files over 2 GB. If the AVI Footage panel is empty,
Alt-double-click to open the footage in the After Effects Footage panel.
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