Zoom, Show or hide layer controls in the, Composition panel – Adobe After Effects CS4 User Manual
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Cameras, lights, and points of interest
Choose a view layout and share view settings
Show or hide layer controls in the Composition panel
You can assign different options to each view in the Composition panel, so that you can see any combination of camera
and light wireframes, layer handles, mask and shape paths, effect control points, and motion path controls.
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To choose which layer controls to show in a view, choose View
> View Options, or press Ctrl+Alt+U (Windows)
or Command+Option+U (Mac
OS).
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To show or hide layer controls in a view, choose View
> Show Layer Controls, or press Ctrl+Shift+H (Windows)
or Command+Shift+H (Mac
OS). This command also shows or hides the 3D reference axes.
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To show or hide mask paths and shape paths in a view, click the Toggle Mask And Shape Path Visibility button
at the bottom of the Composition panel.
Zoom
The Magnification Ratio control in the lower-left corner of a Composition, Layer, or Footage panel shows and controls
the current magnification. By default, the magnification is set to fit the current size of the panel. When you change
magnification, you change the appearance of the preview in the panel that you are previewing, not the actual resolution
and pixels of the composition.
Note: After Effects renders vector objects before zooming (scaling for preview), so some vector objects may appear jagged
when you zoom in on them. This apparent pixelation for zooms does not affect scaling of layers or rendering to final
output.
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To zoom in to or out from the center of the active view, press the period (.) key or the comma (,) key. Each keypress
additionally increases or decreases the magnification.
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To zoom in to or out from the center of the view using the mouse scroll wheel, place the pointer over the panel and
move the scroll wheel.
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To zoom in on or out from a specific point using the mouse scroll wheel, place the pointer over the panel and hold
Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac
OS) as you move the scroll wheel.
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To zoom in on a specific point using the Zoom tool
, click the area in the panel you want to magnify. Each click
additionally magnifies the image, centering the display on the point you click. You can also drag the tool to magnify
a specific area.
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To zoom out from a specific point using the Zoom tool, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac
OS) the point
that you want to be the center of the zoomed-out view. Each click additionally decreases the magnification of the
image, centering the display on the point you click.
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To zoom the active view to 100%, double-click the Zoom tool button in the Tools panel.
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To zoom to fit or to zoom to a preset magnification, choose a zoom level from the Magnification Ratio menu. To
change the magnification of all views in a Composition panel, hold Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac
OS) while
choosing a zoom level from the menu. Choose Fit to make the image fit the Composition panel; choose Fit Up To
100% to limit the zoom level to 100%.
To pan around in the Composition, Layer, or Footage panel while zoomed in, drag with the Hand tool, which you can
activate by holding down the spacebar, the H key, or the middle mouse button. Hold Shift, too, to pan faster.