Selecting And Arranging Layers - Adobe 12040118 - After Effects Standard Tutorial

Selecting and arranging layers

Select layers
Change the stacking order for selected layers
Coordinate systems: composition space and layer space
Move layers in space
Separate dimensions of Position to animate components individually
Align or distribute layers in 2D space
Trim, extend, or slip-edit a layer
Remove part of the duration of a layer
Place or move a layer in time
Arrange layers in time sequentially
Copy or duplicate a layer
Split a layer
Auto-Orientation options
Additional resources for selecting and arranging layers
Select layers
Selected layers that also have properties selected are indicated with a hollow highlight in the Timeline panel. A selected layer that has no
properties selected is indicated with a solid highlight.
Top layer selected, but no properties selected; bottom layer selected with properties selected.
To scroll the topmost selected layer to the top of the Timeline panel, press X.
To select a layer, click the layer in the Composition panel, click its name or duration bar in the Timeline panel, or click its name in the
Flowchart panel.
To select a layer that is obscured in the Composition panel, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) over the layer in the Composition
panel, and choose Select > [layer name].
To select a layer if the layer is open in its own Layer panel, choose the layer name from the Window menu or the Layer panel viewer menu.
To select a layer by position number, type the layer number on the numeric keypad. If the layer number has more than one digit, type the
digits quickly so that After Effects can recognize them as one number.
To select the next layer in the stacking order, press Ctrl+Down Arrow (Windows) or Command+Down Arrow (Mac OS). To select the previous
layer, press Ctrl+Up Arrow (Windows) or Command+Up Arrow (Mac OS).
To extend the selection to the next layer in the stacking order, press Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow (Windows) or Command+Shift+Down Arrow
(Mac OS). To extend the selection to the previous layer in the stacking order, press Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow (Windows) or Command+Shift+Up
Arrow (Mac OS).
To select all layers, choose Edit > Select All while the Timeline or Composition panel is active. To deselect all layers, choose Edit > Deselect
All. If the composition's Hide Shy Layers switch is selected, using Select All when the Timeline panel is active doesn't select shy layers. (See
Show and hide layers in the Timeline panel.)
To deselect any currently selected layers and select all other layers; with at least one layer selected, choose Invert Selection from the
context menu in the Composition or Timeline panel.
To select all layers that use the same color label, click the color label in the Timeline panel, and choose Select Label Group, or select a layer
with that color label and choose Edit > Label > Select Label Group.
To select all child layers assigned to a parent layer, select the parent layer and choose Select Children from the context menu in the
Composition or Timeline panel. The child layers are added to the existing selection.
You can select multiple layers in the Composition panel (After Effects CS5.5 and later). Drag with the Selection tool to create a selection box
(marquee) around the layers to select them. Hold Shift while clicking or dragging to select additional layers or to deselect layers.
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