Adobe After Effects CS4 - Manual (Page 28)

22 USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
User interface
Last updated 12/21/2009
Auto-Save preferences
• Automatically Save Projects and Maximum Project Versions: “ Save and back up projects ” on page 50
Memory & Multiprocessing preferences
• RAM To Leave For Other Applications: “ Memory & Multiprocessing preferences ” on page 635
• Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously, Minimum Allocation Per CPU, and CPUs To Leave For Other
Applications: “
Memory & Multiprocessing preferences ” on page 635
• Prevent DLL Address Space Fragmentation (Windows only): “ Memory & Multiprocessing preferences ” on
page 635
Audio Hardware and Audio Output Mapping preferences
• Audio Hardware and Audio Output Mapping: “ Preview video and audio ” on page 195
User interface changes from After Effects CS3 to After
Effects CS4
Many instructional materials—such as tutorials—created for After Effects CS3 or earlier are still useful for After Effects
CS4. In many cases, basic functionality has changed only slightly, or only the names of user interface items have
changed. You can get the most use from materials created for previous versions of After Effects if you know how the
names and locations of user interface items have changed. For information about current functionality, follow the
respective links.
For information about major new features, see “ New features in After Effects CS4 ” on page 9.
For a complete list of new and changed features in After Effects CS4, see Todd Kopriva's blog on the Adobe website.
Panels
Align panel
• Changed name of panel from Align & Distribute to Align. See “ Align or distribute layers in 2D space ” on page 147.
Brushes panel
• Changed name of panel from Brush Tips to Brushes. See “ Brushes and the Brushes panel ” on page 297.
Character panel
• Added Line Join submenu to panel menu. Added Miter, Round, and Bevel to Line Join submenu. See “ Change text
stroke line join ” on page 350.
Composition panel
• Added Composition Navigator along top of panel. Added Show Composition Navigator, Flow Right To Left, Flow
Left To Right, Composition Navigator, and Composition Mini-Flowchart to panel menu. Added Composition
Navigator and Composition Mini-Flowchart to context menu for a composition. See “
Opening and navigating
nested compositions ” on page 62.