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Preferences

General preferences

Previews preferences (CS5.5, and earlier)
Previews preferences (CS6)
Display preferences
Import preferences
Output preferences
Grids & Guides preferences
Labels preferences
Media & Disk Cache preferences
Video Preview preferences
Appearance preferences
Auto-Save preferences
Memory & Multiprocessing preferences
Audio Hardware and Audio Output Mapping preferences
To open the Preferences dialog box, choose Edit > Preferences > [category name] (Windows) or After Effects > Preferences > [category
name] (Mac OS).
To open the Preferences dialog box to the General category, press Ctrl+Alt+; (semicolon) (Windows) or Command+Option+; (Mac OS).
To restore default preference settings, hold Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Windows) or Command+Option+Shift (Mac OS) while the application is starting. To
also restore default keyboard shortcuts, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the OK button.
Preferences, including keyboard shortcuts and workspaces, are stored in files in the following locations:
(Mac OS) <drive>/Users/<username>/Library/Preferences/Adobe/After Effects/10.0
(Windows) <drive>\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\After Effects\10.0
In After Effects CS6, preferences can be revealed without searching your hard drive for them. To reveal preferences, choose Edit > Preferences >
General (Windows), or After Effects > Preferences > Genereal (Mac OS) and do one of the following:
Click the Reveal Preferences in Explorer button (Windows).
Click the Reveal Preferences in Finder button (Mac OS).
Clicking the button opens the folder containing the After Effects preference files.
Note: You shouldn't need to modify the files in this directory manually. In general, modify preferences in the Preferences dialog box. For
information on modifying keyboard shortcuts, see Modify keyboard shortcuts. For information on managing workspaces, see Workspaces and
panels.
This section provides links to pages in which the various preferences that aren't self-explanatory are explained in context.
General preferences
Levels Of Undo: Undo changes
Path Point Size: Specifies size of Bezier direction handles and vertices for masks and shapes, direction handles for motion paths, and other
similar controls.
Show Tool Tips: After Effects user interface tips
Create Layers At Composition Start Time: Layers overview
Switches Affect Nested Comps: About precomposing and nesting
Default Spatial Interpolation To Linear: About spatial and temporal keyframe interpolation
Preserve Constant Vertex Count When Editing Masks: Designate the first vertex for a Bezier path
Note: Preserve Constant Vertex Count when Editing Masks has been renamed to "Preserve Constant Vertex and Feather Count when
Editing Masks" in After Effects CS6.
Pen Tool Shortcut Toggles Between Pen and Mask Feather Tools (After Effects CS6): Variable-width mask feather (CS6)
Synchronize Time Of All Related Items: Preferences and composition settings that affect nested compositions
Expression Pick Whip Writes Compact English: Edit an expression with the pick whip
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