Working with effects and animation presets, Work with effects in the effect controls panel, Effects & presets panel overview – Adobe After Effects CS3 User Manual
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When you apply an effect with a Comp Camera attribute to a 2D layer, the effect can track the composition’s camera
and light positions and render a 3D image on the 2D layer that it is applied to. The effect’s results appear 3D; however,
the layer with the Comp Camera attribute applied remains a 2D layer and consequently has the following character-
istics:
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3D layers above and below it in the Timeline panel cannot intersect with each other or cast shadows on each other.
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It cannot intersect with 3D layers or cast or accept shadows.
Note: The image is rendered on the layer, not the composition, so make sure that you apply these effects to layers that
are the same size as the composition and are exactly centered in the composition.
Working with effects and animation presets
Work with effects in the Effect Controls panel
When you apply an effect to a layer, the Effect Controls panel opens, listing the effect you just applied and controls
to change the property values for the effect. You can also work with effects and change most effect property values
in the Timeline panel. However, the Effect Controls panel has more convenient controls for many kinds of properties,
such as sliders, effect control point buttons, and histograms.
The Effect Controls panel is a viewer, which means that you can have Effect Controls panels for multiple layers open
at once and can use the viewer menu in the panel’s tab to select layers.
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To open or close the Effect Controls panel for the selected layer, press F3.
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To reset all of an effect’s properties to their default values, click Reset at the top of the effect’s entry.
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To duplicate selected effects, choose Edit > Duplicate, or press Ctrl+D (Windows) or Command+D (Mac OS).
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To move an effect to a different place in the rendering order, drag the effect up or down in the effect stack.
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To set an effect’s properties to the properties used in an animation preset, choose from the Animation Presets
menu at the top of the effect’s entry in the Effect Controls panel.
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To hide the Animation Presets menu in the Effect Controls panel, deselect Show Animation Presets in the panel menu.
See also
“Work with viewers” on page 19
Effects & Presets panel overview
Browse and apply effects and animation presets with the Effects & Presets panel. Each item in the panel is identified
by type with an icon:
32-bpc effect
16-bpc effect
8-bpc effect
audio effect
animation preset