Modifying and using views, Choose a view layout and share view settings, Choose a 3d view – Adobe After Effects CS4 User Manual
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Views and previews
Last updated 12/21/2009
Modifying and using views
Choose a view layout and share view settings
The Composition panel can show one, two, or four views at a time. By default, viewer options (such as grids and rulers)
affect only the currently active view.
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To choose a view layout, choose an option from the Select View Layout menu at the bottom of the Composition
panel.
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To scroll through view layouts, place the pointer over the Select View Layout menu and roll the mouse wheel.
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To apply view settings to all views in the current layout, choose Share View Options from the Select View Layout
menu. Hold Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac
OS) to temporarily reverse this behavior.
To activate a view without affecting the selection of layers in a composition, use the middle mouse button to click
within the view’s pane in the Composition panel.
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Choose a 3D view
You can view your 3D layers from several angles, using orthographic views, custom views that employ perspective, or
camera views.
The working 3D views include the custom views and the fixed orthographic views (Front, Left, Top, Back, Right, or
Bottom). The orthographic views show layer positions in the composition but do not show perspective. The working
3D views are not associated with a camera layer. The working 3D views are useful for placing and previewing elements
in a 3D scene. 3D layers appear in working 3D views; 2D layers do not appear in working 3D views.
You can adjust the point of view and direction of view for the custom views with the Camera tools. (See “
camera view or working 3D view
You can also choose to look at selected layers or all layers; After Effects changes the point of view and direction of view
to include the layers that you have selected.
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Choose a view from the 3D View menu at the bottom of the Composition panel.
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Choose View
> Switch 3D View, and choose a view from the menu.
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Choose View
> Switch To Last 3D View.
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To switch to the previous 3D view, press Esc.
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To see selected layers, choose View
> Look At Selected Layers.
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To see layers that aren’t visible in the active view, choose View
> Look At All Layers.
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To choose one of the 3D views with keyboard shortcuts, press F10, F11, or F12.
To change which 3D view is assigned to a keyboard shortcut, switch to a view and then press Shift and the keyboard
shortcut. For example, to make F12 the shortcut for Top view, switch to Top view and then press Shift+F12. You can
also use the View
> Assign Shortcut To menu command for this purpose.