To Zoom Out; To Zoom To Preset Magnifications; To View And Use Safe Zones And Grids - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

To zoom out

Do one of the following:
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Select the Zoom tool. Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the center of the area in the panel you want
to reduce. Each click additionally reduces the image. When the file has reached its maximum reduction level, the
command has no effect.
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Choose View > Zoom Out. Choose this command again to additionally reduce the image. When the panel reaches
its maximum reduction level, the command has no effect.
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Choose a zoom level from the Magnification Ratio menu at the bottom left of the Footage, Layer, or Composition
panel. To change the magnification of all views, hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) while
choosing a zoom level.

To zoom to preset magnifications

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To change the view to 100%, double-click the Zoom tool in the Tools panel.

To view and use safe zones and grids

In the Footage, Layer, and Composition panels, you can display safe zones for titles and actions as well as grids used
for aligning layers.
Television sets enlarge a video image and allow some portion of its outer edges to be cut off by the edge of the screen.
This is known as overscan. The amount of overscan is not consistent between television sets, so you should keep
important parts of a video image, such as action or titles, within margins known as safe zones. When you arrange
layers in a composition, keep in mind the following guidelines:
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Keep important scene elements, graphics, and actors within the action-safe zone.
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Keep titles and other text within the title-safe zone.
After Effects also provides grids that you can use to help arrange and align layers.
Composition panel's zones and grids
A. Grid B. Title-safe zone C. Action-safe zone D. Overscan
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Do one of the following:
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To view safe zones in a Footage, Layer, or Composition panel, click the Title/Action Safe button
Title/Action Safe from the menu.
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To view a standard grid, click the Title/Action Safe button and select Grid from the menu.
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