Adobe After Effects CS4 - Manual (Page 33)

27 USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
User interface
Last updated 12/21/2009
• Added Import Premiere Pro Sequence dialog box. See “ Working with Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects ” on
page 42.
• Added Save Copy As XML dialog box. See “ About projects ” on page 49.
Camera Settings dialog box
• Changed default units to millimeters. See “ Camera settings ” on page 187.
Composition Settings dialog box
• Added three HDTV and DVCPRO HD PAL presets to Presets menu. See “ Composition settings ” on page 58.
• Changed values for several entries in Pixel Aspect Ratio menu. Changed pixel dimensions for several square-pixel
presets. See “
Pixel aspect ratio and frame aspect ratio ” on page 77.
Composition Marker and Layer Marker dialog boxes
• Added Duration field. Changed Flash Video Cue Point And Parameters to Flash Cue Point. See “ Layer markers and
composition markers ” on page 619.
Import File, Import Multiple FIles, and Replace Footage File dialog boxes
• Added Adobe Premiere Pro Dynamic Link (*.prproj) and Adobe Soundbooth (*.asnd) items to Format, Files Of
Type (Windows), and Enable (Mac OS) menus.
• Changed GIF to GIF, Generic QuickTime in Format, Files Of Type (Windows), and Enable (Mac OS) menus.
• Added *.f4v to the MPEG entry in Format, Files Of Type (Windows), and Enable (Mac OS) menus.
• Added *.3gp, *.3g2, *.mp4, *.m4v, *.m4a, *.qt, to the QuickTime entry in Format, Files Of Type (Windows), and
Enable (Mac OS) menus.
• (Windows only) Added *.asx to the Windows Media entry in the Format and Files Of Type menus.
See “ Import footage items using the Import dialog box ” on page 71 and “ Supported import formats ” on page 68.
PSD import dialog box
• Added Live Photoshop 3D option. See “ 3D object layers from Photoshop ” on page 185.
Mask Shape dialog box
• Replaced Ellipse, Rectangle, and Bezier radio buttons with a menu from which one of these options can be chosen.
See “
Create a rectangular or elliptical mask numerically ” on page 313.
Open dialog box
• Added Adobe After Effects XML Project (*.aepx) to Files Of Type menu. See “ Create and open projects ” on page 50.
Output Module Settings dialog box
• Added Include Source XMP Metadata option. Replaced Embed menu with Include Project Link option. Removed
Embed Project Link And Copy functionality. See “
Output module settings ” on page 701.
• Replaced Adobe Flash Video entry in Format menu with FLV and F4V (H.264) entries. See “ Rendering and
exporting for Flash Professional and Flash Player ” on page 705.
Output Module Templates dialog box
• Changed Embedding to Include. Possible values include Project Link, Source XMP Metadata, and Project Link &
Source XMP Metadata. See “
Output module settings ” on page 701.