Adobe 65008009 - After Effects CS4 Using Manual page 30

Last updated 12/21/2009
Project panel
• Added text field for searching and filtering. Removed Find button from bottom of panel. See
the Timeline, Project, and Effects & Presets
• Added Interpret Footage button to bottom of panel. See
• Changed Project Flowchart View to Project Flowchart. See
• Added label name next to label color swatch. See
• Added Composition Settings and Rename commands to context menu. See
"Rename and sort items" on page 81.
Render Queue panel
• Moved information from All Renders heading to status bar at bottom of panel. Changed Current Render Details to
Current Render. The Render button does not become the Stop button when the render queue is rendering. The
Stop, Pause/Continue, and Render buttons are separate buttons. Removed Log File entry. See
with the Render Queue
• Added plus and minus buttons to add and remove output modules. See
modules from render items" on page 701.
• Changed Embedding to Include under Output Module heading. Possible values include Project Link, Source XMP
Metadata, and Project Link & Source XMP Metadata. See
page 625.
Smoother panel
• Changed name of panel from The Smoother to Smoother. See
keyframes" on page 229.
Timeline panel
• Added text field for searching and filtering. See
panels" on page 17.
• Added duration bar to markers. See
• Added label name next to label color swatch. See
• Added Composition Flowchart and Composition Mini-Flowchart to panel menu and to context menu for when
pointer is not on a layer. Replaced Open Parent Composition button with Composition Mini-Flowchart button.
See "Opening and navigating nested
• Added Transform > Flip Horizontal, Transform > Flip Vertical, Transform > Center In View, Open Footage, Open
Composition, Convert To Live Photoshop 3D, and Convert To Editable Text to context menu for a layer. See
or flip a layer" on page 164,
"3D object layers from
• Changed Create Outlines to Create Shapes From Text in context menu for a layer. See
on page 319.
• Added Create Masks From Text in context menu for a layer. See
• Added Settings, Update Markers From Source (Replaces All Markers), and Lock Markers commands to context
menu for a composition marker. Added Update Markers From Source (Replaces All Markers) to context menu for
a layer marker. See "Layer markers and composition
• Added Copy Expression Only to context menu for a property. See
panels" on page 17.
panel" on page 691 and "Render and export a movie using the render
"Search and filter in the Timeline, Project, and Effects & Presets
"Layer markers and composition
compositions" on page 62.
"Move layers in space" on page 145,
Photoshop" on page 185, and
"Interpret footage
"Flowchart panel" on page 51.
"Color labels for layers and footage
"Composition
"Add output modules to and remove output
"About projects" on page 49 and
"Smooth motion and velocity by removing extra
markers" on page 619.
"Color labels for layers and footage
"Opening layers and layer
"Convert text from Photoshop to editable
"Create masks from
markers" on page 619.
"Save and reuse
USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
"Search and filter in
items" on page 71.
items" on page 156.
settings" on page 58 and
"Render and export
queue" on page 692.
"XMP metadata" on
items" on page 156.
sources" on page 139,
text" on page 346.
"Create shapes from
text" on page 319.
expressions" on page 652.
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User interface
"Scale
text"