To Include Or Exclude Audio; To Edit Audio In Adobe Audition (Windows Only) - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

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To set the level of the left channel, drag the left slider up or down, or type a new value in the levels box at the
bottom of the left slider.
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To set the level of the right channel, drag the right slider up or down, or type a new value in the levels box at the
bottom of the right slider.
See also
"Previewing audio" on page 136

To include or exclude audio

You can include or exclude audio in the preview or rendered version, applying this option at either the composition
or layer level. By default, audio is included.
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Choose Layer > Switches > Audio to enable or disable audio.
By default, a check mark appears by the Audio command to indicate that audio is included for previews and
rendering of the selected composition or layer. Audio icons
indicate whether or not audio is included.

To edit audio in Adobe Audition (Windows only)

While working in After Effects, you may wish to use the more comprehensive audio-editing capabilities of Adobe
Audition to fine-tune your audio layers. The Edit In Adobe Audition command lets you start Adobe Audition from
within After Effects.
If you edit an audio-only file (for example, a WAV file) in Adobe Audition, you make changes to the original file. If
you edit a layer that contains both audio and video (for example, an AVI file) in Adobe Audition, you edit a copy of
the layer's audio file.
Select the audio footage item you wish to edit in Adobe Audition. The item must be of a type that is editable in
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Adobe Audition.
Choose Edit > Edit In Adobe Audition.
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Edit the file in Adobe Audition, and then do one of the following:
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If you're editing an audio-only layer, choose File > Save to apply your edits to the original audio file, or choose
File > Save As to apply your edits to a copy of the audio file. If you choose File > Save As, you need to reimport the
copy of the file into After Effects.
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If you're editing a layer that contains both audio and video, choose File > Save As. After you save the file, import
it into After Effects, add it to the Timeline, and mute the original audio in the audio-video clip by deselecting the
Audio switch in the Timeline panel.
Note: Any effects applied to audio in After Effects aren't included in the copy that is sent to Adobe Audition.
in the Features switches in the Timeline panel also
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