To Apply One Or More Components Of An Animation Preset; Saving Animation Presets; To Save An Animation Preset; To Remove An Animation Preset From The Effects & Presets Panel - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

To apply one or more components of an animation preset

Make sure that Show Animation Presets and Show Preset Contents are selected in the Effects & Presets panel
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menu.
2 Expand the preset in the Effects & Presets panel.
Do one of the following:
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Select the layer in which you want to use the preset component, and double-click the property you want to apply.
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Drag the property to a layer in the Composition panel or Timeline panel.

Saving animation presets

You can save settings of one or more effects as an animation preset. Saving an effect as an animation preset also saves
any set keyframes, as well as expressions used in the effect. For example, if you created an explosion using several
effects with complex parameter and animation settings within those effects, you can save all those settings as a single
animation preset. You can then apply that animation preset to any other footage, or you can apply any single effect
from that animation preset to any footage. The 20 most recently saved or applied animation presets appear under
Recent Animation Presets in the Animation menu.
Animation presets also appear in the Animation Presets menu in Effect Controls and in Effects & Presets. The
Animation Presets menu in the Effect Controls panel lists only those animation presets that contain the current
effect. For example, if the Mirror effect is selected, the menu will show only those presets that include the Mirror
effect. If the Animation Presets category in Effects & Presets does not appear, choose the Show Animation Presets
option from the Effects & Presets panel menu.
Note: When you apply an effect from the Animation Presets pop-up menu, only the current effect from the animation
preset is applied.

To save an animation preset

Select a layer in the Timeline or Composition panel, and apply one or more effects to it. Optionally, animate the
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effect using keyframes.
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In the Effect Controls panel for that layer, select one or more effects to include as an animation preset.
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Select a layer property to save as an animation preset.
Choose Save Animation Preset from the Animation menu or from the Effects & Presets panel menu.
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Specify a file name and location, and then click Save.
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Note: If the preset does not appear in Effects & Presets, choose Refresh List from the Effects & Presets panel menu.
To remove an animation preset from the Effects & Presets panel
Select the animation preset in the Effects & Presets panel.
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Choose Reveal In Explorer (Windows) or Reveal In Finder (Mac OS) from the panel menu.
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3 Move the preset file (.ffx) out of the After Effects application folder.
Choose Refresh List from the Effects & Presets panel menu to update the panel.
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