To Move A Layer In Time By Dragging; To Arrange A Layer By Dragging; To Move A Layer In Time By Moving Its In Or Out Point - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

See also
"About trimming" on page 162
"About time-remapping" on page 233
"About the Timeline panel" on page 118

To move a layer in time by dragging

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In the Timeline panel, drag the layer duration bar to the left or right. To snap the layer duration bar to significant
points in time (such as markers, or the start or end of the composition), Shift-drag the layer duration bar.
Note: When you drag a layer in the Timeline panel, the Info panel displays the name, duration, delta timecode, and In
and Out settings for the layer. To display the Info panel, choose Window > Info.
Before and after moving the duration bar

To move a layer in time by moving its In or Out point

In the Timeline panel, drag the current-time indicator to the time at which you want the layer to begin or stop
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playing.
Make the In and Out columns visible in the Timeline panel.
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3 In the In or Out column, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the number that appears for that layer.
See also
"To work with columns in the Timeline panel" on page 119

To arrange a layer by dragging

You can change the spatial position of a layer in a composition by selecting and dragging the layer in the Compo-
sition panel. When you want to move a layer into or out of the frame, you can position it completely or partially
outside the frame.
When you arrange a layer in the Composition panel, you determine the position of the layer at the current time,
indicated by the current-time indicator in the Timeline panel. If no keyframes are set for a layer, the position values
you set will apply for the duration of the layer. The layer remains in position until you set up a change over time in
the Timeline panel.
Select the Selection tool from the Tools panel.
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2 Click a layer in the Composition panel to select it or, if the layer is obscured by another layer, select the layer name
in the Timeline panel.
You can select layers behind other layers in a Composition panel. Using the Selection tool, right-click (Windows) or
Control-click (Mac OS) the top layer, choose Select, and then choose a layer name.
Position the pointer within the layer (but not on a handle) and drag the layer to a location within the Composition
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panel.
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