To Apply An Effect With The Effect Menu; To Apply An Effect With The Effects & Presets Panel; To Paste A Layer’s Effects Into Other Layers; To Temporarily Turn Off Effects - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

See also
"To apply an animation preset" on page 202
"Improving performance when using effects" on page 638

To apply an effect with the Effect menu

In the Timeline or Composition panel, select a layer.
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Choose Effect > [category] > [effect].
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Using this procedure, you can apply multiple instances of a single effect to a layer.
To apply an effect with the Effects & Presets panel
In the Effects & Presets panel, locate the effect or effects that you want to apply.
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Do one of the following:
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With the target layer selected, double-click the effect or effects.
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Drag the effect to the target layer on the Timeline panel, either to the layer name, Effect list heading, Duration bar,
or to any spot in the existing list of effects.
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Drag the effect to the Composition panel. The Info panel displays the name of the targeted layer as you drag over it.
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With the target layer selected, drag the effect to the Effect Controls panel.
Note: Applying an effect to a layer makes it the active layer.
To paste a layer's effects into other layers
In the Effect Controls panel, select one or more effects, and then choose Edit > Copy.
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In the Timeline panel, select one or more layers, and then choose Edit > Paste.
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To temporarily turn off effects

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To temporarily turn off one effect, select the layer in the Effect Controls or Timeline panel, and then click the
Effect switch to the left of the effect name.
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To temporarily turn off all effects in a layer, click the Effects switch in the Switches column for the layer.
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Effect switch in the Effect Controls panel and Effect switch in the Timeline panel
A. The Effect switch in the Effect Controls panel turns a specific effect on or off. B. The Effect switch in the Timeline panel also turns a specific
effect on or off. C. The Effects switch in the Switches column of the Timeline panel turns all effects in a layer on or off.
To remove an effect
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To remove one effect, select the effect name in the Effect Controls panel, and press Delete.
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