Adobe After Effects CS4 - Manual (Page 31)

25 USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
User interface
Last updated 12/21/2009
• Added name to Property submenu in Expression Language menu. See “ Property attributes and methods
(expression reference) ” on page 677.
• Added Separate Dimensions button in Graph Editor. See “ Separate dimensions of Position to animate components
individually ” on page 146.
• Change Brainstorm icon. See “ Use Brainstorm to experiment and explore settings ” on page 168.
• Added tooltip for most keyframes that shows time and value. See “ View or edit a keyframe value ” on page 218.
• Added Wiggle Transform path operation to Add menu for shape layers. See “ Alter shapes with path operations ” on
page 337.
Tools panel
• Added Search Help field. See “ Resources ” on page 2.
• Added Unified Camera tool. See “ Adjust a camera view or working 3D view ” on page 192.
Tracker panel
• Changed name of panel from Tracker Controls to Tracker. See “ Motion tracking controls ” on page 268.
Wiggler panel
• Changed name of panel from The Wiggler to Wiggler. See “ Add randomness to a property with the Wiggler ” on
page 229.
Menus
File menu
• Added Save A Copy As XML. See “ About projects ” on page 49.
• Added Import > Adobe Premiere Pro Project. See “ Import an Adobe Premiere Pro project ” on page 86.
• Added Export > Adobe Flash Professional (XFL). See “ Export a composition as an XFL file to Flash Professional ”
on page 705.
• Added Adobe Dynamic Link > New Premiere Pro Sequence. Added Adobe Dynamic Link > Import Premiere Pro
Sequence. See “
Working with Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects ” on page 42.
• Changed Browse to Browse In Bridge. See “ Working with Adobe Bridge and After Effects ” on page 37.
• Changed Adobe Flash (SWF) to Adobe Flash Player (SWF). See “ Render and export a composition as a SWF file ”
on page 709.
• Changed contents of File > Scripts menu. See “ Scripts ” on page 643.
• Removed Export > Flash Video (FLV). If you still see this item, you have a third-party FLV encoder installed. See
“
Rendering and exporting for Flash Professional and Flash Player ” on page 705.
• Removed Find Again. See “ Search and filter in the Timeline, Project, and Effects & Presets panels ” on page 17.
Composition menu
• Added Composition Mini-Flowchart. See “ Opening and navigating nested compositions ” on page 62.
• Change Composition Flowchart View to Composition Flowchart. See “ Flowchart panel ” on page 51.
Layer menu
• Added Transform > Flip Horizontal and Transform > Flip Vertical. See “ Scale or flip a layer ” on page 164.