Adobe After Effects CS3 - Manual (Page 132)

AFTER EFFECTS CS3
User Guide
127
See also
“Select a 3D view” on page 127
“Work with viewers” on page 19
Select a 3D view
You can view your 3D layers from several angles, using orthographic views or custom views that employ perspective.
You can switch views at any time. The orthographic views (Front, Back, Left, Top, Right, and Bottom) show layers’
positions in the composition but do not show perspective.
You can adjust the point of view and direction of view for the custom views with the camera tools.
You can also choose to look at selected layers or all layers. When you do this, After Effects changes the point of view
and direction of view to include the layers that you have selected.
• Choose a view from the 3D View menu at the bottom of the Composition panel.
• Choose View > Switch 3D View, and choose a view from the menu.
• Choose View > Switch To Last 3D View.
• To switch to the previous 3D view, press Esc.
• To see selected layers, choose View > Look At Selected Layers.
• To see layers that aren’t visible in the active view, choose View > Look At All Layers.
• To select one of the 3D views with keyboard shortcuts, press F10, F11, or F12.
To change which 3D view is assigned to a keyboard shortcut, switch to a view and then press Shift and the shortcut
key. For example, to make F12 the shortcut for Top view, switch to Top view and then press Shift+F12. You can also
use the View > Assign Shortcut To menu command for this purpose.
See also
“Working with 3D layers” on page 171
“Cameras, lights, and points of interest” on page 176
“Select a view layout and share view settings” on page 126
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.
• 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).
• 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 also shows or hides the 3D reference axes.
• To show or hide mask path and shape paths in a view, click the Toggle Mask And Shape Path Visibility button
at the bottom of the Composition panel.