Adobe After Effects CS4 - Manual (Page 32)

26 USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
User interface
Last updated 12/21/2009
• Added Transform > Center In View. See “ Move layers in space ” on page 145.
• Added Arrange submenu and moved Bring Layer To Front, Bring Layer Forward, Send Layer To Back, and Send
Layer Backward into it. See “
Change the stacking order for selected layers ” on page 144.
• Added Bring Render Item To Front, Bring Render Item Forward, Send Render Item To Back, and Send Render
Item Backward to Arrange submenu. These menu items replace the corresponding menu items for layers when a
render queue item is selected. See “
Manage render items and change render statuses ” on page 693.
• Added Convert To Live Photoshop 3D. See “ 3D object layers from Photoshop ” on page 185.
• Changed Open Source Window to Open Layer Source. See “ Opening layers and layer sources ” on page 139.
• Changed Create Outlines to Create Shapes From Text. See “ Create shapes from text ” on page 319.
• Added Create Masks From Text. See “ Create masks from text ” on page 319.
Effect menu
• Added Blur & Sharpen > Bilateral Blur. See “ Bilateral Blur effect ” on page 440.
• Added Noise & Grain > Turbulent Noise. See “ Turbulent Noise effect ” on page 537.
• Added Obsolete effect category and moved Basic 3D, Basic Text, Lightning, and Path Text into this category. See
“
Obsolete effects ” on page 613.
• Added Stylize > Cartoon. See “ Cartoon effect ” on page 584.
Animation menu
• Added Separate Dimensions. See “ Separate dimensions of Position to animate components individually ” on
page 146.
Window menu
• Added Metadata. See “ XMP metadata ” on page 625.
• Changed Align & Distribute to Align. See “ Align or distribute layers in 2D space ” on page 147.
• Changed Brush Tips to Brushes. See “ Brushes and the Brushes panel ” on page 297.
• Changed Smart Mask Interpolation to Mask Interpolation. See “ Animate a mask path with Smart Mask
Interpolation ” on page 329.
• Change The Smoother to Smoother. See “ Smooth motion and velocity by removing extra keyframes ” on page 229.
• Change The Wiggler to Wiggler. See “ Add randomness to a property with the Wiggler ” on page 229.
• Changed Time Controls to Preview. See “ Preview video and audio ” on page 195.
• Changed Tracker Controls to Tracker. See “ Motion tracking controls ” on page 268.
Help menu
• Added Product Improvement Program. See “ Adobe Product Improvement Program ” on page 2.
• Changed Tip Of The Day to Welcome And Tip Of The Day.
Dialog boxes
New dialog boxes
• Added Adobe Flash Professional (XFL) Settings dialog box. See “ Export a composition as an XFL file to Flash
Professional ” on page 705.